The fifth meeting of the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on the Sustainable Development Goal Indicators (IAEG-SDGs) will take place from 28-31 March 2017, in Ottawa, Canada, hosted by Statistics Canada. A Members' meeting will take place from 28-29 March, followed by a Plenary session from 30-31 March. During the plenary session, all countries, international and regional agencies and entities, and other stakeholders are invited to attend. IAEG-SDGs 5 will aim to: present the updated tier system; discuss the role of custodian agencies; discuss the strategy to address those indicators that remain without a custodian agency and/or a work plan; review work plans for tier III indicators and the proposals for new concepts and definitions and develop a mechanism to ensure completion of work; present the IAEG-SDG work plan on data disaggregation; and present the timeline for finalizing the proposals on possible additional indicators.  

dates: 28-31 March 2017  
location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada  
contact: Statistics Canada  
www: http://unstats.un.org/sdgs/meetings/iaeg-sdgs-meeting-05
 http://unstats.un.org/sdgs/files/meetings/iaeg-sdgs-meeting-05/5th_IAEG_SDG_Meeting_Tentative_Agenda_Plenary_Session_7-2-2017.pdf