About the TCG
Established in 2016, the Technical Cooperation Group
on the Indicators for SDG 4 - Education 2030 (TCG) provides a platform
to discuss and develop the indicators used to monitor the Education 2030
Agenda in an open, inclusive and transparent manner.
The TCG is composed of 38 regionally-representative
members of Member States, multilateral agencies and civil society groups
as well as the Co-Chair of the SDG-Education 2030 Steering Committee.
The UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) hosts the TCG Secretariat.
The TCG has created
three working groups
to address
issues related to the implementation of the thematic indicators and
provide recommendations. The TCG works in tandem with the Global
Alliance to Monitor Learning(GAML) to make recommendations on
indicator development, capacity development, and data reporting.
Key TCG objectives:
a. Finalize and maintain the thematic indicator framework for
the follow-up and review of Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4)
and the Education 2030 Agenda. The framework will contain
the indicators selected for global monitoring of SDG 4 by
the IAEG-SDGs and agreed by the UN Statistical Commission,
taking account of any periodic revisions to the global
indicators between 2016 and 2030;
b. Support the work of the IAEG-SDGs, relevant regional
bodies and countries related to the implementation of the
global and thematic monitoring framework and the design of
regional monitoring frameworks, and assure the
coherence of those processes;
c. Provide inputs to guide the production of technical
documentation needed for the clear communication of the
thematic indicators to monitor SDG 4 - Education 2030;
d. Inform the SDG-Education 2030 Steering Committee on
the implementation of the thematic indicator framework,
providing the necessary inputs to assess periodically their
coverage, limitations and the potential for better
alternatives when new methodologies are developed or
data sources identified; and
e. Regularly review methodological developments and
issues related to the thematic education
indicators and their metadata.
