Ensure responsive, inclusive, participatory and representative decision-making at all levels

Proportions of positions (by sex, age, persons with disabilities and population groups) in public institutions (national and local legislatures, public service, and judiciary) compared to national distributions

Local Government Department, Provincial and National Assembly for national and local legislatures data, LJCP for judiciary data, and ministries for public services.

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This is a tier 3 indicator – UNDP is the custodian and UN Women is the partner institution. The indicator is based on administrative data. Indicator 16.7.1 has three sub-components – one each for a given set of public institutions, namely the public service, the legislatures and the judiciary. Target 16.7 calls for “responsive, inclusive and representative decision making at all levels.” as such, reporting on this indicator needs to be done separately for various decision-making levels.

Proportion of population who believe decision-making is inclusive and responsive, by sex, age, disability and population group

Open Government Partnership (OGP) initiative by Economic Affairs Division and Ministry of Planning, Development & Reform.

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This is a tier 3 indicator – UNDP is the custodian. Indicator 16.7.2 is analogous to measuring levels of ‘political efficacy’ (i.e. people’s feeling that their political views can impact on political processes), a well-established concept in political science used by the OECD as a ‘headline indicator’ of civic engagement and governance (ref. OECD’s How’s Life – Measuring Well-Being).