As part of its Statistical Experience Sharing Webinar Series, SESRIC will organise a webinar titled “Measuring Progress on SDG 9: Strengthening Statistical Capacities for Inclusive and Sustainable Industrialization” on 9 December 2025. The event is being conducted in collaboration with the custodian agencies of the SDG 9 indicators, namely the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), International Energy Agency (IEA), and International Telecommunication Union (ITU), as well as the relevant OIC institutions and regional partners including the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) and the Statistical Centre for the Cooperation Council for the Arab Countries of the Gulf (GCC-STAT).

The Webinar mainly aims to: 

• Review recent global and regional progress on SDG 9 indicators;
• Discuss methodological updates and challenges in measuring SDG 9 indicators, including disaggregation by sector, firm size and gender;
• Highlight good practices from OIC member countries in compiling and using SDG 9 data for industrial, innovation,  and environmental policies;
• Strengthen collaboration among custodian agencies, NSOs, and regional partners to harmonize reporting frameworks and improve data quality;
• Explore capacity-building and technical cooperation opportunities to enhance industrial statistics and accelerate progress toward SDG 9.

Representatives from National Statistical Offices (NSOs), Ministries of Industry, Central Banks, and relevant regional and international organisations are expected to participate in the event.

The webinar is organized within the framework of the OIC-StatCom Strategic Vision 2030 and will serve as a supporting statistical activity for the forthcoming OIC-StatCom Programme of Action 2026–2030, particularly under the strategic objective aimed at strengthening statistical capacity for SDG monitoring.

For more information on the Statistical Experience Sharing Webinar Series, please visit: https://www.oicstatcom.org/webinar-series.php