Box 5. Capacity-building resources to support indicator 6.4.1 monitoring by FAO

Box 5. Capacity-building resources to support indicator 6.4.1 monitoring by FAO

• SDG indicator 6.4.1 web page: A public website that contains all the background information and updates concerning the monitoring and reporting process.

• SDG indicator 6.4.1 metadata: This document provides definitions and methodological and data-collection considerations.

• Step-by-step monitoring methodology for SDG indicator 6.4.1: This document contains a detailed description of all the information and steps needed to compute the indicator, including an overview of sectoral water use and the guidelines for identifying and processing economic data.

• SDG indicator 6.4.1 e-learning course: The course is available in English, French, Russian and

Spanish and provides tools, methods and processes to support countries in monitoring and reporting on the indicator, while also exploring the interlinkages with other SDG targets.

• Regional on-site and online training courses on sustainable water use (SDG target 6.4 indicators): FAO organized four virtual training sessions on SDG target 6.4 for Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean and Africa in 2020 and 2021, and another six regional workshops during 2017–2019 prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Notes: For the indicator 6.4.1 web page, see http://www.fao.org/sustainable-development-goals/ indicators/641/en/; for the indicator 6.4.1 metadata, see https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/ files/Metadata-06-04-01.pdf; for the monitoring methodology, see http://www.fao.org/3/ca8484en/ ca8484en.pdf; for the e-learning course, see https://elearning.fao.org/course/view.php?id=475 (English) and https://elearning.fao.org/course/view.php?id=592 (Russian).

In an initial attempt to analyse the results of indicator 6.4.1, FAO drafted a working paper (Rossi and others, 2019), which discussed the changes in water use and water-use efficiency in Europe and in three key developing regions (sub-Saharan Africa, South-Eastern Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean). Furthermore, particular attention was given to the changes in water use, water-use efficiency and related drivers in two groups of countries – major developing economies (G7 countries) and newly industrialized countries (Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, South Africa and Turkey). The work carried out for that paper helped to structure the analysis carried out in this report.