The 47th session of the UNSC approved the terms of reference 
  of the Working Group, in particular its proposed mandate, 
  governance structure and priorities of work
  Members:
  FAO, UIS, UNICEF, UNODC, WHO, WORLD BANK, UNSD (Secretariat), ILO
  ILO is the current Chair 
             Strategic areas of work 
  Promote coordination and cooperation in the planning, funding and implementation 
    of household surveys
  Provide strategic vision, direction and coordination for the methodological 
    development and implementation of minimum standards and best practice 
  Promote the application of normative international statistical standards, guidelines 
    and other methodological documents and resources on household surveys 
  Promote the harmonization of survey methods and instruments 
              Strategic areas of work
                  (contd.)
                     
    Encourage national and international survey producers to publicly share 
     information on their ongoing and planned surveys
    Promote the documentation, cataloguing and dissemination of household 
     survey datasets and related metadata
    Promote the use of sample survey data in research and policy formulation
    Develop partnerships to provide adequate funding and resources to deliver 
     the capacity-building needed by countries in the implementation of 
     household surveys
                Progress so far
 1. Mapping of global SDG indicators and household surveys  (to be presented to 2018 UN 
   Statistical Commission session).
 2. Five Task Forces that were established under the auspices of the ISWGHS. The three where 
   outputs are likely to be produced during 2017 are a) Food Consumption (FAO and World 
   Bank); b) Education expenditure (UIS and World Bank) and; c) Standards on survey data 
   documentation (World Bank)
 3. A website has been created that provides updated information of the activities of the group (
   https://unstats.un.org/iswghs/)
  
         Mapping of global SDG indicators and HH surveys
                Some key findings  
   One-third (77 out of 232 ) global indicators spread across 13 out of 17 goals can be 
   currently or in future sourced from HHS
   DHS/MICS cover 31 indicators, followed by LFS (10), LSMS/HIES (6) and Victimization 
   Survey (4)
   13 out of the 77 indicators are in Tier III – methodological work in progress 
   Almost all surveys require national coverage
   Different types of surveys require different population groups
   Most surveys require a periodicity of 3 to 5 years with major exception of labour 
   indicators where more frequent coverage is required