Opening:

• SBSTA Chair, Mr. Harry Vreuls,
• The Secretary of the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, Royal Government of Bhutan, Mr. Karma Tshering, and
• The UN Resident Coordinator in Bhutan, Ms. Karla Robin Hershey

Presentations and discussions with experts

• UNDRR, Mr. Animesh Kumar, Sendai Framework: Lessons in indicator development, operationalization and reporting (in-person) Presentation 
• UNECE, Approach to indicator selection and lessons learnt from the work on the UNECE set of core climate change-related statistics and indicators, Ms. Malgorzata Cwiek (virtual) Presentation
• GCF, Lessons from Integrated results management framework, Ms. Aiko Ward (virtual) Presentation

Presentations and discussions with experts

• Sanitation and Water for All, Unpacking the Global Water-Sanitation resilience target, Mr. Jose Gesti (in person) Presentation
• FAO, Agrifood systems’ contribution to the Global Goal of Adaptation: Unpacking the target and indicators for measuring Adaptation, Ms. Neha Rai (virtual) Presentation
• WHO, Dr. Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum, (virtual) Presentation
• Asian Development Bank, Mr. Arghya Sinha Roy (in-person)

Breakout groups

• Based on the specific target you are considering, what are the different facets that need to be unpacked and considered during the indicator process?
• What are the interlinkages among targets and how to avoid creating silos with regards to the indicators process and outcome?
• Based on the presentations and discussion, what elements of the targets provide the greatest methodological challenges when it comes to assessing progress?

Reporting back and end of day 1

Welcome and overview for day 2

Presentations and Q&A

• Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness and its relevant indicators to the framework, Karma Wangdi (in-person) Chief Research Officer, Centre for Bhutan and GNH Studies Presentation
• Meaningful indicators for children: lessons from SDG monitoring, UNICEF, Mr. Tom Slaymaker, (in-person) Presentation
• Holistic indicators for collective resilience: embracing cultural integrity, ecosystem stewardship, and diverse knowledge systems, Center for Indigenous Peoples' Research and Development, Ms. Pasang Dolma Sherpa, (virtual)

Breakout groups

• In your experiences, how have diverse perspectives been incorporated into existing adaptation indicators, and where are the gaps?
• From the targets, what elements should be specifically disaggregated to different vulnerable groups?
• How can indicators be flexible/plural to consider different contexts?

Breakout groups

• What criteria/characteristics should guide the design of indicators process?
• Should there be a hierarchy/weighting of indicators associated with different criteria?

Welcome and overview for day 3

Inputs to and outputs of the indicators process

Breakout group discussions

• What are the desired outputs and what has to be agreed upon by CMA 7?
• What are the key substantive and technical inputs that are required to achieve the desired outcome?

Breakout group discussions

• Based on the desired inputs and outputs, discussed above, how should work best be organized throughout the work programme, and what milestones need to be achieved and when?
• How should the technical work of experts be organized in an inclusive and efficient manner?

Concluding remarks by SBI Chair, Mr. Nabeel Munir