29. The Committee may wish to consider including the following questions in its List of Issues for the New Zealand Government:  When does the Government intend to develop, introduce and implement the Vulnerable Children’s Plan?  Does the Government intend to introduce measures to address the socioeconomic well-being of vulnerable children under the auspices of the Vulnerable Children Plan, and, if so, does the Government intend to broaden its scope for that purpose?  If not, does the Government intend to implement a systemic child poverty strategy underpinned by legislation as recommended by the EAG?  Since 2011, how much additional spending has the Government allocated for new policies specifically designed to reduce child poverty or mitigate its effects? Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals 30. New Zealand’s commitment to realising the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will also have a significant bearing on its progress in implementing the CRC. Many of the SDGs have a direct correlation with the Government’s CRC obligations, such as the elimination of poverty (Goal 1), enabling good health and well-being (Goal 3), ensuring inclusive, quality education for all (Goal 4) and reducing inequalities (Goal 10). 31. Progress towards meeting the Goals aimed at addressing climate change and environment protection (Goals 13-15) and providing for sustainable resource use and communities (Goals 6-7,11-12) will also be crucial if children’s rights under the CRC are to be realised in the future. 32. The incorporation of the SDGs into the New Zealand public policy framework is currently at a very early stage. As a developed country, New Zealand will be expected to report on its sustainable development indicators17. These indicators, which are being developed by the UN with the assistance of national statistics commissions, including Statistics New Zealand, will provide an international benchmark that will assist with the assessment of measures taken to implement the CRC. 33. The Government is currently undertaking a significant amount of work to upgrade and improve its data usage and capabilities. The Data Futures Partnership (DFP), currently being developed by Statistics New Zealand, will be at the centre of this work. The DFP consists of a cross-sector Working Group of “influential individuals” drawn 17 https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/documents/1684SF_-_SDG_Universality_Report__May_2015.pdf 7