In the interests of supporting the performance of public managers, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) has developed an initiative – supported by a joint project of the Inter-American Institute for Economic and Social Development (INDES) of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) – with the objective of contributing to the Methodological Update for Evaluating Development Goals. This course is part of an initiative developed jointly by the United Nations Program for Development (UNDP) and the Inter-American Institute for Social Development (INDES) of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to support professional capacity building in the field of statistics of many public and private organizations involved in development processes. Although the content has been updated and redesigned, this course has been offered through INDES since 2007. It attempts to: raise awareness about the importance of setting targets for long-term development, as were the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and are now the Sustainable Development Goals (ODS); discuss their role in the design and implementation of public policies at the national and sub-national levels; train those involved in developmental processes in the use of such goals, targets and indicators. Ultimately, the intention is to increase the availability of quality statistical information to facilitate the design and implementation of evidence based public policies.