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Meetings and Workshops

25 September 2009, Workshop on Forest, Land and Ecosystem Accounts, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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23-24 September 2009, Workshop on Water Accounts, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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21-22 September 2009, International Seminar on Environment Statistics and Accounting, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), with support of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), is organizing an international seminar on environment statistics and accounting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 21 to 22 September 2009. The seminar aims at raising awareness in Brazil and the region more generally, of the importance of integrating environmental, economic and social statistics into a common framework, the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA), to produce information needed for policy and decision making related to the environment and sustainable development. The seminar seeks to develop a dialogue between the main users and producers of environmental information in Brazil by identifying the information needed for policy making and by discussing how the environmental accounting framework meets these needs. Experience in other regions of the world as well as in countries more advanced in the implementation of the SEEA will help in stimulating the discussion on how the integrated information system could be implemented in Brazil.

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1-4 June 2009, Technical Workshop on the Preparation of Water Accounts in Latin America, Santiago, Chile

The United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), in collaboration with the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), is conducting a technical workshop to assist countries with the implementation of the System of Environmental Economic Accounting for Water (SEEA-Water). The workshop is being hosted by ECLAC in Santiago, Chile and will take place from 1 to 4 June 2009. The workshop has a practical focus and will provide countries with the necessary training to implement the System of Environmental and Economic Accounts for Water (SEEA-Water). The workshop will cover the SEEA-Water standard tables, how they are compiled, and global implementation of the SEEA-Water. Participating countries will share experiences in implementing the SEEA-Water, compile SEEA-Water Standard tables using national data and develop a plan for the implementation of the SEEA-Water in participating countries.

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16-22 March 2009, 5th World Water Forum, Istanbul, Turkey

Topic 6.4 Data for All

The World Water Forum is the held every three years and the 5th Forum was held in Istanbul, Turkey from 16 to 22 March 2009. It was attended by more than 20,000 people and covered 6 themes and 23 topics, including the Topic 6.4 Data for All. Under this topic the UNSD and the National Water Commission of Mexico coordinated Session 6.4.2 “Data Integration and Dissemination: From Data to Information”. Other sessions under Topic 6.4, addressed: data needs and data acquisition (Session 6.4.1); barriers to data availability (Session 6.4.3), and; actions to ensure data for all (Session 6.4.4).

Session 6.4.2 examined the frameworks and indicators for data integration and analysis, including the newly adopted international statistical standard the System of Environmental Economic Accounting for Water (SEEAW). It also addressed: how to effectively integrate data already collected into a common framework to provide users with a comprehensive picture and better understanding of the issues surrounding water and how to decide what additional data collection could most benefit decision-making.

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10-13 March 2008, Joint Sub-regional Training Session on the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting for Water (SEEAW), Amman, Jordan

Jointly organized by MEDSTAT II Environment Sector, UNESCWA and UNSD. This training course aims at providing a sound knowledge on the compilation and practical and operational use of the SEEAW.

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16-18 July 2007, Regional Workshop on Water Accounting, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Jointly organized by UNSD and the Central Bank and Ministry of Environment of the Dominican Republic. The objectives of the workshop are: (a) to provide an overview of environmental accounting; (b) to present the framework and uses of the System of Environmental-Economic Accounts for Water (SEEAW); and (c) to discuss the requirements for the advancement of the implementation of the SEEAW in the ECLAC region.

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5-7 June 2007, Expert Group Meeting on the Production of Statistics on Natural Resources and the Environment, Cairo, Egypt

The meeting was organized jointly by the ESCWA, UNSD/DESA and UNEP-ROWA. It focused on the uses, benefits and implementation of the System of Environmental-Economic Accounts for Water or SEEAW. Water is an important issue for the ESCWA region as it is among the poorest in the world in terms of volume of freshwater available. The development and provision of high quality information on both the environmental and economic aspects of water is critical to the development and monitoring of effective water policy in the ESCWA region. The meeting involved participants from national statistical offices as well as environment and water agencies.

 
13-17 November 2006, Training Course on the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting for Water Resources (SEEAW), New York, USA

The United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) organized a training course on the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting for Water Resources (SEEAW), New York, 13-17 November 2006, in response to the request of technical assistance from the National Bureau of Statistics of China (NBS).

This training is part of a joint project of the Ministry of Water Resources (MWR) and National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on the ‘Pilot Compilation of the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting for Water (SEEAW) in China’.

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13-15 January 2004, Workshop on Integrated Water Resources Accounting, Beni Mellal, Morocco

Jointly organized by the Government of Morocco, the Division for Sustainable Development and UNSD.

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23-27 September 2002, Workshop on Integrated Environmental-Economic Accounting, Jakarta, Indonesia

Jointly organized by UNSD and the Badan Pusat Statistik (BPS) of the Republic of Indonesia. The Workshop was the second on environmental accounting held under the United Nations project "Strengthening the Regional Capacity for Statistical Development in South-East Asia".

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24-27 April 2001, Fourth Research and Training Workshop on Natural Resource and Environmental Accounting, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe

Jointly organized by UNSD, the Natural Resource Accounting in Southern Africa (NRASA) funded by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) Regional Center for Southern Africa, and the Resource Accounting Network for Eastern and Southern Africa (RANESA) funded by the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA).

 
18-22 September 2000, International Workshop on Integrated Environmental-Economic Accounting, Manila, Philippines

Jointly organized by UNSD, UNDP and the National Statistical Coordination Board of the Philippines as part of the United Nations project "Strengthening the Regional Capacity for Statistical Development in South-East Asia”.

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5-8 June 2000, Workshop on Natural Resources Accounting, Pretoria, South Africa

Jointly organized by UNSD, the Natural Resource Accounting in Southern Africa (NRASA) project (funded by USAID Regional Center for Southern Africa) and the Resource Accounting Network for Eastern and Southern Africa (RANESA) (funded by SIDA).

 
14-16 June 1999, Workshop on Integrated Environmental and Economic Accounting for Fisheries, New York, USA

Jointly organized by UNSD and FAO.

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7-11 June 1999, Workshop on Integrated Environmental and Economic Accounting, New York, USA

Organized by UNSD.

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1-5 November 1998, Workshop on Environmental Statistics, Indicators and Accounting, Cairo, Egypt

Jointly organized by UNSD and the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA).

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20-24 April 1998, Workshop on Integrated Environmental and Economic Accounting, Santiago, Chile

Jointly organized by UNSD and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).

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17-21 November 1997, Workshop on Environmental Statistics, Indicators and Accounting, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Jointly organized by UNSD and the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA).

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