Caribbean Conference on a Transformative Agenda for Official Statistics

Co-organized by:
United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
Statistics Canada (StatCan)
Project for the Regional Advancement of Statistics in the Caribbean (PRASC)
Barbados Statistical Services

With the support of:
Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat)
United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)

The Caribbean Conference is part of a series of regional conferences on a Transformative Agenda for Official Statistics in support of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It builds on the outcome of the High-Level Global Conference organized by UNSD and Eurostat in January 2015 in New York and the recognition by the 46th and 47th sessions of the UN Statistical Commission of the emerging demands for high-quality statistics and the need for modernization of national, regional and international statistical systems. The Conference aims at taking stock of various international, regional, and national initiatives for integrating and modernizing statistical systems, and shaping the initiative for a Transformative Agenda to the CARICOM region’s context.

The Conference is targeting heads of national statistical offices, chief statisticians of international and regional organizations, multilateral and bilateral partners, and other stakeholders.

The Conference will be organized in four substantive sessions covering the 5 thematic areas of the Transformative Agenda. It is expected Caribbean countries (CARICOM member states and associate members) to steer this event for which substantial time will be assigned to group discussions and plenary interventions.

Day 1: Wednesday, 7 September

8:00-9:00am
Registration
9:00-10:00am
Welcome and opening remarks
  • Mr. Aubrey Browne, Statistical Service, Barbados
  • Ms. Philomen Harrison, CARICOM
  • Ms. Mariko Russell, Inter-American Development Bank
  • Mr. Stephane Dufour, Statistics Canada
  • Mr. Pascual Gerstenfeld, ECLAC
  • Mr. Ivo Havinga, UNSD
10:10-10:30am
Tea/Coffee Break
10:30am-2:30pm
Session 1: Coordination at and between the global, (sub-) regional and National Statistical Systems (Thematic 1), Communication, and Advocacy (Thematic 2)

Facilitator: Ms. Gatlin Roberts, Statistical Office, St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Presentations

  • Thematic 1: Ms. Prayma Carrette, Central Statistical Office, Dominica
  • Thematic 2: Mr. Iwan Sno, Director of Statistics, General Bureau of Statistics, Suriname
  • Thematic 1/2: Ms. Philomen Harrison, CARICOM
12:15-1:30pm
Lunch Break
2:30-5:30pm
Session 2: Integrated Statistical Systems: Data Collection, Processing and Dissemination of Integrated Statistics

Facilitator: Mr. Statchel Edwards, Statistics Division, Antigua and Barbuda

Presentations

4:00-4:30pm
Tea/Coffee break
4:30-5:30pm
Session 2: Plenary presentations of the outcome of breakout meetings and discussions

Day 2: Thursday, 8 September

9:30am-12:30pm
Session 3: Innovation and modernization through standard-based statistical business architecture

Facilitator: Mr. Sean Francis O'Brien, Bureau of Statistics, Trinidad and Tobago

Presentations

11:00am-11:30am
Tea/Coffee break
11:30am-12:30pm
Session 3: Plenary presentations of the outcome of breakout meetings and discussions
12:30-1:45pm
Lunch Break
2:00-3:45pm
Session 4: Capacity Building and Training

Facilitator: Mr Halim Brizan, Central Statistical Office, Grenada

Presentations

3:15-3:45pm
Tea/Coffee break
5:45-6:45pm
Session 4: Plenary presentations of the outcome of breakout meetings and discussions

Day 3: Friday, 9 September

9:00-10:45am
Conclusions and the way forward

Facilitator: Ms. Carol Coy, Director-General, Statistical Institute of Jamaica

Presentation of the CARICOM Action Plan for the Improvement of Statistics

  • Mr Halim Brizan, Central Statistical Office, Grenada

Panellists

  • Ms. Prayma Carrette, Central Statistical Office, Dominica
  • Ms. Leona Wilson, Department of Statistics, Bahamas
  • Mr. Edwin St. Catherine, Central Statistical Office, Saint Lucia
  • Ms. Philomen Harrison, CARICOM
  • Mr. Giovanni Savio, ECLAC
  • Mr. Ivo Havinga, UNSD
10:45-11:15am
Closing and farewell

Panellists

  • Mr. Stéphane Dufour, Statistics Canada
  • Ms. Mariko Russell, Inter-American Development Bank
  • Mr. Ivo Havinga, UNSD
  • Ms. Philomen Harrison, CARICOM

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