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Global Statistical News

Calendar of Events




Date Name Organizer
25-27 January 2005

Expert Group Meeting on Regional MDG Indicators
New York, USA

 United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)

Contact person:
Francesca Perucci
<perucci@un.org>
25-26 January 2005 Third Regional Workshop on Fiscal Policy and Environment
Santiago, Chile		 UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNECLAC)





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2-4 February 2005 Second Africa Preparatory Conference for the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS)
Accra, Ghana		 UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)
3-4 February 2005 Forum for Asia/Pacific Statisticians (APEX - 1) Bangkok, Thailand UN Economic and Social Commission
for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)
14-15 February 2005 Joint UNECE/OECD Work Session on Statistical Dissemination and Communication
Henley-on-Thames,
United Kingdom		 UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)/Organization of Economic Developed Countries (OECD)
14-18 February 2005 Technical Subgroup Meeting on International Economic and Social Classifications
 New York, USA		 United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)

Contact person:
Ralf Becker
<beckerr@un.org>
28 Feb. to 4 March 2005 Workshop on Environment Statistics
Dakar, Senegal

United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)

Contact person:
Ulrich Wieland
<wieland@un.org>



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1-4 March 2005 36th Session of the Statistical Commission,
New York, USA		 United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)

Contact person:
Stefan Schweinfest
<schweinfest@un.org>
14-17 March 2005 Workshop on Energy Statistics
Abuja, Nigeria

United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)

Contact person:
Karoly Kovacs
<kovacs@un.org>

14-18 March 2005 Workshop on International Economy and Social Classifications,
Montevideo, Uruguay		 United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)

Contact person:
Ralf Becker
<beckerr@un.org>
21-23 March 2005 Workshop on Migration Statistics
Geneva, Switzerland		 UNECE/UNFPA/NIDI
28 March to 1 April 2005 SDDS Outreach Seminar for Potential Subscribers
Bangkok, Thailand
 International Monetary Fund (IMF)/ Economic and Social Commission
for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)
31 March to April 2 2005 IAOS Satellite Meeting before the ISI Session: on the topic "Issues for Official Statistics for Small Countries"
Noumea, New Caledonia		 International Statistical Institute (ISI)



Date Name Organizer
4-5 April 2005 IASE Satellite Meeting before the ISI Session: on the topic "Statistics Education and the Communication of Statistics"
Sydney, Australia		 International Statistical Institute (ISI)
5-12 April 2005

55th Biennial Session of the International Statistical Institute
Sydney, Australia

 International Statistical Institute (ISI)
11-13 April 2005 Joint ECE/Eurostat Work Session on Registers and Administrative Records for Social and Demographic Statistics UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)/Eurostat
13-14 April 2005 IASS Satellite Conference after the ISI Session: "Complex sampling, Retrospective Sampling and Missing Data"
Auckland, New Zealand 		International Statistical Institute (ISI)
14-15 April 2005 IAOS Satellite Meeting after the ISI Session: "Challenges in Measuring Small and Indigenous Populations"
Wellington, New Zealand 		International Statistical Institute (ISI)
18-20 April 2005 Joint ECE/Eurostat/OECD Meeting on the Management of Statistical Information Systems (MSIS)  
Bratislava, Slovakia		 UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)/Organization of Economic Developed Countries (OECD)/Eurostat
19-22 April 2005

UNSD/UNESCAP Workshop on National Accounts
Bangkok, Thailand

 United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)/Economic and Social Commission
for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)
21-27 April 2005 Sixty first Session of the ESCAP Commission

UN Economic Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)

Contact person: unisbkk.unescap@un.org



Data Name Organizer
16-18 May 2005

Working Session on Statistical Data Editing
Canada, Ottawa

 UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
30 May-1 June 2005

Third Workshop for Improving Disability Statistics and Measurement
Bangkok, Thailand

 Economic and Social Commission
for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)


 
Date Name Organizer
13-17 June 2005 Conference of European Statisticians Geneva, Switzerland UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
20-22 June 2005 Work Session on Water Statistics
Vienna, Austria		 United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)

Contact person:
Rosmary Montgomery
20-23 June 2005 Meeting of the Expert Group on International Economic and Social Classifications
New York, USA		 United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)

Contact person:
Ralf Becker
<beckerr@un.org>
27 June to 1 July 2005 Eighth United Nations Regional Cartographic Conference for the Americas
New York, USA		 United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)

Contact person:
Amor Laaribi
29 June to 1 July 2005

ECE/FAO/Eurostat/OECD Meeting on Food and Agricultural Statistics
Rome, Italy

UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)/Organization of Economic Developed Countries (OECD)/Eurostat/ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)



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24-28 July 2005

25th European Meeting of Statisticians (EMS)
Oslo, Norway

 EMS 2005



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11-14 October 2005

Joint ECE/OECD Meeting on National Accounts
Paris, France

 UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
26-28 October 2005 ECE/Eurostat Work Session on Electronic Data Reporting UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)



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14-18 November 2005 Joint ECE/Eurostat Meeting on Population and Housing Censuses UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
14-18 November 2005 ECE/Eurostat Work Session on Statistical Data Confidentiality UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)



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