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26 June, 2009
UNSD Calendar of EventsThe purpose of the Workshop is to present an overview of the various
methods of evaluating censuses with a focus on the post enumeration survey
(PES) methodology. More specifically, the Workshop will cover elements
of the PES with regard to: (1) planning and implementation; (2) frames
and sample design; (3) methodologies for evaluating content and coverage
errors; (4) matching procedures; (5) imputation of missing values; and
(6) tabulation and dual system of estimation. The Workshop will also
offer the possibility to the participants to present and discuss the
experience of their countries on different aspects of census evaluation
and the post enumeration survey. The United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)/Department of Economic
and Social Affairs, in collaboration with the Central Statistical Organisation,
India is organizing a workshop on National Accounts for South Asian countries.
The workshop will take place on 6-9 July 2009 in New Delhi, India, hosted
by the Central Statistical Organisation, Ministry of Statistics and Programme
Implementation of India. The United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) in collaboration with
Korea National Statistical Office (KNSO) is organizing the Second International
Workshop on Economic Census. The workshop is dedicated to the topics
of great relevance for the establishment and maintenance of a sound foundation
for the compilation of economic statistics in countries at different
levels of economic development. It is a follow up event to the First
International Workshop on Economic Census, jointly organized by UNSD
and the National Bureau of Statistics of China in 2005, which evaluated
the potential of the economic census for production of high quality and
policy relevant economic statistics and concluded that it serves as the
cornerstone for the economic statistics infrastructure of many countries. The United Nations Committee of Experts on Environmental-Economic Accounting
(UNCEEA) is an intergovernmental body providing strategic vision and
direction to environmental-economic accounting and related statistics.
The Fourth Meeting of the UNCEEA will discuss the policy relevance of
environmental-economic accounting and environment statistics framework
to measure the nexus between economic growth, development and the environment
including climate change. In particular, it will discuss the contribution
of these frameworks and more broadly of the statistical community to
global initiatives related to climate change, the green economy, sustainable
consumption and production, biodiversity and ecosystem services. Senior
experts from academia and the policy and scientific community will be
invited to participate in the meetings. UNdata—Data
Managers' Meeting The second UNdata—Data
Managers' Meeting will be held in New York from 22 to 24 June 2009, hosted
by the UN Statistics Division. The meeting will gather experts from international
agencies to exchange ideas on data and metadata dissemination. The meeting
will cover several topics including: recent and future developments in
the UNdata portal in terms of content and functionalities; current initiatives
in data dissemination practices in UNdata partner agencies; and possible
ways to strengthen cooperation and formalize agreements for collaboration. The United Nations Statistics
Division/Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNSD), in collaboration
with the Central Bureau of Statistics of Namibia, the Southern African
Development Community (SADC) and the United Nations Economic Commission
for Africa (ECA) are organizing a workshop on National Accounts for
SADC countries. The objective of the workshop
is to train representatives from national statistical offices, national
tourism authorities and central banks from the South East Asian countries
on methodological development of tourism statistics and also the current
country-practices in compiling tourism statistics. The training will
focus on both the interpretation of conceptual issues and options for
the implementation of the international recommendations in country
specific circumstances and facilitate the establishment of a network
of statisticians in the South East Asian countries working on tourism
statistics.  The Regional Workshop on the latest Information Technologies in Knowledge
Transfer is organized by the United Nations Statistics Division in
cooperation with UNESCAP, and is hosted by the Bangladesh Bureau of
Statistics. The workshop will take place from 15-18 June in Dhaka,
Bangladesh. The workshop is part of the UN/DESA Development Account
project for the strengthening of the statistical capacity of the countries
of South Asia. The United Nations Statistics
Division (UNSD) in collaboration with the National Bureau of Statistics
of China is organizing an international workshop on measuring production
in national accounting from appropriate basic economic data sources.
This workshop is the first in a series of events to be organized under
the project on strengthening statistical capacity development in China
and other developing countries in Asia funded by the Chinese Government.
With the objective to enhance the capacity of National Statistical
Offices of Asian countries to produce reliable and high quality national
accounts estimates, the workshop will give an overview on the production
approach in the System of National Accounts and address the data and
measurement issues of the agricultural, manufacturing and the services
sectors. The informal sector will also be discussed. The United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD),
in collaboration with Economic Commission for Latin America and the
Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística
(IBGE), is organizing a Workshop on Manufacturing Statistics, scheduled
for 1-4 June 2009 in Santiago, Chile. This workshop continues the programme
for the development of comprehensive and comparable manufacturing statistics
in the Latin American region. Building on topics discussed at previously
held workshops, this proposed workshop will in particular focus on
the conduct of manufacturing surveys, including the planning and management
of surveys, sampling issues, questionnaire design and data collection
issues, as well as specific methods and techniques used for capturing
small and household units. 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. The seminar is jointly organised by the United Nations Statistics Division/
Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNSD), the Statistical Office
of the European Communities (Eurostat) and Statistics Canada. The seminar
will be hosted by Statistics Canada. An Expert Group Meeting
(EGM) on national accounts is being jointly organised
by United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia
(ESCWA) and the United Nations Statistics Division from 12 to 14 May
2009 in Cairo, Egypt. The Twenty-fifth session of the
United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names (UNGEGN) will take
place at the United Nations Office in Nairobi, from 5 to 12 May 2009
in Nairobi, Kenya. This is the first time that UNGEGN is meeting in Africa.
Experts from over 100 countries are expected to attend the session to
discuss standardization of geographical names and other related issues.
A poster exhibit and training on toponymy will be organized in conjunction
with the session. African countries are encouraged to participate in
order to show their work on names in connection with mapping or cultural
heritage, for example: field collection of names; names and maps; gazetteers
and/or databases, etc. The session is organized by the UNGEGN Bureau
and the Statistics Division of DESA (Secretariat of UNGEGN) in collaboration
with UN Economic Commission for Africa. Workshop
on Manufacturing Statistics for African Countries The United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) is organizing a Workshop on
Manufacturing Statistics, in collaboration with the Central Statistical Office (CSO) of Zambia, the United Nations Economic
Commission for Africa (UNECA) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC). The workshop will take place from 4 to 7
May 2009 in Lusaka, Zambia. UNSD/ECE Joint
Meeting on Environmental Indicators The joint meeting will bring together statisticians and environmental
experts from the countries of the Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central
Asia (EECCA) region and South-Eastern Europe as well as from other
European countries and international/regional organizations. The objectives
of the meeting are to (i) discuss priorities and modalities of cooperation
on methodological issues of environmental indicators in 2009-2010;
(ii) review in detail selected indicators covered by the UNECE Indicator
Guidelines to provide practical recommendations on the use of statistical
classifications, data collection methods and procedures for the production
of indicators; (iii) exchange information on international developments
related to environmental indicators that may be important but are currently
not included in the Guidelines and provide references to available
guidance materials; (iv) initiate discussions on modern presentation
formats and tools for effective dissemination of environmental indicators
including the use of modern information technologies. The 14th meeting of the London Group on Environmental Accounting will discuss topics
in the list of issues for Volume 1 of the revised System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA) , the international
statistical standard. The revision of the SEEA is a project under the coordination and management of the United Nations
Committee of Experts on Environmental-Economic Accounting (UNCEEA). The agenda include, among others, the following topics:
classification of physical flows, land use/land cover classification, emission permits, accounting for carbon in forest and
soil, natural resource management and expenditure accounts, definition and use of environmental taxes and subsidies and the
environmental goods and services industry. The United Nations Statistics Division UNSD) of the Department of Economic and Social
Affairs (DESA), in cooperation with the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UN/ECLAC) and the Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística
(DANE)of Colombia organizes a workshop
for Developing Countries on the Revision of the Recommendations for International
Merchandise Trade Statistics (IMTS), which will take place from 31 March
to 3 April 2009 in Bogotá, Colombia. This workshop is part of
a special effort of UNSD and UN/ECLAC to inform and receive feedback
from developing countries on the IMTS revision process. The focus of
the workshop will be on the concepts and definitions for international
merchandise trade statistics as contained in International Merchandise
Trade Statistics, Revision 2 (IMTS, Rev.2), and their application in
countries.
The major item on the agenda of the Task Force on International Merchandise Trade
Statistics (TFIMTS) will be the revision of the international recommendations on IMTS—the draft revised recommendations
are scheduled to be submitted to the Statistical Commission for adoption at its forty-first session in 2010. The meeting will
discuss the results of the first round of worldwide consultation and the recent virtual meeting of the Expert Group on IMTS as
well as further work during 2009 and beyond (update of the compilers manual, implementation and critical issues for IMTS).
Besides other methodological developments, issues related to trade databases and trade analysis are also on the agenda. The
Joint Session of the Inter-Agency Task Forces on International Merchandise Trade Statistics and of Statistics of International
Trade in Services will cover overlapping issues of trade in goods and services. Meeting of the Task Force on Statistics of International Trade in Services(TFSITS), 10-11 March 2009, and the Joint Session of the Inter-Agency Task Forces on International Merchandise Trade Statistics and of Statistics of International Trade in Services 12 March 2009 Bangkok, Thailand The Task Force on Statistics of International Trade in Services (TFSITS) will discuss the
revision of the Manual on Statistics of International Trade in Services (MSITS) with the aim of submitting it for the approval
of the UN Statistical Commission in 2010. The following items are also on the agenda of the TF: compilation guidance to support
the use of the MSITS, problems of data quality and historical consistency and the experience and plans in ECLAC and APEC
region, TFSITS web-site and newsletter, upcoming seminars and expert group meetings. The Joint Session of the Inter-Agency Task
Forces on International Merchandise Trade Statistics and of Statistics of International Trade in Services will discuss the
report from the Statistical Commission and the Working Group on the Impact of Globalization on National Accounts, Coverage of
trade statistics—goods for processing and intra-firm trade of multinationals. 40th Session of the UN Statistical Commission The Fortieth session of the Statistical Commission is scheduled to be held at United Nations Headquarters, New York from 24 to 27 February 2009 in the United Nations Secretariat Building. On the opening day (Tuesday, 24 February 2009), the session will be held in the General Assembly Hall. Subsequent meetings from 25-27 February will be held in Conference Room 3. For more information, please refer to the website: Contact: Li Wang, Tel: +1 212 963 9547, E-mail: wangl@un.org The 2009 Global Forum is the second
of a series of international meetings on gender statistics to be held
annually with the purpose of promoting the advancement of gender statistics
among decision makers and all other user groups. The 2009 Forum will serve
to solidify the momentum gained with the launch in December 2007 of the
Global Gender Statistics Programme and the Interagency Expert Group on Gender
Statistics (IAEG-GS). In addition, the 2009 Forum will review best practices
in the incorporation of a gender perspective in national statistical systems
and in the measurement of women’s participation in and contributions
to the economy. During the Forum, national-level experiences on integrating
gender into population and housing census and household survey data collection
processes and analysis will also be presented. The Forum will serve to
highlight the need for statistics to respond to requirements for monitoring
progress towards the attainment of gender equity goals and targets, including
the Millennium Development Goals, PRSPs, Beijing Platform for Action and
CEDAW. Furthermore, the IAEG-GS will hold its annual meeting in conjunction
with the Forum to review the work of the two advisory groups on gender statistics
and propose future actions for the groups. |
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