Description: The Joint meeting of the Steering Groups of the ESCAP Committee on Statistics: Steering Group for the Regional Programme for the Improvement of Economic Statistics in Asia and the Pacific and the Regional Steering Group on Population and Social Statistics, will be held virtually on 31 October to 2 November 2023, from 10:00 – 13.00 (Bangkok time). Concep note Link to attend the meeting here Meeting objectives Exchange national experiences, practices and innovations in economic, social and population statistics Share research and experiences by Steering Group members on priority topics identified by the Committee on Statistics: Data governance, big data, gender statistics, and well-being and sustainability measures Learn of relevant initiatives by regional and international development partners Discuss preliminary findings and emerging recommendations from consultations and the ongoing review of the structure of the ESCAP Committee on Statistics Identify strategies to enhance the Asia-Pacific region’s contribution and influence within relevant global forums The agenda of the meeting tentatively includes: Innovative approaches and methodologies applied by countries represented on the Steering Groups to population, social, and economic statistics Sharing research and experience by countries represented on the Steering Groups on topics featured by the Committee on Statistics in its recent session, e.g., the production and use of complementary progress measures with an emphasis on climate change-related statistics, big data for official statistics, accounting for integrated statistics and analysis, gender mainstreaming, etc. Briefing on the relevant initiatives and tools by development partners Briefing on the consultation results and the Bureau’s work on the “Review of the Committee Structure” Relevant global forums: Strategies to enhance the Asia-Pacific region's contribution and influence.
Description: This course, presented by the IMF Statistics Department, is based on the conceptual framework of the 2008 System of National Accounts (2008 SNA). It covers advanced methodological and practical issues related to the compilation of the sequence of accounts of the SNA (current and capital accounts, financial accounts, other changes in volume of assets accounts, revaluation accounts, and balance sheets) byinstitutional sectors. The course will also examine the linkages between institutional sectors as a basis for establishing from-whom-to-whom accounts. The aim of the course is to provide participants with the necessary skills to compile-or further enhance-their country's institutional sector accounts and the balance sheets. The course consists of lectures covering conceptual and methodological issues, workshops sessions on practical compilation issues, discussions on emerging financial issues such as fintech and crypto assets. It will review case studies involving new applications of ISA such as household distributions to examine income, consumption and wealth accumulation by various cohorts and intergenerational transfers and pensions. The myriad ways in which the ISA supports economic policy will also be examined. The lectures will provide a thorough review of the methodological framework, concepts, and definitions relating to sectoral institutional sector accounts and balance sheets, examine potential data sources for the compilation of annual and quarterly ISA, and illustrate possible compilation techniques and procedures. The course also provides a forum for participants to share country practices and experiences relating to the compilation of sectoral institutional accounts and balance sheets.
Description: Concept Note Many statisticians associate the International Statistical Institute (ISI) with the biennial ISI World Statistics Congresses (WSC), while this is just one among many initiatives ISI has spearheaded over its 138-year history, in order to “promote the understanding, development, and good practice of statistics worldwide." ISI spells out its vision, being the one and only outstanding independent international statistical organization that a) sets the global standard for ethical practice in statistics, b) connects its members and shares the most recent developments in statistical techniques and practices, c) offers high-quality scientific content and support the development of statisticians from all over the world. Join us at this Stats Café session, to learn more about ISI and what it can mean to you. This session will overview ISI and its offerings, with a focus on its roles in ethical practice, and fostering the production and sharing of high-quality scientific content plus the development of statisticians. Relevant links: https://www.isi-web.org/ Agenda Moderator: Gemma Van Halderen, Elected member of the International Statistics Institute and former focal point for the Association’s Young Statistician Prize. Opening remarks: Rachael Beaven, Director, Statistics Division, ESCAP Touching upon the ISI and its offerings, Oliver Chinganya, Director, African Centre for Statistics, UNECA, and ISI Vice President ISI advocating ethical principles in statistics, Walter Radermacher, chair of the Advisory Board on Ethics of the ISI ISI promoting official statistics: the Statistical Journal of the International Association for Official Statistics (SJIAOS), Lisa Grace S. Bersales, member of the executive committee of the International Association for Official Statistics and former member of the editorial team of the SJIAOS ISI promoting survey statistics: the International Association of Survey Statisticians (IASS), Natalie Shlomo, President of IASS ISI and statistical capacity building in the ESCAP region, Matthew Shearing, Co-Chair of the ISI Statistical Capacity Building Committee Q & A and discussion Closing remarks: Rachael Beaven, Director, Statistics Division, ESCAP , Stats Café Home: Upcoming events Concluded events
Organizer(s): UNSD Eurostat World Bank OECD BIS ECB IMF ILO ESCWA Banca d'Italia
Description: The 9th Global Conference on Statistical Data and Metadata Exchange (SDMX) will be held 29 October to 2 November 2023 in Manama, Bahrain on the theme of Empowering Data Communities. The Global Conference is a bi-annual event for the official statistics community worldwide to share information on recent and upcoming SDMX developments. The 2023 event, co-organised by the SDMX Sponsors and the Bahrain Information and eGovernment Authority (IGA) with support of ESCWA and Banca d’Italia, will bring together a broad range of official statistics compilers and users from national, regional and international agencies, academia and the private sector.
Description: Classification of the Functions of Government (COFOG) is a classification defined by the United Nations Statistics Division and adapted to the IMF government finance statistics (GFS) reporting framework. COFOG enables trends in government expenditure by function (e.g., defense or education) or policy purposes to be examined over time. The value of this is that expenditure by functions of government of different countries can be compared. Participants will gain an understanding of how the ten functions of government as described in the GFSM 2014 are classified, how to categorize expenditure data to generate a functional split will be explained and how it should reconcile with the economic classification of expenditure data used in the GFS. Participants should feel comfortable to present and discuss relevant data of their own country. Practical exercises with participants working in random groups will feature throughout the course enabling them to be able to appropriately categorize expenditure data to the correct functional categories.
Description: International Statistical Classifications are an essential component of the statistical infrastructure. They ensure quality and relevance of statistics and their comparability across time and domains, e.g., output, trade, employment, balances, etc. International classifications are also essential to guarantee international comparability and therefore monitor global trend and phenomena in a reliable manner. In an increasingly interconnected world, classifications can play an important role for the integration of statistics across domains as long as the underlying concepts are clearly identified and to the extent possible linked. The revision and maintenance of classifications requires continuous and dedicated efforts to ensure that the classifications reflect the reality and support sound policymaking and informed decisions.<br><br>The Sprint is jointly organized by UN Network of Economic Statisticians and the UN Committee of Experts on International Statistical Classifications to raise awareness of the importance of international classifications with both internal and external users; advance outreach by the Committee of Experts on International Statistical Classifications to engage NSOs; provide an additional forum for discussing and sharing modern ways of updating and implementing classifications; and highlight the importance of investing in classification work as a foundation for data integration.<br><br>The Sprint consists of three webinars. The first webinar will explore the role of statistical classifications for data integration . It will raise awareness of the importance of international statistical classifications with both internal and external users and highlight the importance of investing in classification work as a foundation for data integration by showcasing real life applications inside and outside NSOs.
Source: Eurostat (Data extracted on: 03 Feb 2023 )
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Organizer(s): Eurostat Icon-Institut
Description: Objective: To provide participants engaged in statistical, technical and other analytical training, presentations, consulting and facilitating group discussions with enhanced levels of competence and the expertise required to be effective in understanding and managing groups and individuals. It provides excellent insights into ‘statistical consulting’ which is frequently part of the statistical trainers’ role.
Target Audience: Designed for all those who are engaged in providing statistical, technical and analytical training, giving statistical, technical and analytical presentations, providing statistical, technical and analytical consulting and facilitating group sessions with statistical and non-statistical audiences.
Source: Eurostat (Data extracted on: 24 Aug 2023 )
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Organizer(s): Eurostat Icon-Institut
Description: The main objective of this course is to offer an overview on the various necessary steps to compile a supply-and-use system and for the transformation of the resulting data in matrices, focusing on practical examples on how that compilation is made. The second objective is to provide an introduction into input-output analysis and to show how this technique may be used for structural analyses. In particular the course aims at illustrating in which fields input-output analysis can be used to address questions of high political relevance.
Target Audience: The course is targeted at ESS staff interested in the principles of compiling supply and use tables according to ESA2010 and in understanding the main concepts and the potentials of input-output analysis for empirical investigations of high political relevance.
Description: Weighting is one of the major components in survey sampling. For a given sample survey, to each unit of the selected sample is attached a weight that is used to obtain estimates of population parameters of interest (e.g. means, totals, rates). The weighting process usually involves three steps: (i) obtain the design weights, which account for sample selection; (ii) adjust these weights to compensate for nonresponse; (iii) adjust the weights so that the estimates coincide to some population figures known from external trusted sources. The principle behind estimation in a probability survey is that each sample unit represents not only itself, but also several units of the survey population. The design weight of a unit usually refers to the average number of units in the population that each sampled unit represents. This weight is determined by the sampling method and is an important part of the estimation process. While the design weights can be used for estimation, most surveys produce a set of estimation weights by adjusting the design weights to improve accuracy of the final estimates. Once the final estimation weights have been calculated, they are applied to the sample data in order to compute estimates. The ILO Department of Statistics, in collaboration with the ITCILO, is proud to offer the Online course "Weighting Methods & Strategies". This course is directly linked to the course "Sampling Design: A Practical Approach" planned to take place in the spring of 2023 as both courses complement each other. Both courses are considered a learning journey that qualifies the learner to understand comprehensively Sampling design & weighting. Hence, attending both courses is strongly recommended for a fulfilling learning journey.
Target Audience: This course requires basic knowledge of statistics and probability! - It requires basic capacity to run procedures on statistical software using syntax (e.g. Stata do files, Spss syntax files, R scripts, Sas program files, etc.), and in particular with R3. The target audience includes: - Statisticians and practitioners from national statistical offices that have a role in designing household surveys samples.
Description: The course aims to enhance national capacities in the latest, most up-to-date statistical sampling techniques and methods, survey planning and data weights.
Description: Nowcasting refers to the practice of using recently published data to update key economic indicators that are published with a significant lag, such as real GDP. The aim of this course is to familiarize participants with cutting-edge nowcasting tools that facilitate the use mixed-frequency data in regression models. The course begins by establishing the importance of nowcasting for more timely and appropriate policy formulation during crisis periods such as the GFC or COVID-19. It then reviews the standard nowcasting regression-based procedures available, including the BRIDGE, MIDAS, and U-MIDAS estimators, both with and without dynamic factors. The course also reviews the more general state-space/Kalman filter approach to formulating and estimating a nowcasting model with mixed-frequency data. Procedures for combining nowcasts from the distinct models are considered, along with statistical procedures for evaluating the accuracy of a sequence of nowcasts. Each topic is complemented by a hands-on workshops and assignment using country-specific data using the EViews econometric package. The workshops and assignments are an integral component of the course designed to illuminate the actual steps required to generate a nowcast.
Source: Eurostat (Data extracted on: 03 Jul 2023 )
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Organizer(s): Eurostat Icon-Institut
Description: The goal of this activity is to provide participants with basic knowledge about the syntax and basis of the R programming language and to provide an overview of the main packages which are important for the statistical production process. The activity will pay special attention to these packages devoted to management of large databases and the analysis of complex surveys.
Target Audience: Statistical production units and methodologist of NSIs.
Source: Eurostat (Data extracted on: 03 Feb 2023 )
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Organizer(s): Eurostat Icon-Institut
Description: The objectives of this course are: * This course shall democratize the use of blockchain technology; * Understand the cryptographic principles behind blockchains; * Understand the components of blockchains; * Get to know impactful use cases of diverse blockchains; * Get to know the ecosystems of available blockchains and tools; * Develop an application on the Ethereum blockchain for Official Statistics.
Target Audience: Official statisticians/data scientists working on methodology.
Description: The fifty-first plenary session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS 51) will be held from 23 to 27 October 2023 in a hybrid format. The Committee on World Food Security (CFS) is an inclusive international and intergovernmental platform for a broad range of committed stakeholders to work together in a coordinated manner and in support of country-led processes towards the elimination of hunger and ensuring food security and nutrition for all, for the progressive realization of the right to adequate food in the context of national food security. During its 51st Session, the CFS is set to endorse the Policy Recommendations on Strengthening Food Security and Nutrition Data Collection and Analysis Tools for Food Security. Additionally, the Plenary will include two stocktaking sessions: a presentation on the progress of the follow-up to the Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2) as well as a global thematic event on the monitoring of the two Policy Recommendations on Price Volatility and Food Security, and on Social Protection for Food Security and Nutrition. See the provisional agenda here, and visit the CFS page for more information.
Source: ESCAP SIAP (Data extracted on: 06 Sep 2023 )
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Organizer(s): ESCAP SIAP WHO
Description: SDG 3.8.2 indicator is focused on relatively large Out-of-Pocket (OOP) health spending which might lead to cutting spending on other basic needs such as educationfoodhousing and utilities.Butrecognizing that for poor and vulnerable people it is the absolute level of OOP health spending that is crucial – even if it represents less than 10% of a household’s total consumption or income (budget) – indicators of impoverishing health spending are also used to track the lack of financial protection in health and demonstrate the interdependency between SDG 1 “End poverty in all its form everywhere” and SDG target 3.8 on “Universal health coverage”. Specificallythese additional indictors include the proportion of the population impoverished or further impoverished by household expenditures on health using different poverty lines.The Subregional Training on Monitoring Financial Protection in Health will explain in detail the rationale to track SDG indicator 3.8.2why additional indicators are needed and how the monitoring framework can be expanded to support relevant policy discussions. This training will also discuss the data requirements to monitor the lack of financial protection in health.
Description: The fourteenth meeting of the Inter-agency and Expert Group on Sustainable Development Goal Indicators (IAEG-SDGs) will be held in person from 23 to 25 October 2023 at the CPH Conference-DGI Byen in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Description: Main objectives of the Workshop include advancing the implementation of IMTS 2010 recommendations, including issues of scope and coverage, bilateral asymmetries, quality and data comparability, data dissemination, analyses and uses, among others. Participants will discuss analyses of topics of interest on the compilation of international merchandise trade statistics; ways of strengthening the generation of the statistics, including the El Salvadorian International Merchandise Trade System and other experiences in this regard. Furthermore, the Workshop will discuss emerging issues on trade statistics, including the revision of the trade manuals.
Source: Eurostat (Data extracted on: 03 Feb 2023 )
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Organizer(s): Eurostat EFTA Statistics Norway
Description: To create an awareness of the possibilities and challenges of mixed mode questionnaire design generally, and for IESS surveys specifically.
Target Audience: Pretesting, data collection and subject matter specialists conducting or planning mixed mode data collection for social surveys covered by the IESS framework regulation.
Description: The tenth Session of the United Nations Regional Committee on Global Geospatial Information Management for the Americas will take place in Santiago, from October 18 to 20, 2023.
Source: Eurostat (Data extracted on: 01 Nov 2022 )
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Organizer(s): Eurostat
Description: The objective of this course is to introduce participants to the practice of output checking for confidentiality risks. The course focuses on output that is generated by researchers from official microdata. In most cases researchers will have had access to microdata through the Research Data Centre of the data producer to produce the output. The participants will be invited to bring their own case studies for discussion in the training.
Target Audience: Staff members dealing with statistical confidentiality, especially staff in Research Data Centres or Safe Centres. The course is intended for staff checking output that was created by external researchers or output from varying statistical analyses created by colleagues in statistical offices.
Source: Eurostat (Data extracted on: 03 Feb 2023 )
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Organizer(s): Eurostat Icon-Institut
Description: This Course aims at: * defining the reference framework of data generated by smart devices, technologies, networks and their relations with official statistics, also comparing NSIs’ different situations (different level of integration, etc.); * introducing the main concepts, frameworks and artefacts to carry out Enterprise Architecture for official statistics; * focussing on the Business Architecture Model/Activity model within NSIs, orientating it to ongoing modernisation changes and related mainly to innovative data sources, Big Data, new data; * explaining how to apply and map GAMSO to new business models for official statistics, innovative sources and Big Data; * explaining how to map GSBPM to the statistical processes related to innovative data sources; * providing an overview of the main statistical and technical guidelines, best practices, and standards as pre-requisites for the implementation of EA and BREAL; * focussing on the context of Big data REference Architecture and Layers – BREAL; * providing theoretical training to develop BREAL; * promoting group discussions on topics such as setting up a capability assessment and roadmaps for acquiring and benefiting from ESS shared investments.
Target Audience: Business architects; IT managers responsible for the design of new processes and innovative IT systems; Statistical survey managers; Statisticians and Technicians involved in statistical production processes.
Description: The Tenth Session of the United Nations Regional Committee on Global Geospatial Information Management for the Americas (UN-GGIM: Americas) and associated side events will be held between Tuesday 17 and Friday 20 of October, 2023, in person, at ECLAC dependencies.
Source: Eurostat (Data extracted on: 03 Feb 2023 )
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Organizer(s): Eurostat Icon-Institut
Description: Objectives of this course: * To provide participants with a specific knowledge of the features recently included within JDEMETRA+ and run the tool within the R environment; * To train the participants to use JDEMETRA+ for purposes different from seasonal adjustment, such as estimation of missing values temporal disaggregation, benchmarking, forecasting and analysis of revisions; * To prepare and to motivate the participants to become integral part of the extended network in charge of testing (software releases), maintaining (fixing bugs) and extending (new plug-ins) the tool.
Target Audience: Advanced users of seasonal adjustment methods involved in regular/massive data production and/or developers involved in the integration of SA methods in their IT environment wishing to enhance their knowledge of the JDEMETRA+ tool and/or using or potentially developing relative plug-ins. Ideal participants are either young statisticians with some interest in IT or young IT specialist with some interest in statistics. People currently using TRAMO/SEATS and/or X12 family product and/or old version of DEMETRA/JDEMETRA+ family products aiming at implementing the latest JDEMETRA+ version.
Description: <p>Jointly organized by the Inter-secretariat Working Group on Household Surveys (ISWGHS) and the Global Network of Data Officers and Statisticians, the webinar discusses various approaches to be integrated and implemented in future household surveys – within existing household survey programs and country-specific household surveys. The speakers will explore both customization and integration of data elements proposed in the paper for major household programs and the opportunities for technical support provided to National Statistical Offices (NSOs) by the Expert Group on Refugee, IDP and Statelessness Statistics (EGRISS) on the integration of identification questions in stand-alone national surveys. The webinar will be presented by UNHCR, MICS and a national presentative. More information about this work is available at EGRISS and JDC.</p>.<p>Registration</p>
Description: This course, presented by the Statistics Department, focuses on both the conceptual framework of government finance statistics (GFS) as presented in the IMF’s Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014 (GFSM 2014) and on practical aspects of data compilation. Basic concepts and definitions, accounting principles, and detailed classifications are dealt with in the context of the GFSM 2014, which is harmonized with the System of National Accounts (SNA 2008). The course examines the GFS framework, as well as its coverage and accounting rules (including accrual accounting), classifications, balance sheets and debt, and the sources and methods used for compiling GFS. Lastly, the course discusses the dissemination of GFS and its uses in fiscal policymaking and analyses.
Description: This course, presented by the Statistics Department, focuses on the conceptual framework of government finance statistics (GFS) as presented in the Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014 (GFSM 2014), with an emphasis on new concepts introduced in GFSM 2014. The course requires that participants are familiar with the basic GFS framework and classification system. Emphasizing the integrated GFS framework, the course addresses complex cross-cutting GFS issues, such as social protection, government employee pension liabilities, standardized guarantee schemes, contracts, leases, licenses, public-private partnerships, and public sector balance sheets. It also examines coverage of the public sector, giving special attention to borderline and complex cases. The course discusses internal and intersectoral data consistency, coordination between data-producing agencies, as well as data presentation and communication with users. The format is lectures and discussions.
Description: This course focuses on the conceptual framework of government finance statistics (GFS) as presented in the Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014 (GFSM 2014). The course requires that participants are familiar with the basic GFS framework and classification system. Participants should also have experience in compiling GFS from national source data. Emphasizing the integrated GFS framework, the course addresses some complex cross-cutting GFS issues that we have found to be pertinent to improving data quality. It also examines coverage of the public sector, giving special attention to borderline and complex cases. The format is lectures and exercises. Participants will be requested to propose topics related to methodological concepts that they have found problematic in compiling GFS.
Description: This is a comprehensive training course that covers application of R in Data Management and Analysis in socio-economic fields. The course aims at equipping participants with skills and knowledge in data management, analysis and interpretation.
Target Audience: Planners; Policy Makers; Statisticians; Economists; Monitoring and Evaluation Officers; Researchers and the Academia.
Description: Employment impact assessment is key to increasing the effectiveness of policies intended to promote decent jobs. In times of crisis of the kind the world is currently facing, the importance of timely and accurate assessment is greater than ever. In the light of these issues, the aim of this course is to improve the design and implementation of policies for the creation of decent jobs by building the capacity of all relevant stakeholders to identify, measure and assess the effects on employment of economic, sectoral, trade-related and labour market policies. Special attention will be paid to assessment of the impact on employment of pandemics like COVID-19.
Target Audience: This course will be of particular interest to: - Government officials involved in the design and implementation of policies impacting employment, in particular the staff of ministries of labour and employment, economy, planning, education and training; - Staff of programme-management teams from private-sector entities, non-governmental organizations and community-based organizations; -Operational staff of international organizations, regional development banks and bilateral donor agencies that design or finance programmes impacting employment.
Description: Join FAO for the launch of the flagship report "The Impact of Disasters on Agriculture and Food Security: Avoiding and Reducing Losses through Investment in Resilience", which will be held on the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction. WHEN | 13 October 2023 | 12:00-14:00 (CEST) | Virtual The 2023 edition of the report presents groundbreaking evidence on the global impact of disasters on agriculture and food security over the last three decades. It showcases opportunities for proactively addressing risks in agriculture and demonstrates ways to mainstream disaster risk into agricultural practices and policies. Developing better information and obtaining better data on the impact of disasters across all subsectors of agriculture will allow communities to determine the best possible strategies for mitigating or reducing the impacts of future disaster events. Efforts to prevent and reduce disaster risks, manage impacts, and develop response measures must become widespread to achieve the goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sendai Framework. Register here for the launch event. Interpretation will be available in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.
Description: This seminar is held in hybrid format (in-person and virtual) on 12 October 2023, at the ECLAC headquarters. The construction of the household account, distributive accounts and measurement of inequality will be addressed, also incorporating information on the distribution of tax income.
Description: The International Conference of Labour Statisticians (ICLS) is a vehicle for standard-setting in labour statistics, hosted by the ILO every five years.
Description: The first meeting of the Webinar Series on the Global Initiative on Unique Identifiers for Businesses will provide an overview of the global initiative and underscore the importance of this initiative for the different stakeholders, such as National Statistical Offices, regulatory authorities, and international organizations active in business registration and statistical business registers. The Webinar Series on the Global Initiative on Unique Identifiers for Businesses is organized by the United Nations Statistics Division in collaboration with the UN Committee of Experts on Business and Trade Statistics and the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation.
Description: <p>United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), in collaboration with the United Nations Economic Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), is organizing a three-day Regional Workshop on Time Use Statistics: Methods and Uses in Tunis, Tunisia. The event will take place on 10-12 October 2023.</p><p>The objective of the workshop is to develop national capacities on the methodology to collect and regularly produce comparable high-quality time-use data in cost-effective ways by adopting innovative and digitalization data collection methods; to analyze data to inform and answer policy questions; and to better understand progress towards the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The workshop will provide the opportunity to share the updates to the UN Guidelines on time-use statistics and to provide hands-on training on the adaptation at the national level of proposed methods to collect, analyse, disseminate, and communicate time-use data, including time spent on unpaid care and domestic work. It is expected that the newly developed tools will lessen the burden on respondents and the high cost associated with paper diaries and improve data quality.</p>
Description: The annual Seminar on national accounts for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2023 is held in hybrid format (in-person and virtual) on 10 and 11 October 2023, at ECLAC headquarters.
Description: Sampling is a fundamental aspect of household surveys – it allows National Statistical Offices (NSO) and researchers to collect data from a representative sample of the population. Proper sampling schemes ensure that the results of the survey are accurate and can be generalized to the entire population. Unfortunately, there have been many challenges associated with the above aspects. Currently, population censuses and consequent traditional sampling frames are facing many challenges. These include under-covered areas (such as those under conflict or difficult to access), declining response rates, and the rapidly expansion of urban sectors that get the frame outdated very soon. The census frame also usually does not contain contact information except for the addresses, which makes it difficult to reach the respondents via telephone or emails, for CATI and CAWI surveys. Sampling techniques have also been challenged, especially in efforts to reach the marginalized population. The technical meeting aims to foster knowledge exchange, explore innovative approaches, and address challenges related to sampling methodologies and the development of comprehensive sample frames.<p>Registration</p>
Organizer(s): ESCAP UNFPA International Development Research Centre IUSSP Scientific Panel on Population Registers, Ethics and Human Rights
Description: This webinar will explore how law, history and policy have shaped the inclusiveness of birth registration in South Africa, Brazil and Uganda; how the design and implementation of digitized voter registration systems in Cameroon can both be a force for inclusive and mechanism of exclusion; and how the accessibility of population register systems varies for different vulnerable subpopulations. The webinar showcases individual fellow research projects and a collaborative group project being undertaken through the IUSSP Initiative on Population Registers, Ethics and Human Rights. This initiative infuses interdisciplinary perspectives, drawing on perspectives from law, history, economics, public policy, demography, and public health, to address the ethical and human rights challenges that are emerging as population register systems are rapidly digitised. This webinar is co-hosted by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada, the UNFPA Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems and the IUSSP Scientific Panel on Population Registers, Ethics and Human Rights. Detail: https://iussp.org/en/iussp-idrc-webinar-population-registers-ethics-and-human-rights Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_jSR2aIIcSRmYcvMB940ANA#/registration Date: Tuesday 10 October 2023 (14:00-15:30 UTC) (7:00 Los Angeles - 10:00 New York - 11:00 Rio de Janeiro 15:00 Yaoundé - 16:00 Johannesburg/Paris - 17:00 Kampala 19:30 New Delhi - 22:00 Shanghai)
Description: This course, presented by the IMF Statistics Department, focuses on both the conceptual framework of government finance statistics (GFS) as presented in the IMF’s Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014 (GFSM 2014, the update of the 2001 edition), and on practical aspects of data compilation. Basic concepts, accounting principles, and detailed classifications are dealt with in the context of the new methodology, which is harmonized with the system of national accounts. The course examines GFS coverage and accounting rules (including accrual accounting), valuation, classification, debt, balance sheets, and the sources and methods used for compiling the statistics. It also deals with reporting data to the IMF. Central to the course is a series of case studies.
Source: Eurostat (Data extracted on: 03 Feb 2023 )
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Organizer(s): Eurostat Icon-Institut
Description: Objectives of this course: * Understand how to collect Web Data regarding Online Job Vacancies and store them; * Understand of data processing techniques; * Base understand of data classification techniques on standard taxonomies and base understand of advanced techniques on taxonomies improvement.
Target Audience: Official statisticians working on big data methodology, data science and in employment and education statistics, as well as other statistical domains which can profit from this data source.
Description: This is a comprehensive training course that covers application of R in Data Management and Analysis in socio-economic fields. The course aims at equipping participants with skills and knowledge in data management, analysis and interpretation.
Target Audience: Planners; Policy Makers; Statisticians; Economists; Monitoring and Evaluation Officers; Researchers and the Academia.
Description: The seventh and final meeting is a retrospective of the previous six meetings, returning to key topics and considering the key issues tackled and how we can fit these together.
Description: WaPOR global database version 3.0 will be launched during the Rome Water Dialogue. WaPOR, FAO's portal to monitor Water Productivity through Open access of Remotely sensed derived data, is migrating to the FAO Hand in Hand platform and will feature data obtained through an updated methodology (version 3.0). The WaPOR portal, with support from The Netherlands, has been freely providing users with near real time data (every 10 days) since 2017. Data on water productivity and other related variables lend themselves to a variety of uses such as irrigation scheduling advise for farmers, monitoring and improving agricultural production, water accounting, irrigation performance assessment, drought monitoring, assistance for transhumance, among others. Since then, the data has been continuously improved, and a participatory methodology review process has provided the opportunity to collectively prioritize improvements of WaPOR. WaPOR v3.0 features the Level 1 data (300m resolution) going global. This allows the easy evaluation of actual evapotranspiration, biomass production and water productivity in any agricultural area in the world. Furthermore, the new version uses datasets with higher spatial and temporal resolution, complementary data to allow higher quality time-series and a new cloud mask procedure that helps increase data quality and usability in agricultural applications. Check the dedicated page for version 3.0 to discover more improvements &gt;&gt;&gt; The FAO Land and Water Division is pleased to invite you to the launch of WaPOR 3.0 to discover the new database and its improvements, get introduced to the new portal and its features and learn about applications and user's experiences. WaPOR database version 3.0 will be launched on 4 October 2023 during the Rome Water Dialogue at FAO Headquarters. The event will start at 9:30 am CEST in the Plenary Hall at FAO headquarters and online. Check the agenda of the Rome Water Dialogue &gt;&gt;&gt; Register here to attend the event online &gt;&gt;&gt; Request to attend the event onsite at FAO Headquarters in Rome, Italy &gt;&gt;&gt;
Description: Concept Production and dissemination of vital statistics is one of the key outcomes of a civil registration system. Despite efforts, few low- and middle-income countries are currently producing a vital statistics report based on civil registration records, or the complete list of UN-recommended tabulations. Vital strategies with the support of various partners, has developed a Technical Guidance for Strengthening the Vital Statistics Production Process which follows a process-centric and scientific approach in the assessment, analysis and redesign of the vital statistics system. The Vital Statistics Business Process Model helps develop a roadmap to collect, produce and disseminate quality and timely vital statistics tabulations as per UN recommendations, and thereby improving the whole civil registration and vital statistics system. This Stats Café co-organized by Vital Strategies, aimed to familiarize participants with the technical guidance recently developed by Vital Strategies and other partners for Strengthening the Vital Statistics Production Process. This Technical Guidance follows a process-centric and scientific approach to the assessment, analysis and redesign of vital statistics systems for improved collection, production and dissemination of quality and timely vital statistics. By participating in this session, attendees learned more about: Applying the Technical Guidance to improve or build a vital statistics system Developing a roadmap to collect, produce and disseminate quality and timely vital statistics tabulations as per UN recommendations Country experience of strengthening the vital statistics production process , Stats Café Home: Upcoming events Concluded events
Description: Please join us to take stock of the work carried out by the Praia Group since the start of its second term in 2021, and to identify priority areas that the Group should focus on in the remaining two years before the end of its second term, in 2025. In a Round Table titled “Leveraging the CSA 2.0 for Governance Statistics: Where do we go from here?”, NSOs from diverse national contexts and development partners will reflect on what it means, in practical terms, for the international statistical community to now be able to draw on an updated Classification of Statistical Activities (CSA 2.0) that explicitly recognizes Governance as a standalone domain of official statistics, on par with economic, social and demographic statistics, while also recognizing Human Rights as a new cross-cutting sub-domain of official statistics.
Description: <p>This webinar was jointly organized by the Inter-secretariat Working Group on Household Surveys (ISWGHS) and the Global Network of Data Officers and Statisticians. We welcomed speakers from the UK's Office for National Statistics (ONS) who presented on qualitative research with statistically under-represented groups within the Office for National Statistics.</p><p>Qualitative research methods typically involve the collection and analysis of non-numerical data, such as people’s accounts of their experiences, needs and priorities, and perspectives. Their inclusiveness, and ability to help researchers understand nuanced topics and maintain rigour with sample sizes much smaller than typical statistical research makes them perfect for investigating the experiences of groups who are typically under-represented in survey data.</p>
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Description: This e-Learning course introduces the System of Environmental Economic Accounting -Ecosystem Accounting (SEEA EA)the agreed statistical framework for collecting such information on ecosystems and their relationship to human activity. The SEEA EA provides an integrated statistical framework for organizing biophysical information about ecosystemsmeasuring ecosystem servicestracking changes in ecosystem extent and conditionand linking this information to measures of economic and human activities. It supports the compilation of indicators for several global policy frameworks including the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the associated SDGs indicators as well as the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. The course is being organized by the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) and the UN Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific (UNSIAP)under the overall guidance of the UN Committee of Experts on Environmental Economic Accounting (UNCEEA).
Description: The Wiesbaden Group on Business Registers is an international expert group under the umbrella of the UN Statistical Commission engaged in further development of business registers, survey frames and associated topics. The group provides a forum for the exchange of views and experiences and the conduct of joint work related to the development, maintenance and use of business registers. The group's work supports a more integrated approach to structural economic statistics and addresses new, globalization-related analytical needs. It is engaged with contemporary and emerging issues in the development and use of business registers. In particular, the Wiesbaden Group tackles forward-looking matters and identifies new challenges concerning business registers in the wider sense. The group analyses the changing nature and roles of the business register as the backbone of business statistics and a source of statistical data in its own right. The Wiesbaden Group is an informal body and participation is voluntary. Participants are, however, required to contribute to the programme of the biannual meetings of the group. Although its mandate does not emanate from a formal body, the Wiesbaden Group reports to the UN Statistical Commission on its activities and recommendations of practices and standards.
Description: This five-day virtual course, conducted by the IMF Statistics Department as three-hour daily sessions, will familiarize participants with key climate change related indicators that can be developed to better inform economic and financial policies. The statistics covered include Environmental revenues and expenditures, Natural Resource Accounts, Physical and Transition risk indicators, Air Emission Accounts and indicators of Sustainable Finance. The course consists of a series of lectures giving overview of methods for compiling climate change-related indicators, and insights into the analytical uses of the climate change-related indicators.
Description: The mission of the Voorburg Group on Services Statistics is to establish and maintain an internationally comparable methodology for measuring output and producer price indexes for the service industries. We focus on the development of concepts and methods, the sharing of best practices, and identification of classification needs. The Voorburg Group has contributed over the years to building up and sharing a considerable and growing body of knowledge of Service Sector Statistics. It has prompted international cooperation in the development of standards and has assisted in resolving statistical and measurement challenges in the Service Sector.
