Global Calendar of Statistical Events

Organizer(s): SPC AI Generated

Topics: International trade (CSA 204)

Event URL: Event Page

Organizer(s): UNSD

Description:

Despite growing recognition of the importance of data to reflect the complex, lived realities of marginalized populations, persons with disabilities, women and girls, and others experiencing multiple forms of disadvantage are frequently left out of data design, governance, and use. While citizen data offers critical opportunities to surface voices and experiences that are typically invisible in official statistics, its potential remains underutilized.

Topics: Data sources, n.e.c. (CSA 60499)

Organizer(s): UNSD OIC AI Generated

Description: The UN Statistics Division (UNSD), in collaboration with OISC, will co-host a VNR data lab during the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) 2025, to spotlight country experiences in integrating innovative data sources into Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs). Building on insights from recent global workshops on expanding SDG data sources, the session responds to the growing need to share best practices in using non-traditional data for SDG monitoring and reporting. Traditional data collection faces persistent challenges such as time lags, high costs, and limited disaggregation—especially for marginalized populations. Innovative sources like satellite imagery, mobile phone data, social media analytics, and citizen-generated data offer opportunities to bridge these gaps, improving the timeliness, granularity, and inclusiveness of VNRs. Registration

Topics: Data sources (CSA 604)

Event URL: Event Page

Organizer(s): SPC ESCAP SIAP UN Women

Description: Gender equality is a fundamental principle embedded within the framework of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It is not only a standalone goal (SDG 5Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls) but also a crosscutting topic that influences the achievement of the goals of the 2030 development agenda.High qualitytimelycomparableand disaggregated gender data provide the evidence needed to measure progress towards achieving the gender-related SDG goals and targets. Such data are also indispensable in identifying gapsinforming policy decisions and implementing effective interventions. Some countries in Asia and the Pacific have made substantial progress to set up enabling environments for gender data and producing related statistics. Howeverchallenges remain regarding the uptake of gender data either linked to gender data accessibility (opennessdissemination and NSO engagement with partners and stakeholders across the government and beyond) or to data literacy and documentary evidence of data use. According to the UN Women and Paris21 Gender Data Outlook (GDO) Indexmultiple countries in Asia could improve in this regard. In the PacificGDO data are not available for most countries.

Topics: Sustainable development (CSA 501) Gender statistics (CSA 503)

Event URL: Event Page

Additional Urls:

https://sdd.spc.int/events/2025/07/regional-training-course-harnessing-gender-data-sdg-monitoring-policy-making-and

Organizer(s): UNSD ESCAP SIAP MoSPI AI Generated

Description:

The Capacity Building Workshop on “Data Ethics, Governance, and Quality in a Changing Data Ecosystem” for countries in the Asia-Pacific region will take place from 14 to 16 July 2025, in Greater Noida, Delhi-NCR, India. The workshop targets Chief Statisticians and senior statisticians and is jointly organized by the United Nations Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific (SIAP) and the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), in cooperation with the National Statistical Systems Training Academy (NSSTA), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), Government of India.

This workshop aims to strengthen the capacity of national statistical systems in countries of the Asia-Pacific region to adapt to the rapidly changing data ecosystem. Countries of the Asia region face unique challenges in managing their national data ecosystems, particularly in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, which highlighted the need for resilient, adaptive, and high-quality statistical systems that provide timely and disaggregated data.

After the welcome address and opening remarks, followed by a preliminary session to set the context of the event, the workshop will proceed with four key segments.

Throughout the workshop, participants will engage in interactive breakout sessions and group discussions, providing a platform to share experiences, challenges, and solutions related to their own national contexts. The workshop will culminate in two concluding sessions organized as group and panel discussions, which will summarize key insights and recommendations and propose a way forward.

With the combined efforts of UNSD, SIAP, and MoSPI, this workshop will foster collaboration and knowledge-sharing among senior statisticians and experts in the region. The goal is to ensure that countries of the Asia-Pacific region are equipped to modernize their statistical systems and address the emerging challenges posed by an increasingly complex data ecosystem. For more information, see the event website here.

Topics: Environmental conditions and quality (CSA 301) Institutional frameworks, organization of official statistics (CSA 701) Quality management (CSA 703)

Event URL: Event Page

Title in French: Mesurer l'Inadéquation des compétences

Organizer(s): ILO ILO ITC OECD European Training Foundation CEDEFOP

Description: La demande de données sur les différentes formes d'inadéquation des compétences a augmenté ces dernières années, conformément à la priorité accordée par les pays à la formulation de mesures et d'outils politiques efficaces pour améliorer la qualité et la pertinence de la formation des compétences. Nombreux sont ceux qui ont souligné l'importance d'une meilleure utilisation des qualifications et des compétences professionnelles comme condition préalable à de meilleurs résultats en matière d'emploi et d'employabilité, ainsi qu'à une amélioration de la productivité du travail. Le concept d'inadéquation des compétences est toutefois large et ambigu. Il peut se rapporter à de nombreuses formes de frictions sur le marché du travail, notamment l'inadéquation verticale, les lacunes en matière de compétences, les pénuries de compétences, l'inadéquation des qualifications, l'inadéquation du domaine d'études (horizontal) et l'obsolescence des compétences. Cela peut conduire à une mauvaise interprétation des résultats. L'existence d'estimations basées sur des approches de mesure différentes est également source de confusion. L'inadéquation des compétences est une préoccupation pour les décideurs politiques, les employeurs et les travailleurs. Il s'agit d'un thème récurrent dans la formation professionnelle et le développement des compétences, et de nombreuses initiatives politiques ont été lancées pour remédier à diverses formes d'inadéquation des compétences. L'élaboration d'une politique des compétences fondée sur des données probantes nécessite des statistiques sur les différentes formes d'inadéquation des compétences. Fort de sa longue expérience en matière de formation sur les compétences et l'analyse du marché du travail, le Centre international de formation de l'OIT, en pleine collaboration avec le Département des statistiques de l'OIT, et en coordination avec la branche Compétences de l'OIT, la Fondation européenne pour la formation, l'Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques, ainsi que le Centre européen pour le développement de la formation professionnelle, est fier de proposer pour la première fois en français cette formation en ligne de quatre semaines sur la mesure et l'analyse de l'inadéquation des compétences.

Target Audience: Le cours s'adresse à: - Les statisticiens du travail/fonctionnaires des bureaux nationaux de statistiques ; les ministères du travail et les institutions connexes (telles que les observatoires du travail) ; d'autres ministères ou institutions gouvernementales engagés dans l'emploi, le développement des compétences, l'adéquation et l'analyse des compétences ou impliqués dans la collecte et l'analyse d'informations sur le marché du travail ; - Les analystes des politiques d'emploi et de développement, les instituts de recherche et les instituts universitaires, ainsi que les organisations internationales et les bailleurs de fonds engagés dans l'adéquation des compétences ; - Les membres des conseils de compétences, des autorités nationales de l'EFTP ou d'institutions similaires ; - Les représentants d'organisations de travailleurs et d'employeurs participant à des plans de développement des compétences sectoriels, régionaux ou nationaux.

Course Language: French

Topics: Labour (CSA 103)

Event URL: Event Page

Organizer(s): SESRIC UNSD ESCWA GCC Stat AITRS TurkStat Türkiye AI Generated

Topics: Quality management (CSA 703) Environmental conditions and quality (CSA 301)

Event URL: Event Page

Organizer(s): FAO AI Generated

Description: The Coordinating Working Party on Fishery Statistics (CWP) is an international forum of intergovernmental organizations with a remit for fishery statistics, including regional fishery bodies, which develops and agrees common definitions, classifications and standards for the collection of fishery and aquaculture statistics.

Topics: Agriculture, forestry, fisheries (CSA 20301)

Event URL: Event Page

Organizer(s): UNSD

Description: As part of our ongoing efforts to promote collaboration and peer learning among national statistical offices (NSOs) within Data for SIDS (DATAS) project following Data for Now model, we are scheduling this online meeting to facilitate the sharing of GEOSTAT Georgia’s experience in developing its Migration Data System with STATIN-Jamaica, which is currently planning a similar initiative.

Topics: Migration (CSA 102)