Global Calendar of Statistical Events

Organizer(s): UNSD INEGI Mexico

Description: The United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM), in collaboration with the Government of México through Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI) will convene the Seventh High-level Forum on United Nations Global Geospatial Information Management with the theme "Accelerating Implementation: Achieving Resilience" in México City from 8 - 10 October 2024. This seventh edition of UN-GGIM's High-level Forums will continue UN-GGIM's regular high-level, multi-stakeholder discussions on global geospatial information management, through the convening of global forums, aimed at promoting comprehensive dialogue among Member States, and between Member States and relevant international organizations, UN system entities, and stakeholders At its thirteenth session in August 2023, the Committee of Experts, with decision 13/101, welcomed the offer of the Government of México, through its National Institute of Statistics and Geography, to host the Seventh High-level Forum in México City in October 2024 and confirmed the support of the Committee of Experts in the development and implementation of the programme of the Forum. The Seventh High-level Forum has the substantive support from each of the five Regional Committees of United Nations Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM: Africa, UN-GGIM: Americas, UN-GGIM: Arab States, UN-GGIM: Asia and the Pacific, and UN-GGIM: Europe), as well as the functional groups and thematic networks of the Committee of Experts.. An advisory committee has been established to develop and promote a compelling substantive agenda for the High-level Forum with high-level keynote and plenary presentations for the three days. Additional information including an outline of the substantive programme, local arrangement and logistical information will be provided on this website when available.

Topics: Geospatial data (CSA 608)

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Organizer(s): ECLAC UN-GGIM: Americas

Description: The XI UN-GGIM: Americas took place on 7 October 2024 in Mexico City. Virtual sessions were held on 25 and 26 September.

Topics: Geospatial data (CSA 608)

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Organizer(s): ECLAC

Description: ECLAC Mexico hosted the Second Experts Meeting of the Community of Practice in Agricultural Statistics on September 10th, 2024.

Topics: Agriculture, forestry, fisheries (CSA 20301)

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Organizer(s): ISI IAOS INEGI Mexico

Description: Mexico's National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI), the International Association of Official Statistics (IAOS) and the International Statistical Institute (ISI) welcome you to the website for the 19th IAOS Conference and the 5th ISI Regional Statistics Conference which will be held jointly as the IAOS-ISI 2024 Mexico Conference. Join us in Mexico City from 15 - 17 May 2024 to discuss the future of statistics. The Conference theme, "Improving Decision-Making for All", points to official statistics' role as a valuable public good all kinds of users rely on to inform their decisions. The IAOS-ISI 2024 Mexico Conference aims to build a new social contract around data based on value and trust.

Topics: Strategic and managerial activities (CSA 7)

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Title in Spanish: Seminario sobre Integración de fuentes de datos y estadísticas oficiales

Organizer(s): ECLAC INEGI Mexico

Description: El propósito de generar un intercambio regional sobre los avances recientes en los distintos ámbitos de integración de fuentes de información, así como discutir sobre los desafíos que enfrentan los organismos productores de estadísticas oficiales y las alternativas para abordarlos con miras a la planificación estratégica para el próximo decenio.

Topics: Data sources (CSA 604)

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Organizer(s): INEGI Mexico

Description: The Director of UNSD participated remotely in a high-level panel organized by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography of Mexico (INEGI), to engage in a dialogue with users specialized in Mexico's System of National Accounts, on the occasion of the update of the base year change to 2018. Expert users from the public, private, social and international sectors, who presented their perspective on the importance of updating the SNA database, participated in the event. Before an audience of more than 300 in person and several hundred virtual participants, the UNSD director highlighted the importance of using international statistical standards and integrated information in the production of information. INEGI presented the main results of their new database as well as the regional breakdown of several annual and quarterly products, in response to user demand expressed through the public consultation process, helping to measure the three pillars of sustainable development. INEGI implemented the first global pilot on economic and environmental accounts; and more recently the pilot of ecosystem accounts which contributed to the adoption of the SEEA Ecosystem Accounting as a statistical standard.

Topics: System of National Accounts (CSA 20101)

Organizer(s): UNSD INEGI Mexico

Description: The United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) and the National Institute of Statistics, Geography and Informatics (INEGI) held a study tour on measuring time use and valuing unpaid work in Mexico City from 24 to 28 April 2023. The study tour was organized with the support of the Development Account 12 Tranche Project on Time-use data for better policies in Africa, Western Asia, and Latin America as an opportunity to exchange knowledge and improve skills on the production of time-use data using standalone timeuse surveys; and the valuation of unpaid household production of services. Participants from Mexico, Morocco, and Argentina found this occasion useful to strengthen SouthSouth cooperation and international collaboration for the harmonization of time use statics. During the study tour, national statisticians presented their experiences and challenges encountered during the process of their timeuse surveys. Participants from Mexico and Morocco also reflected on the changes that their upcoming surveys will implement to improve the quality of the data and advance toward international harmonization. On the second day of the study tour, INEGI shared its methodology for the construction of the unpaid household work satellite account. During the remaining part of the study tour participants worked using data from their time-use surveys, labour force surveys and, information from their national accounts to calculate the monetary value of unpaid household work in their countries. Statisticians participating in the study tour provided feedback to their peers on methodological decisions at each stage of the valuation process, making the experience very enriching.

Topics: Time use (CSA 110)

Organizer(s): UNSD

Description: Geospatial information provides the digital connection between a place, its people and their activities, and is used to illustrate what is happening - where, how and why. It is also used to model and portray the impact of the past, the present and likely future scenarios. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its seventeen goals are highly dependent on geospatial information and enabling technologies as the primary data and tools for relating people to their place, and to measure 'where' progress is, or is not, being made, particularly at 'disaggregated' sub-national and local levels. The 2030 Agenda specifically demands the need for new data acquisition and integration approaches, including to exploit the contribution to be made by geospatial information and earth observations. The sixth expert meeting of the Working Group on Geospatial Information of the Inter-agency and Expert Group on Sustainable Development Goals Indicators was hosted by Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI). 24 participants participated in the meeting held at INEGI's headquarters in México City, México and another 11 participated remotely. Of these 24 participants, 18 were expert representatives from 7 Member States. The meeting sought to respond to the call by the Secretary-General for specific actions towards "strengthening collection, access and effective use of data for the Goals; and harnessing science, technology and innovation with a greater focus on digital transformation for sustainable development. The three-day meeting considered both substantive and administrative matters before the Working Group. The Working Group had an updated terms of reference provided by the IAEG-SDGs and with a reconstituted membership with diverse expertise, experience and capacity, considered how geospatial information, earth observations and other data can reliably and consistently contribute to the production and dissemination of indicators. The meeting also considered how the Working Group can improve working modalities with the IAEG-SDGs and custodian agencies, develop guidance and share proven practices in the application of geospatial information for visualisation, dissemination and monitoring of the SDGs, integration of statistics and geospatial information, and data disaggregation. The Working Group planned to develop storytelling documents and guidance on the use of existing frameworks and standards to apply geospatial information for the production of indicators, and for data disaggregation according to geographic location. The meeting agreed on a series of tasks, with deliverables in the near and medium terms, and agreed to update its work plan to incorporate agreed tasks for 2020 - 2021.

Topics: Geospatial data (CSA 608)

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