Description: The regional workshop “International Trade Statistics: Edge of Tomorrow” would engage in the discussion on best practices, challenges and solutions for collecting and processing high quality international merchandise trade statistics. It is organized jointly by the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC), the Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD); and it aims to explore new data sources and innovative ways in compiling trade data considering emerging users’ need in data, such as measuring cross-border e-commerce and feasibility of applying big data for trade statistics. It is expected that representatives of central banks, statistical offices and custom authorities in Central Asia region, as well as international agencies would attend the event.
Description: SESRIC will organise a Statistics Course on ‘Household Surveys’ on 10-12 April 2019 at the Committee on Statistics of the Ministry of National Economics of Kazakhstan in the capital Nursultan. The course will be organised within the framework of the OIC Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. Mr. Yilmaz Erşahin, Mathematician at Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat), will conduct the training course with the participation of relevant officials of the Committee on Statistics of the Ministry of National Economics of Kazakhstan. The Course will include discussion activities with a focus on the following topics: For more information on OIC Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme and its activities, please visit: http://www.oicstatcom.org/statcab.php
