Global Calendar of Statistical Events

Organizer(s): IMF AI Generated

Description: This workshop is aimed at country officials from national statistics offices (NSOs) and central banks who are seeking to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to leverage Big Data and advanced technologies for generating high-frequency and detailed statistics to enhance macroeconomic monitoring and research in the region. The workshop is delivered by data scientists of the IMF Big Data Center through lectures and hands-on workshops covering various Big Data applications pertinent to macroeconomic statistics, offering insights from both producer and user standpoints. Furthermore, participants have the opportunity to present and discuss their use cases, engage in discussions, and benefit from shared insights and experiences.

Target Audience: This course is intended for technical staff and managers from national statistics offices and central banks who are involved in macroeconomic statistics, nowcasting, and data science projects. It is suitable for economists, statisticians, data scientists, and decision-makers overseeing related projects or teams.

Course Language: English

Topics: Macroeconomic accounts and statistics (CSA 201) Data sources, n.e.c. (CSA 60499) Data science (CSA 607)

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Organizer(s): IMF AI Generated

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.

Target Audience: Officials whose main responsibility, for at least three years, has been compiling and disseminating GFS and who are regularly faced with complex GFS methodological and compilation issues, such as those described below.

Course Language: Spanish

Topics: Government finance statistics (CSA 20103)

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Organizer(s): Paris21 AI Generated

Topics: Climate change (CSA 506)

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Organizer(s): FAO AI Generated

Description: Thirty-second Session of the Latin American and the Caribbean Commission for Agricultural Statistics (LACCAS32), Asunción (Paraguay).

Topics: Agriculture, forestry, fisheries (CSA 20301)

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Title in Spanish: Taller para la generación de una hoja de ruta para la integración de información estadística y geoespacial de Paraguay

Organizer(s): ECLAC INE Paraguay AI Generated

Description: La definición de una hoja de ruta permite avanzar en el proceso de integración de la información estadística y geoespacial siguiendo las recomendaciones de las Naciones Unidas.

Topics: Geospatial data (CSA 608)

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