Description: UNSD took part in a regional workshop on core SDG indicators organized by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat at the Central Statistical Office of Trinidad and Tobago in Port-of-Spain. The main objective of the workshop was to provide capacity building and support to CARICOM Member States to fill in data gaps in key areas – especially those that relate to the monitoring of the SDGs. Thirty statisticians from the national statistical offices of CARICOM members attended in person, and another ten?plus participants joined online. At the workshop, UNSD presented on the current state of data availability from CARICOM countries in the UN global SDG indicators database and shared information on resources and initiatives available from UNSD to enhance SDG data availability in the CARICOM region and globally. UNSD also contributed to sessions on data disaggregation; data-driven National Voluntary Reviews; the use of nontraditional data sources, including geospatial and citizen generated data; and Statistical Data and Metadata Exchange (SDMX) for SDG reporting. On the final day, participants were able to use the tools and knowledge gained from the workshop to define data priorities and to develop national work plans to improve the production and dissemination of SDG indicators in each country. Post-workshop, the CARICOM Secretariat plans to conduct follow-up in-country missions with the primary aim of improving the range, quality, and dissemination of SDG indicators with a focus on social, gender, environmental, and information and communication technology (ICT) statistics.
Description: Institutionalizing sound evidence-based sustainable development policies in the Caribbean requires quality, timely, and accessible climate change and disasters indicators that are harmonized and comparable across countries.
Description: The Statistics Division and the Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), in collaboration with United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission, have been working together over the past year and a half at the country level to strengthen institutional and statistical capacities of selected Caribbean countries to better produce, disseminate and use environment, climate change and disaster indicators. Work at the country level has helped in identifying coordination and data sharing as the most critical areas where exchange of knowledge and experiences and peer learning at the regional level bring the most value for countries. Therefore, as part of the Development Account 12th Tranche (DA12) project on Caribbean SIDS relevant climate change and disasters indicators for evidence-based policies, a regional workshop is being organized to facilitate exchange of ideas and peer learning among project beneficiary and non-beneficiary countries.
Description: The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean will convene a virtual expert group meeting on Thursday 3rd November 2022 to examine the importance of time-use surveys in guiding social policies.
Description: Organized jointly by ECLAC and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat Regional Statistics with the collaboration of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD).
