Jointly organized by the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), and the Arab Institute for Training and Research in Statistics (AITRS), this regional workshop will review international recommendations and standards for Statistical Business Registers. The program will facilitate the implementation of the Maturity Model for Statistical Business Registers and address emerging developments, including the global assessment questionnaire, revised industrial classification systems, geospatial information integration, and the global initiative on unique business identifiers.
Description: The Data For Now initiative, with technical support from UN-Habitat and contributions from ESCWA, organized a series of training sessions to strengthen technical knowledge and practical capabilities of the relevant members of national statistical system in Jordan to calculate and produce SDG indicators 11.3.1 and 11.7.1. These indicators were chosen by Jordan Department of Statistics (DoS) in close cooperation with all stakeholders line ministries and government departments.
Description: The United Nations Statistics Division, ESCWA and the Arab Institute for Training and Research in Statistics are organizing the "Arab regional statistical conference: Agility and resilience of national statistical systems”. The conference focuses on the priorities and emerging needs of statistical organizations to help them adapt and develop in times of crises. Relevant practices and challenges are documented to contribute to the extended knowledge base of the new Handbook of Statistical Organization.
Description: ESCWA and the United Nations Statistical Division (UNSD) are organizing the sixth workshop on the use of the Statistical Data and Metadata Exchange (SDMX) standards for Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) data reporting. The workshop aims to enhance countries’ capacities in relation to the exchange of national data. It also seeks to raise awareness of the latest developments in data exchange and promote the implementation of SDMX at the national level. Participants include statisticians and IT specialists from national statistical offices in the Arab region. The event offers exercises on data mapping and conversion using the SDMX standard tools as well examples of customizing a national Data Structure Definition. This event is part of the SDMX training series. 5-8 June 2023 Sixth training on using SDMX for SDG data reporting Workshop Amman
