Global Calendar of Statistical Events

Organizer(s): Eurostat Icon-Institut

Description: The objective is to enable participants: * To have an understanding of the range of techniques which make up a cognitive interview; * To have increased their own ability to do cognitive interviewing; * To have insight into selecting and recruiting respondents; * To have insight into analysing cognitive interview data and creating better survey questions; * To have awareness of a broad range of uses for cognitive interviewing; * To have awareness of the contribution of cognitive interviewing in comparison to other testing methods; * To understand how cognitive interviewing can improve questionnaires on gender topics and thus the associated social statistics.

Target Audience: The course is targeted at NSI methodologists and social scientists whose work involves conducting surveys

Topics: Demographic and social statistics (CSA 1) Gender statistics (CSA 503) Data sources (CSA 604)

Contact: ESTAT-ESTP-CONTACTS@ec.europa.eu

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Organizer(s): UNSD

Description:

This webinar was jointly organized by the Inter-secretariat Working Group on Household Surveys (ISWGHS) and the Global Network of Data Officers and Statisticians. We welcomed speakers from the UK's Office for National Statistics (ONS) who presented on qualitative research with statistically under-represented groups within the Office for National Statistics.

Qualitative research methods typically involve the collection and analysis of non-numerical data, such as people’s accounts of their experiences, needs and priorities, and perspectives. Their inclusiveness, and ability to help researchers understand nuanced topics and maintain rigour with sample sizes much smaller than typical statistical research makes them perfect for investigating the experiences of groups who are typically under-represented in survey data.

Topics: Demographic and social statistics (CSA 1)

Organizer(s): Eurostat Icon-Institut

Description: To enable participants: * To have an understanding of the range of techniques which make up a cognitive interview; * To have increased their own ability to do cognitive interviewing; * To have insight into selecting and recruiting respondents; * To have insight into analysing cognitive interview data and creating better survey questions; * To have awareness of a broad range of uses for cognitive interviewing; * To have awareness of the contribution of cognitive interviewing in comparison to other testing methods; * To understand how cognitive interviewing can improve questionnaires on gender topics and thus the associated social statistics.

Target Audience: The course is targeted at NSI methodologists and social scientists whose work involves conducting surveys.

Topics: Demographic and social statistics (CSA 1) Data sources, n.e.c. (CSA 60499)

Contact: ESTAT-ESTP-CONTACTS@ec.europa.eu

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Organizer(s): UNCTAD UN Women UNSD UNITAR Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data

Description:

Citizens' contribution to data, broadly defined as the engagement of citizens in multiple processes in the data value chain, from specifying needs to use of the data to inform policy, is increasingly recognized for its unique ability to help overcome many data challenges of our times and in contributing to the inclusiveness of official statistics.

Citizens’ contribution to data could happen at different levels – global, regional, national, or local. The engagement of citizens can be organized by different stakeholders - scientists, community leaders, civil society organisations (CSOs), or individual citizens. Their engagement can contribute to various stages of the data value chain and serve different objectives and contribute to data and policy in many different ways.

When people—especially those who have been historically excluded from decision making— actively participate in decisions about data collection, design, analysis, and use, they gain greater access to the benefits of data. The official statistical community increasingly recognizes the importance of non-state actors in contributing to the inclusiveness of official statistics.

Topics: Demographic and social statistics (CSA 1)

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Organizer(s): SESRIC TurkStat Türkiye

Description: Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC will organise a Training Course on 'Usage of Administrative Registries in Producing Demographic and Social Statistics' for the benefit of National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of OIC countries on 19-20 September 2022 through an online video conferencing platform. Experts at the Population and Demographic Statistics, and Social Statistics Departments of Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) will jointly conduct the course and cover the following topics: Administrative Data Used in Education Statistics Education Employment Database (General information, data collection and result tables) Education Expenditure Statistics (General information and data sources) Administrative Data Used in Social Protection Statistics Social Protection Statistics (General information and data sources) Administrative Data Used in Culture and Justice Statistics Justice Statistics (General information, data collection and result tables) Cultural Expenditure Statistics (General information and data sources) Population statistics from administrative registries: Address Based Population Registration System Vital statistics from administrative registries (birth, mortality, marriage, divorce) The SESRIC StatCaB Programme was initiated in early 2007. It is the flagship capacity development programme of SESRIC. Within the framework of StatCaB Programme, the Centre collects information from the NSOs of OIC member countries through the biennial StatCaB Questionnaire, assesses their statistical training needs and capacities, matches these needs and capacities, and organizes statistical capacity development activities between the beneficiary and provider countries. For more information on SESRIC Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, please visit: http://www.oicstatcom.org/statcab.php

Topics: Demographic and social statistics (CSA 1)

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Organizer(s): Eurostat Icon-Institut

Description: To enable participants: * To have an understanding of the range of techniques which make up a cognitive interview; * To have increased their own ability to do cognitive interviewing; * To have insight into selecting and recruiting respondents; * To have insight into analysing cognitive interview data and creating better survey questions; * To have awareness of a broad range of uses for cognitive interviewing; * To have awareness of the contribution of cognitive interviewing in comparison to other testing methods; * To understand how cognitive interviewing can improve questionnaires on gender topics and thus the associated social statistics.

Target Audience: The course is targeted at NSI methodologists and social scientists whose work involves conducting surveys.

Topics: Demographic and social statistics (CSA 1) Data sources, n.e.c. (CSA 60499)

Contact: ESTAT-ESTP-CONTACTS@ec.europa.eu

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Organizer(s): IOM African Union OECD Statistics Sweden

Description: Diasporas, sometimes referred to as expatriates or transnational communities, play an important role in harnessing the benefits of migration for development. Measuring issues related to diaspora groups is difficult, as there is no common definition of "diasporas". Data on migrant stocks can serve as a proxy for diaspora populations, and remittance data are also closely related to the study of diasporas. Since the 1990s, many states have put in place extensive programmes to promote diaspora relations. However, differences in definitions and the lack of robust monitoring and evaluation make it difficult to compare these policies. Data on diaspora populations are difficult to collect, as emigrants are not automatically members of diasporas, and second- and third-generation descendants of migrants may also be considered or consider themselves to be part of a diaspora group. Generally, there is far more information available on diasporas than there are data.

Topics: Demographic and social statistics (CSA 1)

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Organizer(s): FAO

Description: Andrew J Tatem, professor at the University of Southampton will be delivering a seminar on the WorldPop database.

Topics: Demographic and social statistics (CSA 1)

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Organizer(s): Eurostat

Description: The goal of the course is to make participants familiar with standards and guidelines relevant for frames in social statistics, in particular the ESS Quality Guidelines on Frames for Social Statistics (QGFSS). This concerns: * Constructing and maintaining frames; * Using frames; * Assessing and evaluating the quality of frames.

Target Audience: Staff concerned with the construction, maintenance and/or use of frames in social statistics. ESTP Trainings are open to non-ESS members if capacity allows after ESS needs are fulfilled.

Topics: Demographic and social statistics (CSA 1) Quality management (CSA 703)

Contact: ESTAT-ESTP-CONTACTS@ec.europa.eu

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Organizer(s): SPC UN World Bank

Topics: Economic statistics (CSA 2) Demographic and social statistics (CSA 1)

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