Global Calendar of Statistical Events

Organizer(s): Eurostat Icon-Institut

Description: The content produced by a statistical organisation is essentially facts and figures. This course will explain how you can translate it to a more understandable and simple way and reach everybody outside the statistical world. Writing in a clear, concise and simple manner while avoiding statistical jargon.

Target Audience: Staff drafting /writing statistical texts and articles for publications, the web or any other type of product. Staff working in the communication/dissemination/press departments with the role of promoting the widest possible dissemination and use of official statistics.

Topics: Promotion of (official) statistics

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

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Organizer(s): ISI

Description: Date Location 21 May 2024 The International Statistical Literacy Project (ISLP) is happy to initiate the International Day of Statistical Literacy, which will from now on be celebrated annually. To inaugurate this new thematic day, you are most warmly welcome to the International Statistical Literacy Project's first-ever, one-day online conference. The day is full of interesting presentations, panel discussions, and networking opportunities, as well as a pre-conference workshop.

Topics: Strategic and managerial activities, n.e.c. (CSA 799) Promotion of (official) statistics

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Title in Spanish: Festival de Datos 2023

Organizer(s): Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data INE Uruguay AGESIC Uruguay Uruguay

Description: The Festival de Datos takes place in Punta del Este, from November 7-9, 2023, bringing together more than 400 delegates from governments, multilateral organizations, the private sector, academia and civil society of various nationalities.

Topics: Promotion of (official) statistics

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https://www.data4sdgs.org/es/festivaldedatos

Organizer(s): ESCAP

Description: Concept Note Many statisticians associate the International Statistical Institute (ISI) with the biennial ISI World Statistics Congresses (WSC), while this is just one among many initiatives ISI has spearheaded over its 138-year history, in order to “promote the understanding, development, and good practice of statistics worldwide." ISI spells out its vision, being the one and only outstanding independent international statistical organization that a) sets the global standard for ethical practice in statistics, b) connects its members and shares the most recent developments in statistical techniques and practices, c) offers high-quality scientific content and support the development of statisticians from all over the world. Join us at this Stats Café session, to learn more about ISI and what it can mean to you. This session will overview ISI and its offerings, with a focus on its roles in ethical practice, and fostering the production and sharing of high-quality scientific content plus the development of statisticians. Relevant links: https://www.isi-web.org/ Agenda Moderator: Gemma Van Halderen, Elected member of the International Statistics Institute and former focal point for the Association’s Young Statistician Prize. Opening remarks: Gemma Van Halderen, Chief Data Officer, Data and Evaluation Group, Australian Government Department of Social Services  Touching upon the ISI and its offerings, Oliver Chinganya, Director, African Centre for Statistics, UNECA, and ISI Vice President ISI advocating ethical principles in statistics, Walter Radermacher, chair of the Advisory Board on Ethics of the ISI ISI promoting official statistics: the Statistical Journal of the International Association for Official Statistics (SJIAOS), Lisa Grace S. Bersales, member of the executive committee of the International Association for Official Statistics and former member of the editorial team of the SJIAOS ISI promoting survey statistics: the International Association of Survey Statisticians (IASS), Natalie Shlomo, President of IASS ISI and statistical capacity building in the ESCAP region, Matthew Shearing, Co-Chair of the ISI Statistical Capacity Building Committee Q & A and discussion Closing remarks: Rachael Beaven, Director, Statistics Division, ESCAP , Stats Café Home: Upcoming events Concluded events

Topics: Promotion of (official) statistics

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Organizer(s): SPC Pacific Data Hub New Caledonia

Topics: Promotion of (official) statistics

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Organizer(s): UNSD

Description: During this Global Network Webinar the World Data Forum Secretariat represented by Francesca Perucci, Ian Rutherford, Daniella Sussman, Florina Lepadatu, Paul Pacheco, and Jaspreet Doung, and the host country China, represented by Di Wei, Deputy Director-General of the Statistical Education and Training Center of the National Bureau of Statistics of China and member of the World Data Forum Programme Committee and by Ding Lei Program Director for Video Conference Events Assurance at Huawei Technologies, shared information on the 4th UN World Data Forum including its programme and the modalities for virtual participation. The United Nations World Data Forum 2023 (UNWDF 2023: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/undatafor... ) will take place from 24 to 27 April 2023 in Hangzhou, China. The Forum’s purpose is to create a space for those interested in data and statistics to exchange ideas, showcase innovations, identify solutions, discuss future strategies, and provide mutual learning opportunities on a wide variety of topics organized across the Programme (https://unstats.un.org/unsd/undatafor.... Participants will have the opportunity to view and interact in about 80 sessions online and more than 100 at the Hangzhou International Expo Center, including four high-level plenaries, parallel sessions, learning labs, demonstrations, and other types of exhibits. The Forum welcomes participants interested in data from a diverse range of backgrounds: governments, civil society, the private sector, donor and philanthropic bodies, international and regional agencies, the geospatial community, the media, academia, and professional bodies. The following key topics were covered during the webinar: • What to expect from the UNWDF2023. • Highlights from the programme, including high-level events. • Outreach and communications for the Forum. • Virtual participation in Forum events. • Integration with the Global Network to continue the conversation and share the Forum experience.

Course Language: English

Topics: Promotion of (official) statistics

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Organizer(s): ESCAP

Description: The United Nations World Data Forum aims to spur data innovation, nurture partnerships, mobilize high-level political and financial support for data, and build a pathway to better data for sustainable development. The 2023 Forum (WDF2023) will be taking place in the ESCAP region for the first time, from 24 to 27 April 2023 in Hangzhou, China. WDF2023 is taking place as a hybrid event, meaning that although in-person registration closes on 8 March 2023, it is still possible to actively participate in the forum remotely. The Forum welcomes participants interested in data from a diverse range of backgrounds: governments, civil society, the private sector, donor and philanthropic bodies, international and regional agencies, the geospatial community, the media, academia, and professional bodies. The Forum will create a space for exchanging ideas, identifying solutions and providing mutual learning opportunities across a wide variety of topics, set out in the Programme. Online participants will have the opportunity to view and interact in around 80 different sessions across the three main days of the Forum. This Stats Café shared with you further information on this year’s Forum from a range of speakers representing the host country, the Programme Committee, the Forum secretariat and allow you to ask them questions. The following topics were covered: Highlights from the programme, including high-level events Experiences from previous UNWDFs Logistics for virtual participation in the Forum

Topics: Promotion of (official) statistics

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Organizer(s): Eurostat

Description: On 20 October, Eurostat organised a webinar to celebrate the European Statistics Day. A general overview of Eurostat was followed by the presentation of some of our products: Education corner which offers tools and resources to approach statistics in an easy way Euro indicators dashboard with all main economic indicators at a glance.

Topics: Promotion of (official) statistics

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Organizer(s): AfDB

Description: The discipline of official statistics is poised for a revolution, with the emergence of data science. In its traditional form, official statistics have been about managing massive outbound and reverse logistics. This was particularly evident when conducting censuses and surveys, as massive numbers of people and materials were sent out to collect data. Previously, these exercises were conducted through paper-based methods, but are now executed with handheld digital instruments. The digital transformation of official statistics should not stop at the data collection level, however; it should reform the entire production process through the exploitation of new digital means, frameworks, and approaches. Therefore, the objective of this session will be to discuss: The risks, challenges and opportunities associated with innovation in official statistics. The digital and data skills needed by national and international statistical organizations to respond to the changing nature of work and society in the future. The potential collaborative and open innovation to assist these institutions in the production of “augmented data”. The opportunities for partnership with civil society and stakeholders to implement digital tools and skills. Shaping an innovation implementation pathway based on best practices and success stories.

Topics: Promotion of (official) statistics

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Organizer(s): ISI IAOS IASS Statistics Sweden Statistics Canada IOS Press Wiley

Description: Under the auspices of the ISI, the Statistical Journal of the IAOS (IAOS), The Survey Statistician (IASS), Journal of Official Statistics (JOS, Statistics Sweden), Survey Methodology (SMJ, Statistics Canada), IOS Press and Wiley are organizing a workshop comprising three separate webinars of two hours each. Presenters at the workshop are the Chief Editors (or former Chief Editors) of the journals involved, as well as experienced and successful authors and representatives from the publishers.

Target Audience: The workshop is intended for Official Statisticians and academics (from all over the world) with interest in preparing a submission of a manuscript to a refereed international journal in the field of statistics.

Course Language: English

Topics: Promotion of (official) statistics

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Organizer(s): Eurostat

Description: On 20 October, Eurostat organised an open day in the form of a webinar to celebrate the European Statistics Day. After an overview of the official statistics published by Eurostat, you will find out more about recent initiatives: European Statistical Recovery dashboard, which tracks the economic and social recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic innovation in official statistics new data collection from collaborative economy platforms

Topics: Promotion of (official) statistics

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Organizer(s): Qatar Computing Research Institute MIT United States Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research Germany

Description: Billions of people use social media platforms. An important aspect that social media provides is the real time access to digital trace data. This offers complementary strengths to existing, expensive and typically slow paced data from surveys (e.g. migration statistics or disaster impact assessment). In particular the need for near real-time data analysis that does not rely on face-to-face interactions has been made clear by the current pandemic. UN Global Pulse will speak at the event about the innovative use…

Topics: Sustainable development (CSA 501) Promotion of (official) statistics Data science (CSA 607)

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Organizer(s): UN Global Pulse United Nations UNDP UNESCO WHO

Description: Join us to our 76th United Nations General Assembly Side Event on 27 September 2021 at 8 AM EST about "Promoting Transparency to Counter Disinformation and Build Trust - UN agencies working together to support Member States in times of COVID-19 and beyond". UN Global Pulse, the Office of the Secretary-General’s Envoy on Technology, the United Nations Department of Global Communications, UNDP, UNESCO, and WHO will host the free online event. This follow-up side session to the 2020 United Nations…

Topics: Promotion of (official) statistics Confidentiality and disclosure protection (CSA 609)

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