Description: This course introduces the underlying concepts, definitions, and methodology for the compilation of Financial Soundness Indicators (FSIs) aligned with the 2019 Financial Soundness Indicators Compilation Guide. Researchers, analysts, and policymakers worldwide use these indicators to monitor the soundness of the financial systems. IMF staff also rely on them for financial stability analysis and surveillance. In this course, participants learn how to use FSIs for surveillance and macro-financial analysis. Participants explore the concepts behind FSIs compilation, the data collection process and the underlying aggregation and consolidation methods. The course also covers how to apply core and additional FSIs in macro-financial analysis.
Target Audience: Officials at central banks and supervisory agencies for the financial sector who are involved in the collection, compilation, and analysis of financial soundness indicators (FSIs).
Description: The rapid growth of digital technologies and new data sources creates both opportunities and challenges for official statistics. While these advances enable more timely and detailed insights, they also raise concerns about data privacy, misinformation, transparency and public trust. To maintain credibility, national statistical systems must uphold the Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics by safeguarding professional independence, strengthening transparency, ensuring responsible data stewardship, and improving communication and engagement with users. Register here: https://forms.office.com/e/SSgDcnALGz Join the meeting: https://shorturl.at/x6JQA Tentative agenda: Opening remarks Panel discussion:- Round 1 - Building and Maintaining Trust- Round 2 - Deeper dive into trust in practice- Round 3 - Regional action Q&A Closing remarks , Stats Café Home: Upcoming events Concluded events
This webinar brings together the Collaborative and the Committee on Data of the International Science Council (CODATA) to spotlight regional experiences from Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Oceania, and examine how citizen data is facilitating progress on the SDGs, from local evidence to global reporting.
The ninth meeting of the UNCEBTS will review the progress of work of its task teams, address follow-up actions on the decisions of the United Nations Statistical Commission and review new developments and initiatives in business and trade statistics. In addition, the meeting will review current and future priorities for business and trade statistics, present a framework for integrating these with =other statistical domains, and host a strategic discussion on the Committee's work programme and direction.
Priority agenda items of this UNCEBTS Meeting include:
Reflection on the overall strategic and prioritization of the UNCEBTS work programmes;
Compilation and use of Business and Trade Statistics in Africa;
Progress of the work of the task teams on Statistical Business Registers; International Trade Statistics; Business Dynamics, Business Demography and Entrepreneurship; Digitalization; and of the work stream on Wellbeing and Sustainability;
Update on the newly established task team on Industrial Statistics, including its plan to revise the manuals on Industrial Statistics;
rogress update on the recently endorsed Compendium of Technical Notes on Business and Trade Statistics;
Implementation strategy for the newly endorsed IMTS 2026 and MSITS 2026.
Target Audience: Government officials in central banks and other agencies involved in the compilation of supply-side financial access data and the formulation/implementation of financial inclusion policies.
Description: Timely birth and death registration relies on effective notification systems, particularly through health facilities and frontline workers; however, weak or fragmented mechanisms often result in delays and under-registration. To address these challenges, many countries are adopting innovative notifier systems that connect health providers, community workers, and civil registration authorities, while integrated civil registration and health systems are helping embed notification processes directly into health service delivery to improve the completeness and timeliness of registration. Register here: https://forms.office.com/e/kwm7Gds497 Join the meeting: https://shorturl.at/K6VIy Tentative agenda: Opening remarks Introduction and session overview Round 1: Perspectives on Notification Processes Round 2: How Notifier Systems Work in Practice Round 3: Looking Ahead: Strengthening Notifier Systems Discussion and Q&A Closing remarks , Stats Café Home: Upcoming events Concluded events
Description: The course will concentrate on statistical methods already tested in FCS to establish a new GDP benchmark when comprehensive and reliable source data are lacking. The proposed method uses the supply and uses tables framework, offering a thorough analytical approach to identify and fill data gaps while enhancing the quality and consistency of GDP estimates
Target Audience: compilers of national accounts statistics.
Description: Regional Steering Group members or their chosen alternates, other Members and Associate members of ESCAP and development partners and donors will meet in-person from 16 to 18 June 2026, in Bangkok, Thailand, to introduce newly endorsed members for the 2026-2030 term and set the strategic direction for the next phase of regional collaboration to support CRVS system strengthening in Asia and the Pacific. The meeting will focus on implementing the Ministerial Declaration on the CRVS Decade, orienting new RSG members to their mandate, and advancing the Decade’s extension to 2030. It will prioritize strengthening inclusive and resilient CRVS systems, marriage registration, and data sharing, while reviewing the 2025 Ministerial Conference priorities and aligning efforts with the 2030 Agenda.
In this webinar, Liz Zeichmeister, Joost Kappelhof, and Michael Robbins, three of the authors of Chapter 6 of the Handbook, will guide participants through the planning and implementation of survey data collection, from organising fieldwork teams to carrying out interviews and monitoring quality.
The session will cover the core elements of data collection — setting clear collection objectives, recruiting and training fieldwork teams across different modes and logistical contexts, and organising publicity activities to build support among the public, specific communities, and local authorities. At the heart of the session will be a detailed walkthrough of the data collection process itself, including strategies for approaching sample members, making initial contact, securing cooperation, and conducting interviews. Participants will also gain practical guidance on production monitoring, using standardised observation to track and manage collection processes, and quality control measures that ensure adherence to study protocols and minimise error. The webinar will close by looking ahead to emerging approaches in data collection, including the use of new and evolving collection modes.
The session will also feature a panel discussion with country representatives, exploring how the guidance in Chapter 6 is influencing national data collection practices, where further expansion or more practical examples would strengthen its applicability, and what tools, training, or cross-country collaboration would best support countries in implementing the guidance.
Organizer(s): Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat University of the South Pacific Université de la Nouvelle-Calédonie Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme Topics:
Processing food consumption data from household consumption and expenditure surveys (HCES)
15 Jun 2026 – 24 Jul 2026
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Organizer(s): ESCAP SIAP
Description: Household consumption and expenditure surveys (HCES) have been typically undertaken to compile information for important macroeconomic indicatorssuch as consumer price indicesand to provide input into national accounts. With timethe use of HCES has been extended to welfare and poverty analysisand more recently to food security and nutrition analysis. The food data collected in HCES provides core information for these types of analyses. Howeverthe data is comprehensive and complex to process; usersbased on their needs or interestsoften tend to follow different approaches when preparing the data for analysis. When data from the same survey is processed independently for different usesit quite often leads to inconsistent results. Such practice is inefficient and costly.
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Organizer(s): ESCAP SIAP
Description: Climate change is one of the most pressing issues of our time. Its impacts on well-being are far reachingincluding impacts on health and the economy. Humans have contributed to climate change largely through economic activities which are intrinsically linked to climate change. Our supply and use of energy for example has led to increased emissions of greenhouse gases which have resulted in global warming. A better understanding of the relationship between the economy and climate change through the compilation of relevant indicators is key to mitigating and adapting to climate change. This course will focus on climate change indicators that can be compiled from environmental economic accounts. After a brief overview of climate change andrelevant polices and multilateral agreementsparticipants will learn how to compile various indicators that inform climate change. The focus of the course is on better understanding the relationship between climate change and economic activity. And the statistical framework that provides the conceptsdefinitionsand methodology for measuring this relationship is the System of Environmental Economic Accounting. Participants will learn about physical supply and use tables for energy and air emissionsand indicators that can be compiled from these accounts. Other topics to be discussed include transaction accounts which can be used to derived expenditure type indicators such those on taxes on energy and pollution. Further details on course content follow below.
Description: This international conference will serve as a bridge among statisticians, survey methodologists, economists, engineers, mathematicians, computer scientists, and others interested in combining information from multiple sources to make reliable inferences at granular levels. The conference will cover traditional small area estimation topics as well as emerging topics in survey and official statistics such as nonprobability sampling, record linkage, and data fusion.
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Organizer(s): MODS Republic of Korea ESCAP SIAP UN-Women UNODC-KOSTAT
Description: Across Asia and the Pacificviolence against women and girls is taking increasingly complex and lethal forms—from gender-related killings(femicide/feminicide) to rapidly evolving technology-facilitated abuse—yet both remain insufficiently measured due to persistent gaps in definitionsreportingand integrated data systems.In 20241at least 17,400 women and girls in Asia were killed by an intimate partner or family member—approximately 48 every day—according to joint United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) estimates. While this represents a decline from the previous yearit does not signal true progress. Insteadit reflects ongoing weaknesses in national data and reporting systemsincluding incomplete identification and classification of femicide and limited capacity to capture gender-related motives.
Description: The Stats Café will provide a platform for countries to share experiences, practical approaches, and lessons learned in the compilation of regional GDP estimates. Particular emphasis will be placed on institutional coordination mechanisms, data integration practices, and methodological approaches used in implementing both the production and expenditure methods at the regional level. The Stats Café will feature presentations from the national statistical office of Indonesia (BPS). It will highlight compilation methods and practical challenges encountered during the process and the strategies adopted to address them. It will also provide an opportunity for participating countries and organizations to engage in discussion on emerging needs, technical gaps, and opportunities for regional collaboration in advancing subnational economic statistics. The main objective of the Stats Cafe session is to: strengthen the capacity of national statistical offices in Asia and the Pacific to develop and improve regional GDP statistics in line with international statistical standards and national policy priorities; promote peer-to-peer learning and facilitate the exchange of practical experiences on methodologies, institutional frameworks, and data sources used in regional GDP compilation. The expected outcomes of the Stats Cafe session include enhanced understanding among countries, improved awareness of practical approaches and challenges associated with production and expenditure-based estimation methods and strengthened regional knowledge sharing on subnational national accounts practices. The Stats Cafe is also expected to encourage greater collaboration among national statistical offices in advancing regional economic statistics and supporting more geographically inclusive development planning across the region. Register here: https://forms.office.com/e/qhAaWrhPLf Join the meeting: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/314100454396523 Should you require any further information please contact Mr Alick Mjuma Nyasulu on nyasulua@un.org and Ms Anne Kerdlapphon on anne.kerdlapphon@un.org. , Stats Café Home: Upcoming events Concluded events
Description: Illicit financial flows remain a major challenge to sustainable development, undermining domestic resource mobilization, governance, and economic stability, and underscoring the importance of progress on Sustainable Development Goal Target 16.4.1. The workshop adopts a practical, hands-on approach, combining training using ESCAP’s IFF computation tool with interactive discussions and country-focused exchanges. Objectives: Strengthen participants’ capacity to use the IFF computation tool; Guide the full process from data acquisition to interpretation and reporting; Discuss policy roadmaps for Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan; Promote inter-agency collaboration to support effective policy action. Through technical sessions and collaborative discussions, participants will enhance their analytical skills and contribute to stronger, evidence-based responses to illicit financial flows
Target Audience: Senior officials at central banks, national statistical offices, and other agencies responsible for compiling real sector and external sector statistics and assigning resources to the production of economic statistics.
Description: The Asia-Pacific Stats Café Series on “Moving AI projects from proof-of-concept to production” was held virtually on Monday, 8 June 2026, from 13:00 to 14:00 (Bangkok time, UTC+7). Presentations SPC: Never Deploy on a FridAI India: NSO India Innovation Journey , Stats Café Home: Upcoming events Concluded events
The Collaborative on Citizen Data participates in the 5th International Statistical Institute (ISI) Regional Statistics Conference in Malta.
The session “Intersectionality and Citizens’ Data: Building Inclusive Data Systems for Inclusive Decision-Making” explores the importance of intersectionality in citizen data, examining how disaggregated and interconnected data reveal patterns of social inclusion and exclusion across different dimensions of identity. It discusses how citizen data strengthens official statistics, supports disaggregated data action plans, and informs policies that advance human rights and social equity.
Description: The Regional Statistical Conference will present invited sessions and contributed papers on various aspects of statistics and data science, covering traditional methods as well as their interactions with artificial intelligence. The conference aims to promote ethical and sound use of methods, advancement of knowledge, and effective social impact. Participants will have the opportunity to network with fellow statisticians and data scientists while enjoying the natural and cultural attractions of Malta.
The Collaborative on Citizen Data participates in the 5th International Statistical Institute (ISI) Regional Statistics Conference in Malta.
The session “What is Citizen Data? Data Quality for Citizen Data” highlights emerging international practices, recent updates to statistical legislation such as the GLOS revision, and case studies where citizen data supports environmental, social, and crisis-related statistics. Bringing together experts from official statistics, academia, and citizen-data platforms, it also explores practical frameworks for integrating citizen data while maintaining the neutrality, confidentiality, and quality of official statistics.
This interactive session, taking place at the 2026 Global Data Festival, aims to foster discussion and collective reflection on the emerging relationship between artificial intelligence (AI) and citizen data.
Organizer(s): ESCAP UNFPA Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems National Statistics Office of Mongolia General Authority for State Registration of Mongolia
Description: The Eurasian Civil Registrars Network will convene its next regional meeting on 2–4 June 2026 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, bringing together civil registration professionals from across the region to accelerate progress toward universal legal identity and stronger CRVS systems. Supported by ESCAP, UNFPA, Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems. National Statistics Office of Mongolia, and, General Authority for State Registration of Mongolia, the meeting will feature thematic discussions on:The state of CRVS in EurasiaConsiderations of data protection and data governance for civil registrarsIdentification of priority actions for the network and countries
Organizer(s): Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat University of the South Pacific Université de la Nouvelle-Calédonie Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme Topics:
This learning event is co-led by the Collaborative on Citizen Data and the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) and explores the role of citizen data in the age of AI, including how community-generated data strengthens inclusive data ecosystems, supports responsible innovation, and helps ensure that AI-enabled tools and data-driven decision-making reflect local realities.
