Title in Arabic: المنهجيات الدولية في اعداد ونشر البيانات الوصفية
Organizer(s): AITRS
Description: تسعى الاجهزة الاحصائية لتوفير بيانات إحصائية تتمتع بجودة عالية وتلائم احتياجات المستخدمين في كافة المجالات الاقتصادية والاجتماعية بحيث تساعد في إعداد برامج وخطط التنمية المحلية وتسهم في توفير البيانات الضرورية من خلال اعتماد واتباع المعايير الدولية في مجال إعداد وتحليل ونشر البيانات الاحصائية الاحصائية ً مع مبدأ الشفافية وتلبية احتياجات المستخدمين. لذلك على الاجهزة الاحصائية نشر بيانات وصفية عن الاحصاءات التي ينتجها وينشرها بما يتوافق والمعايير الدولية في هذا المجال والمبادئ الأساسية للإحصاءات الرسمية الصادر عن الامم المتحدة والتي لها ارتباط بالبيانات. تندرج هذه الورشة في إطار تنفيذ البرنامج السنوي للمعهد العربي للتدريب والبحوث الإحصائية لعام 2024 من اجل دعم قدرات الأجهزة الإحصائية العربية في مجال توثيق المفاهيم والتعاريف والمصطلحات والتصانيف والمنهجيات المستخدمة في جمع البيانات وذلك للرجوع اليها عند الحاجة والاستئناس بها، بالإضافة الى احترام مقتضيات المبادئ الأساسية للإحصاءات الرسمية في الخصوص وخاصة المبدأ المتعلق بالشفافية. تتمثل الأهداف الرئيسية للورشة في تمكين المشاركين من فهم البيانات الوصفية واهميتها للمستخدمين للبيانات سواء كانوا من داخل الاجهزة الاحصائية او خارجها وذلك من أجل: * توثيق المفاهيم والتعاريف والمصطلحات والتصانيف والمنهجيات المستخدمة في جمع البيانات * وصف الجوانب الرئيسية لنوعية البيانات * المساهمة في تعزيز الشفافية وزيادة عدد المستخدمين للإحصاءات الرسمية * تأكيد جودة البيانات الاحصائية * اثراء العمل وتوفير الموارد وسهولة الرجوع للبيانات والتعاريف وإعادة استخدامها.
Description: Join us for an exclusive event unveiling the cutting-edge capabilities of the new UN Data Platform! Harnessing AI-based natural language query and knowledge graph technologies, this platform revolutionizes how we access and utilize authoritative statistical data from across the UN system. UNDESA’s Statistics Division, in collaboration with Google’s Data Commons, launched the UN Data Commons for the SDGs at the 2023 SDG Summit. Building upon this success, the UN Data Platform has since expanded to include WHO data, with plans for further integration of data across the UN system in the upcoming year. The event will also feature a distinguished panel that will delve into topics such as new data governance models, collaborative approaches to data management, and strategies for providing powerful search and analytic capabilities for all users. Don't miss this opportunity to shape the future accessibility and usability of the UN Data Platform. View live stream on YouTube here.
Source: Eurostat (Data extracted on: 07 Mar 2024 )
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Organizer(s): Eurostat Icon-Institut
Description: Main objectives of the course: to provide practical training in writing about statistics in clear and understandable language, with the aim to improve the attractiveness and efficiency of presenting statistics, while bearing in mind the principles of the Code of Practice.
Target Audience: Staff involved in/responsible for drafting/writing press releases, statistical texts and articles for NSI’s publications, for the web, for social media or other types of communication channels.
Description: The increasing availability of multiple data sources to investigate complex socio-economic, agricultural, health and environmental phenomena represents a great opportunity for survey statisticians, given the need to reduce the cost of data collection and the increasing demand for detailed information. Combining already available data sources is a key element in complementing and increasing the relevant information available in a single source. However, sometimes lack of standardisation, different forms and structures (if any) of data pose challenges to data linkage procedures and may result in an error-prone linkage. Probabilistic data linking comprises a set of statistical methods for combining multiple sources, recognising the same units even in the absence of common identifiers. In addition, probabilistic linkage produces some measure of the potential errors generated by the statistical integration procedure itself. The propagation of uncertainty from data linkage to downstream analyses based on linked data is a topic of growing interest to survey statisticians, with some interesting proposals for adjusting standard methodology (and more).
Description: The report launch event was held on Thursday, 15 February 2024, from 11:00 to 12:00 hours (Bangkok time, UTC+7), at the Foreign Correspondent’s Club of Thailand (FCCT), Bangkok and Online via Zoom. Presentation for the launch Opening remarks Attendance summary Report website Full Report | Highlights Blog: Urgent action needed so no one in Asia and the Pacific is left behind UN NEWS: Asia-Pacific off track on path to SDGs, UN data shows (English | Chinese) <!--*/ /*--> Key speakers: Lin Yang, Deputy Executive Secretary for Programme, Office of the Executive Secretary, ESCAP Rachael Beaven, Director, Statistics Division, ESCAP Moderator: Mitch Hsieh, Chief of Communications and Knowledge Management, ESCAP Key messages As of 2024, how has the Asia-Pacific region progressed for each of the 17 SDGs? How does sex, age, and income influence the chances of being left behind? Are there examples of evidence-based actions taken to achieve the SDGs?
Description: Agenda Opening remarks, Ms. Rachael Joanne Beaven – Director, Statistics Division, ESCAP Transforming a Yearbook into a digital portal using .Stat Suite and SDMX, Ashiyath Shazna, Statistician, Maldives Bureau of Statistics Using PowerBI to automate Dashboards, Natthamon Mayurasakhon, Statistician, Government Strategic Information Center, National Statistics Office, Thailand New training on tools to simplify SDMX implementation for data exchange, Jeffrey Napoles, Consultant, Economic Research and Development Impact Department, Asian Development Bank (ADB) Q&A and discussion , Stats Café Home: Upcoming events Concluded events
Description: WaPOR, FAO's portal to monitor Water Productivity through Open access of Remotely sensed derived data, is migrating to the FAO Hand in Hand platform and will feature data obtained through an updated methodology (version 3.0).
Description: تعد صحافة البيانات أداة مهمة يستخدمها الصحفيون في تقاريرهم لأنها تتيح توفير السياق والرؤية وتعزيز المصداقية وتشجيع المساءلة وإشراك الجماهير. من خلال دمج تحليل وتصور البيانات في التقارير الصحفية، يمكن للصحفيين إنتاج محتوى أكثر تأثيرًا وغنيًا بالمعلومات يساعد على إعلام الجمهور وتمكينه. - يمكن أن توفر صحافة البيانات سياقًا مهمًا ورؤية ثاقبة للقضايا المعقدة من خلال السماح للصحفيين بتحليل كميات كبيرة من البيانات وتحديد الأنماط والاتجاهات التي قد لا تكون واضحة على الفور. باستخدام البيانات لدعم التقارير، يمكن للصحفيين تعزيز مصداقيتهم وإظهار دقة عملهم، حيث يمكن أن يساعد ذلك في بناء الثقة مع الجماهير وزيادة تأثير تقاريرهم. يمكن أن تساعد صحافة البيانات في مساءلة الأفراد والمؤسسات من خلال الكشف عن أنماط السلوك التي قد لا تظهر على الفور. يمكن أن يكون هذا مهمًا بشكل خاص في مجالات مثل الحكومة والتمويل، حيث يمكن أن توفر البيانات رؤى مهمة حول كيفية اتخاذ القرارات وكيفية تخصيص الموارد. كما يمكن أن تكون صحافة البيانات أداة قوية لإشراك الجماهير من خلال تقديم معلومات معقدة بطريقة سهلة الفهم ومقنعة بصريًا. باستخدام تصور البيانات والتقنيات الأخرى، يمكن للصحفيين مساعدة الجمهور على فهم القضايا المعقدة بشكل أفضل واتخاذ قرارات مستنيرة. من هذا المنطلق، تأتي هذه الورشة التدريبية لتطوير مهارات الصحفيين في هذا المجال وربطهم بالعاملين في الأجهزة الإحصائية العربية.
Source: ESCAP SIAP (Data extracted on: 07 Dec 2023 )
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Organizer(s): ESCAP SIAP
Description: This course is an advanced course in data visualizationconceived as an extension to SIAP’s facilitated course “Data Visualization for Official Statistics and SDG Indicators” conducted in 2021 and 2022 oralternativelyto the self-paced course “Principles of Data Visualization for Official Statistics and SDG Indicators” available on SIAP’s e-learning platform. This new course focuses on methods to produce high-quality graphics for monitoring and publishing official statistics and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) indicators. It also highlights advanced topics such as network visualizationhigh dimension data visualizationvisualizing uncertainty and address some important issues when communicating with graphics. In particularstorytelling and the construction of visual narratives for any type of audienceor inclusive data visualizationis emphasized and discussed.
Description: Help us to showcase an impactful story on disability and illustrate the power of digital accessibility in data visualizations to create a more inclusive experience. We need visuals that are easy to understand but pack a punch. Something that will help us spread the word about disability and get people talking. So, get creative, don't be afraid to think outside the box, and slice and dice the data any way you like. Analyze the data from different perspectives - perhaps you will discover something that we haven’t seen! Don't miss your chance to use your creativity and contribute to the cause of accessible data visualization - start making an impact today.
Source: ESCAP SIAP (Data extracted on: 07 Dec 2023 )
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Organizer(s): ESCAP SIAP UNSD
Description: Identifying and responding to the needs of users for data and statistics is at the heart of the mission of National Statistical Offices (NSOs) and national statistical systems. NSOs already undertake many activities interacting with different users such as preparing press releases to aid journalists and communicate with the public at large and organizing launch events/workshops to disseminate important results from surveys and censuses.
Description: About This Session Everyone, everywhere must have a say in data design, collection and use. When people have their needs, priorities, and experiences captured in data, this creates equal power dynamics, establishes people’s agency and improves participation and inclusion in data processes. On March 14, 2023, join the Data Values movement for a thought-provoking and engaging virtual discussion that will delve into the pressing issues of data and its impact on power dynamics and agency. Using a Data Values lens, this session will explore the concept of agency–the ability of individuals and communities to shape the design, production, governance, and use of data–and how it can influence and support data systems. At the same time, this session will examine how lack of agency in data can perpetuate existing inequalities and further marginalize certain groups, including youth, women, and persons with disabilities. This insightful discussion will engage Data Values advocates, statisticians and national statistical offices within Asia and the Pacific to unpack critical questions such as: How can we create open, trustworthy, and inclusive data systems that support people's agency? How can we ensure that marginalized groups in Asia and the Pacific are heard and have a say in data collection, use, and management? What roles do National Statistical Offices (NSOs) play in rebalancing power dynamics within data? Agenda Welcome Remarks - Rachael Beaven, Director, Statistics Division, ESCAP Event Moderator and Presenter - Karen Bett, Global Partnership Co-Presenter - Mayuri Dhumal, Data Values Advocate, India Co-Presenter - Joon Baek, Data Values Advocate, South Korea & New York Panelist (Youth Leader) - Bipana Dhakal, Data Values Youth Leader and Activist, Nepal Panelist (NSO) - Keshab Kumar Gautam, Director, Population Section Central Bureau of Statistics Nepal , Stats Café Home: Upcoming events Concluded events in 2022 2021 events 2020 events
Title in Arabic: تقنيات التواصل والإعلام ووسائل التواصل الاجتماعي في مجال نشر البيانات والمعلومات الاحصائية
Organizer(s): AITRS
Description: تساعد تقنيات التواصل والإعلام ووسائل التواصل الاجتماعي في تحقيق سهولة الوصول الي البيانات والمعلومات الضرورية للجمهور، حيث يجب أن تكون من الأدوات الأساسية التي تُستخدم في نشر البيانات والمعلومات لأنها تحقق الوصول السريع والمباشر إلى الجمهور المستهدف وتسهل التفاعل الفوري مع الجمهور وتحقيق التأثير الذي يرغب فيه الناشر. في عصرنا هذا، تشكل وسائل التواصل الاجتماعي وتقنياتها اضافة الى المنصات الإلكترونية مصدرًا هامًا للعديد من المهتمين للوصول إلى المعلومات والنشرات الأخبارية في حين أن الوصول إلى البيانات والموارد حول قضايا التنمية في المنطقة العربية لا يكون غالبًا بالعمل السهل. لذلك، يأتي اهمية الولوج إلى شبكة البيانات بسهولة ومن ثم تأمين استخدامها بفعالية عالية يمكّننا من الإضاءة على إخفاقات التنمية وكيفية إحداث التغيير إلى الأفضل، وبالتالي المساهمة في تحقيق التنمية المستدامة بشكل عام. من هذا المنطلق، تأتي هذه الورشة التدريبية لدعم قدرات الأجهزة الإحصائية العربية فيما يخص تقنيات التواصل والإعلام ووسائل التواصل الاجتماعي في مجال نشر البيانات والمعلومات.
Description: The webinar is organized by the International Statistical Literacy Project (ISLP), a project that aims to advance statistical literacy worldwide. The webinar is based on the SJIAOS special stream on Statistical and Data Literacy in Policy-Making (Vol 38, No. 2, 2022). As the publication did, the webinar offers conceptual reflections on statistical and data literacy in policy-making. In their presentations, the contributing authors reflect on the relevance of the use of statistics and data in politics and highlight the impact of both on policy-making. They underline the need for statistical and data literacy in policy-making and identify key elements of it. They also elaborate on how statistical and data literacy in policy-making is specific. The individual contributions to the SJIAOS special stream originate from the ISI World Statistics Congress 2021 Invited Paper Session on ‘Statistical and Data Literacy in Policy-Making’.
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Source: ESCAP SIAP (Data extracted on: 13 Feb 2023 )
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Organizer(s): ESCAP SIAP Paris21
Description: The workshop is to explore the potential benefits and pitfallsas well as presenting a number of case studies from peers in the region to dive more deeply into specific contextual examples. Platform-specific experts will provide insights into how to communicate persuasively across TwitterFacebook and LinkedInand National Statistical Offices (NSOs) will have opportunities to share their own experiences and discuss best practices.
Description: The UNSD, Group of Experts on Geographical Names (UNGEGN) organized and staged the webinar Linked Open Data Developments – What’s in for UNGEGN and its Experts? on 30 September 2022. The webinar is the second in the UNGEGN webinar series, which generally seek to increase awareness on the use and benefits of geographical names standardization, and specifically focus on current topics relevant to advancing the implementation of UNGEGN’s Strategic Plan and Programme of Work 2021-2029. This webinar provided an overview on the most relevant challenges and opportunities associated with linked open data (LOD) development, particularly given that LOD is another stage in the evolution of data management methodologies which the UNGEGN community needs to consider, to facilitate widespread use of standardized geographical names. The webinar was attended by a global audience of over 100 persons, from national names authorities, national mapping agencies and universities. Mr. Pier-Giorgio Zaccheddu of the Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy in Germany, and Convenor of the UNGEGN Working Group on Geographical Names Data Management moderated the webinar. The Chair of UNGEGN, Pierre Jaillard, France and Director of UNSD, Stefan Schweinfest delivered opening remarks. The first presentation, delivered by Henrik Askjer, University of Bergen, Norway, briefly introduced LOD from a historical perspective, its main requirements (e.g., a definition of vocabularies, commonly agreed ontologies, etc.) and its potential in the context of disseminating geographical names data as LOD. This was followed by national LOD implementations cases from the Netherlands and Germany. The examples presented shared the benefits of LOD implementation, the methodology, architecture, and software that were used, in addition to the challenges experienced and solutions adopted. The closing presentation was delivered by Peder Gammeltoft, Scientific Manager, Norwegian Language Collections, University of Bergen, Norway and Chair of the UNGEGN Working Group on Publicity and Funding. He gave an overall summary of the challenges, opportunities and benefits of LOD. This was followed by a lively discussion session, which pointed to next steps which included the need for experts to work together to create vocabularies and ontologies.
Title in Arabic: استراتيجية التواصل والنشر الإحصائي
Organizer(s): AITRS
Description: يتميز هذا العصر بوفرة البيانات وتعدد مصادرها من كل مكان تقريبًا، كما ان زيادة المعلومات حقيقة واقعة، حيث يتلقى الناس ما يصل إلى خمسة أضعاف المعلومات التي حصلوا عليها قبل 30 عامًا. تمّ تكوين أدمغة البشر للتعامل مع كمية معينة من المعلومات بغض النظر عما ينظر إليه. لكن التكنولوجيا ساعدت على التكيف والتقاط الأشياء بشكل أسرع بكثير مما وقع قبل عقدين فقط. وتشير الدراسات الى ان 90% من المعلومات التي يتم نقلها إلى دماغ البشر هي معلومات مرئية، حيث يحافظ على ما يصل إلى 80% مما يراه ويفعله مقارنة بـ 30% مما يقرأه. لذا، فإن حقيقة أن البشر مكون لتلقي معلومات مرئية أفضل من النص هي أكثر من كافية لتبرير الحاجة إلى إيجاد طريقة لنقل البيانات وتصورها بطريقة فعّالة وإيجاد الوسيلة والمنصة الأنسب لتحقيق ذلك.
Description: Join FAO’s Office of Emergencies and Resilience for this multistakeholder global event focusing on the Data in Emergencies (DIEM) information system. Through multiple speakers and perspectives, the event will explore...
Source: Eurostat (Data extracted on: 31 Jan 2022 )
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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.
Description: The Data for Now initiative aims to build capacity of national statistical systems to produce better and more timely data to inform policies and monitor progress towards achieving the SDGs and measuring the impact of COVID-19, prioritizing the goals identified by the countries, by leveraging data innovations and better integration of geospatial and statistical operations. In doing so, the initiative takes a user-centric approach, guided by Data For Now Guiding Principle 10: All partners are committed to first and foremost address the needs of the users of the data, adhering to national priorities and decision-making needs. The initiative defines the activities based on the goals prioritized by each country and encourages engagement of producers of data and statistics with policymakers for increased used of data in decision-making. In this context, the Data For Now initiative hosted a series of inspiration workshops to expand support to countries through projects funded by Norway, with other donors joining soon. The workshops provided an overview of the initiative, and showcased examples of how some countries are working on some of the core ideas of the initiative, such as prioritization based on country's needs, use of innovative data sources, methods and tools and partnerships, and improvement of the IT infrastructure to facilitate integration of innovation approaches. This first in the series workshop is focused on engagement with decision-makers, providing an overview of how this can be done and sharing country examples. It aims to: * Inspire national statistical offices to engage with policymakers to: ** Understand and identify data needs that correspond to country's policy need; ** Encourage data culture amongst decision-makers to increase use of data in decision-making; ** Mobilize resources to collect, produce, and disseminate demand-driven data; ** Bring in partners, particular UN RCOs, to help create links to key decision makers and additional partnerships; * Take an initial stock of the current level of engagement at national statistical offices.
Description: The recent publication by PARIS21 and Open Data Watch showed that national data portals have a lot to improve to make data accessible and open for all. In Asia-Pacific, many countries have recently launched dissemination platforms or are in the process of upgrading their existing systems. This Stats Café discussed the main features of a modern data portal and present best practices to guide the development of better platforms. , This Stats Café aimed to: Discuss the current state of national data dissemination in Asia-Pacific. What technologies and approaches are used? What are the features of a state-of-the-art data portal? Share country experiences in setting up national data dissemination platforms. What choices had to be made? What have been the challenges and lessons learned? Provide practical advice in adopting new platforms or enhancing existing systems. What recommendations should be adopted? What open-source platforms are available to countries? Agenda Welcome remarks, Ms. Rachael Beaven, Director, Statistics Division, ESCAP Data dissemination in the digital age Mr. Rajiv Ranjan, Innovation Team Lead, PARIS21, and Mr. Eric Swanson, Director of Research and Co-founder, Open Data Watch Data portals in Asia-Pacific Mr. Dayyan Shayani, Statistician, Statistics Division, ESCAP National SDG dissemination with Open SDG Ms. Anahit Safyan, Member of the State Council on Statistics, Armenia SDMX data portal with .Stat Suite Ms. Taweesap Srikwan, Statistician, Senior Professional Level, National Statistical Office, Thailand Q&A and discussion , Stats Café Home: Upcoming events Concluded events
Source: Eurostat (Data extracted on: 04 Jan 2022 )
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Organizer(s): Eurostat Icon-Institut
Description: Objectives: * Present the essentials concepts of open data and linked open data. * Improve data management skills in exploring feasible data sources, finding publications, data portals and how to publish them.
Target Audience: Official statisticians (including process managers) with data management skills, who are interested in exposing data and metadata assets using linked data principles. The course is not meant to be targeted exclusively at IT specialists but can also be useful for staff involved in dissemination.
Description: During this Global Network Webinar we had with us Heather Page and Hong Xiao from United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) who talked about Data Storytelling & Data Visualization Toolkit. Storytelling is the best way to present data and share insights to inform, engage, and influence the audience. This valuable tool can be used in SDG and other data reporting to make sense of the data and add context, meaning and relevance for an audience. An essential component of effective data storytelling is data visualization. To support countries in developing and delivering engaging data visualizations across a range of outputs, UNSD developed an SDG and COVID-19 data visualization toolkit containing a set of SDG and COVID-19 related icons, along with templates for reports, infographics, social media and flyers. During this presentation, Ms. Hong Xiao discussed basic concepts with examples about data storytelling with a focus on analyzing the context and the audiences and developing a compelling narrative. Then, Ms. Heather Page introduced and provided an overview of the icons and other resources available in the Toolkit.
Source: ESCAP SIAP (Data extracted on: 04 Jan 2022 )
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Organizer(s): ESCAP SIAP
Description: The course provides an opportunity for participants to explore and comprehend the techniques of data visualization for data exploration as well as for data presentation. Participants will discoverevaluate and apply the rules of data visualization on devoted cases studies and also tackle the problem of visualizing complex data. The course proposesstrategies for visualizing in multi-dimensions as well as presenting the practical methods for representing statistical indicators on maps or within dashboards.
Description: This unique online event will serve as a knowledge hub, bringing the benefits of open data and its reuse to the EU public sector, and through it to people and businesses. Online from Luxembourg to the world: The Publications Office of the European Union is organising the first EU Open Data Days Data is a key asset for digital transformation. It is a building material for research and innovation, personalised products and services, powerful new technologies and better decision-making. These translate into solutions to societal challenges that can improve and even save people’s lives, as the current pandemic demonstrates. Open data is also freely available to generate value through reuse. This unique online event will serve as a knowledge hub, bringing the benefits of open data and its reuse to the EU public sector, and through it to people and businesses. Get inspired and discover the latest trends and most innovative solutions. Register now!
Source: Eurostat (Data extracted on: 03 May 2021 )
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Organizer(s): Eurostat Icon-Institut
Description: Objectives: * Present the essentials concepts of open data and linked open data. * Improve data management skills in exploring feasible data sources, finding publications, data portals and how to publish them.
Target Audience: Official statisticians (including process managers) with data management skills, who are interested in exposing data and metadata assets using linked data principles. The course is not meant to be targeted exclusively at IT specialists but can also be useful for staff involved in dissemination. Please note: All ESTP Courses are exclusively available to staff members of a European Statistical System (ESS) institution.
Description: During this Global Network Webinar we had with us Giorgia Lupi from the design studio Pentagram, New York who gave her illustrated talk “Speak Data!”. Today data is everywhere. But what does data really mean, and how can we extract real value from it in our daily lives? In this illustrated talk, information designer and Pentagram partner Giorgia Lupi discussed our new data reality and “data humanism”, her unique philosophy for understanding and working with data. Surveying her diverse work over the last decade, Giorgia introduced her distinctive approach to data visualization by looking at the human side of data and offered a look into the far-reaching applications of her work in data and design, from corporate to institutional to personal.
Description: The Executive Secretary of ECLAC, Alicia Bárcena, presents a new version of the CEPALSTAT platform. This is the main portal for accessing statistical information collected on the countries of the region, organized and published by ECLAC. The presentation will be held virtually.
Description: During this Global Network Webinar, Fionntan O’ Donnell from Open Data Institute and Andrew Dudfield from Full Fact, presented how changes in the publishing of national statistics can support the work of fact checkers around the world. Data publishing by national statistical offices affects the fact checking process in many ways. From what fact checkers choose to verify, to how they find data to the human support they get. Better statistical data means easier and faster fact checking, which leads to more fact checks being published and misinformation being addressed faster.
Description: Data and official statistics have become an integral part of policy research and evidence-based decision making, and even the daily life of citizens. The increasing number of actors with diverse interests producing data and statistics has resulted in a data-rich yet complex world. In such an environment, the ability to comprehend, interpret and critically evaluate existing data and statistics paves the way for their proper and effective use. This highlights the importance of enhancing data and statistical literacy among users, including policymakers, the research community, media, citizens, etc. This Stats Café aimed to: Raise awareness on the importance of data and statistical literacy to enhance effective use of official data and statistics for policy-making and the role of national statistical offices, as well as of national statistical training institutes in enhancing such literacy of various user groups; Share experiences from countries in the Asia-Pacific region on implementing specific approaches and initiatives to enhance data and statistical literacy among specific user groups. , Stats Café Home: Upcoming events Concluded events
Source: Eurostat (Data extracted on: 31 Aug 2021 )
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Organizer(s): Eurostat Icon-Institut
Description: Providing participants with a better understanding of the principles of creating, developing and disseminating data visualisations to a wide audience: Various means of content visualisation (infographic, video, animation, etc.): * Different ways of using infographic, video, animation; * The do’s and don'ts of content visualisation; * How to display your own content and organise it effectively; * How the media use visual material.
Target Audience: ESS staff with some basic knowledge of data visualisation. Please note: All ESTP Courses are exclusively available to staff members of a European Statistical System (ESS) institution.
Description: With many countries launching their SDG data and metadata platforms and presenting their Voluntary National Reviews, there is a growing need to develop and deliver engaging data visualizations across a range of outputs and media. In response, UNSD developed an SDG and COVID-19 data visualization toolkit containing a set of SDG and COVID-19 related icons, along with templates for a range of outputs, including reports, infographics, social media and flyers. The webinar introduced the toolkit and provided guidance on how to best make use of the icons and templates included in the toolkit. It also shared best practices for designing graphics, introduced some of the other available tools and resources, and provided examples of how to utilize the toolkit for SDG and COVID-19 related reporting and other thematic outputs.
Description: تهدف الورشة أساسا الى تدريب المشاركين حول طرق إعداد محتوى إحصائي وتصويري جذاب وسهل الفهم للبيانات، وخاصة فيما يتعلق بمؤشرات أهداف التنمية المستدامة، وذلك باستخدام تقنيات البرمجيات المفتوحة المصدر. تهدف الورشة أيضاً إلى تحسين المهارات وتطوير قدرات الإحصائيين في سرد القصص التي تعتمد على البيانات، كما وإنتاج تحاليل إحصائية قابلة للقراءة والفهم من خلال جعلها جذابة بصرياً لجميع المستخدمين. سيتم توجيه وتدريب المشاركين خلال الورشة حول كيفية إعداد الإنفوجرافيك (Infographics) باستخدام أدوات تصويرية مجانية على الإنترنت، وذلك كمحاولة لمساعدة المكاتب الإحصائية الوطنية على تقديم بيانات بطريقة أكثر جاذبية وتكون سهلة الاستعمال.
Description: The Working Group on Fisheries Management (WGFM) will address the status of national submissions, timing of data calls, and standardized questionnaires, while focusing the discussion on currents needs for improvement,...
Source: Eurostat (Data extracted on: 21 Dec 2020 )
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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. ESTP Trainings are open to non-ESS members if capacity allows after ESS needs are fulfilled.
Target Audience: Professionals who are involved in Regularization of land; municipalities and other local governments, private companies and any other interested person.
Organizer(s): Paris21 Afristat ONS United Kingdom INSEE France
Description: The webinar is organized by the Economic Commission for Africa in partnership with AFRISTAT, INSEE, ONS-UK and PARIS21. The objective of this event, which targets English speakers, is to share experiences on the different strategies that could be put in place by the producers of official statistics, mainly the national statistical offices, aimed at engaging the media and journalists as well as exploring the advantages of such engagements for the advancement of the national statistical systems. Speakers: Moderator: Zachary Mwangi Chege, former Statistician-General of Kenya and Chair of the 49th and 50th United Nations Statistical Commission Panellists: Paul Yaw Seneadza from Ghana Statistical Service will share the national experience on media engagement in official statistics. Wanjohi Kabukuru, an Environmental journalist, editor and media trainer, will share his experience with producers of official statistics and talk about needs from media. Rebecca Jakeway, a communications advisor from the United Kingdom’s Office for National Statistics, will speak about how the UK’s statistical organisations work with the media to better promote their work and encourage better use of data for making decisions. Tinfissi-Joseph Ilboudo from the Economic Commission for Africa will present samples tactics for media engagement in official statistics. Register in advance for this event at: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJItdeutpjwuE9fyeX7i418WdBPNPyQPvvDe After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting Concept Note Guidelines for developing an integrated user engagement strategy for national statistical systems <!--0000000000000000000000000000--> PAUL YAW SENEADZA is a Communicator who graduated from the University of Ghana, Legon. He has been working at the Ghana Statistical Service since June, 2004 in the Economic Statistics Directorate. He currently works with the Public Relations and Protocol Unit which is under the Communication and Dissemination Directorate of the Ghana Statistical Service. The role of the Unit is to ascertain and evaluate public opinion as it relates to the Service. The Public Relations team aims at advancing the objectives of the Ghana Statistical Service through education, timely and consistent dissemination of statistical information to the various users through different mediums like press briefings, launches, conferences, etc. Wanjohi Kabukuru is a multiple award-winning international journalist, whose specialty covers African environment and its development nexus with special focus on solutions. For more than two decades Wanjohi has written extensively on climate change, technology and sustainable development in Africa and its adjacent Island Nations, working in and around East, Central, Horn, Sahel and Indian Ocean regions of the continent. Rebecca Jakeway is the UK’s Office for National Statistics’ (ONS) international communications advisor, a role which involves working with communications teams at each of the ONS’s global partnerships to share ideas and best practice. She has worked for the ONS for several years, mostly within its media relations team, helping to promote the ONS – particularly its health-related statistics. Prior to joining the ONS she was a journalist and has worked across newspapers and radio including for the BBC Joseph Ilboudo is an Economist Statistician. He is currently Chief of the Statistical Development Section at the African Centre for Statistics of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA). His former roles have been as statistical expert at Eurostat, Central Bank Officer, head of the regional statistical programme of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA), Principal Programme Officer in charge of statistical harmonisation of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). <!-- 111111111111111111-->
Source: Eurostat (Data extracted on: 21 Dec 2020 )
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Organizer(s): Eurostat Icon-Institut
Description: Main objectives of the course: to provide practical training in writing about statistics in clear and understandable language, with the aim to improve the attractiveness and efficiency of presenting statistics, with reference to the Code of Practice.
Target Audience: Staff involved in/responsible for drafting/writing press releases, statistical texts and articles for NSI’s publications, for the web, for social media or other types of communication channels. ESTP Trainings are open to non-ESS members if capacity allows after ESS needs are fulfilled.
Source: Eurostat (Data extracted on: 21 Dec 2020 )
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Organizer(s): Eurostat Icon-Institut
Description: The main objectives of the course are: * Illustrate how “standardisation” is dealt within the European Statistical System and, more in general, within the statistical community; * Explain how to define a standardization strategy to improve the statistical business processes; * Focus on the main conceptual, logical and technical statistical standards detailed in the ESS Enterprise Architecture Reference Framework (GSBPM, GSIM, SDMX, DDI); * Introduce on open data (RDF, DCAT) and spatial (INSPIRE) standards; * Highlight the relationships between conceptual and implementation standards; * Experiment with tools in implementing a standards-based metadata-driven architecture for more efficient processes related to the dissemination, reporting and more in general to the data and metadata sharing.
Target Audience: Subject-matter experts (domains, dissemination and metadata management staff) without specialist IT knowledge. ESTP Trainings are open to non-ESS members if capacity allows after ESS needs are fulfilled.
Source: Eurostat (Data extracted on: 21 Dec 2020 )
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Organizer(s): Eurostat EFTA
Description: An understanding of how a business intelligence tool like Power BI can be used in public statistics. Being able to import data to Power BI from different sources and visualizing them in Dashboards, making it easy to consume for yourself or other end-users. Knowledge of how BI-tools might supplement more typical statistical programming software.
Target Audience: Staff of national statistical institutes (including newcomers) who are involved in the production process and interested in learning new tools for visualizing and consuming data. ESTP Trainings are open to non-ESS members if capacity allows after ESS needs are fulfilled.
Description: The main objectives of the regional training are: Enhancing understanding of metadata. Improving statistical capacities to invigorate production and use of comparable SDG indicators. Strengthening inter-institutional coordination to invigorate production of SDG indicators and data flow Sharing and discussing country challenges in measuring SDG indicators
Description: About the session The UN Statistical Commission’s Working Group on Open Data provides good practice guidance on geographical areas, content and the balance between openness and privacy for local-level statistics. For many countries, this balance is often tipped towards closure not openness and therefore limiting their ability to engage the public and public policy makers with data and statistics that matter to them. This side event shared use cases from the Netherlands, New Zealand and Mexico. Three countries where a balance has been successfully struck. The event also provided good practice guidance on frameworks for striking a balance such as Statistics Canada’s data model vision for a National Statistical System (GATHER-GUARD-GROW-GIVE).
Description: Data presents opportunities to journalists in many ways, from revealing abstract trends to explaining complex problems to the general public. However, to promote the use of data, journalists need reliable, trusted data that is readily available and easy to understand and use. This puts the onus on data producers to provide timely, relevant and quality data, that is user-friendly and accessible. On the other hand, journalists require the skill set for understanding, analyzing, and visualizing the abundance of data in order to integrate data in story telling for the citizens. This webinar will bring together various actors that contribute to strengthening the use of data in journalism. These include: Data producers working to provide quality, timely, reliable and trusted data; Civil society partners, and academia compiling open access data for journalists and increasing data literacy among journalists and; Journalists promoting and using data to tell compelling stories. The webinar is part of the UN World Data Forum series and aims to promote the use of data in journalism. Speakers Moderator: Jessica Abrahams, Deputy Editor, Devex Panelist: Ashwell Jenneker, Deputy Director General, Statistics South Africa Presentation Panelist: Sarah Cohen, data journalist, author, Knight Chair, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism, Arizona State University Presentation Panelist: Catherine Gicheru, Knight Fellow, Director Africa Women Journalism Project, International Centre for Journalists Presentation Panelist: Anders Pedersen, Resource Watch Director, World Resource Institute Presentation Speakers' bios
e-Learning Course on Principles of Data Visualization for Official Statistics and SDG Indicators
13 Jan 2021 – 03 Mar 2021
Source: ESCAP SIAP (Data extracted on: 04 Jan 2022 )
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Organizer(s): ESCAP SIAP
Description: This course introduces data visualization as a tool to produce high-quality graphics for monitoring official statistics and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) indicators.
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Description: The WTO, OECD and UNECA are organizing a joint online regional workshop from 30th November to 9th December 2020, aimed at developing the Statistical Capacity of Africa countries on Trade in Value Added (TiVA) and for integration of more African countries TiVA databases. The workshop is being organized within the joint collaborative framework of the three organization. The Workshop will gather statisticians and trade policymakers from pilot countries engaged in the joint project (Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Nigeria and Senegal) to initiate contacts with the project's experts and start discussions on statistical matters to be addressed during the project as well as directions for future technical assistance. The workshop will consist of a mix of plenary session and bilateral sessions with pilot country teams, to foster open discussions, notably on preliminary national data evaluation reports prepared by the OECD. Registrations for the workshop are done via the form behind the link below, no later than 26th November. https://events.uneca.org/registration/register?eventId=581574e9-d428-eb11-80e5-0050569360fe.
Description: Why are national SDG data and metadata platforms so important? As part of the series on Building Strong Data Ecosystems for SDGs series, we held a webinar on National SDG Data Platforms on 17 November from 8:00-9:15am New York time. The value of national SDG data platforms was discussed from the perspective of both users and NSOs. Kyrgyzstan and Zimbabwe, who have recently developed their national platforms were presenting their experiences. We explored how those interested in developing a platform can move things forward, highlighting some of the tools available to do this. If you’re from an NSO or RCO in a country that hasn’t yet developed a national data platform for the SDGs, this is the perfect opportunity to learn more and get inspired. If you already have a data platform in place, we’d love to hear about your experiences. You may also get inspired by new ways of developing your platform even further!
Description: The United Nations Statistics Division collects, compiles and disseminates official demographic and social statistics on a range of topics. In terms of demographic statistics, since 1948, data have been collected annually from national statistical offices, and published in the United Nations Demographic Yearbook Collection. Mandated by the Economic and Social Council in 1947, first published in 1949, and this year marking its 70th Edition, the Demographic Yearbook Collection remains one of the oldest and most respected collection of historical and contemporary demographic data of all countries and areas of the world. During the course of its history, the content, processes and implementing tools of the Demographic Yearbook System have undergone continuous developments, including in recent years developments in online data dissemination, with most of the currently collected data and the majority of historical and current vital statistics published online. It is in the context of further improving and developing the Demographic Yearbook System, that UNSD is organizing this Expert Group Meeting, seeking experts’ inputs on best practices and contemporary approaches in demographic data collection, application of concepts and definitions in national circumstances and improvements of metadata, as well as demographic data and metadata dissemination.
Writing statistical texts with an impact for different audiences
13 Oct 2020 – 03 Nov 2020
Source: Eurostat (Data extracted on: 17 Nov 2020 )
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Organizer(s): Eurostat Icon-Institut
Description: Main objectives of the course: to provide practical training in writing about statistics in clear and understandable language, with the aim to improve the attractiveness and efficiency of presenting statistics, with reference to the Code of Practice.
Target Audience: Staff responsible for drafting/writing press releases, statistical texts and articles for NSI’s publications/elaborations, for the web – Internet and Intranets, for social media or other types of communication channels. ESTP Trainings are open to non-ESS members if capacity allows after ESS needs are fulfilled.
Description: This is a side-event of Nineteenth meeting of the Executive Committee of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC. Organized by DANE of Colombia.
Description: National Statistical Offices across Asia and the Pacific are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic with a variety of new statistical solutions. In this Asia-Pacific Stats Café, we discussed the experience of countries and development partners standing-up COVID-19 data portals and the responses from users to their innovative data solutions. This Stats Café session featured: Statistics New Zealand COVID-19 Data Portal WHO COVID-19 Data Portal ESCAP COVID-19 policy response Data Portal Q&A and discussions Moderator Gemma Van Halderen, is the Director of Statistics Division in ESCAP. Her work is to improve the use of statistics for evidence-based decision making and to develop and disseminate quality statistics for inclusive, sustainable and resilient societies in the ESCAP region. Panelists Richard Evans works for Statistics New Zealand as the General Manager for Economic and Environment Insights. Prior to joining Stats NZ, he worked for Statistics Canada as an expert in high-frequency economic indicators. He is passionate about using data science and AI to create user-centric data products from big data sources. Doris Ma Fat works at the World Health Organization as a statistician in the Department of Data and Analytics. She is currently supporting the development of several portals on cause-of-death statistics. Ravi Shankar works at the World Health Organization for the global polio eradication initiative as a GIS & Mapping expert. He also supports the ongoing health emergencies of Covid19. Dayyan Shayani is a statistician in the ESCAP Statistics Division, supporting the Asia-Pacific SDG Gateway and other data portals. He strives to bring data to the forefront of the sustainable development discourse, enhancing their management, dissemination and visualization. --------------------- See others Asia-Pacific Stats Café series
Description: There is substantial interest in data that can help us better understand the situation and inform decision-making around the COVID-19 pandemic. National Statistical Systems, and particularly National Statistical Offices, have an important role to play in making timely and reliable information about the impact of COVID-19 available to the public. This webinar provides an overview of various issues the statistics community are discussing linked to user engagement, and makes a case for being more actively engaged, including in providing data on COVID-19 related topics. The webinar also provides an overview of potential tools available for engaging with different users at this time, along with a more in-depth presentation on COVID-19 datahubs. The webinar was organized by the UNSD-DFID Project, which supports the SDG monitoring and COVID-19 data response in 20 countries in Africa and Asia. Here you can find the video recording of the webinar and the combined presentations.
Title in Arabic: تصور البيانات وإعداد محتوى جذاب من اجل فهم افضل
Organizer(s): AITRS Arab Development Portal
Description: ضمن إطار العمل على تحسين الوصول إلى المعرفة وبناء وتعزيز قدرات المكاتب الاحصائية الوطنية في المنطقة العربية على نشر الإحصاءات الرسمية والتقارير حول أهداف التنمية المستدامة، تنظم البوابة العربية للتنمية بالتعاون مع المعهد العربي للتدريب والبحوث الإحصائية ورشة عمل عن بعد حول " حول تصور البيانات وإعداد محتوى جذاب". تأتي هذه الورشة ضمن سلسلة من ورش عمل عن بعد حول " كوفيد-19 وتداعياته على التنمية في المنطقة العربية"، تغطي موضوعات التعليم والمياه والأمن الغذائي والصحة، بالإضافة إلى تصور البيانات. تهدف هذه الورش إلى رفع الوعي وتدريب موظفي المراكز الإحصائية الوطنية في البلدان العربية لتعزيز معرفتهم حول مواضيع التنمية كما إلى تقديم المساعدة التقنية بهدف فهم وإنتاج المؤشرات المرتبطة بأهداف التنمية المستدامة بشكل أفضل. تجمع هذه الورشة الاحصائيين من المكاتب الإحصائية الوطنية بهدف تدريبهم حول طرق إعداد محتوى إحصائي وتصويري جذاب وسهل الفهم للبيانات، وخاصة فيما يتعلق بمؤشرات أهداف التنمية المستدامة، وذلك باستخدام تقنيات البرمجيات المفتوحة المصدر. تهدف الورشة أيضاً إلى تحسين المهارات وتطوير قدرات الإحصائيين في سرد القصص
Description: In the midst of the current global COVID-19 crisis, there is an unprecedented need for data to not only enable decision makers to inform policies and planning but to also minimize the risk for all especially the vulnerable population groups. For this purpose, timely data disaggregated by age, sex, location and other markers is important to inform decision makers and the general public. From the point of view of the statistical community, are we ready for such a huge challenge? What do we learn from this challenge and experiences? Governments are working together with partners at the national and global level to deal with the current emergency by adapting innovative production methods and processes to ensure collection of critical data at various levels. Daily case information is being collected to provide demographic information disaggregated by various markers. Data collected by National Statistics Offices are also being used to forecast gaps in the required health service resources, such as hospital beds, to respond to the crisis effectively. Also critical is to translate data into actionable, ready-to-use information and insights to benefit decision-makers. Bring experiences from 3 entities working at the forefront of this crisis to provide data support Highlight the challenges and lessons learnt to improve the data collection and provide sufficient empirical data to respond to the pandemic The webinar is part of the UN World Data Forum webinar series that aims to showcase some examples on how national and international organisations are leveraging various techniques and methodologies to provide up-to-date information to decision-makers to mitigate the global COVID-19 crisis. Speakers Moderator: Amanda Glassman, Executive Vice President of CGD, CEO of CGD Europe, and Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development Panelist: Christopher J.L. Murray, MD, DPhil, Institute Director of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), Professor and Chair of Health Metrics Sciences at the University of Washington Panelist: Ramesh Krishnamurthy, PhD, MPH, PHIF, Senior Advisor, Division of Data, Analytics and Delivery for Impact, World Health Organization Presentation Panelist: Frankie Kay, Interim Deputy National Statistician and Director General for Data Capability, Office for National Statistics, UK Presentation Panelist: Wilma Ascano-Guillen, Assistant National Statistician, Social Sector Statistics Service, Sectoral Statistics Office, Philippine Statistics Authority Presentation Speakers' bios
Description: UNSD-DFID project is realigning its project work on SDGs monitoring to extend its support for project countries in response to Covid-19. In this webinar, UNSD will be sharing it's established platform which provides general guidance materials on key issues related to the situation through the COVID 19 response website and COVID-19 Data Hub that will be useful to get your Covid-19 related data out quickly and in a user friendly way through a set of dashboards and visualization tools similar to those currently implemented by Johns Hopkins University. Here you can find the video and a copy of the presentations.
Description: Data and statistics are increasingly being used in public debate to prove a point or statement without providing the context in which these figures exist. This has sometimes led to confusion and misconceptions about situations, leading to scepticism about the value of statistics. Often a key challenge is the lack of understanding how to critically assess the numbers provided as well as what may have been left out. While many people have learned how to critically assess information provided in text format, data or statistical literacy is more limited in many societies. With increased use of data and statistics in public debate, it is key that people learn how to properly interpret this information in order to empower various users and citizens to use data and improve their own lives. Through increased statistical literacy, trust in data provided by the statistical system may also improve. The statistical community is a key player in helping ensure that statistical literacy is improved. For example, many members of the (Global Network of Institutes for Statistical Training (GIST): https://unstats.un.org/GIST) are currently providing various training material to improve literacy among different groups of the population. This webinar will highlight three key target groups: Policy makers, (school) children and journalists. For each of the groups, examples will be provided on what is being done to help improve their statistical literacy. This webinar is part of the UN World Data Forum webinar series which provides an opportunity to learn from country and global practitioners about the various tools used to improve statistical literacy among various data users. Speakers Moderator: Vibeke Oestreich Nielsen, Inter-Regional Adviser on Statistical Training and Capacity Building, United Nations Statistics Division Panelist: Victoria Glasier, Chief of Statistics in Schools Branch, US Census Bureau Presentation Panelist: François Fonteneau, Co-ordinator of the Data Advisory Services team, PARIS21 Presentation Panelist: Josefina Almeda, Head of Agency and Executive Director, Philippine Statistical Research and Training Institute (PSRTI) Presentation Speakers' bios
Description: Today, there are many opportunities to deploy SDG data platforms to benefit decision makers so that actionable, ready-to-use data, information and insights can be generated by national statistical and geospatial systems for the implementation of the SDGs. By expressing the SDG data and statistics in the form of interactive dashboard visualizations, users are increasingly able to track progress at the global and regional levels, and drill-in to the national and sub-national level to obtain insights for decision making on the ground. This webinar aims to showcase some examples of best practices on how countries and international organizations are leveraging the use of technology and data visualization methods to support policy and decision makers in the SDG follow-up and review processes. Based on the principle of national ownership, the webinar will showcase how National Statistical Offices are leading leading the development of national data platforms using internationally agreed standards and methods for the integration, dissemination and analysis of SDG data and statistics, in line with country-specific priorities. The webinar will highlight how a federated architecture of interconnected global and national SDG data hubs is enabling statistical organizations to publish and share authoritative SDG data and information with each other, not only enabling users to access the data they need, but also ensuring the traceability and accountability of the originating data sources. This webinar is part of the UN World Data Forum webinar series which provides an opportunity to learn first-hand from global experts and country practitioners on how technology helps make SDG data and statistics accessible and user-friendly for better policy and decision making. Speakers Moderator: Linda Hooper, Statistician, Development Data and Outreach Branch, United Nations Statistics Division Panelist: Luis Gonzalez Morales, Chief, Web Development and Data Visualization Section, United Nations Statistics Division Presentation Panelist: Karen Lizeth Chavez Quintero, Director's Advisor, National Administrative Department of Statistics of Colombia Presentation Speakers' bios
