2015 meeting of the Expert Group on International Statistical Classifications
2015 meeting of the Expert Group on International Statistical Classifications
- New York, USA
- 19-22 May 2015
The Expert Group met on 19-22 May 2015 at UN Headquarters in New York, USA.
The Expert Group discussed:
- an assessment of implementation of international statistical classifications in national statistical systems,
- the composition of the International Family of Classifications,
- current and planned work on a number of international classifications, such as:
- the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) Rev. 4,
- the Central Product Classification (CPC),
- the Classification of Individual Consumption According to Purpose (COICOP),
- the International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO-08),
- the International Classification of Status in Employment (ICSE-93),
as well as other areas of work related to international classifications and their application.
Meeting documents
Papers for the Meeting
- Criteria to become a Member of the International Family of Classifications (PDF)
- Grading Criteria for International Statistical Classifications (PDF)
- Brazilian remarks on the need for a revision or update of ISIC Rev.4 (PDF)
- Appropriateness of retail sales distinguished by sales channels (PDF)
- Use of ISIC for non-statistical purposes - National experiences (PDF)
- Remarks of Morocco on the necessity of a revision or an update of the ISIC Rev.4 (PDF)
- Classification of Holding Companies and Head Offices according to NACE Rev.2 (PDF)
- Review of the Classification of Individual Consumption According to Purpose (COICOP) (PDF)
- Conclusions of the meeting of the Technical Subgroup on ISIC (PDF)
- Homelessness in New Zealand - Towards a Standard Definition and Classification [Presentation only]
- FAO Contribution to the Harmonized System 2017 (PDF)
- CPC implementation and other activities on classifications in FAO (PDF)
- Report of the Bureau of the Expert group on work carried out in 2013-2015 (PDF)
- Impact of interpretations in product classifications on ISIC-CPC-HS linkages and consistency [Presentation only]
- Status of survey on national classifications practices [Presentation only]
- New issues requiring guidance in the CPC (PDF)
- Status of work on the Central Product Classification (CPC) Ver.2.1 [Presentation only]
- Generic Statistical Information Model (GSIM): Statistical Classifications Model (PDF)
- Revision of the Classification by Broad Economic Categories (BEC) (PDF)
- Results of the Global consultation on the draft manual of the 5th Revision of the BEC (PDF)
- Results of the UNSD/UNECE Survey on organizational context and individual projects of Big Data (PDF)
- Classification of Types of Big Data (PDF)
- Report of the Expert Group on the Integration of Statistical and Geospatial Information (PDF)
- Report of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime on the International Classification of Crime for Statistical Purposes (PDF)
- Review of the International Family of Classifications (PDF)
- Status of work on the International Classification for Time-Use Surveys (PDF)
- Status of work on the Global Inventory of Statistical Standards [Presentation only]
- New Zealand classification management system [Presentation only]
- Progress on Adoption and Regionalisation of International Classifications in the Pacific (PDF)
- The status of implementation of implementation and plans for future revision of the International Standard Classification of Occupations, 2008 (ISCO-08) (PDF)
- Review of the International Classification of Status in Employment (ICSE) (PDF)
- Working Group on International Classifications (GTCI) [Presentation only]
Presentations for the Meeting
- ISIC - Appropriateness of retail sales distinguished by sales channels (PPS)
- Classification of Holding Companies and Head Offices according to NACE Rev.2 (PPSX)
- Review of the Classification of Individual Consumption According to Purpose (COICOP) (PPSX)
- Issues affecting ISIC Rev.4 (PPS)
- Homelessness in New Zealand - Towards a Standard Definition and Classification (PPS)
- FAO contribution To HS 2017 (PPSX)
- CPC implementation and other activities on classifications in FAO (PPSX)
- Impact of interpretations in product classifications on ISIC-CPC-HS linkages and consistency (PPS)
- Status of survey on national classifications practices (PPSX)
- Status of work on the Central Product Classification (CPC) Ver.2.1 (PPS)
- Metadata Standards for Statistical Classifications (PPSX)
- The 5th revision of the Classification of Broad Economic Categories (BEC) (PPSX)
- Big Data and Official Statistics (PPSX)
- Integration of Statistical and Geospatial Information: Frameworks and Standards (PPSX)
- Review of the International Family of Classifications (PPSX)
- The revision of the International Classification of Activities for Time Use Statistics (ICATUS) (PPSX)
- Global Inventory of Statistical Standards (PPS)
- Progress on Adoption and Regionalisation of International Classifications in the Pacific (PPSX)
- ISCO - Status of implementation and outcome of the discussions at the 19th International Conference of Labour Statisticians (ICLS) on the case for revision (PPSX)
- Revision of the International Classification of Status in Employment (PPSX)
- Working Group on International Classifications (GTCI) (PPSX)
Background documents
- Report of the previous meeting of the Expert Group, May 2013 (ESA/STAT/AC.267/4) (PDF)
- Gender identity - Developing a statistical standard (PDF)
- Global Inventory of Statistical Standards website
- Draft Manual of the Fifth Revision of the BEC - June 2014 (PDF)
- International Trade in ICT Services and ICT-enabled Services (PDF)
- Issues to be addressed in the revision of the International Classification of Status in Employment (ICSE-93) (PDF)
- Global Production - Factoryless Goods Producers (PDF)
- Approaches to measuring Indigenous requirements for Official Statistics (PDF)
- Outcomes of the second meeting of the Expert Group on Disaster-related Statistics (Draft) (PDF)
- New York Resource Guide for the EGM (PDF)