Methodology

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The Ottawa Group meets every second year, alternating with the meetings of the Group of Experts on Consumer Price Indices, jointly organized by the Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) and the International Labour Organization (ILO).

The Steering Committee of the Ottawa Group ensures the continuity and progress of the Group’s activities. The Committee identifies challenges and emerging issues in price statistics and assists in the preparation of the meetings of the Ottawa Group. The Committee ensures coordination with other international groups on price statistics, such as the Intersecretariat Working Group on Price Statistics and the Expert Group on Consumer Price Indices. The Steering Committee is comprised of experts from national statistical offices, international organizations, research institutions and representatives of the hosting agencies of the previous and upcoming meetings of the Ottawa Group. The Secretariat of the Ottawa Group is rotating with the hosting agency of the meeting. The membership of the Steering committee is regularly reviewed.

The most visible output of the Ottawa Group are the proceedings of the meetings. Reports, papers and presentations of all past meetings are available on the Group's website, www.ottawagroup.org. The website provides more information about the work of the Ottawa Group and its Steering Committee.

1994

Researchers working for or advising national statistical offices have attended meetings of the Group. Among the countries that have been represented are Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of America and Viet Nam. Representatives of international organizations, such as Eurostat, the statistics department of the International Monetary Fund, ILO, ECE, the European Central Bank and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, have also attended.

The Group has met on the following 16 occasions:
Ottawa, 31 October-3 November 1994
Stockholm, 15-17 November 1995
Voorburg, 16-18 April 1997
Washington, D.C., 22-24 April 1998
Reykjavik, 25-27 August 1999
Canberra, 2-6 April 2001
Paris, 27-29 May 2003
Helsinki, 23-25 August 2004
London, 14-16 May 2006
Ottawa, 9-12 October 2007
Neuchåtel, 27-29 May 2009
Wellington, 4-6 May 2011
Copenhagen, 1-3 May 2013
Tokyo, 20-22 May 2015
Eltville am Rhein, 10-12 May 2017
Rio de Janeiro, 8-10 May 2019
Rome, Italy, 7-10 June 2022

The Ottawa Group met on 7 to 10 June 2022 in Rome, Italy. The meeting was scheduled to be held in 2021 but was postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The meeting was jointly hosted by the Italian National Institute of Statistics and Bank of Italy. The proceedings of the meeting are available from the Ottawa Group website (www.ottawagroup.org).

The next meeting of the Ottawa Group is scheduled to take place in Ottawa, Canada, on 8-10 May 2024. The dates are tentative and will be confirmed later. The meeting will be co-hosted by Statistics Canada and Bank of Canada

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• Report of 2014
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• Report of 2010
• Report of 2008
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Last updated 17 October 2023

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