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The United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), in collaboration with the Government of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) through the National Bureau of Statistics of China, and with support of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe is organizing the “International Workshop on the implementation of NQAF and GSBPM” in China, from 10 – 11 January 2022 as a virtual event for international participants.

This Workshop is part of the efforts to develop and implement a national quality assurance framework for official statistics for participating countries, mainly from Asia and the Pacific region. As a statistical capacity development project, it will introduce the application of the national quality assurance framework (NQAF) and the Generic Statistical Business Process Model (GSBPM), together with the experience and lessons learned of countries, in order to promote their implementation throughout the national statistical systems of countries.

The workshop will give an introduction to the United Nations National Quality Assurance Framework and the guidance for implementation contained in the United Nations National Quality Assurance Frameworks Manual for Official Statistics. Furthermore, the workshop will provide an introduction to GSBPM and its implementation. Country case studies and examples will allow participants to share their practices and to learn from the experience of other countries.

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The meeting will take place virtually
Simultaneous translation English-Chinese / Chinese-English will be provided

Day 1 – 10 January 2022

Start Time: Beijing time 9:00 a.m., New York time 20:00 p.m., Geneva time 2:00 a.m.

 09:00-09:20
 Opening ceremony
  • Speech given by leader of the NBS
  • Speech given by leader of the UNSD
 09:20-11:00
 Introduction to UN NQAF and its implementation
  • Main contents of UN NQAF and the Manual, Presenter: Mr. Matthias Reister (UNSD)

(10:00-10:10 Tea break)

 11:00-12:00
 Country case studies of statistical quality management
  • Presentations of participating countries（3-4 presenters of other countries - each 10-15 min)
  • Questions & answers
  • Additional resource person: Matthias Reister (UNSD)
 12:00-14:00

Lunch break

 14:00-15:50
 China Statistical Quality Assurance Framework
  • Introduction from formulation to implementation, Presenter：Mr. Xu Ronghua (NBS)

(15:30-15:50 Tea break)

 15:50-16:50
 Introduction to GSBPM and its implementation
  • Introduction to the GSBPM and links to the NQAF, Presenter: Steven Vale (UNECE)

Day 2 – 11 January 2022

Start Time: Beijing time 9:00 a.m., New York time 20:00 p.m., Geneva time 2:00 a.m.

 09:00-11:20
 UN NQAF implementation
  • Checklist for quality assessment and other tools, steps of implementation, Presenter: Mr. Matthias Reister (UNSD)
  • Country example(s) (optional)

(10:00-10:10 Tea break)

 11:20-12:00
 Country case studies of statistical quality management
  • Presentations of participating countries（2 presenters of China - each 10-15 min)
  • Questions & answers
  • Additional resource person: Matthias Reister (UNSD)
 12:00-14:00

Lunch break

 14:00-16:00
 Introduction to GSBPM and its implementation, including country case studies
  • The GSBPM in the context of statistical modernization, Presenter: Mr. Steven Vale (UNECE)
  • Country case studies of the use of the GSBPM - Presentations of participating countries (3-4 presenters of other countries - each 10-15 min)
  • Questions & answers, open discussion

(15:00-15:10 Tea break)

 16:00-16:50
 Country case studies of the use of GSBPM
  • Presentations of participating countries （3 presenters of China - each 10-15 min)
  • Questions & answers
  • Additional resource person: Steven Vale (UNECE)
 16:50-17:00
 Closing ceremony
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