United Nations Statistical Commission
Overview 43rd Session (2012) Side Events
Side events
Morning
9:30 - 5:30 pm
21st Inter-agency and Expert Group Meeting on MDG Indicators
Venue: Conf. Room 6 (TNLB)
(closed meeting)
Lunch break
(No events scheduled)
Afternoon
(No events scheduled)
Evening
(No events scheduled)
Morning
9:30 - 5:30 pm
21st Inter-agency and Expert Group Meeting on MDG Indicators
Venue: Conf. Room 6 (TNLB)
(closed meeting)
Lunch break
(No events scheduled)
Afternoon
(No events scheduled)
Evening
(No events scheduled)
Morning
9:30 am - 1:00 pm
Counting the 7 Billion: The Future of Population and Housing Censuses
Organizer: UNSD
Venue: Conf. Room 3 (TNLB)
Lunch break
1:00 - 1:40 pm
Counting the World: UNFPA documentary on census for development
Organizer: Permanent Mission of Luxembourg to the United Nations and UNFPA
Venue: Conf. Room 3 (TNLB)
1:40 - 2:00 pm
Census of India 2011: Screening of documentary film
Organizer: India
Venue: Conf. Room 3 (TNLB)
Afternoon
2:00 - 5:00 pm
Counting the 7 Billion: The Future of Population and Housing Censuses (continued)
Organizer: UNSD
Venue: Conf. Room 3 (TNLB)
Evening
(No events scheduled)
Morning
9:30 am - 12:00 pm
Meeting on the Busan Action Plan for Statistics
Organizer: Paris21
Venue: DC2-2111
(closed meeting)
Lunch break
(No events scheduled)
Afternoon
2:00 - 6:00 pm
UN coordination for the implementation programme of the 2008 SNA and supporting statistics
Organizer: UNSD
Venue: DC2-1949
(closed meeting)
Evening
(No events scheduled)
Morning
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
DFID Project on National Development Indicators
Organizer: UNSD
Venue: DC2-1949
(closed meeting)
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Bureau of the ESCAP Committee on Statistics
Organizer: ESCAP
Venue: DC2-2330
(closed meeting)
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Meeting of countries of statistics for results pilot
Organizer: the World Bank
Venue: DC2-2111
(closed meeting)
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Bureau meeting of UNCEEA
Venue: Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the UN, 235 East 45th Street, 16th Floor
(closed meeting)
Lunch break
1:00 - 3:00 pm
Implementation of the SEEA: the measurement framework for the environment and its interactions with the economy
Organizer: UN Committee of Experts on Environmental-Economic Accounts (UNCEEA)
Venue: Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the UN, 235 East 45th Street, 16th Floor (RSVP to seea@un.org )
(closed meeting)
Afternoon
2:00 - 4:00 pm
Governing Council of SIAP
Venue: DC2-2330
(closed meeting)
2:00 - 4:30 pm
Paris21 Executive Committee meeting
Venue: DC2-1949
(closed meeting)
3:00 - 4:30 pm
Meeting of the Bureau and members of the Statistical Commission for Africa
Organizer: ECA
Venue: Millennium UN Plaza Hotel, Manhattan Meeting Room
(closed meeting)
4:00 - 7:00 pm
Dialogue on Articulating National and Global Priorities for Statistics in an Era of Constraints
Organizer: the United States and New Zealand
Venue: Permanent Mission of New Zealand to the UN, 600 Third Avenue, 14th floor
(closed meeting)
4:30 - 7:00 pm
Partners for Statistics Development in Asia and the Pacific
Organizer: ESCAP
Venue: DC2-2330
(closed meeting)
5:00 - 8:00 pm
XXXII Meeting of the Statistics Committee of the Andean Community
Venue: DC2-2111
(closed meeting)
Evening
(No events scheduled)
Morning
9:30 - 11:30 am
Integrating Statistical and Geospatial Information: Cloud and Web Service Applications
Organizer: UNSD
Venue: DC2-1949
9:30 - 11:30 am
National Quality Assurance Frameworks
Organizer: UNSD
Venue: Conf. Room B (TNLB)
9:30 am - 12:00 pm
19th meeting of CCSA
Venue: Conf. Room D (TNLB)
(closed meeting)
11:00 am - 2:45 pm
ECLAC Executive Committee Meeting
Venue: DC2-2111
(closed meeting)
12:00 - 1:00 pm
Orientation Session for new Commission Participants
Organizer: UNSD
Venue: Conf. Room D (TNLB)
Lunch break
1:15 - 2:45 pm
Compilation of natural gas statistics
Organizer: UNSD
Venue: Conf. Room D (TNLB)
1:15 - 2:30 pm
Framework for the development of environment statistics
Organizer: UNSD
Venue: Conf. Room 7 (TNLB)
12:30 - 2:30 pm
6th ICP Executive Board meeting
Organizer: the World Bank
Venue: Millennium UN Plaza Hotel
(closed meeting)
Afternoon
3:00 - 6:00 pm
"Measuring the Unmeasurable: Challenging the Limits of Official Statistics"
Organizer: UNSD
Venue: Conf. Room 3 (TNLB)
Evening
6:15 - 7:15 pm
Preparatory meeting for Ulaanbaataar City Group
Venue: Conf. Room D (TNLB)
6:15 - 7:00 pm
Steering Group on Short-term Economic Statistics
Organizer: UNSD, Eurostat and Netherlands
Venue: DC2-1949
(closed meeting)
Morning
8:30 - 10:00 am
Seminar on crime statistics
Organizer: Mexico
Venue: Conf. Room 7 (TNLB)
8:30 - 9:30 am
Measuring multidimensional deprivations and living conditions based on survey data
Organizer: UK OPHI
Venue: Conf. Room D (TNLB)
10:30 am - 1:00 pm
Opening Session of the 43rd Session of the United Nations Statistical Commission
Venue: ECOSOC Chamber (TNLB)
Lunch break
2:00 - 3:00 pm
Possible Impact of the Recent Events in the Region of Northern Africa and the Middle East on the National Statistical Systems of that Region
Organizer: UNSD
Venue: ECOSOC Chamber (TNLB)
1:15 - 2:45 pm
IAOS Executive Committee meeting
Venue: DC2-1949
(closed meeting)
1:50 - 2:50 pm
Panel Discussion on Indicators for the World Programme of Action on Youth
Organizer: Division of Social Policy and Development
Venue: Conf. Room D (TNLB)
Afternoon
(No events scheduled)
Evening
6:00 pm
Reception for Commission Delegates by the Chair of the Statistical Commission and the Director of the UN Statistics Division
Venue: Ex-Press Bar
Morning
8:30 - 9:30 am
Briefing on the work of the Inter-agency Group on Economic and Financial Statistics
Venue: Millennium UN Plaza Hotel, Diplomat ballroom 2nd floor
8:30 - 9:30 am
CensusInfo
Organizer: UNSD
Venue: Conf. Room 7 (TNLB)
8:30 - 9:00 am
Meeting with MEDSTAT
Organizer: Eurostat
Venue: DC2-2111
(closed meeting)
8:30 - 9:45 am
Meeting of the chief statisticians of the Commonwealth
Organizer: UK
Venue: ECOSOC Chamber (TNLB)
(closed meeting)
9:00 - 9:45 am
New application for detailed monthly trade statistics
Organizer: UNSD
Venue: Conf. Room D (TNLB)
Lunch break
1:50 - 2:50 pm
What is the value-added of official statistics in the measurement of trade
Organizer: UNSD
Venue: ECOSOC Chamber (TNLB)
1:15 - 1:45 pm
Meeting Western Balkans
Organizer: Eurostat
Venue: DC2-2111
(closed meeting)
1:15 - 2:30 pm
Meeting of the Global Steering Committee to implement the Global Strategy to Improve Agricultural and Rural Statistics
Organizer: FAO
Venue: DC2-1949
(closed meeting)
1:15 - 2:45 pm
Meeting of the Friends of the Chair on the Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics
Venue: DC2-1684
(closed meeting)
1:15 - 2:30 pm
Briefing on the Global Forum on Migration and Development: Implications for Data Collection
Organizer: Population Division
Venue: Conf. Room D (TNLB)
Afternoon
(No events scheduled)
Evening
6:15 - 7:00 pm
Global Inventory of Statistical Standards
Organizer: UNSD
Venue: Conf. Room D (TNLB)
6:15 - 8:00 pm
2015 MDG Reporting Starts Now
Organizer: UNICEF and UNSD
Venue: Danny Kaye Visitors Center UNICEF, 3 UN Plaza
Morning
8:00 - 9:45 am
Seminar on the results of the European Statistical Systems’ Sponsorship Group on Measuring Progress, Well-Being and Sustainable Development
Organizer: Eurostat
Venue: Conf. Room 7 (TNLB)
8:30 - 9:30 am
Global Tobacco Survey
Organizer: WHO and US CDC
Venue: Conf. Room D (TNLB)
8:30 - 9:30 am
OECD Bureau meeting with OECD Evaluation Committee
Venue: ECOSOC Chamber (TNLB)
(closed meeting)
Lunch break
1:15 - 2:00 pm
Experiences of the 2011 Iranian National Population and Housing Census
Organizer: Iran
Venue: Conf. Room D
1:15 - 2:30 pm
Improving Statistics for Food Security, Sustainable Agriculture, and Rural Development: An Action Plan to Implement the Global Strategy
Organizer: FAO
Venue: ECOSOC Chamber (TNLB)
1:15 - 2:30 pm
Meeting ERETES group
Organizer: Eurostat
Venue: DC2-1949
(closed meeting)
1:15 - 2:30 pm
Disability data and statistics for inclusive development: next steps for action at the national regional and global levels
Organizer: Division for Social Policy and Development
Venue: Conf. Room 7 (TNLB)
Afternoon
2:30 - 3:30 pm
UN Interagency estimation for child and maternal mortality
Organizer: UNICEF
Venue: ECOSOC Chamber (TNLB)
2:30 - 4:00 pm
Organization of the 6th Int'l Conf. on Agricultural Statistics - ICAS VI
Organizer: FAO
Venue: DC2-1949
2:00 - 3:00 pm
Italian census analysis project-country consultation
Venue: DC2-2111
(closed meeting)
3:30 - 6:00 pm
4th Meeting of the Delegates of National Statistical Offices of the OIC Member Countries
Venue: ECOSOC Chamber (TNLB)
(closed meeting)
2:00 - 6:00 pm
OECD CSTAT Bureau meeting
Venue: Conf. Room D (TNLB)
(closed meeting)
Evening
(No events scheduled)
Morning
8:30 - 9:30 am
Meeting of the ESCWA countries with UNSD
Venue: DC2-1684
(closed meeting)
8:45 - 10:00 am
Gender Statistics: the new initiative on "Evidence and data for Gender Equality"
Organizer: UNSD and UN-Women, under the auspices of the UN Statistical Commission and the UN Commission on the Status of Women
Venue: ECOSOC Chamber (TNLB)