United Nations Statistical Commission
47th Session (2016) Side Events
Side events
Morning
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Towards Better Information Systems for the 2030 Agenda
Organizer: UNSD
Venue: Conf. Room 4 (CB)
Lunch break
(No events scheduled)
Afternoon
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Towards Better Information Systems for the 2030 Agenda (continued)
Organizer: UNSD
Venue: Conf. Room 4 (CB)
Evening
(No events scheduled)
Morning
8:30 - 11:30 am
Moving from Data Revolution to Data Solutions
Organizer: PARIS21/Open Data Watch/Data 2X
Venue: Ford Foundation
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
UNCEEA Bureau meeting
Organizer: UNSD
Venue: DC2-1684
(closed meeting)
Lunch break
(No events scheduled)
Afternoon
(No events scheduled)
Evening
(No events scheduled)
Morning
8:15 - 10:00 am
Inter-Agency and Expert Group on Food Security, Agricultural and Rural Statistics (IAEG-AG)
Organizer: FAO
Venue: DC2-2111
(closed meeting)
9:00 - 11:00 am
International Comparison Program: Meeting of global and regional coordinating agencies
Organizer: World Bank
Venue: Millennium UN Plaza Hotel
(closed meeting)
9:00 - 10:00 am
Executive Board on the Modernisation of Official Statistics
Organizer: UNECE
Venue: DC2-1684
(closed meeting)
10:00 - 11:45 am
Intersecretariat Working Group on Household Surveys
Organizer: UNSD
Venue: DC2-1684
(closed meeting)
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Statistics for Results - Principles meeting
Organizer: World Bank
Venue: Millennium UN Plaza Hotel
(closed meeting)
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
High-level Group for Partnership, Coordination and Capacity-Building for post-2015 monitoring (HLG)
Organizer: UNSD
Venue: DC2-1949
(closed meeting)
Lunch break
12:00 - 2:00 pm
MOU on Statistics
Organizer: World Bank
Venue: DC2-2111
(closed meeting)
12:00 - 2:00 pm
Bureau of the ESCAP Committee on Statistics
Organizer: ESCAP
Venue: DC2-1684
(closed meeting)
1:00 - 2:00 pm
Cluster meeting
Organizer: UNSD
Venue: DC2-1949
(closed meeting)
Afternoon
2:00 - 3:30 pm
IHSN:MG
Organizer: World Bank
Venue: Millennium UN Plaza Hotel
(closed meeting)
2:30 - 4:30 pm
Paris21 Executive Committee
Organizer: Paris21
Venue: DC2-1949
(closed meeting)
3:30 - 5:30 pm
Meeting of the UN System
Organizer: UNSD
Venue: DC2-1684
(closed meeting)
Evening
6:00 - 7:00 pm
Latin America regional meeting of Paris21 partner countries
Organizer: Paris21
Venue: DC2-1684
(closed meeting)
7:00 - 8:00 pm
MENA regional meeting of Paris21 partner countries
Organizer: Paris21
Venue: DC2-1684
(closed meeting)
Morning
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Geospatial Information and Earth Observations: Supporting Official Statistics in Monitoring the SDGs
Organizer: UNSD/GEO
Venue: Conf. Room 4 (CB)
8:15 - 10:15 am
Meeting of the Statistical Conference of the Americas
Organizer: ECLAC
Venue: Conf. Room 8 (CB)
(closed meeting)
10:45 am - 12:00 pm
Information Meeting for Latin America and Caribbean countries on the IAEG and HLG processes
Organizer: ECLAC
Venue: Conf. Room 8 (CB)
(closed meeting)
8:15 - 9:30 am
Practical applications of SEEA Experimental Ecosystem Accounting
Organizer: UNSD
Venue: Conf. Room 4 (CB)
9:00 - 11:45 am
27th session of CCSA
Organizer: UNSD
Venue: Conf. Room A (CB)
(closed meeting)
9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Meeting of the High-Level Group for the Modernisation of Official Statistics
Organizer: ECE
Venue: Irish Mission
(closed meeting)
12:00 - 1:00 pm
Orientation Session for new Commission Participants
Organizer: UNSD
Venue: Conf. Room A (CB)
12:00 - 12:45 pm
MEDSTAT meeting
Organizer: Eurostat
Venue: DC2-2111
(closed meeting)
12:00 - 1:10 pm
OECD-ECLAC meeting on well-being in Latin America
Organizer: OECD/ECLAC
Venue: Conf. Room 8 (CB)
(closed meeting)
Lunch break
1:15 - 2:30 pm
Global Value Chain Measurement for Sustainable Development
Organizer: UNSD
Venue: Conf. Room 4 (CB)
1:15 - 2:30 pm
Modernization of National Statistical Organization (NSO) Business Processes using GIS
Organizer: UNSD/ESRI
Venue: Conf. Room 7 (CB)
1:15 - 2:30 pm
Measuring and Reducing Poverty in All its Dimensions
Organizer: MPPN/OPHI
Venue: Conf. Room A (CB)
1:15 - 2:30 pm
6th Meeting of Global CRVS Group
Organizer: UNSD
Venue: Conf. Room B (CB)
(closed meeting)
1:15 - 2:30 pm
The Paris21 Advanced Data Planning Tool
Organizer: Paris21
Venue: Conf. Room 8 (CB)
1:15 - 2:30 pm
ERETES
Organizer: Eurostat/OECD
Venue: Conf. Room 9 (CB)
(closed meeting)
Afternoon
3:00 - 6:00 pm
Dialogue Towards The UN World Data Forum
Organizer: UNSD
Venue: Conf. Room 4 (CB)
Evening
6:15 - 7:15 pm
Asia regional meeting of Paris21 partner countries
Organizer: Paris21
Venue: DC2-2111
(closed meeting)
7:15 - 8:15 pm
SIDS regional meeting of Paris21 partner countries
Organizer: Paris21
Venue: DC2-2111
(closed meeting)
6:15 - 8:15 pm
IAOS program committee meeting
Organizer: IAOS
Venue: Conf. Room A (CB)
(closed meeting)
6:15 - 7:15 pm
ISWGNA-MG meeting
Organizer: ISWGNA
Venue: DC2-1684
(closed meeting)
6:15 - 7:00 pm
Commonwealth Statisticians Interim Group
Organizer: United Kingdom
Venue: Conf. Room B (CB)
(closed meeting)
6:15 - 8:15 pm
Capacity development initiatives for SDG Data
Organizer: UNICEF/UNSD
Venue: UNICEF Danny Kaye Visitor Centre
Morning
8:15 - 9:30 am
Coordination mechanisms for capacity building in economic statistics and national accounts
Organizer: UNSD
Venue: Conf. Room 4 (CB)
8:15 - 9:30 am
Empowering NSOs to Produce Environment Statistics for Monitoring Climate Change and the SDGs
Organizer: UNSD
Venue: Conf. Room 8 (CB)
7:30 - 9:30 am
Meeting of the Andean Committee of Statistics
Organizer: Andean Community
Venue: Permanent Mission of Ecuador to UN
(closed meeting)
8:15 - 9:30 am
IAOS EXCO
Organizer: IAOS
Venue: Conf. Room B (CB)
(closed meeting)
8:15 - 9:30 am
SDGs, fragile states and capacity development in statistics
Organizer: Sweden/South Africa/Somalia
Venue: Conf. Room A (CB)
8:30 - 10:00 am
ISI Committee on Agricultural Statistics (ISI-CAS)
Organizer: ISI
Venue: FAO Liaison Office - UN DC 1 Building
(closed meeting)
10:30 am - 1:00 pm
Opening Session of the 47th Session of the United Nations Statistical Commission
Venue: Conf. Room 4 (CB)
Lunch break
1:15 - 2:30 pm
Population and Housing Censuses in the 2020 census round: Lessons from the 2010 round, Managing censuses in 2020 round
Organizer: UNSD
Venue: Conf. Room 4 (CB)
1:15 - 2:30 pm
Measuring the contribution of Non-Profit institutions, the Social Economy, and Volunteering to the economy and well-being
Organizer: UNSD
Venue: Conf. Room 7 (CB)
1:15 - 2:30 pm
Modernisation, New Data and 'Sandbox': Building the Statistical Modernisation Community
Organizer: ECE
Venue: Conf. Room A (CB)
1:15 - 2:30 pm
Monitoring indicators for Sustainable Development Goal 7 on energy
Organizer: SE4All
Venue: Conf. Room C (CB)
1:15 - 2:30 pm
Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions: measuring SDG16
Organizer: Mexico/UNODC/Praia Group
Venue: Conf. Room 8 (CB)
1:15 - 2:30 pm
FOC - ICP
Organizer: FOC
Venue: Conf. Room B (CB)
(closed meeting)
1:15 - 2:00 pm
ENP East
Organizer: Eurostat
Venue: DC2-1684
(closed meeting)
Afternoon
(No events scheduled)
Evening
6:15 - 8:15 pm
Reception for Commission Delegates by the Chair of the Statistical Commission and the Director of the UN Statistics Division
Organizer:
Venue: Ex-Press Bar
6:00 - 6:30 pm
UN Global Working Group on Big Data
Organizer: UNSD
Venue: Conf. Room A (CB)
(closed meeting)
Morning
8:15 - 9:30 am
SEEA and global and thematic SDG indicators
Organizer: UNSD
Venue: Conf. Room 4 (CB)
8:15 - 9:30 am
Official Statistics and Partnerships on Sustainable Development Data: A Panel Discussion
Organizer: ISI
Venue: Conf. Room 8 (CB)
8:15 - 9:30 am
Statistics of human development: Conversation with statisticians
Organizer: Human Development Report Office of UNDP
Venue: Conf. Room A (CB)
8:15 - 9:30 am
Leaving no one behind: How human rights guidance can help solve the SDG disaggregation puzzle
Organizer: OHCHR
Venue: Conf. Room B (CB)
8:15 - 9:00 am
Enlargement countries meeting
Organizer: Eurostat
Venue: DC2-1684
(closed meeting)
Lunch break
1:15 - 2:30 pm
Towards Regional Roadmaps for the Transformative Agenda in support of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and related initiatives
Organizer: UNSD
Venue: Conf. Room 4 (CB)
1:15 - 2:30 pm
World Bank Tools and Methods for Household Surveys
Organizer: World Bank
Venue: Conf. Room 7 (CB)
1:15 - 2:30 pm
Launch of Health Data Collaborative: Strengthening capacity to monitor the health-related SDGs
Organizer: WHO
Venue: Conf. Room 8 (CB)
1:15 - 2:30 pm
Monitoring SDG16: How to measure conflict deaths
Organizer: Mission of Norway, Saferworld and PRIO
Venue: Conf. Room A (CB)
1:15 - 2:30 pm
How does UNFPA monitor and report on SDG indicators?
Organizer: UNFPA
Venue: Conf. Room B (CB)
Afternoon
(No events scheduled)
Evening
6:15 - 8:15 pm
Civil Registration and Vital Statistics
Organizer: Norway/UNSD
Venue: Conf. Room A (CB)
6:15 - 8:30 pm
OECD CSSP Bureau meeting
Organizer: OECD
Venue: Conf. Room B (CB)
6:15 pm
Disability statistics: a key to inclusion. New data collection tools and partnerships
Organizer: UNICEF, DFAT, DPOD, International Disability Alliance, OHCHR, SightSavers, and the Washington Group on Disability Statistics
Venue: UNICEF House (tooltip: 3 UN Plaza, E 44th St between 1st and 2nd Ave), Danny Kaye Visitors' Center
Morning
8:15 - 9:30 am
Classifications related to Trade and Agriculture
Organizer: UNCTAD/UNSD
Venue: Conf. Room 4 (CB)
8:15 - 9:30 am
Meeting with the Delegates of National Statistical Offices of OIC Member Countries
Organizer: SESRIC
Venue: Conf. Room B (CB)
(closed meeting)
8:15 - 9:30 am
Disability Statistics and Measurement: National Experiences and Opportunities for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Organizer: UNSD
Venue: Conf. Room A (CB)
9:00 - 9:45 am
Promotion of IAOS2016 Conference
Organizer: IAOS/SCAD
Venue: Conf. Room 8 (CB)
(closed meeting)
8:00 - 9:45 am
Monitoring inequalities for the SDGs with a focus on WASH: the critical role of NSOs
Organizer: WHO/UNICEF/Statistics South Africa
Venue: Landmark room, One UN Plaza (29th floor, West Tower)
(closed meeting)
Lunch break
1:15 - 2:30 pm
Methodological Developments for Gender Statistics
Organizer: UNSD
Venue: Conf. Room 4 (CB)
1:15 - 2:30 pm
Briefing on independent system-wide evaluation of the UN System's contribution to strengthen national capacities for statistical analysis and data collection to support the achievement of the MDGs and other internationally-agreed development goals
Organizer: JIU/UN
Venue: Conf. Room 7 (CB)
1:15 - 2:30 pm
Humanitarian Data, Challenges and Opportunities Ahead: The Humanitarian Data Exchange
Organizer: OCHA
Venue: Conf. Room 9 (CB)
1:15 - 2:30 pm
Follow-up to the African Conference on a Transformative Agenda
Organizer: AfDB and UNSD
Venue: Conf. Room A (CB)
(closed meeting)
1:15 - 2:30 pm
Perception and Experimental Data: Measuring Goal 16 and Leaving No One Behind
Organizer: Cabo Verde, UNDP, Transparency, Accountability & Participation Network, Open Society Foundations, Transparency International
Venue: Conf. Room 8 (CB)
1:15 - 2:30 pm
ICP: Next steps
Organizer: World Bank
Venue: DC2-1684
Afternoon
(No events scheduled)
Evening
6:15 - 8:15 pm
Partnership for Statistical Development in Asia-Pacific
Organizer: ESCAP
Venue: DC2-1684
(closed meeting)
6:15 - 7:30 pm
Global coordination of statistical training
Organizer: UNSD/Eurostat
Venue: Conf. Room A (CB)
6:15 - 7:45 pm
Meeting on Reference Centers in Censuses with Electronic Data Collection in Africa
Organizer: Brazil
Venue: Conf. Room 8 (CB)
6:15 - 8:15 pm
Expert Group on Refugee Statistics: Follow up
Organizer: Statistics Norway and UNHCR
Venue: Conf. Room B (CB)
Morning
8:15 - 9:30 am
The Globalisation of Cultural Trade: A Shift in Cultural Consumption: International Flows of Cultural Goods and Services 2004-2013
Organizer: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Venue: Conf. Room 8 (CB)
8:15 - 9:30 am
NSDS Expert Reference Group Meeting
Organizer: PARIS21
Venue: DC2-1684
(closed meeting)
Lunch break
1:15 - 2:45 pm
Monitoring Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals
Organizer: UNESCO
Venue: Conf. Room 8 (CB)