United Nations Statistical Commission

The side event is organized by UNSD with contributions from the High-level Group on Modernisation of Official Statistics (HLG-MOS), the African Development Bank (AFDB) and Statistics Canada to reflect on the outcome of the discussions of the topic under agenda item 3 (b) of the United Nations Statistical Commission (UNSC), at its 46th Session and suggest scenarios for the way forward.

The transformative agenda builds on the experience of existing initiatives at the global, regional and national level on advancing the modernization and integration of official statistics. There is complementarity between the various initiatives and the transformative agenda, reinforcing and supporting each other's efforts for the collective delivery of priority activities in facilitating the efficient functioning of statistical systems. The Agenda is built around five main thematic areas of work to address the demands for a more efficient functioning of statistical systems: i) coordination of the global statistical system; ii) communication and advocacy; iii) data collection, processing and dissemination through integrated statistical systems; iv) innovative methods, tools and IT infrastructure, including standards based production architecture; and v) capacity building.

The Lunchtime seminar aims at exploring concrete programmes and actions to enable the alignment of transformative agendas at and between (sub-) regional and national levels, broadening partnerships to generate collaborative support, sharing good practices and eventually mobilizing funds for future activities.

The interim report to the 46th Session of the UNSC and background documents, agenda item 3 (b), are available at: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/statcom/47th-session/documents/

All documents of the Global Conference are available at: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/nationalaccount/workshops/2015/NewYork/lod.asp

All documents of the African Conference are available at: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/nationalaccount/workshops/2015/gabon/lod.asp

Programme

1. Welcome and introduction – Mr. Ivo Havinga, United Nations Statistics Division
   • Presentation
2. Achievements of UNECE HLG on Modernisation of Official Statistics and plans for 2016 – Mr. Steven Vale, HLG-MOS, UNECE
3. Aligning national and regional strategies for the development of statistics with the objectives of the transformative agenda - challenges and opportunities in Africa – Mr. Charles Leyeka Lufumpa, , African Development Bank (AfDB)
4. An International Statistical Fellowship Programme (ISFP) for securing the foundations for the modernisation and integration of national statistical systems – Mr. Eric Rancourt, Statistics Canada
5. Open discussion