United Nations Statistical Commission
Overview 50th Session (2019) Side Events
Side events
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- Tentative schedule and room assignments subject to change as of 4 March 2019
Morning
9:00 am - 2:00 pm
Meeting with UNSD-DFID Project Countries, the donor, and agencies concerned
Organizer: UNSD
Venue: DC2-2330
(closed meeting)
Lunch break
(No events scheduled)
Afternoon
(No events scheduled)
Evening
(No events scheduled)
Morning
9:00 - 11:00 am
Meeting of the Expert Group on International Migration
Organizer: UNSD
Venue: DC2-1684
(closed meeting)
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
UNECE High-Level Group for the Modernisation of Official Statistics (HLG-MOS)
Organizer: UNECE
Venue: DC2-2330
(closed meeting)
9:30 am - 1:00 pm
High-level Group for Partnership, Coordination and Capacity-Building (HLG-PCCB)
Organizer: UNSD
Venue: DC2-1949
(closed meeting)
Lunch break
12:00 - 2:00 pm
MoU Group on Statistics
Organizer: UNSD
Venue: DC2-1684
(closed meeting)
Afternoon
2:30 - 4:00 pm
PARIS21 Executive Committee Meeting
Organizer: PARIS21
Venue: DC2-1684
(closed meeting)
2:00 - 5:00 pm
Meeting of the Committee of the Chief Statisticians of the UN System (CCS-UNS)
Organizer: UNSD
Venue: DC2-1949
(closed meeting)
Evening
6:30 - 8:30 pm
ICP Governing Board Meeting
Organizer: World Bank
Venue: Millennium Hilton New York One UN Plaza
(closed meeting)
Morning
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Towards a Global Programme for Migration Data
Organizer: UNSD
Venue: Conf. Room 4
8:15 - 9:30 am
Statistics of Human Development: Conversation with national Statisticians
Organizer: UNDP
Venue: Conf. Room 7
8:15 - 9:30 am
Statistical Conference of the Americas: Information Meeting
Organizer: ECLAC
Venue: Conf. Room 8
(closed meeting)
8:30 - 10:00 am
Where next for SDG data interoperability?
Organizer: UNSD and Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data
Venue: Ford Foundation
9:00 - 11:45 am
33rd session of CCSA
Organizer: UNSD
Venue: Conf. Room C
(closed meeting)
9:00 - 10:00 am
Global CRVS Group Meeting
Organizer: UNSD
Venue: DC2-2330
(closed meeting)
9:00 - 10:00 am
Asia regional meeting of PARIS21 partner countries
Organizer: PARIS21
Venue: DC2-2111
(closed meeting)
10:00 - 11:00 am
SIDS regional meeting of PARIS21 partner countries
Organizer: PARIS21
Venue: DC2-2111
(closed meeting)
10:00 am - 12:45 pm
IAOS Executive Committee Meeting
Organizer: IAOS
Venue: DC2-2330
(closed meeting)
10:30 am - 1:00 pm
Statistics meet Health: A formidable partnership of NSO and health to save lives and improve health of billions
Organizer: African Union Commission, WHO, Philippines, Bangladesh, Fiji
Venue: Conf. Room 1
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Measuring Child Poverty in Sierra Leone - a novel and promising approach
Organizer: Statistics Sierra Leone and UNICEF
Venue: Conf. Room 8
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
UNCEEA Bureau Meeting
Organizer: UNSD
Venue: Conf. Room B
(closed meeting)
12:00 - 1:00 pm
Orientation Session for New Commission Participants
Organizer: UNSD
Venue: Conf. Room C
Lunch break
1:15 - 2:30 pm
Data and Statistics for Evidence-Based Voluntary National Reviews
Organizer: UNSD
Venue: Conf. Room 4
1:15 - 2:30 pm
Disaster-related statistics: The current situation and growing relevance
Organizer: UNSD
Venue: Conf. Room B
1:15 - 2:30 pm
Pre-launch: PARIS21's new Statistical Capacity Monitor
Organizer: PARIS21
Venue: Conf. Room C
Afternoon
Evening
6:15 - 7:30 pm
Meeting of the Bureau and Members of the Statistical Commission for Africa
Organizer: UNECA/AUC
Venue: Conf. Room B
(closed meeting)
6:15 - 7:15 pm
ISWGNA-MG meeting
Organizer: ISWGNA
Venue: Conf. Room C
(closed meeting)
6:15 - 8:15 pm
Meeting of Bureau and members of the Committee on Statistics in Asia and the Pacific
Organizer: ESCAP
Venue: DC2-1684
(closed meeting)
6:00 - 8:00 pm
Linking admin data and systems
Organizer: UNICEF
Venue: UNICEF house
Morning
8:15 - 9:30 am
Natural Capital Accounting: Connecting the Pillars of Sustainability
Organizer: UNCEEA
Venue: Conf. Room 4
8:15 - 9:30 am
Addressing new developments in Business Statistics
Organizer: UNSD
Venue: Conf. Room 7
8:15 - 9:30 am
Total Official Support for Sustainable Development (TOSSD): finalised methodology for measuring cross-border flows to support the SDGs in developing countries
Organizer: TOSSD Task Force
Venue: Conf. Room 8
8:15 - 9:30 am
Advisory group meeting of the UNSD-DFID project on SDG monitoring
Organizer: UNSD
Venue: Conf. Room B
(closed meeting)
8:15 - 9:30 am
StaTact, a fast-tracking solution to data gaps
Organizer: UNITAR and UNSD
Venue: Conf. Room C
8:15 - 9:30 am
Latin America regional meeting of PARIS21
Organizer: PARIS21
Venue: DC2-1725
(closed meeting)
Lunch break
1:15 - 2:30 pm
Servicing the Statistical Commission: past, present and future
Organizer: UNSD
Venue: General Assembly Hall
1:15 - 2:30 pm
Measuring hospital safety to save lives - critical role of the NSOs
Organizer: WHO, African Union Commission, African Committee for Directors General of NSOs, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Philippines
Venue: Conf. Room 7
1:15 - 2:30 pm
The New Age for Official Statistics "Using non-traditional data and methods in Asia and the Pacific"
Organizer: UNESCAP
Venue: Conf. Room 8
1:15 - 2:30 pm
UNECE Road Map on statistics for SDGs - experience and emerging issues
Organizer: UNECE
Venue: Conf. Room B
1:15 - 2:30 pm
Multidimensional Poverty: Measurement for Action
Organizer: Multidimensional Poverty Peer Network
Venue: Conf. Room C
1:15 - 2:30 pm
The Role of National Statistical Agencies in Implementing Digital Agenda
Organizer: Permanent Mission of Armenia
Venue: Conf. Room 12
1:15 - 2:15 pm
The Global Migration Data Portal
Organizer: IOM
Venue: IOM Office to the United Nations, 48th Floor, Chanin Building
1:15 - 2:00 pm
MENA regional meeting of PARIS21
Organizer: PARIS21
Venue: DC2-1725
(closed meeting)
Afternoon
(No events scheduled)
Evening
6:15 - 8:15 pm
Reception for Commission Delegates
Venue: General Assembly Lobby
Morning
8:15 - 9:30 am
Sustainable business model for the UN Global Platform
Organizer: UNSD
Venue: Conf. Room 4
8:15 - 9:30 am
Preparation and Skilling for Official Statistics Careers
Organizer: ISI
Venue: Conf. Room 7
8:15 - 9:30 am
Where We Live and Work: POPGRID Data Collective - Improving Population and Infrastructure Data
Organizer: UNFPA, CIESIN, SDSN and GPSDD
Venue: Conf. Room 8
8:15 - 9:30 am
Meeting with delegations of Central Asia and CISSTAT
Organizer: World Bank
Venue: World Bank New York office
(closed meeting)
8:15 - 9:30 am
SDMX Sponsors Meeting
Organizer: UNSD
Venue: S-1525 (Secretariat Building)
(closed meeting)
8:15 - 9:30 am
Annual consultation of ISWGHS
Organizer: UNSD
Venue: DC2-1684
(closed meeting)
8:30 - 9:30 am
Meeting of the Andean Committee of Statistics
Organizer: Andean Community
Venue: DC2-2111
(closed meeting)
Lunch break
1:15 - 2:30 pm
Implementing 2020 World Programme on Population and Housing Censuses
Organizer: UNSD
Venue: Conf. Room 4
1:15 - 2:30 pm
The role of Statistical Institutes in Digitalisation Strategies of Governments
Organizer: Statistics Denmark and Eurostat
Venue: Conf. Room 8
1:15 - 2:30 pm
Leadership Training Programme for African Statistical System
Organizer: UNECA, AfDB, ONS-UK
Venue: Conf. Room B
(closed meeting)
1:15 - 2:30 pm
How the Inclusive Data Charter is being used to improve the availability and use of disaggregated data
Organizer: DFID
Venue: Conf. Room C
1:15 - 2:30 pm
UNECE Steering Group on statistics for SDGs meeting
Organizer: UNECE
Venue: DC2-2330
(closed meeting)
1:15 - 2:30 pm
FOC-FPOS formal meeting
Organizer: UNSD
Venue: DC2-1684
(closed meeting)
Afternoon
(No events scheduled)
Evening
6:15 - 8:15 pm
Advancing Open Data and Interoperability for SDG Reporting
Organizer: UNSD, Government of Denmark, Open Data Watch
Venue: Conf. Room 7
6:15 - 8:15 pm
Making disability visible in statistics
Organizer: UNSD and ESCWA
Venue: Conf. Room 8
6:15 - 7:45 pm
OECD CSSP closed Bureau meeting
Organizer: OECD
Venue: Conf. Room B
(closed meeting)
6:15 - 8:15 pm
Methodology for delineation of urban and rural areas
Organizer: UNSD
Venue: Conf. Room C
6:15 - 8:15 pm
Data Smart Agriculture: The 50x2030 Initiative
Organizer: FAO and World Bank
Venue: DC2-2330
Morning
8:15 - 9:30 am
Outcomes of COP24 in Katowice - the possible implications for climate change statistics
Organizer: UNSD
Venue: Conf. Room 4
8:00 - 9:30 am
Bridging the Gap: Mapping Gender Data Gaps and Exploring Solutions
Organizer: Data2X
Venue: Ford Foundation
8:15 - 9:30 am
Communication Initiatives to raise statistical awareness
Organizer: GCC-Stat
Venue: Conf. Room 7
8:15 - 9:30 am
Handbook of Statistical Organization and the Regional Thematic Conferences
Organizer: UNSD
Venue: Conf. Room 8
8:15 - 9:30 am
Global Network of Institutions for Statistical Training (GIST) Annual Meeting
Organizer: UNSD
Venue: Conf. Room B
(closed meeting)
8:15 - 9:30 am
Meeting with the Delegates of National Statistical Offices of OIC Member Countries
Organizer: SESRIC
Venue: Conf. Room C
(closed meeting)
8:15 - 9:30 am
OECD CSSP Bureau meeting
Organizer: UNSD
Venue: DC2-1684
(closed meeting)
8:30 - 9:30 am
To strengthen African health statistics - a dialogue
Organizer: CoDGs, WHO, UNICEF
Venue: Unicef House 5th floor conference room
(closed meeting)
Lunch break
1:15 - 2:30 pm
Implementation of quality assurance for official statistics - using the UN NQAF Manual as a guide
Organizer: UNSD
Venue: Conf. Room 4
1:15 - 2:30 pm
The Federated Information System for the SDGs - From Vision to Scale
Organizer: UNSD
Venue: Conf. Room 7
1:15 - 2:30 pm
Launch of the International Yearbook of Industrial Statistics 2019
Organizer: UNSD
Venue: Conf. Room 8
1:15 - 2:30 pm
Monitoring environment sustainability of the SDGs: success stories from Africa, Asia and Latin America
Organizer: UNEP, UNECLAC
Venue: Conf. Room B
1:15 - 2:30 pm
Praia City Group on Governance Statistics: road to 2020
Organizer: UNDP and Cabo Verde
Venue: Conf. Room C
1:15 - 2:30 pm
Meeting of International Statistical Institute - Committee on Agricultural Statistics
Organizer: ISI - Committee on Agricultural Statistics
Venue: DC2-1684
(closed meeting)
Afternoon
(No events scheduled)
Evening
6:15 - 8:15 pm
Civil Registration, Vital Statistics and Identity Management
Organizer: UNSD
Venue: Conf. Room 7
6:15 - 8:15 pm
Statistical follow-up on the 2030 Agenda - how can data on private sector contribute?
Organizer: Statistics Denmark
Venue: Conf. Room 8
6:15 - 8:15 pm
Update on methodological work to develop a new measure for SDG 4.2.1
Organizer: UNICEF
Venue: Conf. Room B
6:15 - 8:15 pm
Informal meeting on NCA
Organizer: UNSD
Venue: Conf. Room C
(closed meeting)
Morning
8:15 - 9:30 am
Knowledge and Politics in Setting and Measuring the SDGs
Organizer: UNDP
Venue: Conf. Room 8
8:15 - 9:30 am
Official Statistics and the International Response to Drugs and Crime
Organizer: INEGI and UNODC
Venue: Conf. Room B