Economic Statistics

The fifty-second session of the Statistical Commission approved the recommendation of the Friends of the Chair Group on economic statistics to establish a new United Nations Network of Economic Statisticians (Network) to facilitate networking, coordination and communication on new innovations, experiments and best practices for the purpose of making progress on priorities to keep economic statistics relevant, requested that its mandate be clearly defined and provide a transparent and collaborative horizontal coordination mechanism for all existing groups, and recognized the need for the network of economic statisticians to coordinate with other statistical committees and groups, as appropriate, for the purpose of measuring the multidimensional relationships between the economy, environment and society of the 2030 Agenda.

Specifically, the work program of the Network will build on the endorsed recommendations of the Friends of the Chair Group on Economic Statistics for an agile and more responsive system of economic statistics based on four thematic workstreams: (a) networking: collaboration and user consultation; (b) transforming and challenging the system: statistical infrastructure and operations, and data solutions; (c) enabling: institutional arrangements and governance; and (d) experimenting, integrating and documenting: statistical framework and methods.

The task teams of the Network will work agilely in sprints of short duration to complete a series of a set amount of work and deliverables for the thematic workstreams of its work program. The short and intense life cycle of these sprints ensures that momentum is sustained to meet clear objectives.

2021

Network

First meeting of network

Organizational

First Organizational Sprint Meeting of the United Nations Network of Economic Statisticians
Second Organizational Sprint Meeting of the United Nations Network of Economic Statisticians
Third Organizational Sprint Meeting of the United Nations Network of Economic Statisticians
Fourth Organizational Sprint Meeting of the United Nations Network of Economic Statisticians

Beyond GDP sprint

First meeting of beyond GDP sprint
Second meeting of beyond GDP sprint
Third meeting of beyond GDP sprint
Fourth meeting of beyond GDP sprint
Fifth meeting of beyond GDP sprint
Sixth meeting of beyond GDP sprint

Data access sprint

Sprint on Data Access

Measurement of Inflation of Owner-occupied housing sprint

The Sprint on the Measurement of Inflation of Owner-Occupied Housing Services Costs in the CPI will explore the various approaches to the measurement of inflation of owner-occupied housing as well as the challenges and opportunities associated with each approach.

First meeting of owner-occupied housing sprint
Second meeting of owner-occupied housing sprint
Third meeting of owner-occupied housing sprint

Side events

Introduction to the United Nations Network of Economic Statisticians: Past, Present, and Future Activities

Terms of Reference for the United Nations Network of Economic Statisticians

The Network will be reporting to the Statistical Commission annually starting from its fifty-third session in 2022.