This meeting is a retrospective of the previous six meetings, returning to key topics and considering the key issues tackled and how we can fit these together.
Thursday, 5 Octember 2023 | 7:00 am - 9:30 am (New York Time) | Virtual Meeting
7:00 am - 7:10 am
Session 1| Opening, welcome remarks, and scene-setting
- Introductions and Welcomes (10 minutes)
- Mr. Stefan Schweinfest, Director of United Nations Statistics Division
7:10 am - 7:50 am
Session 2| The Challenge we face face - how to use new Beyond GDP metrics
- Chair: Richard Heys, UK ONS
This session overviews the challenges we face in a strategic perspective
- Presentation: How can traditional economic users incorporate Beyond GDP indicators in decision-making?
- Presenter: Ms. Sharon Kozicki, Deputy Governor, Bank of Canada (15 minutes)
- Presentation: How can the Global South use new indicators?
- Presenter: Dr Atif Kubursi, Professor Emeritus of Economics, McMaster University (15 minutes)
- Discussion (10 minutes)
7:50 am - 8:35 am
Session 3| A General recap of the Sprints and wider development activity
- Chair: Ivo Havinga (UNNES)
This session provides a summary of the outputs from the sprint sessions
- Presentation: Progress of the Network of Economic Statisticians on Beyond GDP
- Presenter: Richard Heys, UK ONS (15 minutes)
- Presentation: Update from the Friends of the Chair Group on Social and Demographic Statistics
- Presenter: Francesca Grum, UN DESA (15 minutes)
- Discussion (15 minutes)
8:35 am - 9:20 am
Session 4| Key Lessons Learnt from the Sprint
- Chair: Ivo Havinga (UNNES)
This session provides a facilitated panel discussion to present a reflection on what we have learnt from the sprint sessions in this series, and what should be undertaken next in the light of the wider work being undertaken.
- Panellists (30 minutes):
- ▪ Ivo Havinga - UNNES
- ▪ Rutger Hoekstra - Leiden University
- ▪ Tim Miller - UN DESA
- ▪ Sonia Raizenne, Director - Industrial Organization and Finance Division, Economic Statistics Field, Statistics Canada
- ▪ Economic Statistics Field, Statistics Canada
- ▪ Eleanor Rees - UK ONS
- Discussion (15 minutes)
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Session 5| Reflections on the Sprint (10 minutes)
- Mr. Stefan Schweinfest, Director of United Nations Statistics Division
9:30 am
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