Fourth Organizational Sprint Meeting of the United Nations Network of Economic Statisticians

7:00 am - 7:10 am

Session 1: Introduction, welcome remarks, and confirmation of the summary of the third meeting

Mr. Greg Peterson, Assistant Chief Statistician of Statistics Canada

Mr. Stefan Schweinfest, Director of United Nations Statistics Division

Summary report of the Third Session of the Organizational Sprint

7:10 am - 7:40 am

Session 2: User consultations

Chair: Mr. Stefan Schweinfest, United Nations Statistics Division

This session will continue the discussion on the modalities of user consultations and the preparation of a synthesis report based on the reports from various Statistical Committees and other groups to the Statistical Commission 2022 from an economic statistics perspective.

Oral introduction by Mr. Greg Peterson, Assistant Chief Statistician of Statistics Canada and Frantisek Bernadic, Director Macro-Economic Statistics, Eurostat

The outline of the synthesis report of the UN Network of the reports to the United Nations Statistical Commission, March 2022

Presenter: Mr. Ivo Havinga, independent expert

7:40 am - 8:10 am

Session 3: Membership and Co-Chairs of the UN Network of Economic Statisticians

Chair: Mr. Stefan Schweinfest, United Nations Statistics Division

This session will report on the consultative process for the identification of the membership of the UN Network and Co-Chairs, and the formalization of the Bureau of the Network

8:10 am - 9:00 am

Session 4: Work plan for the Network

Chair: Mr. Stefan Schweinfest, United Nations Statistics Division

This session will be kicked-off by a presentation on possible thematic sprints to be organized, as appropriate, with other statistical groups and committees. Following this background presentation there will be a tour de table seeking proposals and suggestions from the Network members for developing a two-year rolling workplan for thematic Sprints of the Network.

Presenter: Mr. Greg Peterson, Assistant Chief Statistician of Statistics Canada

9:00 am - 9:15 am

Session 5: Update on the Network Sprints

Chair: Mr. Stefan Schweinfest, United Nations Statistics Division

This session will provide an update on the preparations of the Beyond GDP and the initial findings of the ongoing Data Access Sprint

Beyond GDP Sprint

Data Access Sprint

Presenter: Mr. Richard Heys, UK ONS and Erich Strassner, US BEA
      Mr. Barteld Braaksma, Statistics Netherlands

9:15 am - 9:30 am

Session 6: Next steps and closing remarks

Chair: Mr. Stefan Schweinfest, United Nations Statistics Division

This session will report on the next steps: modalities of user consultations, membership and co-chairs of the Network, work plan for the Network, launch of new thematic Sprints, continuation of ongoing Sprints on Beyond GDP and Data Access, and update the Statistical Commission through a background document.

Mr. Greg Peterson, Assistant Chief Statistician of Statistics Canada

Mr. Stefan Schweinfest, Director of United Nations Statistics Division

Related Documentations

• Agenda
• Sprint slides
• Outline of Synthesis Report
• Developing a Workplan for the Network of Economic
• Data Access Sprint- state of affairs