Third Webinar of Data Strategy Sprint

Session 1| Welcome, Opening Remarks

7:00 am - 7:10 am

Opening remarks

• Aishath Shahuda, Co-chair of the UN Network of Economic Statisticians and Deputy Chief Statistician, Maldives Bureau of Statistics

7:10 am - 7:15 am

Objectives of the meeting

• Chair: Tom Dufour, Director General Strategic Data Management, Statistics Canada

7:15 am - 7:25 am

Recap from webinar 2

• Presenter: Tom Dufour, Director General Strategic Data Management, Statistics Canada
• Presentation: Summary from the second webinar

Session 2 | Panel discussion

7:25 am - 8:20 am

How collaboration and advanced technology can drive data strategies

Business intelligence, analytics and data science all help organizations discover insights in their data. Advanced technology can bring transformational discoveries, and statistical organizations are striving to employ these technologies to ensure data users get the most out of existing data. Much of this can only be achieved by breaking down organizational silos and establishing a culture of collaboration and cooperation that enables change. This panel will discuss these challenges and more.

• Panel discussion: Panel discussion questions
• Moderator: Hadi Susanto, Associate Statistician, BPS-Statistics Indonesia
• Penalists:
• Presentation - Dominique Duval-Diop, Deputy Chief Data Officer, U.S. Department of Commerce
• Presentation - Mohammad Hassan, Executive Director, Statistics and Data Science Sector, UAE Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Centre
• Presentation - Rachael Milicich, Deputy Government Statistician/Deputy Chief Executive Insights and Statistics, Statistics New Zealand
• Presentation - Paz Patino, Inter-regional adviser, Paris21 Secretariat, OECD
• Presentation - Crystal Seawards, former Strategic Advisor to the Office of the of Chief Data Officer, Statistics Canada

Session 3 | Key Features of a Successful Data Strategy

8:20 am - 8:40 am

ESDC-StatCan Joint Data Strategy

Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) and Statistics Canada (StatCan) have a long-standing relationship. In 2021, both departments agreed to enhance their partnership and collaboration by adopting a more strategic approach to data through the development of a joint data strategy framework. The presentation will introduce the Employment and Social Development Canada-Statistics Canada joint data strategy (why, how, next steps) and showcase the progress and outcomes achieved through collaboration.

• Presentation: ESDC-STATCAN JOINT DATA STRATEGY
• Presenters: Sutha Kanagaretnam, Assistant Director, Centre for Statistical and Data Standards, Statistics Canada and Karen Richards, Manager, Data Strategy, Employment and Social Development Canada

8:40 am - 9:00 am

Common European Data Spaces and Official Statistics

Common European Data Spaces (CEDS) are a key element of the European Strategy for Data that was published in 2024. Their goal is to make more data available, in a trustworthy and secure way, for the benefit of the European economy and society. Because CEDS are all about data, data management and data processing, it is quite natural to consider the question what they could mean for Official Statistics. This presentation introduces the concept and discusses some concrete cases like the Health Data Space and the Green Deal Dataspace.

• Presentation: (Common European) Data Spaces and Official Statistics
• Presenter: Barteld Braaksma, Innovation Manager, Statistics Netherlands

9:00 am - 9:20 am

Developing the Fiscal Year 2025-2028 U.S. Department of Commerce Data Strategy: Promise, Purpose, and Progress

This presentation describes the motivation for the Department of Commerce to refresh its data strategy, the main pillars of the strategy, and the successes and challenges for coordinating this effort across 13 distinct and diverse Commerce agencies. The Department of Commerce experience offers valuable lessons on collaboration and communication that apply to cross-cutting data strategy initiatives more broadly.

• Presentation: Developing the FY25-28 U.S. Department of Commerce Data Strategy
• Presenter: Dominique Duval-Diop, Deputy Chief Data Officer, U.S. Department of Commerce

9:20 am - 9:40 am

GLEIF's Data Quality Framework

The presentation will discuss GLEIF's Data Quality Framework which provides a robust foundation for a successful data strategy, focusing on the implementation and continuous monitoring. It integrates best practices from various contexts and standards, implementing so-called Quality Gates at the different phases of the Deming-Cycle: Plan, Do, Act and Check. Through real-world examples, GLEIF demonstrates how its framework ensures reliable, high-quality data for legal entity identification to be used by statistical offices and others, supporting operational efficiency.

• Presentation: GLEIF's Data Quality Framework
• Presenter: Zornitsa Manolova, Head of Data Quality Management and Data Science, GLEIF

9:40 am - 9:55 am

Discussion

9:55 am - 10:00 am

Concluding remarks

• Aishath Shahuda, Co-chair of the UN Network of Economic Statisticians and Deputy Chief Statistician, Maldives Bureau of Statistics