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Wednesday 9 May 2001
08:30 - 09:00 Registration of participants.
09:00 - 09:30 Meeting of Heads of Delegation.
09:30 - 09:45 Opening session. Statement by the Executive Secretary of ECLAC .
1. Election of officers.
Secretariat
2. Adoption of the agenda and consideration of organizational matters.
Chairperson.
Working document: LC/L.1471(CEA.2001/1) and LC/L.1472(CEA.2001/2)
3. Background information on the establishment of the Statistical Conference of the Americas.
Secretariat presentation.
Working document: LC/L.1475(CEA.2001/5)
4. Report on the Programme of International Statistical Work for Latin America and the Caribbean, 1999- 2000.
Secretariat presentation.
Working document: LC/L.1473(CEA.2001/3)
5. Presentation of a proposed programme of international statistical work for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2001-2002.
Secretariat presentation.
Working document: LC/L.1474(CEA.2001/4)
5a Presentation on subprogramme 1: Adaptation and production of basic statistics within the framework of a regional strategy for the implementation of the System
of National Accounts 1993 (1993 SNA).
Secretariat presentation.
Working document: LC/L.1474(CEA.2001/4), paragraphs 18-49
5a i Classifications and nomenclatures.
Presentation by Mexico.
Reference documents: DDR/5 and DDR/27
12:30 – 14:30 Lunch Afternoon
2:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
5a ii 5a ii.- Services statistics
Secretariat presentation.
Reference document: DDR/4
5a iii
5 a iii.- Directories of firms and other establishments.
Presentation by Spain.
Reference documents: DDR/7, DDR/8 and DDR/26
5a iv 5 a iv.- Construction statistics.
Presentation by Colombia.
Reference document: DDR/20
5b 5b.- Presentation on subprogramme 2: Environmental statistics and statistics on science, technology and innovation.
Secretariat.
Working document: LC/L.1474(CEA.2001/4), paragraphs 50-62
Reference document: DDR/3
Thursday 10 May 2001
Morning 9:00 - 12:30 5c Presentation on subprogramme 3: Statistics and indicators on social variables and well-being.
Secretariat presentation.
Working document: LC/L.1474(CEA.2001/4), paragraphs 63-95
5c i Population and housing censuses, 2000 round.
Secretariat presentation.
Working document: LC/L.1474(CEA.2001/4), paragraphs 86-88
5c ii Programme for the Improvement of Surveys and the Measurement of Living Conditions in Latin America and the Caribbean (MECOVI).
Secretariat presentation.
Working document: LC/L.1474(CEA.2001/4), paragraphs 63-85
Reference document: DDR/6
5d Presentation on subprogramme 4: Dissemination of statistical information.
Secretariat presentation.
Working document: LC/L.1474(CEA 2001/4), paragraphs 95-102
New United Nations Web sites.
Presentation by UNSD.
Reference document: DDR/31
5d i Portal of the Statistical Conference of the Americas (SCA).
Secretariat presentation.
5e Partnerships in Statistics for Development in the 21st Century.
Presentation by Paris 21.
Reference document:DDR/10
12:30 - 14:30 Lunch Afternoon
2:30 - 5:30 p.m. 6. Main subject: Challenges and trends in the modernization of statistical systems
6a Institutional organization
Chair: Colombia Introduction: Bolivia and Spain
Reference documents: DDR/9, DDR/11, DDR/16, DDR/22, DDR/23, DDR/25 and DDR/30
6b Modern management of national statistical offices
Chair: Guatemala Introduction: Bolivia Reference documents: DDR/13 and DDR/17
Friday 11 May 2001
Morning 9:00 - 12:30
6c Modernization of structures and methodologies 4 Chair: Chile Introduction: Argentina
Reference documents: DDR/24 and DDR/29
6d Dissemination and marketing policies
Chair: Mexico
Confidentiality: Brazil
Chair: Colombia
Marketing versus dissemination: Uruguay
Electronic data dissemination: United States
Reference documents: DDR/14, DDR/15, DDR/17, DDR/18, DDR/19, DDR/21 and DDR/28
12:30 – 15:30 Lunch Afternoon
3:30 - 5:30 p.m. 7. Election of the Executive Committee of the SCA for the 2001-2003 term.
Chairperson.
8.Other matters
9. Determination of the dates and venues for the second meeting of the Conference and the meetings of its Executive Committee.
Working document: LC/L.1475(CEA.2001/5)
9. Report of the Rapporteur
Practical information:
Download Preliminary programme.
SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS
Estadísticas e indicadores de ciencia, tecnología e innovación en América Latina y el Caribe. José Luis Cervera. (Only Spanish)
OTHER DOCUMENTS
MECOVI: Informe de actividades; Enero 1997 - Diciembre 2000.
BID, Banco Mundial, CEPAL. Santiago de Chile, 17 marzo, 2001. (Programa para el Mejoramiento de las Encuestas y la Medición de Condiciones de Vida en América Latina y el Caribe).
El Gobierno de los Estados Unidos de América ha proporcionado los siguientes documentos para consulta:
Beyond Poverty, Extended Measures of Well-Being: 1992.
SHORT, Kathleen; SHEA, Martina . U.S. Bureau of the Census. Issued November 1995. (Current Population Reports- Household Economic Studies, P70-50RV).
Dynamics of Economic Well-Being: Poverty, 1992-1993 Who Stays Poor? Who Doesn’t?
ELLER, T. J. U.S. Bureau of the Census. Issued June 1996. (Current Population Reports - Household Economic Studies, P70-55)
Experimental Poverty Measures: 1990 to 1997.
SHORT, Kathleen; GARNER, Thesia; JOHNSON, David; DOYLE, Patricia. U.S. Bureau of the Census. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 1999. (Current Population Reports, P60-205)
Money Income in the United States:1999.
HTML: www.census.gov/hhes/www/povty99.html
U.S. Bureau of the Census. Government Printing Office,Washington, DC, 2000. (Current Population Reports, P60-209)
Measuring 50 Years of Economic Change - Using the March Current Population Survey U.S.
U.S. Bureau of the Census. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 1998. (Current Population Reports, P60-203)
Poverty in the United States: 1999.
HTML: www.census.gov/hhes/www/income99.html
DALAKER, Joseph; PROCTOR, Bernadette D. U.S. Bureau of the Census. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 2000. (Current Population Reports, P60-210)
Principles and Practices for a Federal Statistical Agency: Second Edition. HTML: www.nap.edu/books/0309073146/html/index.html
MARTIN, Margaret E.; STRAF, Miron L.; CITRO, Constance F., Editors. Committee on National Statistics, National Research Council. 72 pages, 2001.
Science and Engineering Indicators - 2000.
HTML: hwww.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/seind00/start.htm
National Science Board. Arlington, VA: National Science Foundation, 2000 (NSB-00-1)
The Changing Shape of the Nation's Income Distribution1947 - 1998.
Household Economic Studies. Issued June 2000. (Current Population Reports, P60-204)
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