High-level seminar on the future of economic statistics in Latin America and the Caribbean
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This is an event related to the tenth meeting of the Statistical Conference of the Americas and will be held at ECLAC headquarters. Organized jointly by ECLAC, the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
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Organized jointly by ECLAC, the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
The purpose of this seminar is to discuss data needs for evidence-based policymaking, recent experiences in innovation in statistical production and the integration of data sources, and institutional mechanisms for developing economic statistics.
The results and recommendations of the seminar will be included in the report of the tenth meeting of the Statistical Conference of the Americas.
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- Session 3 and 4
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- Session 5 and 6 (After of the opening session of the tenth meeting of the SCA)
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Programme of work
Registration of participants and Welcome and opening remarks
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• Rolando Ocampo, División de Estadísticas de la CEPAL / ECLAC Statistics Division
• José Antonio Mejía, Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) / Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
• Ivo Havinga, División de Estadísticas de Naciones Unidas (DENU) / United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)
Introduction of the Friends of the Chair Group on Economic Statistics and the Future of Economic Statistics - Initiative on the update of the system of economic
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Friends of the Chair (FOC) Group on Economic Statistics
Global Coordination and Governance for the Update of the System of Economic Statistics
Sustainable economic development and the need for statistics - a user and policy perspective
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Desarrollo económico sostenible y necesidad de estadísticas desde una perspectiva de usuario y de políticas
Session 1: Priorities and initiatives for institutional arrangements to advance the integration of economic statistics
» Moderator: ECLAC
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Subsistema Nacional de Información Económica
It’s time for a change: broadening the SNA framework to account for sustainability and well-being
Session 2: Priorities and initiatives for the update of the statistical operations and statistical infrastructure of the system of economic statistics
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1) Necesidades de información hacia los ODS 2020 y los desafíos para la base estadística (presentación)
2) Necesidades de información hacia los ODS 2020 y los desafíos para la base estadística (documento)
Uso de registros administrativos para la producción de estadísticas: demandas y desafíos
Session 3: Priorities and Initiatives on the conceptual framework of the system of economic statistics to measure beyond traditional metrics
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Desafíos de medición de las desigualdades - Datos, problemas y soluciones
Session 4: Coordination and governance for the update of the system of economic statistics
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UNIDO’s role in organization and dissemination of global industrial statistics
Session 5: Global and regional priorities and initiative to provide access to new technological infrastructure, methods and services
(Plenary of the Statistical Conference of the Americas)
» Moderator: ECLAC
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Nuevas fuentes de información y herramientas tecnológicas
Session 6: Conclusions and recommendations on the global and regional priorities and initiatives
» Moderator: ECLAC
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Resumen e informe del primer día del seminario
- Debate plenario sobre conclusiones y recomendaciones / Plenary discussion on conclusions and recommendations
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Organizing institution
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
- https://www.cepal.org
- 56 222100000
United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)
- https://unstats.un.org/home/
- Fax +1 (212) 963-9851
Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo
- http://www.iadb.org/es/banco-interamericano-de-desarrollo,2837.html
- (202) 623-1000