Third technical meeting: 2024 ICP cycle of the International Comparison Program Special surveys and household consumption price validation for Latin America and the Caribbean

23 Jun 2026 | Event

Work area(s)

Statistics

Topic(s)

Economic statistics National accounts Prices
<span>Third technical meeting: 2024 ICP cycle of the International Comparison Program Special surveys and household consumption price validation for Latin America and the Caribbean</span>

Event information

ECLAC, in its capacity as Regional Coordinator of the IPC for Latin America and the Caribbean, and the World Bank are convening the region's national teams for a new technical meeting to review the quality, consistency, and regional comparability of prices reported in special surveys and Household Consumption Expenditure for the 2024 Cycle. This meeting is being held virtually.

Date

23 - 25 Jun 2026, 11:00 - 14:00
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Event type

Meetings and technical symposiums

Participation

By invitation

Address

ECLAC
Chile

This regional event will be held virtually on June 23, 24, and 25 of this year, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. (Chile time), and will include simultaneous interpretation service in English - Spanish and vice versa.

The meeting will include the following main topics:

  • Status of the ICP and activity schedule at global and regional level
  • Validation of HHC prices for 2024 cycle
  • Overview of MORES data for LAC countries
  • Next steps and agreements

Due to the key aspects of the ICP implementation that will be covered, we require to invite the price focal points from the offices responsible for this program operations in each country. We also extend this invitation to the national accounts focal points, particularly for June 25th, when the subject of MORES will be discussed.

Schedule

23 to 25 June 2026 (Virtual meeting)
11:00 to 14:00 hour Chilean time (UTC-3)

Tuesday 23 of June

Implementation of the 2024 Cycle: Global and Regional Levels; Special Surveys 

11:00 - 11:20 Welcome remarks

Rolando Ocampo, Director of Statistics Division, ECLAC.

Rui Costa, Survey Unit, World Bank.

11:20 – 11:40 International Comparison Program 2024 cycle, Global Overview. (World Bank). 

11:40 – 11:55 Regional overview on LAC implementation status: country participation, data submission (HHC prices, Special Surveys and MORES), ECLAC ICP data processing and validation tools, activities. 

11:55 – 12:15 Special Surveys Regional coverage presentation by basic heading and item, identification of potential errors and validation tools. 

12:15 – 12:30 Break

12:30 – 12:55 Inter-country validation of private education survey. 

12:50 – 13:10 Inter-country validation of rental survey. 

13:10– 13:30 Inter-country validation of government compensation survey. 

13:35 – 14:00 Questions and comments. 

Wednesday 24 of June

Special Surveys continued 

11:00 - 11:20 Inter-country validation of machinery and equipment survey. 

11:20 - 11:40 Inter-country validation of construction survey. 

11:40 - 12:00 Questions and comments.

Household final consumption

12:00 - 12:20 Overview of HHC price data, coverage, BH processing (extrapolations, year average, intra country validation, intercountry validation). 

12:20 - 12:35 Session: Food and non-alcoholic beverages. 

12:35 - 12:50 Break

12:50 - 13:05 Session: Alcoholic beverages and tobacco. 

13:05 - 13:20 Session: Clothing and footwear. 

13:20 - 13:35 Session: Housing, water, electricity, gas y other fuels. 

13:35 – 14:00 Questions and comments.

Thursday 25 of June

Household final consumption continued 

11:00 - 11:15 Session: furnishings, household equipment and routine maintenance of the house.

11:15 - 11:30 Session: Health. 

11:30 - 11:45 Session: Transport and communication. 

11:45 - 12:00 Session: Recreation and culture. 

12:00 - 12:15 Session: Restaurants and hotels. 

12:15 - 12:30 Session: miscellaneous goods and services.

12:30 - 12:40 Break

12:40 - 13:00 Questions and comments. 

13:00 - 13:25 MORES data overview (country data submission, intra country validation, estimation methods, bilateral meetings).

13:25 - 13:35 Reference data and Metadata (CPI / Population / Housing volume /NA/SQF/HOU). 

13:35 - 14:00 Next steps and final remarks (ECLAC).

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