Twentieth meeting of the Executive Committee of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC
Work area(s)

The themes discussed at the twentieth meeting of the Executive Committee of the SCA complement those discussed at the previous meeting and refer to various challenges faced by national statistical systems in the region relating to the impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and the subsequent recovery.
The statistical challenges arising from development in transition, the production of official statistics based on the measurement of perceptions, innovations in the production of environmental statistics and peer review mechanisms to strengthen statistical institutions in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic were analyzed.
Review the progress in the implementation of the biennial programme of regional and international cooperation activities, 2020–2021, of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC was examined.
In addition, virtual side events were held of interest to the member countries of the Conference:
- The United Nations World Data Forum and the “Road to Bern” Initiative in Latin America and the Caribbean.
- Earth Observations for Sustainable Development Goals in the Americas Region.
- Caribbean Geospatial Development Initiative (CARIGEO).
- Disability statistics from a regional perspective: the Buenos Aires Group. (Spanish only)
INFORME / REPORT
| 27 Ago./Aug. 2021 |
ACUERDOS / AGREEMENTS
| 8 Abr./Apr. 2021 |
DOCUMENTOS DE TRABAJO / WORKING DOCUMENTS
| 5 abr/Apr | |
| LC/CE.20/1 | |
| LC/CE.20/2 | |
| LC/CE.20/3 | |
| LC/CE.20/4 |
DOCUMENTOS DE REFERENCIA / REFERENCE DOCUMENTS
Schedule
7 Apr 2021
Opening session
- Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC
- Juan Daniel Oviedo, Director-General of the DANE of Colombia, in his capacity as Chair of the Executive Committee of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC
- Stefan Schweinfest, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)
Presentation and discussion of substantive issues
a) Statistical challenges of development in transition
Moderator: Juan Daniel Oviedo, Director-General of DANE of Colombia, in his capacity as Chair of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC
High-level dialogue on development in transition
- Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC
Development in transition in times of pandemic: the role of data for renewed and stronger cooperation
- Mario Pezzini, Director of the Development Centre of OECD
- Jolita Butkeviciene, Director for LAC in Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development of the European Commission
- Sebastián Rovira, CEPAL y Sebastián Nieto Parra, Centro de Desarrollo de la OCDE
Nuevas mediciones y aproximaciones para el Desarrollo en Transición
b) Towards the production of official statistics based on the measurement
of perceptions
Moderator: Macarena Alvarado, Head of the Social Observatory Division of the Ministry of Social Development and Family of Chile
Introduction:
- Rolando Ocampo, Statistics Division of ECLAC
Towards the incorporation of perceptions indicators in household surveys in Latin America and the Caribbean countries
- Carrie Exton, Head of Well-Being Data Insights and Policy Practice, OECD
Why-do people’s perceptions matter, and how can we measure them?
- Gerardo Leyva Parra, Director General Adjunto de Investigación del Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI) de México
Las mediciones de bienestar subjetivo del INEGI
- David Sánchez, Coordinador General Técnico de Planificación, Normativas y Calidad, INEC del Ecuador
Medición de percepciones en la Encuesta Nacional Multipropósito de Hogares del Ecuador, 2018-2020
Side events
- The United Nations World Data Forum and the “Road to Bern” Initiative in Latin America and the Caribbean
- Earth Observations for Sustainable Development Goals in the Americas Region
c) Peer review mechanisms to strengthen statistical institutions in the
aftermath of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic
Moderate: Juan Daniel Oviedo, Director-General of the DANE of Colombia, in his capacity as Chair of SCA-ECLAC
- Xavier Mancero, División de Estadísticas de la CEPAL / Statistics Division of ECLAC
Introducción / Introduction
- Claudia Junker, Head of the Task Force on Peer Reviews and Quality at Eurostat
Peer reviews in the European Statistical System - insights into the mechanism used in the past and in the future
- José Antonio Mejía, Especialista Líder en Modernización del Estado del BID
El Instrumento de Evaluación de Capacidad Estadística (TASC): un punto de partida para iniciar el trabajo
Panel of countries on lessons learned from the peer review in the region
- Diana Castillo-Trejo, Acting Director-General of the Statistical Institute of Belize (SIB)
- Susie Fortier, Director of the International Cooperation and Methodology Innovation Centre of Statistics Canada
- Leesha Delatie-Budair, Deputy Director General of the Statistical Institute of Jamaica
- Iván Ojeda, National Director of the National Institute of Statistics (INE) of Paraguay
d) Innovations in the production of environmental statistics
Moderator: Marco Lavagna, Director of the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INDEC) of Argentina
- Rayén Quiroga, División de Estadísticas de la CEPAL
Veinte años de trabajo LAC: avances y desafíos en la producción de estadísticas e indicadores ambientales y de cambio climático
- Sandra Quijada, Directora Nacional del Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas (INE) de Chile
Estadísticas medioambientales en INE-Chile y sus avances
- Floribel Méndez, Gerente del Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INEC) de Costa Rica
Experiencia para el desarrollo de estadísticas ambientales y consolidación del Sistema Nacional de Información Ambiental en Costa Rica: sistema de indicadores de agua
- Ricardo Valencia, Subdirector del DANE de Colombia
Sistema de indicadores ambientales, de sostenibilidad y economía circular
8 Apr 2021
Review of progress in the implementation of the biennial programme of regional and international cooperation activities, 2020-2021, of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC
Xavier Mancero, División de Estadísticas de la CEPAL / Statistics Division of ECLAC
Introducción / Introduction
- Guide for the implementation of a quality assurance framework for the production of official statistics in Latin America and the Caribbean
- A harmonized methodological framework for measuring disaster-related indicators pertaining to the Sustainable Development Goals and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030
- Guía metodológica para las mediciones de uso del tiempo en América Latina y el Caribe
- Protocolo para la recolección y divulgación de datos sobre niños, niñas y adolescentes como participantes de estudios
- Manual on the design of security and criminal justice statistical systems
- Methodological document on conceptual aspects and statistical use of economic administrative records
- Guide for the measurement of prices and volumes in the services
- Recomendaciones para la generación de estadísticas e indicadores ambientales con información geoespacial y el uso de fuentes no convencionales
- General guidelines for census data capture: a review of data capture methods with a view to the 2020 census round
- Documento de diagnóstico sobre las capacidades de los sistemas estadísticos de América Latina y el Caribe y mejores prácticas para la medición de la migración internacional
- Document of best practices for the adoption of the new international standards of the International Labour Organization
Side events
- Caribbean Geospatial Development Initiative (CARIGEO)
- Estadísticas de discapacidad con perspectiva regional: el Grupo de Buenos Aires (Spanish only)
Report by the secretariat on the regional follow-up of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the dissemination of regional statistics
- Fourth meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development and the Regional Knowledge Platform on the 2030 Agenda in Latin America and the Caribbean (SDG Gateway)
- Rolando Ocampo & Daniel Taccari, Statistics Division of ECLAC
Progress in the dissemination of regional statistics through CEPALSTAT
Other matters
- Dean Jolliffe & Daniel Gerszon Mahler, Development Data Group of the World Bank
Presentation of the World Development Report 2021: Data for Better Lives
- Rolando Ocampo & Pauline Stockins, División de Estadísticas de la CEPAL
Involucramiento de las oficinas nacionales de estadística en la producción y difusión de estadísticas sobre ciudades: estudio reciente sobre encuestas de movilidad urbana
- Rolando Ocampo, División de Estadísticas de la CEPAL
Project Presentation: Innovative Approaches to Examining Inequality by Integrating Different Data Sources in Latin America and the Caribbean
- Renewal of the mandate of the member countries of the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on SDG Indicators and the High-level Group for Partnership, Coordination and Capacity-Building for Statistics for the 2030 Agenda
Consideration and adoption of agreements