Twenty-fourth meeting of the Executive Committee of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC

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The twenty-fourth meeting of the Executive Committee of the Statistical Conference of the Americas was held virtually from 29 to 30 April 2025.

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By invitation

The biennial programme of regional and international cooperation activities, 2024–2025, of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean is framed within the Strategic Plan, 2015–2025, which established as the pillars of action of the Conference the achievement of more robust institutions and a stronger governing role for national statistical offices; the development of human resources and statistical production in order to ensure quality; and regional and international coordination and cooperation for the development of official statistics in the region.

The twenty-fourth meeting, the Executive Committee of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC analyzed progress in the use of artificial intelligence by national statistical offices and reviewed the components to be addressed in the Strategic Plan 2026-2035. The implementation of the biennial program of regional and international cooperation activities 2024-2025 of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC was also reviewed.

The Dominican Republic, in the capacity of Chairman of the Committee, chaired this meeting of the Executive Committee of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC.

 

DOCUMENTOS DE TRABAJO / WORKING DOCUMENTS
23 abr./Apr. 2025

Programa preliminar

Preliminary Programme

LC/CE.24/1

Temario provisional

Provisional agenda

LC/CE.24/2

Temario provisional anotado

Annotated Provisional agenda

LC/CE.24/3

Segundo informe de ejecución del Programa Bienal de Actividades de Cooperación Regional e Internacional 2024-2025 de la Conferencia Estadística de las Américas de la CEPAL

Second report on implementation of the biennial programme of regional and international cooperation activities, 2024–2025, of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC

LC/CE.24/4

Evaluación del Plan Estratégico 2015-2025 y propuesta de ejes temáticos para el Plan Estratégico 2026-2035

Evaluation of the Strategic Plan, 2015–2025 and proposed thematic areas for the Strategic Plan, 2026–2035


 

DOCUMENTOS DE REFERENCIA / REFERENCE DOCUMENTS
 
LC/L.4070/Rev.1

Plan Estratégico, 2015-2025

Strategic Plan, 2015–2025

LC/CEA.12/10

Programa Bienal de Actividades de Cooperación Regional e Internacional 2024-2025 de la Conferencia Estadística de las Américas de la CEPAL

Biennial programme of regional and international cooperation activities, 2024–2025, of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC 

29 April 2025

 10:00 - 10:30

Opening session Twenty-fourth meeting of the Executive Committee of SCA-ECLAC

  • José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary, ECLAC
  • Miosotis Rivas Peña, General Director of the National Office of Statistics of the Dominican Republic, the country serving as Chair of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC
  • Stefan Schweinfest, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)

Use of artificial intelligence in official statistics

 10:40 - 16:30

Moderator: Rolando Ocampo, Chief, Statistics Division of ECLAC


  Javier Medina, Deputy Executive Secretary a.i. of ECLAC
▪ Introductory remarks


  Jim Tebrake, Director Adjunto del Departamento de Estadística del FMI / Deputy Director of the Statistics Department of IMF
Experience of the International Monetary Fund


  Olivier Dupriez, Jefe Adjunto de Estadística del Banco Mundial / Deputy Chief Statistician at the World Bank
Fostering preparedness for artificial intelligence and responsible redistribution  


Application of artificial intelligence in coding and classification

  INEC del Ecuador
Codificación automática de preguntas del censo


  Instituto de Estadística de Belice / Statistical Institute of Belize
Occupational and industrial classification


  INE de Chile 
Clasificación de delitos en encuestas de victimización


  ONE de la República Dominicana
Clasificación de registros sobre licencias de construcción


  Banco Central de Chile
Clasificación automática de obras de construcción para cuentas nacionales


Use of chatbots and generative artificial intelligence for interactions with users

  Instituto de Estadística de Belice / Statistical Institute of Belize
Interactive chatbot for questions on statistical data


  Banco Central del Uruguay
Aplicación interna para consultas sobre bases de datos


  IBGE del Brasil
Chatbot para formación interna de recursos humanos


  INE del Uruguay 
Chatbot para formación del personal de encuestas


Other applications of artificial intelligence

  INE de Chile
Aplicación para anonimización automática de documentos institucionales


  INEC del Ecuador
IA generativa en procesos creativos visuales y animaciones


  IBGE del Brasil
Contribución de las imágenes satelitales al censo agrícola


  DANE de Colombia
IA para el fortalecimiento institucional


  CEPAL
Procesamiento de imágenes satelitales


Towards a new strategic plan for the Statistical Conference of the Americas: central elements

Presentación de la CEPAL / Presentation of ECLAC


 

30 April 2025

 10:00 - 15:00

Review of progress in the implementation of the biennial programme of regional and international cooperation activities, 2024–2025, of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC


  CEPAL / ECLAC
Progress in the implementation of the Biennial Program of Activities 2024-2025


Working groups, 2024-2025

  DANE de Colombia
Peer review mechanism in Latin America and the Caribbean


 INDEC de la Argentina
Analysis of technologies and methodologies for census mapping


  INE de Chile
Data imputation methodologies applied in household surveys and population censuses


  DANE de Colombia
Recommendations for incorporating small area estimation methodologies into the production of statistics


  DANE de Colombia
Guidelines on metadata management when implementing the Generic Statistical Business Process Model (GSBPM)


  INE de Chile e INE del Uruguay
Manual on the integration of administrative data on children and adolescents


  INEGI de México
Tools for mainstreaming the gender perspective in statistical production processes


  INDEC de la Argentina
Guidelines for development of an integrated system of well-being indicators


  INE de Honduras
Practical guide for production of harmonized statistics on forced displacement and migration


  INE de Chile
Analysis of measurement of dependent contractors and the informal economy


  INEC de Costa Rica
Recommendations for strengthening official environmental statistics systems


  INEC del Ecuador
Analysis of area frames in agricultural surveys


  INEGI de México 
Reference guide on police administrative records


  IBGE del Brasil
Informe del Grupo Interinstitucional y de Expertos sobre los Indicadores de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible


  DANE de Colombia
Report of the High-level Group for Partnership, Coordination and Capacity-Building for Statistics for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development


  CEPAL / ECLAC
Information system on National Statistical Capacities for the production of the Sustainable Development Goals Indicators


Otros asuntos

 15:00 - 17:00

  Pablo Gaitán, Director del Instituto de Investigaciones para el Desarrollo con Equidad (EQUIDE) de la Universidad Iberoamericana
Escala de Experiencias sobre Inseguridad del Agua


  Eduardo Moreno, ONU-Hábitat / UN-Habitat
Measuring what matters: advancing the Quality of Life Initiative in the Americas


  Silvia Montoya, Directora del Instituto de Estadística de la UNESCO (IEU)
Use of education statistics from household surveys: opportunities and challenges


Ana Carmen Saura, Subdirectora General de Relaciones Internacionales y Agenda 2030 del Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) de España
Actividades de capacitación para América Latina y el Caribe 2025: cursos online

Organizing institution

Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE) de República Dominicana

  • https://www.one.gob.do/
  • (809) 682-7777

Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)

  • https://www.cepal.org
  • 56 222100000

Subsidiary body(ies) / Intergovernmental meeting

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