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

DOCUMENTOS DE REFERENCIA / REFERENCE DOCUMENTS

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

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

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

  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