28 Aug 2024

Opening session

• José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
• Miosotis Rivas Peña, Director-General of the National Office of Statistics of the Dominican Republic, the country serving as Chair of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
• Stefan Schweinfest, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division (by video link).

Towards a new strategic plan for the Statistical Conference of the Americas: analysis and regional challenges

• Rolando Ocampo, Director de la División de Estadísticas de la CEPAL / Director of the Statistics Division of ECLAC
  Proceso para la elaboración del Plan Estratégico 2026-2035 / Process for the preparation of the Strategic Plan 2026-2035

Thematic area I: Organization and management of national statistical offices in the new data ecosystem

Moderator: Miosotis Rivas Peña, General Director of the National Office of Statistics of the Dominican Republic

• Mariana Kotzeva, Director General of Eurostat (by video link)
  National Statistical Offices in the emerging national and European data ecosystems

• Romina Garrido, Subdirectora de GobLab, Escuela de Gobierno de la Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez 
  Protección de datos personales y labor estadística

Panel discussion

• Kim Saunders, Bahamas National Statistical Institute
• Ricardo Vicuña, National Institute of Statistics (INE) of Chile
• Piedad Urdinola, National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE) of Colombia
• Fredy Rodríguez, Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data (GPSDD)

Thematic area II: Technical and methodological capacities amid rapid technological development

Moderator: Rolando Ocampo, Director of the Statistics Division of ECLAC

• Stefan Schweinfest, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division (by video link)

• InKyung Choi, Statistical Division of the Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) (by video link)
  Artificial intelligence for official statistics: experiences and lessons learned from the initiatives of the High-level Group for the Modernization of Official Statistics

Side event, Community of Female Leaders of NSOs

Organized by Statistics Division of ECLAC in collaboration with the National Statistics Institute (INE) of Chile.
The Women Leaders Community is part of the Knowledge Sharing Network of the Statistical Conference of the Americas. It provides a space for supporting and developing the leadership of women in management positions at national statistical offices.

Thematic area II: Technical and methodological capacities amid rapid technological development (cont.)

• Marcio Pochmann, President of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE)

• Isabel Islas Arredondo, Directora General de Integración, Análisis e Investigación del INEGI de México
  Innovación basada en la ciencia de datos para la producción de información estadística y geográfica / Science-Driven Innovation for the Production of Statistical and Geographic Information

Panel discussion

• Diana Castillo, Statistical Institute of Belize
• Roberto Castillo, National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INEC) of Ecuador
• Diego Aboal, National Institute of Statistics (INE) of Uruguay

Thematic area III: Coordination and cooperation in the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC

Moderator: Antonio Salcedo, Head of the Office of the President of the National Statistics Institute (INE) of Spain

Panel discussion

• Miosotis Rivas Peña, National Office of Statistics (ONE) of the Dominican Republic
• Peter Abad, National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI) of Peru
• José Antonio Mejía, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
• Pedro Silva, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Estadísticas (ENCE) del Brasil

29 Aug 2024

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

Follow-up on the proposals of the Statistical Commission of the United Nations

• Proposal for an independent advisory board on the Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics
• Economic and Social Council resolution 2024/2 on an inclusive and representative Statistical Commission to leave no one behind

CEPAL / ECLAC
Avance en la ejecución del Programa Bienal de Actividades / Review of progress in implementation of the biennial programme of activities

Working groups, 2024-2025

1. Mecanismo de revisión por pares en América Latina y el Caribe / Peer review mechanism in Latin America and the Caribbean
2. Diagnóstico sobre tecnologías y metodologías para la cartografía censal / Analysis of technologies and methodologies for census mapping
3. Metodologías de imputación aplicadas en encuestas de hogares y censos de población / Data imputation methodologies applied in household surveys and population censuses
4. Recomendaciones para incorporar metodologías de estimación en áreas pequeñas en la producción estadística / Recommendations for incorporating small area estimation methodologies into the production of statistics
5. Guía para la gestión de metadatos en la implementación del Modelo Genérico de Procesos Institucionales Estadísticos (MGPIE) / Guidelines on metadata management when implementing the Generic Statistical Business Process Model (GSBPM)
6. Manual sobre integración de datos administrativos relacionados con la infancia y la adolescencia / Manual on the integration of administrative data on children and adolescents
7. Herramientas para la transversalización de la perspectiva de género en el proceso de producción estadística / Tools for mainstreaming the gender perspective in statistical production processe
8. Guía para la elaboración de un sistema integrado de indicadores de bienestar / Guidelines for development of an integrated system of well-being indicators
9. Guía práctica para la producción de estadísticas armonizadas sobre desplazamiento forzado y migración / Practical guide for production of harmonized statistics on forced displacement and migration
10. Recomendaciones para fortalecer los sistemas oficiales de estadísticas ambientales / Recommendations for strengthening official environmental statistics systems
11. Guía de referencia sobre registros administrativos de la policía / Reference guide on police administrative records

Side event on national inclusion accounts

Organized by the Statistics Division.
National Inclusion Accounts (NIA) estimates are important for ensuring that public policies and programs take demographic changes into account. In this context, this event aims to share best practices and challenges identified by national statistical offices, international organizations, and other key stakeholders in the data ecosystem regarding the implementation and adaptation of NIAs in statistical systems, as well as their use in public policy decision-making.

Working groups, 2024-2025(cont.)

12. Diagnóstico sobre la medición de los contratistas dependientes y la economía informal / Analysis of measurement of dependent contractors and the informal economy
13. Diagnóstico sobre los marcos de área de las encuestas agropecuarias / Analysis of area frames in agricultural surveys

Informe de la Red de Transmisión del Conocimiento / Knowledge Transfer Network

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

Informe del Grupo de Alto Nivel de Colaboración, Coordinación y Fomento de la Capacidad en materia de Estadística para la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible

UN Datathon 2024

Other matters

Information on regional events and activities

•  National Office of Statistics (ONE) of the Dominican Republic
  Meeting on the theme Forging pathways for the strengthening of public-private partnerships to expedite the use of private data

• National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI) of Mexico
  International Meeting on Gender Statistics

• Claudia de Camino, CEPAL/ECLAC
  Ciclo 2021 del Programa de Comparación Internacional -PCI: Paridades de Poder Adquisitivo para América Latina y el Caribe / International Comparison Program ICP Cycle 2021: Purchasing Power Parities for Latin America and the Caribbean

• Georgina Alcantar-López, CEPAL/ECLAC
  Resultados de la encuesta sobre la situación de las estadísticas, indicadores y cuentas ambientales / Survey results on the status of environmental statistics, indicators and accounts

Consideration and adoption of agreements and closing session