Eighteenth meeting of the Executive Committee of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC
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At this meeting will analyze from different perspectives the strategic challenges and priorities for the region’s statistical development. These priority areas and the expected outcomes will serve to guide the preparation of the Working Groups’ programs of activities for the 2020-2021 period.
Event information

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At this eighteenth meeting, the Executive Committee will analyse the priorities for regional statistical development and consider how to address these through collaborative work by the countries. It will also follow up on the biennial programme of regional and international activities, 2018–2019, of the Conference and the activities of the Conference in relation to monitoring of the Sustainable Development Goals. Among other matters, the Committee will also consider the rotation of the members of the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on Sustainable Development Goal Indicators (IAEG-SDG) and the High-level Group for Partnership, Coordination and Capacity-Building for Statistics for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (HLG).
AGREEMENTS AND REPORT
Report of the Eighteenth meeting of the Executive Committee of the SCA (LC/CE.18/5)
Agreements of the Eighteenth meeting of of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC (28 March)
WORKING DOCUMENTS
REFERENCE DOCUMENTS
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Programme of work
Meeting of heads of delegation of the Executive Committee of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) (Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Italy, Jamaica, Mexico and Peru) (closed meeting)
Opening session
Presentation(s)
• Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL / Executive Secretary of ECLAC
• Guillermo Pattillo Álvarez, Director del INE de Chile, en su calidad de Presidente de la CEA-CEPAL / Director of INE-Chile, in his capacity as Chair of SCA-ECLAC
Adoption of the agenda
Analysis of priorities for regional statistical development
Presentation(s)
• Asuntos estratégicos y de gestión de las oficinas nacionales de estadística y los sistemas estadísticos nacionales
• Strategic and management matters concerning national statistical offices and national statistic systems
Cuestionario sobre desafíos estratégicos para el desarrollo estadístico de América Latina y el Caribe en 2020-2021
Questionnaire on strategic challenges for the statistical development of Latin America and the Caribbean in 2020-2021
• Estadísticas ambientales / Environmental statistics
Meeting of heads of delegation of the Executive Committee of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC (Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Italy, Jamaica, Mexico and Peru) (closed meeting)
Analysis of priorities for regional statistical development (continued)
Presentation(s)
Review of progress in the implementation of the biennial programme of regional and international cooperation activities, 2018–2019, of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC
Presentation(s)
• Informe de la Secretaría sobre los avances de los Grupos de Trabajo
• Report by the secretariat on progress of the working groups
• Informe de la Secretaría sobre las actividades del Grupo de Coordinación Estadística para la Agenda 2030 en ALC
• Report by the secretariat on the activities of the Statistical Coordination Group for the 2030 Agenda in LAC
• Intervenciones de los participantes / Statements by the participants
Other matters
Presentation(s)
• Proceso de rotación de los representantes de América Latina y el Caribe en el IAEG-SDGs y en el HLG-PCCB / Rotation of representatives of Latin America and the Caribbean in the IAEG-SDGs and the HLG-PCCB
• Información sobre los avances en la implementación del Marco Estadístico y Geoespacial para las Américas (MEGA) / Information on progress in the implementation of the Statistical and Geospatial Framework for the Americas (MEGA)
• Información sobre los preparativos para la Décima Reunión de la Conferencia Estadística de las Américas / Information on preparations for the tenth meeting of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC
• Intervenciones de los participantes / Statements by the participants
• Consideración y aprobación de los acuerdos / Consideration and adoption of agreements
• Clausura / Closing session
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Attachment(s)
- Agreements of the Eighteenth meeting of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC
- Preliminary programme of Eighteenth meeting of the Executive Committee of ECLAC
- LC/CE.18/1: Provisional agenda
- LC/CE.18/2/Rev.1: Annotated provisional agenda
- LC/CE.18/3: Second report on the implementation of the biennial programme of regional and international cooperation activities
- LC/CE.18/4: Report on the activities of the Statistical Coordination Group for the 2030 Agenda in LAC
- General information of the Eighteenth meeting of the Executive Committee
Related link(s)
Organizing institution
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
- https://www.cepal.org
- 56 222100000