Seminar on Accounting for Global Value Chains

Past Events

06/06/2017 – 08/06/2017, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg

Eurostat and UN Statistics Division are jointly organizing a seminar on Accounting for Global Value Chains in Luxembourg.The seminar will discuss the Handbook on Accounting for Global Value Chains. The main objective of the Handbook is to provide a high-level overview of how economic statistics can be made more accurate and relevant in measuring the effects of globalization in national accounts and business statistics. The Handbook will provide a national perspective on globalization based on a Global Value Chain approach for specific industries in a multi-country supply chain of goods, value adding services and institutional arrangements. It should be helpful to a wide range of data compilers…more

Capacity Building Program on the Framework for the Development of Environment Statistics in Africa

Past Events

06/06/2017 – 29/06/2017, Virtual

A capacity building program on the Framework for the Development of Environment Statistics has been launched by the African Centre for Statistics of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa jointly with the United Nations Statistics Division and the United Nations Environment Programme. Environmental sustainability is recognized as one of the three pillars that are critically linked to well-being of human in the global sustainable development agenda. The environmental issues are urgent and increasingly aggravating in Africa. Disasters triggered by rapid-onset natural hazards such as floods forced 1.1 million people displaced in 2015. A spell of extended droughts and vegetation change from climate change are pushing many more people to the brink of famine. The population pressure on the environment such as urban pollution, deforestation and loss of top soil and underground water is at alarming rate and the situation will only exacerbate as its population is expected to be doubled by 2050…more

OECD Forum

Past Events

06/06/2017 – 07/06/2017, Paris, France

The OECD Forum is a public event, that has emerged as a major international conference where policies and ideas are shared between governments, businesses, civil society, and academia…more