Sustainable Funding for Statistics Off to a Slow Start
The Sustainable Development Goals place new demands on the statistical systems of developing countries, but support for building sufficient capacity is lagging behind.
World Food Day
16/10/2017, Global
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations celebrates World Food Day each year on 16 October to commemorate the founding of the Organization in 1945. Events are organized in over 150 countries across the world, making it one of the most celebrated days of the UN calendar. These events promote worldwide awareness and action for those who suffer from hunger and for the need to ensure food security and nutritious diets for all…more
Three Takeaways from IODC
Several sessions were convened at the 2016 International Open Data Conference (IODC), from Oct. 3-5 in Madrid, connecting the open data community and national statistical offices (NSOs) with the aim of fostering and strengthening linkages between them.
World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund Annual Meetings
13/10/2017 – 15/10/2017, Washington, DC, USA
Each autumn, the Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund (IMF) hold Annual Meetings to discuss a range of issues related to poverty reduction, international economic development and finance. The Annual Meetings provide a forum for international cooperation and enable the Bank and Fund to better serve their member countries…more
Technical Workshop on Revenue Statistics
12/10/2017 – 13/10/2017, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Organized by the Department of Economic Affairs of the African Union Commission (AUC) in collaboration with the African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF) and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the objective of the planned workshop is for senior and technical government officials of Member States to:
• Discuss the findings of the Second Edition of Revenue Statistics in Africa, which includes16 countries
• Exchange on country-specific conditions impacting revenue collection
• Share experiences and co-create practical tools to better use tax revenue data
• Shape the third edition of the publication, which aims to cover at least 20 countries
• Work on the third edition of Revenue Statistics in Africa..more
July-September, 2016
Since July open data professionals have been busy preparing for the UN General Assembly and the International Open Data Conference. In the last three months, there have been noteworthy developments,…
Committee on Gender and Social Development: Second Session
11/10/2017 – 12/10/2017, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Hosted by the UN Economic Commission for Africa, the theme for the second session of the Committee, “Achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Agenda 2063: from planning to implementation of gender and social development goals for inclusive and sustainable development”, provides a framework for the policy discussion. This follows on a discussion begun at the first session of the Committee, held on 17 December 2015, and the second session will offer member States an opportunity to deliberate further on what is required to address gender and social development goals in national planning and implementation processes. The outcome of the second session will contribute to framing Africa’s priorities on gender and social development issues and to aligning planning processes for the effective implementation of programmes…more
CODATA 2017 Conference
08/10/2017 – 12/10/2017, St. Petersburg, Russia
The purpose of the conference is to explore the fundamental issues relating to the availability, (re-)use and scientific analysis of data that relate to the most significant contemporary global challenges. Global science is increasingly data-driven. Major international scientific programs contribute to a collective endeavor to understand contemporary global processes and phenomena that are of deep relevance to contemporary societies. The unprecedented volume of data generated by the digital revolution of recent decades has led to the emergence of distinctive and powerful means of characterizing and understanding the complex systems that are at the heart of many global challenges. These developments raise major questions around data collection, stewardship and analysis; and there are timely lessons to be shared between the academic and commercial sectors…more
IODC16 Pre-Conference Workshop Assembles NSO and Open Data Communities
An IODC pre-conference workshop on “Openness and National Statistical Offices: A Review of Available Tools and Methods” examined the supply of open data tools and the needs and challenges facing National Statistical Offices (NSOs) at the country level…
2017 International Conference on the Sustainable Development Goals Statistics
04/10/2017 – 06/10/2017, Manila, Philippines
The Philippines, through the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), in collaboration with the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), is organizing the 2017 International Conference on Sustainable Development Goals Statistics. The Conference will serve as venue for knowledge sharing/discussion on the methodologies, addressing data gaps and use of other data sources given the numerous SDG indicators including the demand for data disaggregation (geographical, income, sectoral, age, sex, race, ethnicity or other characteristics)…more