2016 Archives

Fourth Conference of Ministers Responsible for Civil Registration

Past EventsBy ameliap 4 December 2016

04/12/2017 – 08/12/2017, Nouakchott, Mauritania

The African Union Commission, in collaboration with the ECA the AfDB as well as other partners, is organizing the Fourth Conference of Ministers Responsible for Civil Registration, on the theme: ‘Accelerating a coordinated improvement of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) for implementation and monitoring development in Africa: Review of progress and the way forward’. The overall objective of the conference is to deliberate on the possible ways of making strategic shifts to move the Africa Programme on Accelerated Improvement of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (APAI-CRVS), to the next level of maturity through taking stock of the achievements and challenges…more

African Economic Conference 2017

Past EventsBy ameliap 4 December 2016

04/12/2017 – 06/12/2017, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Hosted by the African Development Bank, UN Economic Commission for Africa, and UN Development Programme, the African Economic Conference provides a forum for leading thinkers and practitioners to discuss the emerging issues in Africa. The specific objectives of the Conference series are the following:

Promote knowledge management as an important driver of policy dialogue, good policy planning and implementation;
Foster dialogue that promotes the exchange of ideas and innovative thinking among researchers, development practitioners and African policymakers;
Encourage and enhance research on economic and policy issues relating to the development of African economies;
Provide an opportunity for young African researchers, Africans in the diaspora and regional and subregional organizations to disseminate their research findings and share information with African policymakers on the work that they do in the region…more

ESCAP SDG WEEK: Invovation – Integration – Inclusiveness. Implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific

Past EventsBy ameliap 27 November 2016

27/11/2017 – 01/12/2017, Bangkok, Thailand

SDG Week aims to strengthen capacity and increase momentum for SDG implementation in the region through sharing of experiences and knowledge and showcasing innovative, integrated and inclusive approaches. The goal is to facilitate the discussion of tools, support, and partnerships available, including from ESCAP, to overcome bottlenecks and enhance understanding of opportunities for implementing the 2030 Agenda in line with the road map…more

AfricaGIS 2017 Conference

Past EventsBy ameliap 21 November 2016

21/11/2017 – 24/11/2017, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Hosted by the UN Economic Commission for Africa, AfricaGIS™ is the premier conference and exhibition focusing on geo-information science and technologies in Africa. The principal objective of AfricaGIS™ is to provide a platform for geo-information professionals from Africa to learn about geo-information science and technology and its applications. This unique conference provides a forum for geo-information professionals to meet, interact, and be updated on new developments, products and emerging trends and issues. It also provides a unique opportunity for interaction among practitioners to share information and knowledge to advance the development and application of geo-information science and technologies to meet African developmental needs…more

The Expert Group Meeting on Geospatial Standards for Africa

Past EventsBy ameliap 20 November 2016

20/11/2017 – 22/11/2017, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Hosted by UN Economic Commission for Africa, this meeting aims at developing a profile of key standards which are relevant and could be used to guide Member States on the development of a common continental framework on geospatial standards for Africa…more

5th IMF Statistical Forum

Past EventsBy ameliap 16 November 2016

16/11/2017 – 17/11/2017, Washington, DC, USA

Hosted by the International Monetary Fund, the Forum is a platform for policymakers, academics, researchers, and compilers of economic and financial data to come together to discuss cutting-edge issues in macroeconomic and financial statistics and to build support for statistical improvements. The theme of this year’s Statistical Forum is “Measuring the Digital Economy.” Digitalization has transformed the way we work, consume, and engage with one another. Against a backdrop of slow growth of GDP and productivity, concerns that existing macroeconomic statistics may not fully capture the gains from digital and digitally-enabled products and activities have become a topic of much discussion and debate. The Forum will include empirical or conceptual papers that foster progress on understanding the implications of digitalization for macroeconomic and financial statistics and developing strategies to fill the measurement gaps…more

Sixth meeting of the IAEG-SDGs

Past EventsBy ameliap 11 November 2016

11/11/2017 – 14/11/2017, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain

Hosted by The Bahrain Center for Strategic, International and Energy Studies (DERASAT),the sixth meeting of the Inter-agency and Expert Group on Sustainable Development Goal Indicators (IAEG-SDGs) will follow the same format as previous IAEG-SDG meetings, with a Members meeting taking place during the first two days and a Plenary Session taking place during the second two days. During the plenary session, all countries, international and regional agencies and entities, and other stakeholders are invited to attend…more

2nd Asia Finance Forum: FinTech and Sustainable Development

Past EventsBy ameliap 8 November 2016

8/11/2017 – 10/11/2017, Manila, Philippines

The conference, in collaboration between Asian Development Bank (ADB) and ADB Institute, aims to discuss the growing importance of digital finance and its cross-cutting impacts on sustainable development goals including poverty reduction, inclusive economic growth, inequality mitigation, as well as having an impact on addressing thematic issues such as hunger, health, education, gender, energy, infrastructure, and climate change…more

The Seminar on the UN Methodological Guidelines on the Production of Statistics on Asset Ownership from a Gender Perspective (EDGE meeting)

Past EventsBy ameliap 1 November 2016

01/11/2017 – 02/11/2017, Rome, Italy

Hosted by the UN Statistics Division, the seminar will present the UN Methodological Guidelines on the Production of Statistics on Asset Ownership from a Gender Perspective, developed under the Evidence and Data for Gender Equality (EDGE) project. The guidelines provide national statistical agencies and policy makers with guidance on collecting, processing, analysing and disseminating individual-level household survey data on asset ownership. Lessons learned from the EDGE pilot countries which tested the methodology will also be shared. The meeting will also cover the methodology proposed to measure and monitor SDG indicator 5.a.1 (5.a.1 (a) Proportion of total agricultural population with ownership or secure rights over agricultural land, by sex; and (b) share of women among owners or rights-bearers of agricultural land, by type of tenure), in line with the EDGE methods…more

South and South-West Asia Forum on Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals

Past EventsBy ameliap 1 November 2016

01/11/2017 – 2/11/2017, Kathmandu, Nepal

Hosted by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, the South and South-West Asia Forum on Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals provides a unique opportunity to share perspectives on “Transformation towards sustainable and resilient societies,” the theme of the next session of the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) in 2018 and the fifth session of the Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD) also in 2018…more

Yearly Archives: 2016