This global gathering of statistical practitioners, professionals and experts from industries, academia and official authorities provides an opportunity to exchange knowledge and establish networks for future engagements and collaborations. It his hosted by the International Statistical Institute (ISI) and the Department of Statistics Malaysia. Through presentation and discussion of around 1,500 papers, this event will…
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development reflects a unique global consensus and commitment to address the world’s most acute and pressing challenges. But to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, and to leave no one behind, everyone in the world should be represented in up-to-date and timely data that can be used to measure progress and…
PARIS21 and UN Women are collaborating on a project within the Making every woman and girl count initiative to strengthen national statistical systems to produce quality gender statistics aligned with national priorities and Agenda 2030. We have developed a framework for the assessment of gender statistics in terms of data gaps and capacity gaps of…
The Fifth Conference of African Ministers responsible for Civil Registration (COM5) will take place from 14 to 18 October 2019 in Lusaka, Zambia. The conference will have two segments: Expert Meeting (14-16 October 2019) and Ministerial Meeting (17-18 October 2019). The conference is being organized by the African Union Commission in collaboration with the United…
The festival, which will be the first of its kind in the State of Palestine, aims to promote the culture of data science in Palestine. The festival is also considered a golden opportunity to exchange ideas and expertise, as well as getting knowledge of the national and international initiatives on data science, where certain national…
Do you want to improve how the City of Los Angeles measures community sustainability? Join us to understand how the City of Los Angeles measures our work related to the U.N.'s Sustainable Development Goals and how to improve the way we measure poverty and homelessness. Global experts will be discussing these issues and a working…
The sixty-third session of the Commission on the Status of Women is taking place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 11 to 22 March 2019. Representatives of Member States, UN entities, and ECOSOC-accredited non-governmental organizations from all regions of the world are attending the session.
The ODI Summit is the ODI’s flagship event covering critical issues around data and its roles and impacts across sectors – from commercial business to public services, the arts to charities. Keynotes, interactive panels, performances and demos will uncover how we can create positive impacts for organisations and societies, and make data work for everyone.…
With only ten years remaining to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, there is an increased demand for inclusive, high-quality data to drive progress. This event will showcase the results of a five-year research program on big data and gender, featuring groundbreaking projects that investigated the potential of new data sources to answer critical questions about…
The Regional Workshop and Meeting on Improving Availability and Coordination Mechanism of Gender Statistics in Africa discusses how to improve capacity and strengthen gender data including the development of a minimal set of gender statistics in Africa. The agenda covers topics ranging from coordination of gender statistics by various levels of institutions, to steps required and a roadmap for effective coordination, to an assessment of current status and best practices in countries, to stategies for bridging gaps in gender statistics.
The 50th session of the United Nations Statistical Commission established a Friends of the Chair Group (FOCG) on Economic Statistics. The Commission requested that the Friends of the Chair Group convene meetings over the next year to discuss whether the current planned updates meet the needs of a future state of the system of economic…
Data2X, the Financial Alliance for Women and the team working on Celo are delighted to cordially invite you to Moving from Gender Neutral to Gender Intelligent: Inclusive Digital Finance for Women, the final session of the Data Driving Action for Women Dialogue Series. Data2X’s Women’s Financial Inclusion Data (WFID) partnership is encouraging catalytic action by…
