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Mapping the international data system

Mapping the international data system. Professor Denise Lievesley Head of School of Social Science and Public Policy, King’s College London and Chair, European Statistical Advisory Committee. UN New York. UN statistics division UN population division

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Mapping the international data system

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  1. Mapping the international data system Professor Denise Lievesley Head of School of Social Science and Public Policy, King’s College London and Chair, European Statistical Advisory Committee

  2. UN New York • UN statistics division • UN population division • Reporting to Economic and Social Research Council of the UN

  3. UN Statistics Division • Co-ordination of statistical activities • Publication of compendia • Censuses • Secretariat of the UN Statistical Commission • UN Population Division • Population estimates and projections

  4. UN Specialist Agencies ”sister” UN New York UN Specialist Agencies ”daughter” UN Regional Bodies

  5. Example daughter agencies • UNDP • UNFPA • UNICEF • Users of data rather than data agencies

  6. Example sister agencies • UNESCO • FAO • WHO • UNIDO

  7. Regional bodies of the UN • Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) • Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) • Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) • Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) • Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)

  8. Technical capacity building International classifications Monitoring the effectiveness of aid Promoting good practice in statistics Guardianship of cross-national databases Advocacy for evidence-based policies Tracking internationalaid Methodological and technical projects Analysis and interpretation of cross-national data The international statistician

  9. Example : Activities of UIS • Collection and dissemination of cross-nationally comparable data on education, science, technology, culture and communications • Providing a forum for sharing of statistical information • Technical capacity building within countries for users and producers of data • Analysis and interpretation of international data (often in partnership with others) • Special methodological and technical projects; conceptual development; establishment and maintenance of international classifications; setting norms

  10. UN Statistical Commission • Annual meeting in New York • Heads of National Statistical Institutes (permanent, rotational and observer) • Observer heads of statistics for UN bodies and other bodies ( eg Bretton Woods establishments) and NGOs • Programme of work • Friends of the Chair • City groups • REGIONAL COMMISSIONS TOO

  11. Co-ordination committee of statistical activities • Specialist and regional agencies of the UN • Other relevant bodies (IMF, WORLD BANK, OECD, EUROSTAT) • Share experiences • Debate differences • Co-ordinate activities • Work together

  12. Policies on data • Data collection – voluntary or compulsory? • Who collects what? (concept of a lead agencies) • Data formats • Pricing • Involvement with users

  13. Statistical capacity building • Regional bodies such as SIAP in Tokyo • Initiatives of bilateral as well as multi-lateral and regional bodies • PARIS 21 • Established in 1999 • Sets policies and co-ordinates activities • Represents the ‘users’

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