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Coordinating International Statistical Collection and Dissemination

This expert group meeting discusses the need for coordination in collecting and disseminating statistics, focusing on the case of the United Nations Demographic Yearbook system. The meeting explores various areas of coordination, including population estimates, migration statistics, economic activity, and regional issues. The meeting seeks to identify ways to enhance coordination and address duplication issues, while also considering the needs of national statistical agencies and the usefulness of regional reports.

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Coordinating International Statistical Collection and Dissemination

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  1. Expert Group Meeting to Review the United Nations Demographic Yearbook System 10-14 November 2003 New York Coordinating the international collection and dissemination of statistics: The case of the Demographic Yearbook Demographic and Social Statistics Branch United Nations Statistics Division

  2. The need to coordinate collection and dissemination of statistics • Increased number of collectors at international level • More and more requests for data received by national statistical office • Duplication in dissemination and issues of citation and sourcing

  3. The need to coordinate collection and dissemination of statistics • Two goals of the Demographic Yearbook system: • Reduce the burden of replies placed on national statistical offices • Adapt the dissemination to better meet the needs at regional levels

  4. Coordinating data collection • Population estimates and vital statistics • Developing Joint questionnaire and launching it since 1999 – UNSD, Eurostat and Council of Europe • Two appendices • Regular annual coordination meetings • Positive reaction from countries • Room for improvement

  5. Coordinating data collection • Migration statistics • Developing Joint questionnaire and launching it since 1999 – UNSD, Eurostat and Council of Europe • Reviewing the questionnaire by UNSD • Upon review, further work on harmonization is needed

  6. Coordinating data collection • Statistics on economic activity of the population • Two sources of data: census and labor force survey • Division of labor – UNSD and ILO • Joint work on the special issue of the Demographic Yearbook

  7. Coordinating data dissemination • Until now, Demographic Yearbook only at world level • Since 2002, regional issues are prepared • Cooperation with CARICOM • Cooperation with ESCAP

  8. The way ahead • Increase coordination at international level • Tracking and documenting duplication in data requests and dissemination and taking measures to avoid it • Regional dimension • Coordination also means additional efforts in processing, capturing and disseminating statistics

  9. Points for discussion • Other ways of enhancing coordination? • At the level of national agency, what are the major issues regarding data requests? And what are the needs of national agencies? • Regional reports: How useful are they? • Aside from UNSD, in the field of demographic statistics, are there any other UN-related entity requesting data?

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