Regional workshop on legal frameworks for the production of official statistics

Event

Work area(s)

Statistics

Topic(s)

Institutional framework for statistics

Teaser

This meeting between the National Statistics Offices (NSOs) of Latin America and the Caribbean is proposed as a space for reflection and discussion about the state of the National Statistical Systems (NSS) of the region and the main challenges of the institutional framework and its legal frameworks, based on the exchange of experiences, processes and activities on statistical laws.

Event information

Statistical Conference of the Americas of the ECLAC

Date

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Event type

Meetings and technical symposiums

The regional workshop on legal frameworks for the production of official statistics is an initiative of the Working Group on Institutional Strengthening (GTFI) of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC and is organized by the National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE) of Colombia and ECLAC, as Coordinator and Technical Secretariat of the Group, respectively.

The meeting is funded by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Development Account of the United Nations, Tranch 10.

The workshop is organized into four blocks that considers topics, such as:

  1. Importance of the National Statistical Systems and the establishment of a legal framework.
  2. Organization and governance of the National Statistical Systems.
  3. Conditions for the production and dissemination of statistics in the legal framework
  4. Challenges and perspectives for the strengthening and regional implementation of statistical laws.

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Programme of work

5am,

Opening words

3 July 2018, 5am - 3 July 2018, 5am

Presentation(s)

• Mauricio Perfetti del Corral, Director, DANE


• Xavier Mancero, División de Estadísticas, CEPAL / ECLAC Statistics Division


• Rafael de la Cruz, Representante del BID en Colombia / IDB Representative in Colombia


• Gabriel Gamez, División de Estadísticas de las Naciones Unidas (DENU) / United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)


5am,

SESSION I: IMPORTANCE OF NATIONAL STATISTICAL SYSTEMS (NSS) AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A LEGAL FRAMEWORK

3 July 2018, 5am - 3 July 2018, 7am

Presentation(s)

Geoffrey Greenwell, Paris21

Marcos normativos para la organización de los Sistemas Estadísticos Nacionales

File


José Antonio Mejía, BID / IDB

Contexto político-institucional y desarrollo de los SEN

File


- Preguntas del auditorio / Questions from the audience


7am,

SESSION II: LEGAL FRAMEWORKS: ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNANCE OF NATIONAL STATISTICAL SYSTEMS

3 July 2018, 7am - 3 July 2018, 8am

Presentation(s)

Gabriel Gamez, DENU / UNSD

Basic elements of a statistical law for the organization and governance of NSSs

File


Claudia Junker, Eurostat

Marco de la UE y prácticas de los países con respecto a la coordinación de los sistemas estadísticos nacionales / EU framework and country practices regarding the coordination of national statistical systems

File


- Preguntas del auditorio / Questions from the audience


10am,

Panel 1: Structure and implementation of statistical laws of the NSS in the region

3 July 2018, 10am - 3 July 2018, 12pm

Presentation(s)

» Moderador / Moderator: Aimée Cosculluela, Cuba


▪ Panelistas / Panelist:

https://youtu.be/7nEMdBgLpO4

− Ana Paola Gómez, DANE, Colombia


− Tiemonne Charles, Central Statistics Office, Granada / Grenada


− Jorge Ventura, INEGI, México


− Marcelo Amarilla, Dirección General de Estadística , Encuestas y Censos (DGEEC), Paraguay


- Preguntas del auditorio y conclusiones del panel / Questions from the audience and conclusions of the panel


Pauline Stockins, CEPAL / ECLAC

Desafíos de los SEN para el seguimiento de los ODS

File


12pm,

Panel 2: Normative mechanisms to coordinate the NSS and the SDGs in the region: Opportunities and challenges

3 July 2018, 12pm - 3 July 2018, 1pm

Presentation(s)

» Moderador / Moderator: ANTIGUA Y BARBUDA / ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA


▪ Panelistas / Panelist:

− REPUBLICA DOMINICANA / DOMINICAN REPUBLIC


− HONDURAS


− JAMAICA


− SANTA LUCIA / SAINT LUCIA


- Preguntas del auditorio y conclusiones del panel / Questions from the audience and conclusions of the panel


4am,

SESSION III: LEGAL FRAMEWORKS: CONDITIONS FOR THE PRODUCTION AND DISSEMINATION OF STATISTICS

4 July 2018, 4am - 4 July 2018, 6am

Presentation(s)

Gabriel Gamez, DENU / UNSD

Basic elements of a statistical law for the production and dissemination of statistics

File


Gabriel Gamez, DENU / UNSD

Mechanisms for the assurance of statistical quality

File


- Preguntas del auditorio / Questions from the audience


6am,

Panel 1: Regulatory framework and quality assurance in the countries of the region

4 July 2018, 6am - 4 July 2018, 8am

Presentation(s)

» Moderador / Moderator: NICARAGUA


▪ Panelistas / Panelist:

− BRASIL / BRAZIL


− COLOMBIA


− COSTA RICA


− ECUADOR


− PERU


- Preguntas del auditorio y conclusiones del panel / Questions from the audience and conclusions of the panel


Wim Kloek - Aleksandra Bujnowska, Eurostat

Normative scope for the treatment of confidentiality and dissemination of official statistics

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- Preguntas del auditorio / Question from the audience


8am,

Panel 2: Confidentiality and dissemination of NSS information in the regulatory framework: practices and challenges in the region

4 July 2018, 8am - 4 July 2018, 11am

Presentation(s)

» Moderador / Moderator: SAN VICENTE Y LAS GRANADINAS / SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES


▪ Panelistas / Panelist:

− ARGENTINA


− BELICE / BELIZE


− SURINAME


− • VENEZUELA VENEZUELA (REPUBLICA BOLIVARIANA DE / BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF)


- Preguntas del auditorio y conclusiones del panel / Questions from the audience and conclusions of the panel


Geoffrey Greenwell, Paris21

Acceso a fuentes alternativas para la producción estadística / Access to alternative sources for statistical production


- Preguntas del auditorio / Questions from audience


11am,

Panel 3: Regulatory barriers and opportunities for the use of administrative records and information exchange among NSS members

4 July 2018, 11am - 4 July 2018, 1pm

Presentation(s)

» Moderador / Moderator: SAINT KITTS Y NEVIS / SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS


▪ Panelistas / Panelist:

− BARBADOS


− BOLIVIA (ESTADO PLURINACIONAL DE / PLURINATIONAL STATE OF)


− MEXICO


− URUGUAY


- Preguntas del auditorio y conclusiones del panel / Questions from the audience and conclusions of the panel


- Explicación metodológica de las mesas de trabajo / Methodological explanation of the work tables


4am,

SESSION IV: WORKING TABLES. CHALLENGES AND PERSPECTIVES FOR THE STRENGTHENING AND REGIONAL IMPLEMENTATION OF STATISTICAL LAWS

5 July 2018, 4am - 5 July 2018, 9am

Presentation(s)

» Moderador / Moderator: Gabriel Gamez, DENU / UNSD

Mesa / Table 1: Fortalecimiento marco legal de los SEN / Strengthening the legal framework of the NSS


» Moderador / Moderator: Abdullahi Abdulkadri, CEPAL / ECLAC

Mesa / Table 2: Direccionamiento de los SEN / Addressing the NSS


» Moderador / Moderator: Geoffrey Greenwell, Paris21

Mesa / Table 3: Retos entre el SEN y los ODS / Challenges between the SEN and the SDGs


» Moderador / Moderator: Rocío Miranda y Pauline Stockins, CEPAL / ECLAC

Mesa / Table 4: Aseguramiento de la calidad estadística en el marco normativo / Assurance of statistical quality in the regulatory framework


» Moderador / Moderator: José Antonio Mejía, BID / IDB

Mesa / Table 5: Confidencialidad y el uso de fuentes alternativas para la producción de estadísticas / Confidentiality and the use of alternative sources for the production of statistics


- Conclusiones mesas de trabajo / Conclusions of the working tables


- Principales conclusiones del taller y próximos pasos / Main conclusions of the workshop and next steps


» Palabras de cierre del evento / Closing remarks


• Mauricio Perfetti del Corral, Director, DANE


• Xavier Mancero, División de Estadísticas, CEPAL / ECLAC


• Rafael de la Cruz, Representante del BID en Colombia / IDB Representative in Colombia


• Gabriel Gamez, DENU / UNSD


Attachment(s)

Organizing institution

Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)

  • https://www.cepal.org
  • 56 222100000
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Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE) Colombia

  • http://www.dane.gov.co/
  • (571) 597 8300
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Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

  • http://www.iadb.org/es/banco-interamericano-de-desarrollo,2837.html
  • (202) 623-1000
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Subsidiary body(ies) / Intergovernmental meeting

Statistical Conference of the Americas

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