Joint Meeting of SCA Member Countries and Members of the United Nations Regional Committee on Global Geospatial Information Management for the Americas (UN-GGIM-Americas)

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ECLAC Hosts Regional Meeting, the First of its Kind Globally, between the Statistics and Geospatial Communities of Latin America and the Caribbean.

Event information

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Date

5 April 2017, 12:00 - 15:00

Event type

Meetings of the United Nations system

Programme of work

Opening and Welcome Remarks

12:00 - 12:20

▪ Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL / Executive Secretary of ECLAC)
▪ Mario Palma, Presidente de la CEA-CEPAL / President of SCA-ECLAC
▪ Rolando Ocampo, Presidente de UN-GGIM: Américas / President of UN-GGIM: Americas

Introduction of participants

12:20 - 12:30

ECOSOC Resolution for the Strengthening of UN-GGIM

12:30 - 12:40

Presentation(s)

Cecille Blake. Secretariado de UN-GGM / UN-GGM Secretariat

ECOSOC Resolution on Strengthening UN-GGIM, the Process and Implications


ECLAC Resolution for the Integration of Statistical and Geospatial Information in the Americas

12:40 - 12:50

Presentation(s)

Pascual Gerstenfeld, CEPAL, Secretariado CEA / ECLAC, SCA Secretariat

Expert Group on the Integration of Statistical and Geospatial Information (EG-ISGI). Statistical Commission - UN-GGIM

12:50 - 13:00

Presentation(s)

Rolando Ocampo, Co-chair del EG-ISGI / Co-chair of EG-ISGI.

Integración de Información Estadística y Geográfica


Progress and Perspectives of the Geospatial Statistical Framework for the Americas

13:00 - 13:10

Presentation(s)

Carlos Augusto Molina, Delegado del DANE, Coordinador del GT-ISGI Américas / Delegate of DANE, Coordinator of EG-ISGI Americas

Marco Estadístico y Geoespacial para las Américas (MEGA)


Integration of Statistical and Geospatial Information in Agenda 2030 in the Americas

13:10 - 13:30

Presentation(s)

Sergio Cimbaro

Caso de la República Argentina


Opportunities for the integration of statistical and geospatial information: the Censal Round 2020

13:30 - 13:40

Presentation(s)

Pascual Gerstenfeld, CEPAL, ECLAC, SCA Secretariat / Secretariado CEA


Consultations and comments by Member States

13:55 - 14:30

Proposals for joint work steps and expected results for the next meeting of the Statistical Conference of the Americas

14:30 - 14:50

Conclusions and closure . Official Photography

14:50 - 15:00

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