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During the Regional Seminar on the Exchange of Experiences on Classifications and Nomenclatures held at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC); in December 2010, a proposal was put forward to create a working group on international classifications within the framework of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC. The Commission would act as the technical secretariat of the new working group.The Statistics and Economic Projections Division of ECLAC prepared the terms of reference of the proposed working group, in conjunction with the initiative committee for the creation of the group, which was made up of the following countries and institutions:i); National Institute of Statistics of Chile ii); Andean Communityiii); National Institute of Statistics and Census of Costa Rica iv); National Institute of Statistics and Geography of Mexico v); United Nations Statistics DivisionOn 6 April 2011, the terms of reference of the working group were presented at the tenth meeting of the Executive Committee of the Statistical Conference of the Americas, which approved the formation of an initiative committee for the creation of a working group on international classifications, whose overall objective would be to support the countries of the region in the adoption or adaptation of new versions of international classifications with a view to strengthening official statistics.Before this working group can be created, a programme of activities must be prepared and submitted for the consideration of the Conference at its sixth meeting, to be held from 16 to 18 November in the Dominican Republic.