Twenty-first session of the Governing Council and Associated Events

The Council, in the session, will consider several issues, including the Director’s report on the Institute’s achievements in 2025 and the proposed work plan for 2026. 

The Management Seminar, organized by SIAP, aims to strengthen the leadership and management capabilities of the heads of NSOs by providing a forum to discuss, exchange views and share experiences. This year’s theme is related to User Engagement. The seminar will draw on the experience of participants in the areas of engagement with users of data and related stakeholders. 

The SBJ-SIAP Collaboration Seminar is about ‘Improvement of Data Collection and Dissemination’ adopted by NSOs. This aims to contribute towards user engagement of official statistics in Asia and the Pacific region by sharing the experience and challenge for improving of data collection and dissemination. Further information is available on the SBJ website: https://www.stat.go.jp/english/info/meetings/sbjseminar2025/index.html. 

The World Statistics Day Forum 2025 aims to deepen understanding of the challenges and roles of statistics, based on international trends in the use of statistics and data. Through keynote speeches by the United Nations Statistics Division and presentations of case studies from Japan, the forum will promote the importance of utilizing statistics both domestically and internationally. Further information, including schedules and venue, will be communicated in due course.

• Twenty-first session of the Governing Council of the Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific (SIAP),          1 and 2 December 2025, Chiba
• Management Seminar Series
  • Twentieth Management Seminar for the Heads of National Statistical Offices (NSOs) in Asia and the Pacific,  2 and 3 December 2025, Chiba and Tokyo
  • Collaboration Seminar of Statistics Bureau of Japan (SBJ) and SIAP,  4 December 2025 (morning), Tokyo
• World Statistics Day Forum 2025, organized by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Government of Japan,  4 December 2025 (afternoon), Tokyo