Data Governance, Innovation and Quality Assurance in a Changing Data Ecosystem

The Workshop on Data Governance, Innovation and Quality Assurance in a Changing Data Ecosystem for the Asia-Pacific Region will take place from 13 to 16 October 2026 in Chiba, Japan. The workshop is jointly organised by the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) and the United Nations Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific (SIAP), with the support of the Office of the Director-General for Policy Planning on Statistical Policy, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC), Government of Japan. The workshop is also supported by the United Nations Development Account 18th tranche project, which will facilitate the participation of selected beneficiary countries in the Asia-Pacific region. The workshop will be conducted in English. 

Official statistics are essential for informed decision-making, public accountability and public trust. As demand grows for more timely, granular and integrated data, national statistical offices are increasingly expected to draw on administrative records, geospatial information, data science, artificial intelligence and other new and alternative data sources. These developments offer important opportunities to modernise statistical production and better meet user needs, while also raising challenges related to governance, data access, confidentiality, transparency, interoperability, methodological soundness and quality assurance.