Eleventh Management Seminar for the Heads of National Statistical Offices in Asia and the Pacific
Topic: Positioning statistics as a development imperative: Opportunities in the context of formulating the post-2015 development agenda
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21 to 22 November 2013
Chiba , Japan
Overview
The annual management seminar series aims to strengthen the leadership and management capabilities of the heads of national statistical offices (NSOs) by providing a forum to discuss, to exchange views and to share experiences among heads of NSOs. The current seminar conveys the urgent message that leadership matters in positioning statistics as a development imperative in the context of the on-going processes on formulating the post-2015 development agenda. The seminar aims to accelerate preparedness of heads of national statistical offices to lead official statistical systems into the post-2015 era.
The annual management seminar series aims to strengthen the leadership and management capabilities of the heads of national statistical offices (NSOs) by providing a forum to discuss, to exchange views and to share experiences among heads of NSOs. The current seminar conveys the urgent message that leadership matters in positioning statistics as a development imperative in the context of the on-going processes on formulating the post-2015 development agenda. The seminar aims to accelerate preparedness of heads of national statistical offices to lead official statistical systems into the post-2015 era.
The Trigger:
| The Report of the High-‐Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-‐2015 Development Agenda (HLP) | |
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| Vision, drivers, and goal- ‐target-‐indicator framework for measuring, monitoring, and reporting of progress in the eradication of extreme poverty through sustainable development - Measurement theme of integration of economic, social and environmental aspects of a post-‐2015 development agenda - Call for a data revolution to improve the quality of statistics and information available to citizens - Establishing a Global Partnership on Development Data to develop a global strategy to fill critical gaps, expand data accessibility and ensure that a baseline of post-‐2015 targets is in place by January 2016 - Advocacy to include effective official statistical system as a goal in its own right |
The Aim: Leadership matters! Accelerating preparedness to lead official statistical systems into the post-‐2015 era
| Theme I: Perspectives on the post-2015 development agenda: the why, what | |
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| A New Global Partnership: Eradicate Poverty and Transform Economies through Sustainable Development: The Report of the High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda | |
| Measurement Aspirations of the HLP Post-2015 Report – An ABS Perspective | |
| Asia-Pacific Aspirations: Perspectives for a Post-2015 Development Agenda | |
| Theme II: What does a data revolution mean and how do I lead it? | |
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| What is the Data Revolution? | |
| Big Data for Development: Challenges & Opportunities | |
| Understanding the Impact of Releasing and Re-using Open Government Data | |
| Statistical and Spatial Frame works. Standards and Data Infrastructure | |
| Assessing and Monitoring Country Capacity to Produce Statistics: A Framework for Agricultural and Rural Statistics | |
| World Happiness Report 2013 | |
| Theme III: Positioning statistics as a development imperative | |
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| Strengthening National Statistical Systems to Monitor Global Goals | |
| Theme IV: Turning challenges to opportunities for statistics development | |
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| (All of the above) |