In recent years, the data landscape has evolved rapidly, creating for National Statistical Offices (NSOs) both significant opportunities for innovation and important challenges in maintaining data quality and reliability. In response to these developments, the Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific (SIAP) and the Ministry of Data And Statistics (MODS) are organizing a Regional Training on Data Science for Official Statistics, recognizing both the opportunities and the challenges associated with integrating Data Science methods and tools into NSO processes. The overall objective of the week-long training is to build the capacity of NSOs to integrate Data Science methods into the production of Official Statistics. It seeks to strengthen participants’ skills in handling, analyzing, and visualizing data sources, with a particular focus on reproducible methods and tools for monitoring and reporting Official Statistics and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) indicators.
MODS, SIAP
Regional Training
Daejeon ,
Republic of Korea
Enhancing Statistical Leadership for Heads of National Statistics Offices in Asia and the Pacific to foster Data Innovation in a Digital Society
The training aims to strengthen the capacity of heads of National Statistics Offices to lead their own organisations and position them in the larger data ecosystem. This training session follows similar sessions run successfully by PARIS21 and SIAP in the region.
National statistical systems are increasingly using administrative data to compile official statistics. Such data can be utilized to better meet the increasing demands for new statistics and indicators that are highly disaggregated. Administrative data is not collected for the primary purpose of compiling official statistics, and statisticians need to ensure that the data meets certain criteria before using it to produce official statistics. This course provides an overview of administrative data, a discussion of data quality issues and institutional mechanisms to ensure that administrative data can be used in the production of official statistics. The course builds upon content developed for in-person training courses conducted by United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) and to which members of the Collaborative on Administrative Data have provided valuable input.
The 2025 System of National Accounts (2025 SNA) and Balance of Payments and Integrated Investment Position Manual, 7th edition (BPM7) provide more visibility to digital activities, products and transactions in macroeconomic accounts given its tremendous impact on production, consumption, prices, trade, labour, and other aspects of the economy. Measurement issues associated with digitalization are elaborated in the 2025 SNA and BPM7, as well as in the accompanying guidance notes and manuals. Some national statistical organizations have initiated experimental estimates on capturing digital activities, while others have integrated questions on the use of digital products and services in their regular household and business surveys.This webinar series builds on outreach missions of the Intersecretariat Working Group on National Accounts and Advisory Expert Group members and regional commissions to increase awareness on the developments in the 2025 SNA. This collaboration between the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, through the Statistics Division and Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific (SIAP), and the ASEAN Secretariat contributes to advancing regional dialogue on the complexities of measurement of digitalization and better understanding of methodological approaches.
Identifying and responding to the needs of users for data and statistics is at the heart of the mission of National Statistical Offices (NSOs) and national statistical systems. NSOs already undertake many activities interacting with different users such as preparing press releases to aid journalists and communicate with the public at large and organizing launch events/workshops to disseminate important results from surveys and censuses. In general, the NSO interacts with users towards the tail end of the statistical production process when the data is disseminated. There is an opportunity for national statistical offices to further improve their collaboration with users by engaging more systematically throughout the statistical production process. User engagement is the process of conducting a dialogue with users of official statistics to understand their needs and improve the products, services and operation of a statistical organization accordingly.
