Regional Training Course on Big Data for SDGs

19 - 23 June 2023 Daejeon, Republic of Korea

Christophe Bontemps, Statistician/Lecturer

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10 countries attended the regional workshop

The Regional Training Course on Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals took place from 19 to 23 June in Daejeon Republic of Korea, and was conducted by the Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific (SIAP), in collaboration with Statistics Korea (KOSTAT). 17 participants from Bangladesh, Cambodia, Fiji, Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan, Lao PDR, Malasia, Mongolia, Nepal and Vanuatu were able to attend.

Objectives

The course aimed at providing a platform for demonstrating methods, good practices and tools and for exchanging experiences in dealing with challenges and issues in the introduction of Big Data into the production and dissemination of official statistics. The course focused on the use of publicly available data, private sector data sources, administrative data and other type of non-traditional data.

At the end of this course, participants are expected to be able to:

  • Identify the concepts and technologies needed for analysing Big Data.
  • Recognize the different type of Big Data and their use for Official Statistics and SDG Indicators.
  • Discuss the processes required to introduce Big Data into the statistical process.
  • Retrieve and perform simple analysis of publicly available Big Data.
  • Recognize the limitations and challenges when using Big Data.