Over the years, several resolutions around the roles and functions of the Commission have been adopted which define and strengthen the role of the Statistical Commission. In 2022, the resolution, ensuring that the work in the field of statistics and data is adaptive to the changing statistical and data ecosystem, calls upon the United Nations statistical and data-related system to report on work on sta-tistics and data within all domains to the Statistical Commission, to enable the Commission to fulfil its function as the primary body responsible for the management of statistical information and govern-ance of statistics and data. The Council emphasizes the need for technological innovations and to promote practices for the generation of information aligned with principles that ensure coherence, comparability, data privacy, among others, and the importance to build partnerships. In its resolution, the Council requests the Commission to play the role as the apex for discussions, knowledge exchange and sharing of best practices on statistics and data across all domains, to develop and maintain international statistical standards and norms, tools and methodologies, to support and bolster the development of sustainable national statistical systems, to develop and build the capacity of national systems, to advocate for the professional community of official statistics, and to ensure continued innovations to adapt to the changing statistical and data system. Moreover, the Bureau of the UN Sta-tistical Commission researches ways for the Commission to be more inclusive. Therefore, the Bureau ensure a representative, fit-for-purpose Commission. Six goals should be implemented to ensure that the Commission is and remains inclusive and representative today and in the future. What does it involve for the future of the UN Statistical Commission?
Furthermore, within the context of the United Nations, there is also a broader role of data and its application to sustainable development. For example, the Secretary-General’s “proposal to ensure a UN fit for a new era, by the inclusion of the evolutions in five areas: data, analytics and communications; innovation and digital transformation; strategic foresight; behavioral science; and performance and results orientation, resulting in a “UN 2.0”. How should the UN Statistical Commission position itself in this new project? How should the UN Statistical Commission deal with the data? Would it be the place for data governance’s discussion? Data governance as a topic is of great importance for the world of statistics. For this reason, the topic was taken up at the Friday’s seminar before the UN Statistical Commission. The implementation of data governance strategies differs across domains and is de-pendent on national practices. It is essential for the global statistical community as the data space evolves in a dynamic fashion to discuss different ways of handling data governance. The aim of Friday’s seminar is to build a common understanding of data governance and to address how data governance is approached in the national statistical systems.
Key Note Speech : Eric Mayoraz, swiss ambassador to the Republic of Colombia
List of speakers:
- Kersten Jauer, Deputy Director, Strategic Planning, UN Secretary-General’s Office
- Miosotis Rivas Peña, General Director of the National Statistics Office of the Dominican Republic and Chair of the Statistical Conference of the Americas
- Silvia Montoya, UNESCO Institute for Statistics Director and co-chair of the Committee of the Chief Statisticians of the United Nations
- Stefan Schweinfest, Director UN Statistics Division
Moderator: Georges-Simon Ulrich, Director General of the Swiss Federal Statistical Office and Chair of the UN Statistical Commission.
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This event is part of the 5th UN World Data Forum, in Medellin.
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