SIAP/UNESCAP Management
Seminar for the Heads of National Statistical
Offices in Asia and the Pacific
Bangkok, 12-14 February
2003
Last update: 19 February
2003
The United Nations Statistical
Institute for Asia and the Pacific (SIAP) and
the Statistics Division of the United Nations
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the
Pacific (UNESCAP) co-organized a Management Seminar
for the Heads of NSOs in Asia and the Pacific.
The objectives of the
Seminar were:
To revive the series of
management seminars designed to strengthen
statistical capability in the area of leadership
and management in support for economic and
social development;
To bring the heads of NSOs
in the UNESCAP region to a forum to discuss
recent experiences and current issues facing
them and their organizations as they carry
out their mandates in an environment of economic,
social, political, and technological change;
and
To focus on:
Advocating
a higher priority for statistical capacity
building in the national government budget;
Adopting
and adapting information and communications
technology (ICT) for capturing and sharing
data within and outside the NSO; and
Measuring
and monitoring statistical indicators
as meaningful milestones to the development
agenda of their countries.
Time Schedule
List of participants
Documents
Module
I: Placing statistical development high in the
national agenda
Placing Statistical
Development High on the National Agenda
Document
Presentation
Group discussion
Group 1
-
Group 2
Module II:
Shaping the environment in the NSO for managing
information
Shaping the environment
in the NSO for managing data
Document
Presentation
Group discussion
Group 1
-
Group 2
Module III:
Monitoring the production of statistical indicators
for the development agenda
Monitoring the production of
statistical indicators for the development agenda
