The objective of the first meeting of the Regional Steering Group was to review its mandate and identify priority issues and specific modalities to advance the Implementation Plan of the Regional Strategy to Improve Population and Social Statistics in Asia and the Pacific endorsed by the Committee on Statistics of ESCAP at its fifth session in December 2016. The meeting was expected to result in forming and agreeing on a work plan of the Regional Steering Group, with specific outputs, activities and technical partnership arrangements.
28 to 31 August 2018
United Nations Conference Centre (UNCC)
Bangkok, Thailand
By invitation only
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Presentations
Presentations
Session1- RSG Part 1: Opening and Objectives
- Population & social statistics: ESCAP approach
- Proposed work plan for the Regional Steering Group on Population and Social Statistics in Asia and the Pacific
Session2- Mandates for data disaggregation: 2030 Agenda to leave no one behind
Session3- Prioritizing statistical information needs in the national context for data disaggregation
- Implementation of SDGs in Indonesia : Leave No One Behind
- Malaysia - Country experiences in addressing “leaves no one behind” objectives of the 2030 agenda in implementation
- SDG data compilation: Overview of country practices related to data disaggregation in Asia and the Pacific
Session4- Relevance of disaggregated statistics and tools for policy assessment & user engagement
- Core Concepts of Human Rights in Health Policies: How inclusive are our public policies?
- Towards a generic policy inclusiveness assessment tool: Building on Equiframe
- User Encouragement Strategy for Disaggregated data - Sri Lanka
- Country reflections on feasibility and effectiveness of implementing generic policy assessment - Mongolia
- Equal Measures 2030
Session5- Improving production and dissemination of disaggregated data
- The World Bank Survey Initiative
- WorldPop project
- Leaving No One Behind: Disaggregated data for development
- Statistical Methods facilitating production/use of Disaggregated Statistics in the Republic of Armenia
- Malaysia on use of big data
- Integrated data infrastructure
- Linking statistical registers for production of official statistics - Statistics on public sector employment -
- Synthetic Data for Micro-simulation
- Synthetic data generation for small area estimation: A pilot study on Indonesian population using simPop
Session 6- SDG monitoring for informing policy dialogue and increasing support for statistical development
- SDG Progress Assessment (in Asia-Pacific region)
- The role of PSA in developing Philippines’ indicator framework and SDG monitoring
- SDGI Assessment Worksheet
- Role of NSO in developing national indicator framework and SDG monitoring: Thailand
- Recommendation for actions