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 2017 | By invitation only
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Presentations
| Title | Speaker/Presenter |
|---|---|
| Session 1: RSG Part 1: Opening and Objectives | |
| Population & social statistics: ESCAP approach | ESCAP Statistics Division |
| Proposed work plan for the Regional Steering Group on Population and Social Statistics in Asia and the Pacific | ESCAP Statistics Division |
| Session 2- Mandates for data disaggregation: 2030 Agenda to leave no one behind | |
| Data that leaves no one behind (D-LNOB) | Arman Bidarbakhtnia Statistician, ESCAP Statistics Division |
| Session 3- Prioritizing statistical information needs in the national context for data disaggregation | |
| Implementation of SDGs in Indonesia: Leave No One Behind | M.Sairi Hasbullah, BPS‐Statistics Indonesia |
| Malaysia - Country experiences in addressing “leaves no one behind” objectives of the 2030 agenda in implementation: Focus role of NSO | Ezatul Nisha Abdul Rahman, Director of Population and Demography Statistics Division, Department of Statistics Malaysia |
| SDG data compilation: Overview of country practices related to data disaggregation in Asia and the Pacific | Sharita Serrao, ESCAP Statistics Division |
| Session 4- 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? | Hasheem Mannan, PhD., Associate Professor School of Nursing, Midwifery & Health Systems University College Dublin |
| Towards a generic policy inclusiveness assessment tool: Building on Equiframe | Arman Bidarbakhtnia Statistician, ESCAP Statistics Division |
| User Encouragement Strategy for Disaggregated data - Sri Lanka | Indu Bandara, Department of Census and Statistics Sri Lanka |
| Country reflections on feasibility and effectiveness of implementing generic policy assessment - Mongolia | Oyunchimeg Dandar, Director of Population and Social Statistics Department, NSO, Mongolia |
| Equal Measures 2030 | Albert Motivans, Head, Data and Insights, Equal Measures 2030 (https://www.equalmeasures2030.org/) |
| Session 5- Improving production and dissemination of disaggregated data | |
| The World Bank Survey Initiative | Olivier Dupriez, Lead Statistician, World Bank |
| WorldPop project | Kristine Nilsen, Researcher, WorldPop project, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom |
| Leaving No One Behind: Disaggregated data for development | Arturo Jr. Martinex, Statistician, Asian Development Bank (ADB) |
| Statistical Methods facilitating production/use of Disaggregated Statistics in Armenia | Karine Kuyumjyan Head, Population Census and Demography Division National Statistical Service Republic of Armenia |
| Malaysia on use of big data | Ezatul Nisha Abdul Rahman, Director of Population and Demography Statistics Division, Department of Statistics Malaysia |
| Integrated data infrastructure | Aaron Beck, Statistical Adviser, Statistics New Zealand |
| Linking statistical registers for production of official statistics - Statistics on public sector employment | Youngmi Lee, Assistant Director, Statistical Research Institute, Statistics Korea |
| Synthetic Data for Micro-simulation | Olivier Dupriez, Lead Statistician, World Bank |
| Synthetic data generation for small area estimation: A pilot study on Indonesian population using simPop | Arman Bidarbakhtnia Statistician and Lingling Zhang, Consultant, ESCAP Statistics Division |
| Session 6- SDG monitoring for informing policy dialogue and increasing support for statistical development | |
| SDG Progress Assessment (in Asia-Pacific region) | Arman Bidarbakhtnia Statistician, ESCAP Statistics Division |
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The role of PSA in developing Philippines’ indicator framework and SDG monitoring |
Josie B. Perez, Philippine Statistics Authority |
| Role of NSO in developing national indicator framework and SDG monitoring: Thailand | Hataichanok Puckcharern, Senior Statistician, National Statistical Office, Ministry of Digital Economy and Society |
| Recommendation for actions | ESCAP Statistics Division |
| Session 7- RSG part2: Finalization of the RSG work plan and way forward | |
| Proposed work plan for the Regional Steering Group on Population and Social Statistics in Asia and the Pacific | ESCAP Statistics Division |
| Group 4 – Increasing evidence for inclusive policies | Members: Philippines, Lao, Samoa, Cambodia and Vanuatu |
| Group 5 – Enhancing partnerships (between countries and international agencies) | Mebmers: Bhutan, Sri Langka, Viet Nam, Malaysia and Russian Federation |