In following-up to the first Regional Steering Group on Population and Social Statistics (RSG-PSS) meeting, the second meeting is called to review a number of challenges that countries in the Asia-Pacific region are facing to meet the requirements related to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) monitoring in the area of population and social statistics. In particular, the meeting has the following key objectives:
- To identify critical challenges where regional initiatives can support countries to develop an integrated system of population and social statistics and ensure they are properly used to monitor global and national SDGs;
- To review organization, activities and outputs of the RSG-PSS to effectively meet the needs of national statistical systems and in line with the Collective Vision and Framework for Action by the Asia-Pacific statistical community.
Background documents
- Proposal on future of the Regional Strategy for Population and Social Statistics
- Stats Brief, July 2019 (Issue no. 19): Integrated Statistics: A journey worthwhile
- Report of the first meeting of the Regional Steering Group on Population and Social Statistics
- Report of the Committee on Statistics on its sixth session [ESCAP/CST/2018/6]
- Meeting the data and statistics needs for socially inclusive development for all: proposed implementation plan for the regional strategy to improve population and social statistics in Asia and the Pacific [E/ESCAP/CST(5)/3]
- Advancing official statistics for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: a collective vision and framework for action by the Asia-Pacific statistical community [E/ESCAP/CST(5)/1/REV.1]