Eleventh Management Seminar for the Heads of National Statistical Offices in Asia and the Pacific

Topic: Positioning statistics as a development imperative: Opportunities in the context of formulating the post-2015 development agenda

21 - 22 November 2013, Chiba, Japan

The annual management seminar series aims to strengthen the leadership and management capabilities of the heads of national statistical offices (NSOs) by providing a forum to discuss, to exchange views and to share experiences among heads of NSOs. The current seminar conveys the urgent message that leadership matters in positioning statistics as a development imperative in the context of the on-going processes on formulating the post-2015 development agenda. The seminar aims to accelerate preparedness of heads of national statistical offices to lead official statistical systems into the post-2015 era.

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The Trigger:

The Report of the High-‐Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-‐2015 Development Agenda (HLP)
Vision, drivers, and goal- ‐target-‐indicator framework for measuring, monitoring, and reporting of progress in the eradication of extreme poverty through sustainable development - Measurement theme of integration of economic, social and environmental aspects of a post-‐2015 development agenda - Call for a data revolution to improve the quality of statistics and information available to citizens - Establishing a Global Partnership on Development Data to develop a global strategy to fill critical gaps, expand data accessibility and ensure that a baseline of post-‐2015 targets is in place by January 2016 - Advocacy to include effective official statistical system as a goal in its own right

The Report of the High-‐Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-‐2015 Development Agenda (HLP)

Vision, drivers, and goal-
‐target-‐indicator framework for measuring, monitoring, and reporting of progress in the eradication of extreme poverty through sustainable development
- Measurement theme of integration of economic, social and environmental aspects of a post-‐2015 development agenda
- Call for a data revolution to improve the quality of statistics and information available to citizens
- Establishing a Global Partnership on Development Data to develop a global strategy to fill critical gaps, expand data accessibility and ensure that a baseline of post-‐2015 targets is in place by January 2016 - Advocacy to include effective official statistical system as a goal in its own right

The Aim: Leadership matters! Accelerating preparedness to lead official statistical systems into the post-‐2015 era

Theme I: Perspectives on the post-2015 development agenda: the why, what
A New Global Partnership: Eradicate Poverty and Transform Economies through Sustainable Development: The Report of the High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda	pdf
Measurement Aspirations of the HLP Post-2015 Report – An ABS Perspective	pdf
Asia-Pacific Aspirations: Perspectives for a Post-2015 Development Agenda	pdf

Theme II: What does a data revolution mean and how do I lead it?
What is the Data Revolution?	pdf
Big Data for Development: Challenges & Opportunities	pdf
Understanding the Impact of Releasing and Re-using Open Government Data	pdf
Statistical and Spatial Frame works. Standards and Data Infrastructure	pdf
Assessing and Monitoring Country Capacity to Produce Statistics: A Framework for Agricultural and Rural Statistics	pdf
World Happiness Report 2013	pdf

Theme III: Positioning statistics as a development imperative
Strengthening National Statistical Systems to Monitor Global Goals	pdf

Theme IV: Turning challenges to opportunities for statistics development
(All of the above)