News 2023 | SIAP Skip to main content Welcome to the United Nations ESCAP Web Site Contact Us Menu Global navi Top News & Events Events News Letter News e-Library SIAP e-Learning courses SIAP face to face courses Principles & Practices of Official Statistics for SDG Strategic and management issues Population and social statistics Economic statistics Agricultural and Rural Statistics Environment and Disaster statistics Methodology and statistical process Training of Trainers Seminars and Meetings SIAP LMS Training Our Programmes Principles & Practices of Official Statistics for SDG Strategic and management issues Population and social statistics Economic statistics Agricultural and Rural Statistics Environment and Disaster statistics Methodology and statistical process Training of Trainers Seminars and Meetings Training Network Programme of Work Training of Trainers Alumni Alumni Recognizing Achievements About SIAP Who We Are Where We Are SIAP Statute Contact Us Governing Council Strategic Plan 50th Year Anniversary of SIAP close Contact Us SIAP Home ESCAP Web Site Breadcrumb Home News News 2023 14 to 15 December 2023 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Eighteenth Management Seminar for the Heads of National Statistical Offices (NSOs) in Asia and the Pacific 13 to 14 December 2023 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Nineteenth session of the Governing Council of the Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific (SIAP) 11 to 13 December 2023 | Perak, Malaysia Training of Trainers on Quality of Statistics for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Quality data are vital for enabling governments, international organizations, civil society, private sector and the general public to make informed decisions and to ensure the accountability of representative bodies. Effective planning, follow-up and review of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development requires the collection, processing, analysis and dissemination of an unprecedented amount of data and statistics at local, national, regional and global levels and by multiple stakeholders. 27 November 2023 to 19 January 2024 | Online Machine Learning for Official Statistics and SDG Indicators This 8-week course developed by SIAP in partnership with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) introduces machine learning as a tool for using either traditional (surveys, micro data, …) or non-traditional (big data) data sources to produce high quality predictions for Official Statistics or Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) indicators. It provides an opportunity for participants to explore and manipulate the techniques of Machine Learning and their links with traditional statistical methods. 21 to 23 November 2023 | Online Regional Training Course on the National Strategy for the Development of Statistics (NSDS) and Advanced Data Planning Tool (ADAPT) for Asia-Pacific The Partnership in Statistics for Development in the 21st Century (PARIS21) in collaboration with the Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific (SIAP) developed a unique training course for NSS, NSO leaders and national planning senior managers to improve strategic planning for data and statisticsdevelopment, using innovative tools and methods. The course will give a thorough introduction to the NSDS design process and introduces the data gaps assessment and planning using ADAPT. 15 November to 15 December 2023 | Online Online training course on SDMX Tools SDMX stands for Statistical Data and Metadata eXchange. It is an ISO standard designed to describe statistical data and metadata, normalize their exchange, and improve their efficient sharing across statistical and similar organizations. SDMX provides an integrated approach to facilitating statistical data and metadata exchange, enabling interoperable implementations within and between systems concerned with the exchange, reporting and dissemination of statistical data and their related meta-information. 13 to 17 November 2023 | Chiba, Japan Regional Course on Statistics on Informality: Definitions, Measurement, SDG's and other Policy Indicators The causes and consequences of informal employment and employment in informal sector and their impact on achieving sustainable development continues to gain attention in national development agendas. The evidence in developing and emerging economies shows that on average more than half of the employment in non-agricultural sectors are informal and this rate can reach as high as 80% in some countries. Therefore, every national policy targeting poverty, social protection, or decent work needs to recognise the role of the informal economy in national development. 06 to 24 November 2023 | Online Compiling National Metadata for the Sustainable Development Goals in the Russian language The 2030 Agenda encourages member states to conduct regular and inclusive reviews of progress at the national and sub-national levels which are country-led and country-driven. This course focuses on building capacity in countries for reporting on the SDG indicators using national indicator frameworks. During the course participants will learn about key concepts around metadata, particularly related to the SDGs, learn how to fill the SDG metadata template and better understand the importance of metadata to help explain the data and potential differences between data. 23 to 26 October 2023 | Chiba, Japan Subregional Training on Monitoring Financial Protection in Health(SDG 3.8.2 and related indicators) SDG 3.8.2 indicator is focused on relatively large Out-of-Pocket (OOP) health spending which might lead to cutting spending on other basic needs such as education, food, housing and utilities. 09 to 22 October 2023 | Online Compiling climate change indicators: an accounting approach in Russian language This course will focus on climate change indicators that can be compiled from environmental economic accounts. After a brief overview of climate change and, relevant polices and multilateral agreements, participants will learn how to compile various indicators that inform climate change. The focus of the course is on better understanding the relationship between climate change and economic activity. And the statistical framework that provides the concepts, definitions, and methodology for measuring this relationship is the System of Environmental Economic Accounting. 02 October to 17 November 2023 | Online System of Environmental Economic Accounting (SEEA) - Ecosystem Accounting This e-Learning course introduces the System of Environmental Economic Accounting -Ecosystem Accounting (SEEA EA), the agreed statistical framework for collecting such information on ecosystems and their relationship to human activity. The SEEA EA provides an integrated statistical framework for organizing biophysical information about ecosystems, measuring ecosystem services, tracking changes in ecosystem extent and condition, and linking this information to measures of economic and human activities. 27 to 28 September 2023 | Online Webinar Series on Selected Topics on Management Aspects of Capacity Building 25 September to 08 October 2023 | Online Disaster related statistics framework(DRSF) in Russian language Disasters continue to have an ever-increasing impact on life, well-being and sustainable development. Given these impacts, there is a high demand at the local, national and international levels for high quality, integrated statistics to inform all phases of the disaster risk management cycle. Furthermore, disaster related statistics are not only relevant to those working to prepare and respond to disasters but also to the public at large, research institutions and policy analysts at the local and national levels. 25 to 29 September 2023 | Chiba, Japan Regional training on Consumer Price Index CPIs measure changes over time in the general level of prices of goods and services that households acquire (use or pay for) for the purpose of consumption. In many countries, they were originally introduced to provide a measure of the changes in the living costs faced by workers, so that wage increases could be related to changing levels of prices. 13 September 2023 | Online Webinars on Indicators on business performance related to well-being and sustainability (26 April, 31 May & 13 September) Historically business statistics have focused very much in measuring the economic performance and competitiveness of businesses. However, businesses play a very important role toward sustainability and wellbeing. Task team on well-being and sustainability under the UN Committee of Experts on Business and Trade Statistics (UN CEBTS) identified a set of 17 reference indicators related to the measurement of the business sector’s impact on well-being and sustainability. 07 August to 15 September 2023 | Disaster related statistics framework Disasters continue to have an ever-increasing impact on life, well-being and sustainable development. Given these impacts, there is a high demand at the local, national and international levels for high quality, integrated statistics to inform all phases of the disaster risk management cycle. Furthermore, disaster related statistics are not only relevant to those working to prepare and respond to disasters but also to the public at large, research institutions and policy analysts at the local and national levels. 02 August 2023 | Environmental SDG Indicators in Russian language Environment is one of the three pillars of the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Compiling the environment related indicators is key to informing policies and measuring progress towards achieving the SDGs. This course focuses on the 25 SDG indicators that are under the custodianship of UNEP. In the 10 modules of the course, participants will learn about the importance of monitoring the environmental dimension of development, the linkages of indicators with existing statistical frameworks, and how to use environment statistics in decision making. 03 to 28 July 2023 | Advanced Data Visualization for Official Statistics and SDG Indicators This course is an advanced course in data visualization, conceived as an extension to SIAP’s facilitated course “Data Visualization for Official Statistics and SDG Indicators” conducted in 2021 and 2022 or, alternatively, to the self-paced course “Principles of Data Visualization for Official Statistics and SDG Indicators” available on SIAP’s e-learning platform. This new course focuses on methods to produce high-quality graphics for monitoring and publishing official statistics and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) indicators. 20 June to 08 September 2023 | Disaster related statistics framework : Thailand National e-Learning course This course in Thai language aims to build national capacities for the compilation of disaster related statistics for enhancing disaster management and promote the risk-informed sustainable development in Thailand. The course also aims to facilitate national monitoring and reporting on the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It introduces concepts relevant to compiling disaster related statistics. The course consists of online modules and online discussion forums. 19 to 23 June 2023 | Daejeon, Republic of Korea Regional Training Course on Big Data for Sustainable Development The achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) requires the availability of high quality, timely and reliable data to produce the relevant SDG indicators and other statistics, disaggregated as relevant. In order to meet this need, official statistics must modernize and incorporate new data sources, including Big Data. 14 to 16 June 2023 | Chiba, Japan Regional Training Workshop on Enhancing Statistical Leadership for Heads of National Statistical Offices (NSOs) in Asia and The Pacific With the increased and evolving demand for data from national development plans, Agenda 2030 for sustainable develo…