Transcript United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Statistical Division The HLG and the “New World Order” Steven Vale UNECE [email protected].

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
Statistical Division
The HLG and the
“New World Order”
Steven Vale
UNECE
[email protected]
UNECE –
Economic Commission for Europe
Introducing the HLG
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High-level Group for the Modernisation of
Statistical Production and Services
Created by the Conference of European
Statisticians in 2010
Vision and strategy endorsed by CES in
2011/2012
Who are the HLG members?
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Pádraig Dalton (Ireland) - Chairman
Trevor Sutton (Australia)
Wayne Smith (Canada)
Emanuele Baldacci (Italy)
Bert Kroese (Netherlands)
Park, Hyungsoo (Republic of Korea)
Genovefa Ružić (Slovenia)
Walter Radermacher (Eurostat)
Martine Durand (OECD)
Lidia Bratanova (UNECE)
What does the HLG do?
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Oversees activities that support
modernisation of statistical organisations
Stimulates development of global
standards and international collaboration
activities
“Within the official statistics community ...
take a leadership and coordination role”
Why is the HLG needed?
Before the HLG
Now
Many expert groups
Clear vision
Little coordination
Agreed priorities
No overall strategy
Strategic leadership
Limited impact
Real progress
What has the HLG achieved?
2012
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Generic Statistical Information Model
2013
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Common Statistical Production Architecture
• Frameworks and Standards for Statistical
Modernisation
2014 - Work in Progress
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Implementation of the Common Statistical
Production Architecture
• Big Data in Official Statistics
HLG Activities – Engagement Map
Governance
CES
Bureau
MSIS
HLG
HLG Secretariat
Team
Executive
Board
Project 1
Project 2
Modernisation
Committee
Modernisation
Committee
Modernisation
Committee
Modernisation
Committee
Organisational
framework
and evaluation
Production
and methods
Products and
sources
Standards
Project n
Why change?
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MSIS and previous groups have been
around for many years
Some successes, but many issues remain
the same
Have we reached our limit?
Could a different approach accelerate
progress?
Some ideas
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Silos – not just for subject matter people?
Bring together:
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IT
Methodology
Information architects
Data scientists
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Multi-disciplinary approach to problem
solving within organisations
So why keep silos for
international meetings?
What sort of event would
have the most value for
your organisation?
Future work
Connecting methods and IT
disciplines
 Let's automate! (Man x Machine =
product)
 Using technology push to our
advantage
 Connecting to "outside world"
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