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THIRD MEETING OF THE EXPERT GROUP ON THE INTEGRATION OF STATISTICAL AND GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION, 25-26 APRIL 2016, PARIS, FRANCE


The United Nations Expert Group on the Integration of Statistical and Geospatial Information (UN EG-ISGI) held its third meeting on 25-26 April at OECD premises in Paris, France, immediately prior to the 64th plenary session of the Conference of European Statisticians (CES), held from 27-29 April 2016, at the same venue.

The meeting was convened in accordance with Statistical Commission decision 44/101 and UN-GGIM decision 3/107, which welcomed the proposal to establish an Expert Group on the Integration of Statistical and Geospatial Information to bring together experts from both statistical and geospatial information communities to work for the development a global geospatial-statistical framework and address issues related to the integration of statistical and geospatial information.

The Paris meeting aimed to (i) review the outcomes of the members' consultation on the proposal of a global statistical-geospatial framework, initiated by the UN Statistical Commission and UN-GGIM; (ii) focus on the prioritisation of topics of the Expert Group future program; (iii) discuss ways of coordination of activity on standards modernization and interoperability; and (iv) discuss other integration of statistical and geospatial information-related activities.

General information on the CES is provided at: http://www.unece.org/statistics/meetings-and-events.html?id=3214#/0/0/0/17403/

Venue of the meeting:
OECD Conference Centre
2, rue André Pascal
75016 Paris
France

You can find more information about the Conference Centre here: http://www.oecd.org/site/conferencecentre/

Documentation for the meeting
Presentation Materials
  • Session 1: Introductory Session
    • Chair: UN EG-ISGI Co-chairs
      • Australian Bureau of Statistics - – Summary of progress since last Expert Group meeting
      • Mr. Rolando Ocampo (Mexico) – Update from the 47th Session of the Statistical Commission and the new integration Forum
      • UNSD – Update from the 5th Session of the UN-GGIM
  • Session 2: Global Statistical Geospatial Framework Proposal – focus session
  • Chair: Ms Sharthi Laldaparsad (South Africa)
    • Australian Bureau of Statistics – Summary of the Framework proposal
    • Australian Bureau of Statistics – Expert Group consultation outcomes
  • Session 3: Global Statistical Geospatial Framework - related international activities
  • Chair: Vincent Loonis (France - host)
    • Ms. Marie Haldorson (Sweden) – Sustainable Development Goals, geospatial information and a Global Framework
    • Mr. Tim Trainor (US) – 2020 Round of Censuses, opportunities for implementing Global Framework Principles
    • Australian Bureau of Statistics – Global Working Group on Big Data and links to the Global Framework
  • Session 4: Global Statistical Geospatial Framework – the way forward
  • Chair: Mr. Tim Trainor (USA)
    • Panel discussion – future of a Global Framework and linkages to other international activities
    • Panel discussion – Marie Haldorson, Tim Trainor, ABS , Rolando Ocampo, Amor Laaribi
    • UNSD - Next Steps to endorsement
    • UN EG-ISGI Co-chairs – Summary
  • Session 5: Coordination of activity on standards: modernization/interoperability
  • Chair: Mr. Ekkehard Petri (Eurostat)
    • Ms. Lidia Bratanova (UNECE) - Statistical community
    • Mr. Olaf Magnus Østensen (ISO/TC211)) - Geospatial Community
  • Session 6: Expert Group Future Work Programme – prioritization of topics
  • Chair: Mr. Janusz Dygaszewicz (Poland)
    • Mr. Ekkehard Petri (Eurostat) – Progress on statistical-geospatial terminology
    • UNSD - Work programme status reports (update on work programme items)