| SIAP/UNESCAP Management
Seminar for the Heads of National Statistical
Offices in Asia and the Pacific |
| Bangkok, 12-14 February
2003 |
| Last update: 19 February
2003 |
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The United Nations Statistical
Institute for Asia and the Pacific (SIAP) and
the Statistics Division of the United Nations
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the
Pacific (UNESCAP) co-organized a Management Seminar
for the Heads of NSOs in Asia and the Pacific.
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| The objectives of the
Seminar were: |
- To revive the series of
management seminars designed to strengthen
statistical capability in the area of leadership
and management in support for economic and
social development;
- To bring the heads of NSOs
in the UNESCAP region to a forum to discuss
recent experiences and current issues facing
them and their organizations as they carry
out their mandates in an environment of economic,
social, political, and technological change;
and
- To focus on:
- Advocating
a higher priority for statistical capacity
building in the national government budget;
- Adopting
and adapting information and communications
technology (ICT) for capturing and sharing
data within and outside the NSO; and
- Measuring
and monitoring statistical indicators
as meaningful milestones to the development
agenda of their countries.
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