On 16 June 2006 the first meeting of the Project Working Group (PWG) on Statistics within the framework of the United Nations Special Programme for the Economies of Central Asia (SPECA) was held in Paris. The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) jointly organized this one-day meeting.

The Project Working Group on Statistics is a subsidiary body within the governing structure of the United Nations Special Programme for the Economies of Central Asia (SPECA). At the International Conference on Strengthening Sub-Regional Economic Cooperation and the Future Role of SPECA and the SPECA Regional Advisory Committee (Astana, Kazakhstan, 25-27 May 2005), it was decided to establish a SPECA Project Working Group (PWG) on Statistics. Member countries are Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. In line with the overall objectives of SPECA to support its member countries in developing sub-regional cooperation and integrating their economies into the world economy, the PWG on Statistics promotes core functions in building up statistical capacity in the SPECA countries, strengthening their capacities to monitor their demographic, social and economic progress.

Provisional Agenda

Project document "UN SPECA Project on Strengthening the Statistical Capacity of the Central Asian Countries"

Recent UNESCAP Activities on Population and Housing Censuses, UNESCAP

ESCAP/WHO Project on Improving Disability Statistics and Measurement in Support of the Biwako Millennium Framework and its Possible Follow-up Activities, UNECSAP

Activities Related to Health and Disability Statistics in the UNECE Region and Globally, UNECE

Non-Observed Economy in National Accounts - Survey of National Practices, UNECE

A Note on the OECD/UNESCAP/ADB Workshop on Assessing and Improving Statistical Quality: Measuring the Non-Observed Economy, Bangkok, 11-14 May 2004, UNESCAP

UNSIAP Activities, UNESCAP

Purpose and Features of a Global Assessment pf the National Statistical System (125KB), UNECE