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57th plenary session of the Conference of European Statisticians

08 - 10 June 2009
Palais des Nations, Geneva Switzerland

ECE/CES/2009 /...

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Provisional agenda
  
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20 Mar.09
  
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29 May 09
  
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29 May 09
 
Timetable
  
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3 Jun.09
 
 
 
Registration Form
  
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24 Mar.09
 
 
 
Information note for participants
  
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1 May 09
 
 
 
Report
  
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3 Sep.09
 
 
Meetings of the parent bodies of the CES

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Matters arising from the April 2009 Session of the Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
  
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28 May 09
 
 
BALANCING PRINCIPLES OF PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY AND ACCOUNTABILITY WITH THE MANDATE TO PRODUCE POLICY RELEVANT DATA (8 June 10:00 - 17:30)
Session I: Relationships between statisticians and policy makers: maintaining independence while addressing demands
 
Presentation by the Session organizer (United Kingdom)
  
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3 Jun.09
 
 

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The relationship between statisticians and policy makers: the Canadian case of maintaining independence while addressing data demands (Canada)
  
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21 Apr.09
 
 

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Are the boundaries of official statistics being challed? (Australia)
  
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13 May 09
 
 

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Ukraine's experience in assuring both the professional independence of state statistics bodies and the objectivity of statistical information (Ukraine)
  
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14 May 09
 
  
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14 May 09

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Boundary issues in relation to United Kingdom official statistics (United Kingdom)
  
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30 Apr.09
 
 

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Statistics and policy making in Netherlands (Netherlands)
  
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30 Apr.09
 
 

 40 

Ensuring the professional independence of state statistical bodies of the Kygryz Republic (Kyrgyzstan)
  
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28 May 09
 
  
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15 May 09

 42 

Interpreting Chilean reality through national statistics (Chile)
  
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26 May 09
 
 
Session II: Beyond the production of official statistics: creating synergies, avoiding conflict
 
Presentation by the Session organizer (Austria)
  
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3 Jun.09
 
 

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Limits for national statistical offices to age in activities beyond the production of official statistics: what is compatible with the Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics? (UNECE)
  
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8 Apr.09
  
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22 Jul.09
  
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6 May 09

 24 

Modelling, forecasting and scenario building when producing official statistics – experience of the Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia (Latvia)
  
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27 Apr.09
 
 

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Forecasting and policy analyses in a statistical agency: the Norwegian experience (Norway)
  
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22 Apr.09
 
 

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The introduction of a business identification number in Switzerland (Switzerland)
  
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15 May 09
 
 
Session III: Accountability 'beyond the budget': measuring and addressing public expectations
 
Presentation by the Session organizer (France)
  
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4 Jun.09
 
 

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The Australian Bureau of Statistics - does it operate independently from government and successfully maintain public confidence? (Australia)
  
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4 May 09
 
 

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Accountability of official statistics (Bulgaria)
  
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4 May 09
 
 

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Efficient customer dialogue at Statistics Sweden (Sweden)
  
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4 May 09
 
 
Session IV: Final panel discussion and conclusions
 
Presentation by the Session Organiser (Ireland)
  
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15 Jun.09

STRATEGIC ISSUES IN BUSINESS STATISTICS (9 June 9:30 - 16:00)

Session I: Reducing respondent burden
 
Presentation by the Session organizer (Slovenia)
  
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3 Jun.09
 
 

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Measurement and reduction of statistical respondent burden on businesses: the current state of affairs (Eurostat)
  
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8 Apr.09
  
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29 Apr.09
  
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28 Apr.09

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Simplified business information - Producing quality statistics based on administrative data: a true possibility? (Portugal)
  
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8 Apr.09
  
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22 May 09
  
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12 May 09

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Business statistics with strong emphasis on administrative data sources (Slovenia)
  
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8 Apr.09
  
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19 Jun.09
  
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2 Jun.09

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The management of business response burden at Statistics Canada (Canada)
  
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22 Apr.09
 
 

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Integrated measurement and control of business respondent burden via business register at Statistics Sweden (Sweden)
  
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22 Apr.09
 
 

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Development of a sample coordination system for enterprise surveys at the Federal Statistical Office of Switzerland (Switzerland)
  
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22 Apr.09
 
 

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Redesigning nch structural business statistics: how can the response burden on companies be lessened? (among other objectives) (France)
  
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30 Apr.09
  
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30 Apr.09
 

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A quality concept for business statistics (Germany)
  
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5 May 09
 
 

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Reduction of respondent burden through the use of new production techniques (Lithuania)
  
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30 Apr.09
Session II: Emerging areas, new developments and user needs in business statistics
 
Keynote speech (United States)
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3 Jun.09
 
 
 
Presentation by the Session organizer (France)
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5 Jun.09
 
 

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Challenges when using administrative and survey data in the compilation of statistics on the structure and activities of multinational enterprises (Norway)
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8 Apr.09

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19 Jun.09

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6 Aug.09

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Evolution in research and development and innovation statistics: problems and challenges in measuring innovation statistics (Spain)
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8 Apr.09

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19 Jun.09

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6 May 09

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Domestic outsourcing and imported inputs in United States economy: insights from integrated economic accounts (United States BEA)
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8 Apr.09

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6 Aug.09

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6 Aug.09

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Measuring innovation in Brazil: problems, actions and challenges
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30 Apr.09
 
 

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Why official statistics did not see the financial crisis coming - lessons to be learned (Netherlands)
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29 Apr.09
 
 

 34 

Measuring entrepreneurship - the OECD-Eurostat Entrepreneurship Indicator Programme (Eurostat and OECD)
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28 Apr.09
 
 

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New developments in production of official business statistics (Albania)
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15 May 09

COORDINATION OF INTERNATIONAL STATISTICAL WORK IN THE UNECE REGION (9 June 16:25 - 17:30, 10 June 9:30 - 12:30)

In-depth reviews of selected statistical areas

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In-depth review of housing statistics (Poland)
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8 Apr.09

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19 Jun.09

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4 Jun.09

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Survey on housing statistics: areas where future work might be undertaken at international level (UNECE)
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17 Jun.09
 
 

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Review of agricultural statistics (Eurostat, Brazil and USDA)
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15 Apr.09
Document is in the process of being translated.  Advanced versions in other language(s) were uploaded on this webpage prior to the official distribution for information of delegates.
Document is in the process of being translated.  Advanced versions in other language(s) were uploaded on this webpage prior to the official distribution for information of delegates.

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Measurement of labour cost (OECD)
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8 Apr.09

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22 May 09

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4 Jun.09

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Issues relating to the dissemination and communication of statistics (UNECE)
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8 Apr.09

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6 Aug.09

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6 Aug.09

 7/ADD.1 

Presentation (Denmark)
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15 Jun.09
 
 
Principles on confidentiality and privacy aspects of statistical data integration

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Principles and guidelines on confidentiality aspects of data integration undertaken for statistical or related research purposes (Task Force on Confidentiality and Privacy Aspects of Statistical Data Integration)
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8 Apr.09

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28 Apr.09

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28 Apr.09

 3/REV.1 

Principles and guidelines on confidentiality aspects of data integration undertaken for statistical or related research purposes (Revised)
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2 Jun.09
 
 

 3/ADD.1 

Results of the consultation on the Principles and guidelines on confidentiality aspects of data integration undertaken for statistical or related research purposes
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2 Jun.09
 
 
Guidelines on migration statistics
 
Country comments on the Guidelines - presentation
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15 Jun.09
 
 

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Guidelines on the use and dissemination of data on international immigration to facilitate their use to improve emigration data of sending countries (Task Force on Measuring Emigration Using Data Collected by the Receiving Country)
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8 Apr.09

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19 Jun.09

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22 May 09

 10/ADD.1 

Preparation of the Guidelines
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8 Apr.09
 
 

 10/ADD.2 

Country comments
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4 Jun.09
 
 

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Data exchange exercise to assess the feasibility of using immigration data of destination countries to improve emigration estimates of countries of origin (Task Force)
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8 Apr.09

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19 Jun.09

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22 May 09
Manual on victimization surveys

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Preparation of the UNECE-UNODC Manual on victimization surveys (Task Force on Victim Surveys)
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8 Apr.09

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18 May 09

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12 May 09

 12/ADD.1 

Manual on victimization surveys (Task Force on Victim Surveys)
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21 Apr.09
 
 

 12/ADD.2 

Country comments
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5 Jun.09
 
 
Progress reports

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Report of the 20-21 October 2008 meeting of the CES Bureau
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8 Apr.09

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12 May 09
 

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Report of the 2-3 February 2009 meeting of the CES Bureau
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8 Apr.09

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8 Jun.09

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4 Jun.09

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UNECE Statistical Programme. TOR of the CES Steering Groups, Task Forces, and Organizing Committees. List of meetings planned to be organised from June 2009 to June 2010 (UNECE secretariat)
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4 Jun.09
 
 

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Implementation of the UNECE statistical programme (June 2008 – June 2009); major achievements and plans for the rest of 2009 (UNECE)
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2 Jun.09
 
 
Selection of topics for seminars to take place during the next Plenary Session

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Selection of topics for seminars to take place during the 2010 Plenary Session of the Conference of European Statisticians (UNECE)
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4 Jun.09
 
 

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Proposal for 2010 CES seminars
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17 Jun.09
 
 
Election of the CES Bureau

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Election of the Bureau of the Conference for the 2009-2011 period (UNECE)
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8 Apr.09

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28 Apr.09

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28 Apr.09

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Frequency of CES Bureau meetings: temporary suspension of points 12(a), (b) and (c) from the rules governing the work of the Conference and its Bureau (UNECE)
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22 May 09