Expert meetings

Under the umbrella of the High-Level Group for the Modernisation of Official Statistics (HLG-MOS), various expert meetings and workshops are organized to share and discuss innovative practices in official statistics and identify future areas of work. These events are aimed at experts in the respective fields and senior to middle-level managers.

HLG-MOS Annual Modernisation Workshop

The work programme of HLG-MOS consists of 2-3 annual Projects on emerging technologies and concepts in specific areas and 4 Modernisation Groups that provide continuous support to the cross-cutting pillars that are important for modernising statistical organisations such as standards, modern methods and human resources. Since its inception, the annual HLG-MOS Workshop on the Modernisation of Official Statistics has provided an opportunity for the experts who worked on the HLG-MOS activities to get together to share results and outcomes of the activities, exchange ideas for the selection of activities for the next year, and discuss priorities and alignment with HLG-MOS vision.  

• HLG-MOS workshop on the Modernisation of Official Statistics, 20-22 November 2023, Geneva, Switzerland
• HLG-MOS workshop on the Modernisation of Official Statistics, 22-23 November 2022, Geneva, Switzerland with side-events 
  • Meta Academy Seminar 24 November
  • Input Privacy-Preservation Techniques Seminar 24 November
• HLG-MOS workshop on the Modernisation of Official Statistics, 15-16 November 2021, online with side-events 
  • Synthetic Data Webinar, 17 November 2021
  • Input Privacy-Preservation Webinar, 18 November 2021
  • Machine Learning Community Webinar, 19 November 2021
• HLG-MOS workshop on the Modernisation of Official Statistics, online, 18-19 November 2020 with side-events 
  • Statsbots Webinar, 20 November 2020 (BSTN subgroup event)
  • Machine Learning Project Webinar, 16-17 November, Online
• HLG MOS Workshop on the Modernisation of Official Statistics, 18-20 November 2019, Geneva, Switzerland
• HLG MOS Workshop on the Modernisation of Official Statistics, 27-28 November 2018, Geneva, Switzerland
• HLG MOS Workshop on the Modernisation of Official Statistics, 22-23 November 2017, Geneva, Switzerland
• HLG-MOS Workshop on Modernising Official Statistics, Geneva, 22-23 November 2016
• HLG-MOS Workshop on the Modernisation of Official Statistics, The Hague, 24-25 November 2015
• HLG-MOS Workshop, Geneva, 19-20 November 2014
• Workshop on the Modernisation of Statistical Production and Services, 25-27 November 2013
• Workshop on Strategic Developments in Business Architecture in Statistics, 7-8 November 2012, Geneva, Switzerland
• Workshop on Strategic Developments in Business Architecture in Statistics, 31 October - 1 November 2011, Geneva, Switzerland

Modernisation Seminar

• Chief Statisticians Sprint, 10 March 2022, online
• HLG-MOS Sprint Session. Innovative organizations: Strategies to stay relevant
• HLG Seminar on the Process Oriented Approach, 19-21 April 2017, Korea
• HLG-MOS Sprint Session: Strategies to stay relevant

Meetings on Modernisation Standards and Tools

• ModernStats World Workshop 2024, 21-22 October 2024, Geneva, Switzerland
• ModernStats World Workshop 2022, 27-29 June 2022, Belgrade, Serbia
• ModernStats World Workshop 2020, 27-30 October, online
• GSIM eTraining, 5 November 2019, online
• ModernStats World Workshop 2019, 26-28 June 2019, Geneva, Switzerland
• Sub-Regional Workshop on Statistical Production Architecture and Software Sharing, Belgrade, 5-6 December 2018
• ModernStats World Workshop 2018, 11-13 April 2018, Geneva, Switzerland
• Workshop on Integrating Geospatial and Statistical Standards, 6-8 November 2017, Stockholm, Sweden
• CSPA for Digital Transformation Workshop, 3-5 July 2017, Wiesbaden, Germany
• Workshop on Implementing Standards for Statistical Modernisation, 21 - 23 September 2016, Geneva, Switzerland
• CSPA Implementation Workshop 2016, Geneva, 22-24 June 2016
• Workshop on the Modernisation of Statistical Production, 15 - 17 April 2015, Geneva, Switzerland
• Workshop of the Modernisation Committee on Standards: International Collaboration for Standards-Based Modernisation, 5 -7 May 2015, Geneva, Switzerland
• Rosstat/EFTA/UNECE Workshop on Modernization of Official Statistics, Nizhny Novgorod, 10 - 12 June 2014
• Meeting on the Management of Statistical Information Systems, 14 - 16 April 2014, Dublin, Ireland
• Work Session on Statistical Metadata, Geneva, 6 - 8 May 2013
• Meeting on the Management of Statistical Information Systems, Paris, 23 - 25 April 2013
• Workshop on Strategic Developments in Business Architecture in Statistics, Geneva, 7 - 8 November 2012 (HLG-MOS Workshop)
• High-level Seminar on Modernization of Statistical Production and Services, St. Peterburg, 3 - 5 October 2012
• Meeting on the Management of Statistical Information Systems, Washington D.C., 21 - 23 May 2012
• Workshop on Statistical Metadata: Implementing the GSBPM and Combining Metadata Standards, Geneva, 5 - 7 October 2011
• EFTA / Eurostat / UNECE High-level Seminar on Streamlining Statistical Production, Zlatibor, 7 - 8 July 2011
• Meeting on the Management of Statistical Information Systems, Luxembourg, 23 - 25 May 2011
• Meeting on the Management of Statistical Information Systems-2010
• Meeting on the Management of Statistical Information Systems-2010, Daejeon, 26 - 29 April 2010
• Work Session on Statistical Metadata, Geneva, 10 - 12 March 2010, Daejeon, 26 - 29 April 2010

Meetings on HR Management, Training, Risks and Ethics

• Expert Meeting on Human Resources Management and Training, 14 - 16 October 2024, Geneva, Switzerland
• Workshop on Ethics in Modern Statistical Organisations, 26 - 28 March, Geneva, Switzerland
• Workshop on Human Resource Management and Training - Future of work, working for the future, 11 - 13 October 2022, Brussels, Belgium
• COVID-19 response in the area of Communication and HRMT, 7 - 11 September 2020, online (Replaced the Workshop on Human Resources Management and Training, 9-11 September 2020 Lisbon, Portugal)
• Workshop on Culture Evolution, 11-13 September 2019, Geneva, Switzerland
• Workshop on Human Resources Management and Training, Oslo, 12 - 14 September 2018
• Workshop on Implementing Efficiencies and Quality of Output, Geneva, 27 - 29 September 2017
• Workshop on Human Resources Management and Training - Developing Capabilities for the Future, Krakow, 7 - 9 September 2016
• Workshop on Risk Management practices in Statistical Organisations, 25 - 26 April 2016, Geneva, Switzerland
• Workshop on Human Resources Management and Training: Modernising statistics - how to get there?, 15 - 17 October 2014, Geneva, Switzerland
• Workshop on Human Resources Management and Training in Statistical Offices, 5 - 7 September 2012, Budapest, Hungary
• Workshop on Human Resources Management and Training in Statistical Offices, 14 - 16 September 2010, Geneva, Swtizerland

Meetings on Statistical Data Collection

• Expert Meeting on Statistical Data Collection and Sources, 22 - 24 May 2024, Geneva, Switzerland
• Expert Meeting on Statistical Data Collection - Rethinking Data Collection, 12-14 June 2023, online
• Expert Meeting on Statistical Data Collection - Towards a New Normal?, 26-28 October 2022, Rome, Italy
• Expert Meeting on Statistical Data Collection, 27-30 September 2021, online
• Data Collection and the impact, challenges and opportunities of the COVID-19 pandemic, 5 – 8 October 2020, online (Replaced the Workshop on Statistical Data Collection, 5-7 October 2020)
• Workshop on Statistical Data Collection - New Sources and New Technologies, 14-16 October 2019, Geneva, Switzerland
• Workshop on Statistical Data Collection - Resourceful Data Acquisition, 10-12 October 2018, Geneva, Switzerland
• Workshop on Statistical Data Collection - Overcoming Challenges through Modernisation, 10-12 October 2017, Ottawa, Canada
• Workshop on Statistical Data Collection - Visions on Future Surveying, 3 – 5 October 2016, the Hague, the Netherlands
• Workshop on Statistical Data Collection - Riding the Wave of the Data Deluge, 29 April – 1 May 2015, Washington D.C., United States of America
• Seminar on statistical data collection, 25 - 27 September 2013, Switzerland, Geneva
• Seminar on ew frontiers in statistical data collection, 31 October - 2 November 2012, Switzerland, Geneva 

Meetings on Dissemination and Communication of Statistics

• Expert Meeting on Dissemination and Communication of Statistics, 9-11 October 2023, Lisbon, Portugal
• Expert Meeting on Dissemination and Communication of Statistics, 13-15 September 2022, online
• Expert Meeting on Dissemination and Communication of Statistics, 11-14 October 2021, online 
• COVID-19 response in the area of Communication and HRMT 7-11 September 2020, online
• Workshop on Statistical Data Dissemination and Communication, 12-14 June 2019, Gdansk, Poland
• Workshop on the Dissemination and Communication of Statistics,  25-27 June 2018, Cork Ireland
• Workshop on Statistical Data Dissemination and Communication, 28-30 June 2017, Geneva, Switzerland
• Workshop on Statistical Data Dissemination and Communication, 5-7 October 2016, The Hague, the Netherlands
• Workshop on the Communication of Statistics, 27-29 April 2015, Washington, D.C., USA
• Work Session on the Communication of Statistics, 18-20 June 2014, Geneva, Switzerland
• Work Session on the Communication of Statistics, 27 - 29 May 2013, Berlin, Germany
• Work Session on the Communication of Statistics, 27-29 June 2012, Geneva, Switzerland
• Work Session on the Communication of Statistics, 29 June-1 July 2011, Geneva, Switzerland
• Work Session on the Communication of Statistics, 30 June-2 July 2010, Paris, France

Meetings on Statistical Data Editing

• Expert Meeting on Statistical Data Editing, 7-9 October 2024, Vienna, Austria 
• Expert Meeting on Statistical Data Editing, 3-5 October 2022, online
• Workshop on Statistical Data Editing, 31 August- 4 September 2020, online (Postponed and changed an online event due to Covid 19)
• Workshop on Statistical Data Editing, 18-20 September 2018, Neuchatel, Switzerland
• Work Session on Statistical Data Editing, 24-26 April 2017, The Hague, Netherlands
• Work Session on Statistical Data Editing, 14-16 September 2015, Budapest, Hungary
• Work Session on Statistical Data Editing, 28-30 April 2014, Paris, France
• Work Session on Statistical Data Editing, 24-26 September 2012, Oslo, Norway
• Work Session on Statistical Data Editing, 9-11 May 2011, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Meetings on Statistical Data Confidentiality

• Expert meeting on Statistical Data Confidentiality, 26-28 September 2023, Wiesbaden, Germany
• Expert meeting on Statistical Data Confidentiality, 1-3 December 2021, Poznan, Poland 
• Work Session on Statistical Data Confidentiality, 29-31 October 2019, the Hague, the Netherlands
• Work Session on Statistical Data Confidentiality, 20-22 September 2017, Skopje, North Macedonia
• Work Session on Statistical Data Confidentiality, 5-7 October 2015, Helsinki, Finland
• Work Session on Statistical Data Confidentiality, 28-30 October 2013, Ottawa, Canada
• Work Session on Statistical Data Confidentiality, 26-28 October 2011, Tarragona, Spain

Modernisation Sprint and Webinars

The HLG-MOS projects work on emerging technologies and ideas, normally with a fixed time frame of 1-2 years. The past HLG-MOS projects on machine learning, strategic communication, synthetic data, and big data spearheaded developments on these topics in the official statistics community. The sprints offer an opportunity for concentrated, intensive efforts to rapidly make progress on projects. Below provides a list of sprints held for past HLG-MOS projects (please note that sprints are mostly internal to project members, thus links are not publicly available)

• Cloud 
  • Cloud for Official Statistics Project Sprint, 12-14 September 2023, Belgrade, Serbia 
  • BSTN Cloud for Statistics Workshop, 29 June 2022, Belgrade, Serbia
• Data Governance Framework for Interoperability Project Sprint, 3-4 May, Budapest, Hungary
• ONS International Data Science Meeting, 12-14 July, Newport, UK
  • UNECE/ONS Machine Learning Group sprint sessions 12-14 July
  • HLG-MOS Blue Skies Thinking Network sprint sessions 12-13 July
  • HLG-MOS Executive Board meeting 12 July
  • HLG-MOS Implementing Data Science and Modern Methods sprint sessions 13-14 July
• Synthetic Data Challenge, 24-28 January 2022 Synthetic Data Webinar, 17 November 2021
• Machine Learning
  • Machine Learning Community Webinar, 19 November 2021
  • Machine Learning Project Webinar, 16-17 November, online (public event UNECE project)
  • Machine Learning Project online sessions, 13-15 October
  • Machine Learning Sprint, 1-3 April 2020, Virtual (Webex)
  • Machine Learning Sprint, 18-20 September 2019, Belgrade, Serbia
  • Machine Learning Sprint, 13-15 May 2019, London & New Port, United Kingdom
• Linking GSBPM-GSIM task team sprint 2-3 February 2021, online
• Complementary Skills Sprint, 10 September 2019, Geneva, Switzerland
• Strategic Communication  
  • Strategic Communication Framework Project – Phase 2 Sprint, 10-12 June 2019, Gdansk, Poland
  • Strategic Communication Framework Phase 2 Sprint, 30 April - 2 May 2019, Geneva, Switzerland
  • Strategic Communication Framework Sprint, 28 June 2018, Cork, Ireland
  • Strategic Communication Framework Sprint, 12-16 February 2018, Geneva, Switzerland
• Data Architecture
  • CSPA Data Architecture Spring Toulouse, 15-17 October 2018
  • Common Statistical Data Architecture Sprint, 25-28 September 2018, Warsaw, Poland
  • Common Statistical Data Architecture Sprint, 15-18 May, Belgrade, Serbia
  • Data Architecture Project Sprint, 3-5 October 2017, Heerlen, the Netherlands
  • Data Architecture Project Sprint, 8-10 May 2017, Rome, Italy
• Linked Open Data Sprint, 12-14 September 2016, Rome, Italy
• Production Architecture
  • CSPA Architecture Patterns Sprint 29 January - 2 February 2018, Oslo, Norway
  • IM Variable Sprint, 19-23 June 2017, Ottawa, Canada
  • CSPA Architecture Patterns Sprint, 3-5 May 2017, Rome, Italy
  • CSPA Investment Sprint, 16-20 March 2015, Canberra, Australia
  • CSPA Information Architecture Sprint, 23-27 February 2015, Ottawa, Canada
  • CSPA Proof of Concept Design Sprint, 10-14 June 2013, Rome, Italy
  • Architecture Sprint, 8-12 April 2013, Ottawa, Canada
• Data Integration
  • Data Integration Project Sprint, 27-30 June 2017, Belgrade, Serbia
  • Data Integration Project Sprint 24-25 August 2016, Budapest, Hungary
• Big Data
  • Big Data Sprint, 20-24 September 2015, Ljubjana, Slovenia
  • Big Data Sprint, June 2015, Cork, Ireland
  • Big Data Sandbox project training, 28-30 May 2014, Rome, Italy 
  • Big Data Partnerships Virtual Sprint, October 2014
  • Big Data Quality Virtual Sprint, September 2014
  • Big Data project workshop, 9-12 September 2014, Heerlen, the Netherlands
  • Big Data Project Workshop, 2-3 April 2014, Rome, Italy
  • Big Data virtual sprint, March 2014
• Information Model 
  • GSIM revision virtual sprint 23-24 January 2019
  • GSIM Integration Workshop, 17-21 September 2012, the Hague, the Netherlands
  • GSIM Sprint, 16-27 April 2012, Daejeon, South Korea
  • GSIM Sprint, 20 February - 2 March 2012, Ljubljana, Slovenia