Article 31 Statistics and data collection

The Statistics Division is the main data collection body within the Government of Pakistan.

The collection of statistics to better identify the most vulnerable groups should also be strengthened.

To continue to build national capacities for national data collection systems, the Statistics Division will commence in October 2005 systematic and regular collection of disability statistics as part of its activities related to the publication of the United Nations Demographic Yearbook.

The UNCTAD secretariat launched an annual data collection exercise to compile e business statistics from developing countries.

Where the accounting concepts differ from environment statistics concepts, supplementary tables for data collection should be developed.

Homenet Indonesia influenced the Central Bureau of Statistics in institutionalizing the collection of data on women in informal employment.

Report of the United Nations Statistics Division and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development on the Joint United Nations OECD System for collection and processing of international merchandise trade statistics

Overview of the prevalence and extent of violence against women  statistics and data collection on all forms of violence against women

(a) Making an inventory of the current data collection, processing and dissemination system of the major organizations working on energy statistics

(b) Comply with internationally accepted norms to protect human rights and fundamental freedoms and ethical principles in the collection and use of statistics.

International organizations and agencies engaged in the collection of energy statistics from countries at the global, regional and sectoral levels and major users of international energy statistics should be invited to join the intersecretariat working group.

However, with the introduction of appropriate changes in the methods of data collection and analysis, the resulting statistics could be used in gender analysis

It resulted in a unanimous consensus to establish a Task Force on Collection and Reporting of Foreign Direct Investment Statistics in Africa among participants.

Following the recommendations of the Commission at its twenty seventh session, in 1993, the international responsibility for the collection and dissemination of general industrial statistics was transferred from the Statistics Division to UNIDO and OECD in 1994.

The Committee would develop a joint work programme with the Intersecretariat Working Group on Environment Statistics and the Intersecretariat Working Group on Energy Statistics to further the harmonization of data collection activities with environmental accounting concept and definitions.

Resource poor areas and regions where violence against women is stigmatized and consequently underreported pose additional challenges to the collection of data from service statistics.

(e) Provision of technical assistance to strengthen national and regional institutions in the collection, compilation and dissemination of statistics and the use and maintenance of technology.

The requirements for the collected data are in accordance with the recommendations of the Commission adopted at its twenty ninth session2 and published by the Statistics Division in International Merchandise Trade Statistics Concepts and Definitions.3 The Statistics Division will apply the same requirements in its collection of data from non OECD countries.

FAO also assisted the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in the development of an agricultural statistics system for the collection and analysis of agricultural sector data.

The number of indigenous women completing new apprenticeships has increased by 19 per cent in the 12 months to March 2005 (to 1,580) (source NCVER statistics collection).

Strengthening the capacity of members for the collection, processing and dissemination of statistics on their trade in timber and information on the sustainable management of their tropical forests

(e) Work towards the harmonization of data collection activities of environment and related statistics with concepts and definitions of environmental economic accounting, including the assurance of data quality.

The details of those standards can be found in the room paper entitled Joint UN OECD System for collection and processing of international merchandise trade statistics (Joint System) .

Technical services are offered to developing countries and economies in transition to build the capabilities of their national statistical offices in the collection, processing and diffusion of industrial statistics.

More specifically, the data collection strategy for industrial statistics should be based on an integrated approach covering, in principle, all economic activities across all class sizes of production units.

(l) Strengthening the capacity of members for the collection, processing and dissemination of statistics on their trade in timber and information on the sustainable management of their tropical forests

It was also agreed that the Statistics Division would terminate its collection of data directly from OECD member countries and would use instead the data sets collected by OECD.

(b) Reducing the reporting burden by harmonizing data collection, processing and dissemination, by limiting duplication and or by building links bridges between existing energy statistics questionnaires, concepts, methods and timetables

(f) Develop effective monitoring mechanisms, including through the collection, compilation and use of sex disaggregated data and gender statistics, and the development and use of appropriate indicators, including process indicators

This set of agreements, standards and applications is referred to by both organizations as the Joint United Nations OECD System for collection and processing of international merchandise trade statistics (Joint System).

2. The World Tourism Organization recognizes that the United Nations is the central agency for the collection, analysis, publication, standardization and improvement of tourism statistics serving the general purposes of international organizations.

8. Also invites Member States to improve and promote the collection, compilation and dissemination of statistics and indicators on trafficking in persons, including by strengthening bilateral, regional and international cooperation and coordination

UNIDO has assumed responsibility for the collection of annual general industrial statistics pertaining to the mining, manufacturing and electricity, gas and water industries at the 3 and 4 digit levels of ISIC.

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(b) Mainstreaming a gender perspective into the national statistical system should encompass all aspects of the production of statistics, from the development of concepts, methods of data collection, analysis and dissemination of results.

(c) Promote the collection, dissemination, and analysis of statistics that are disaggregated by gender to facilitate better monitoring of the situation of women, including education, employment opportunity, income, ownership and access to finance

There has been a significant increase in the number of women completing higher level qualifications and commencing qualifications in trade and related occupations (source National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) statistics collection)

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It also developed a number of proposals for the revision of the Balance of Payments Manual, the International Standard Industry Classification of All Economic Activities and the Central Product Classification in order to increase harmonization of concepts between these frameworks and tourism statistics and to make them more helpful for the collection of tourism statistics.

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