1. United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Statistical Division UNECE Databases David Boko UNECE Statistical Division

2. - UNECE Statistical Division Slide 2 Updates on UNECE Gender database  Purpose of the UNECE gender database: Central dissemination platform for gender statistics in the region A monitoring tool for gender issues and policies in the region  Updating arrangement: Filled with existing data in international organisations and with specific data directly provided by the countries.

3. - UNECE Statistical Division Slide 3 Recent accomplishments  Improved procedures for data processing leading to better timeliness of outputs Pre-coding of the questionnaires New functions are added to our data management programs to speed up the data processing Data downloads from international sources are automated

4. - UNECE Statistical Division Slide 4 Recent accomplishments  Introduction of quick statistical charts for direct visualisation of the selected indicators  2011 round data collection with questionnaires Challenge to supersede 51/52 response rate Challenge to increased data coverage

5. - UNECE Statistical Division Slide 5 Respondents until today  Austria  Azerbaijan  Belarus  Belgium  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Canada  Croatia  Denmark  Finland  France  Georgia  Germany  Hungary  Iceland  Ireland  Israel  Italy  Kazakhstan  Kyrgyzstan  Latvia  Lithuania  Luxembourg  Moldova  Montenegro  Netherlands  Poland  Portugal  Russian Federation  Serbia  Slovakia  Sweden  Switzerland  Tajikistan  Turkey  United Kingdom  United States  Uzbekistan

6. - UNECE Statistical Division Slide 6 Recent accomplishments  Introduction of quick statistical charts for direct visualisation of the selected indicators  2011 round updates through questionnaires  Data collection on gender pay gap by education level.

7. - UNECE Statistical Division Slide 7 Sample results of detailed gender pay gap

8. - UNECE Statistical Division Slide 8 User statistics

9. - UNECE Statistical Division Slide 9 Plan for future  Finalise the updates  Release the gender pay gap by level of education  Publicise the database to potential users  Introduce an annual data collection with questionnaires

10. - UNECE Statistical Division Slide 10 Thank you !