United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Statistical Division Achievements and Plans of the High-Level Group for the Modernisation of Official Statistics Steven Vale UNECE

The story so far GSBPM

The story so far GAMSO

The story so far

Big Data

The story so far  Generic Statistical Data Editing Models  Generic skills profile for data scientists  Research on: Machine learning Risk management Marketing official statistics Quality indicators for GSBPM sub-processes Investment intentions …..

What’s New?

Strategic Investment Planning  Sharing plans between organisations  Finding partners with similar priorities  Investment Comparison Tool

Where are we investing?

Sandbox  The Irish Centre for High-end Computing hosts the UNECE ‘Sandbox’ a state of the art shared computing environment for international collaboration “Play is the highest form of research” – Einstein

The logo!

Data Integration  Focus moving from “Big Data” to “all data”  Statistics based on a blend of Survey data Administrative data New data / Big Data Geospatial data …..

Linking Validating Confronting Modelling Blending

Implementing Standards  Strand 1: Linked open metadata Machine-readable standards  Strand 2: Modernisation Maturity Model Modernisation Roadmap

Modernisation Committee Activities  CSPA management and implementation  Overcoming barriers to international collaboration  Data management  Use of mobile devices  Modernisation glossary  Communicating modernisation  …..

How to get involved  Join the Statistical Modernisation Community A collaborative partnership National / international statistical organisations Open to all producers of official statistics Sign up to the Statement of Intent www1.unece.org/stat/platform/display/smc

How to get involved  Join our workshops: April: Risk Management in Statistical Organisations June: Implementing the CSPA 7-9 September: Human Resources Management and Training September: Implementing Standards for Statistical Modernisation To be confirmed: Data Collection / Statistical Communication

How to get involved  Join our projects and activities All welcome! Share your ideas, needs and experiences Contact:  Follow us HLG Wiki: www1.unece.org/stat/platform/display/hlgbas LinkedIn group: “Modernising official statistics”