Asian Thematic Conference:
Managing a statistical organization in times of change

The Asian Thematic Conference is part of a series of regional conferences organised to further understand and prioritise the emerging needs of statistical organisations to adapt and develop, as stressed in the Cape Town Global Action Plan for Sustainable Development, the final report of the series of global conferences on a Transformative Agenda for Official Statistics, the regional Collective Vision and Framework for Action and regional declaration, Navigating Policy with Data to Leave No One Behind.

The conference is jointly organized by Asian Development Bank, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, and the United Nations Statistics Division. The Conference will allow the organizers to collect additional information on practices and challenges that will contribute to an extended knowledge base related to the new / updated Handbook of Statistical Organization whose purpose is to guide chief statisticians and senior managers in developing, adapting and maintaining statistical organisations that are fit for purpose.

Invited participants include national statistics offices’ chief statisticians and senior management as well as international development partners. The conference will be held on 12-14 February 2020 in Manila, Philippines.