Improving Official Statistics
Improving Official Statistics
If this is the first time you’re hearing about Sylvia Ostry, buckle up.
Sylvia was appointed Canada’s first and only female Chief Statistician in 1972, but she didn’t get there by playing by the rules. She was ambitious but grew up in a world where many thought that it was shameful to be female and have a career.
I am pleased to inform you that the Nominating Committee for the IAOS Executive Committee members (2023-2025) has been set up with Mr. John Pullinger as Chair and Mr. Mario Palma, Ms. Irena Križman, Ms. Gemma Van Halderen, and Mr. Oliver Chinganya as members. The duty of the Nominating Committee is to make nominations for the posts of the IAOS President Elect and Executive Committee members for the next term under the Presidency of Mr. Dominik Rozkrut.
Annoucing a webinar „Big Data and Official Statistics in Africa – Maximising the Opportunities” to take place on 6 October 2022 organized by the International Association for Official Statistics and International Association for Official Statistics Nigeria Group, with the support of the International Statistical Institute.
Eurostat and the Standing Committee of Regional and Urban Statistics (SCORUS) of the International Association for Official Statistics (IAOS) kindly invites the statistical community to their webinar.
The International Statistical Institute (ISI) and the International Association for Official Statistics (IAOS) have recently expressed their concerns about a recent decision in El Salvador to dissolve the Dirección General de Estadística y Censos (DIGESTYC) …
The 17th International Association for Official Statistics Conference and 3rd International Statistical Institute Regional Statistics Conference will be held in Livingstone, Zambia from 4-6 April 2023. It is jointly organised by the International Association for Official Statistics, International Statistical Institute and the Zambia Statistics Agency – ZamStats. The conference aims to provide:
IAOS would like to congratulate Dr. Erin Lundy of Statistics Canada and the other winners of the 2022 Young Statisticians Prize (YSP) competition. Our thanks to all entrants and the International Judging Panel for their efforts.
The creation of a “Krakow Group” was endorsed at the 2022 IAOS General Assembly, held in Krakow, Poland. In establishing this working group, the IAOS community aims to contribute to the burning challenges Official Statistics meet in today’s “datafied” societies.
Date: June 15, 2022
Time: 9:00 – 10:30 am | Eastern Daylight Time (Washington, D.C.)
Location: Register here
The event will be held on the GoToWebinar platform
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