1. 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 steven.vale@unece.org

3. The story so far GSBPM

4. The story so far GAMSO

5. The story so far

7. Big Data

8. 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 …..

9. What’s New?

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

11. Where are we investing?

12. 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

14. The logo!

16. 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 …..

17. Linking Validating Confronting Modelling Blending

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

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

20. 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

21. How to get involved  Join our workshops: 25-26 April: Risk Management in Statistical Organisations 22-24 June: Implementing the CSPA 7-9 September: Human Resources Management and Training 21-23 September: Implementing Standards for Statistical Modernisation To be confirmed: Data Collection / Statistical Communication

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