These workshops are organized by the Statistical Modernisation and Management Unit of the Statistical Division of UNECE. The focus is on sharing and discussing innovative practices and identifying future areas of work in official statistics. Invitations are sent to National Statistical Organisations and statistical departments of intergovernmental organisations. However, participation is open to any organisation or department producing official statistics as well as relevant academic institutes and NGOs. Please visit the specific meeting pages for further information and consult the Information Notices or contact the UNECE secretariat if you wish to register. Only workshops held since 2010 are listed here.
We very much welcome countries or institutes to host any of our workshops. Please contact UNECE (support.stat@un.org) if you are interested.
Upcoming and Recent Modernisation Workshops and other events of 2024
- HLG-MOS meeting, 25 February, New York, US
- Workshop on Ethics in Modern Statistical Organisations (26-28, Geneva, Switzerland)
- UNECE Expert Meeting on Statistical Data Collection and Sources 2024
- UNECE Expert Meeting on Statistical Data Editing 2024
- HLG-MOS workshop on the Modernisation of Official Statistics, TBC November, 2024, Geneva
High-Level Group Workshops
- HLG-MOS workshop on the Modernisation of Official Statistics, 20-22 November, 2023, Geneva
- HLG-MOS workshop on the Modernisation of Official Statistics, 22-23 November 2022, Geneva
- Meta Academy Seminar 24 November
- Input Privacy-Preservation Techniques Seminar 24 November
- HLG-MOS workshop on the Modernisation of Official Statistics, 15-16 November 2021, online
- HLG-MOS workshop on the Modernisation of Official Statistics, online, 18-19 November 2020
- HLG MOS Workshop on the Modernisation of Official Statistics, Geneva, 18-20 November 2019
- HLG MOS Workshop on the Modernisation of Official Statistics, Geneva, 27-28 November 2018
- HLG MOS Workshop on the Modernisation of Official Statistics, Geneva, 22-23 November 2017
- HLG-MOS Workshop on Modernising Official Statistics, Geneva, 22-23 November 2016
- HLG-MOS Workshop on the Modernisation of Official Statistics, The Hague, 24-25 November 2015
- HLG-MOS Workshop, Geneva, 19-20 November 2014
- Workshop on the Modernisation of Statistical Production and Services, 25-27 November 2013
- Workshop on Strategic Developments in Business Architecture in Statistics, Geneva, 7-8 November 2012
- Workshop on Strategic Developments in Business Architecture in Statistics, Geneva, 31 October - 1 November 2011
Modernisation seminars
Modernisation Standards and Tools Workshops
- ModernStats World Workshop 2022, 27-29 June 2022, Belgrade, Serbia
- ModernStats World Workshop 2020, 27-30 October 14:00-17:00 CET, online
- GSIM eTraining workshop, 5 November 2019, online
- ModernStats World Workshop 2019, Geneva, 26-28 June 2019
- Sub-Regional Workshop on Statistical Production Architecture and Software Sharing, Belgrade, 5-6 December 2018
- ModernStats World Workshop 2018, Geneva, 11-13 April 2018
Workshop on Integrating Geospatial and Statistical Standards, Stockholm, 6-8 November 2017
- CSPA for Digital Transformation Workshop, Wiesbaden, 3-5 July 2017
- Workshop on Implementing Standards for Statistical Modernisation, Geneva, 21 - 23 September 2016
- CSPA Implementation Workshop 2016, Geneva, 22-24 June 2016
- Workshop on the Modernisation of Statistical Production, Geneva, 15 - 17 April 2015
- Workshop of the Modernisation Committee on Standards: International Collaboration for Standards-Based Modernisation, Geneva, 5 -7 May 2015
- Big Data project workshop, 9-12 September 2014, Heerlen, the Netherlands
- Rosstat/EFTA/UNECE Workshop on Modernization of Official Statistics, Nizhny Novgorod, 10 - 12 June 2014
- Big Data Sandbox project training, 28-30 May 2014, Rome, Italy
- Meeting on the Management of Statistical Information Systems, Dublin, 14 - 16 April 2014
- Meeting on the Management of Statistical Information Systems, Paris, 23 - 25 April 2013
- Workshop on Strategic Developments in Business Architecture in Statistics, Geneva, 7 - 8 November 2012 (HLG-MOS Workshop)
- High-level Seminar on Modernization of Statistical Production and Services, St. Peterburg, 3 - 5 October 2012
- Meeting on the Management of Statistical Information Systems, Washington D.C., 21 - 23 May 2012
- Workshop on Statistical Metadata: Implementing the GSBPM and Combining Metadata Standards, Geneva, 5 - 7 October 2011
- EFTA / Eurostat / UNECE High-level Seminar on Streamlining Statistical Production, Zlatibor, 7 - 8 July 2011
- Meeting on the Management of Statistical Information Systems, Luxembourg, 23 - 25 May 2011
- Meeting on the Management of Statistical Information Systems-2010,Meeting on the Management of Statistical Information Systems-2010, Daejeon, 26 - 29 April 2010 Daejeon, 26 - 29 April 2010
- Work Session on Statistical Metadata, Geneva, 10 - 12 March 2010
Modernisation Sprint Workshops and Webinars (access might be restricted)
- Cloud for Official Statistics Project Sprint, 12-14 September, Belgrade, Serbia
- Data Governance Framework for Interoperability Project Sprint, 3-4 May, Budapest, Hungary
- ONS International Data Science Meeting, 12-14 July, Newport, UK
- UNECE/ONS Machine Learning Group sprint sessions 12-14 July
- HLG-MOS Blue Skies Thinking Network sprint sessions 12-13 July
- HLG-MOS Executive Board meeting 12 July
- HLG-MOS Implementing Data Science and Modern Methods sprint sessions 13-14 July
- BSTN Cloud for Statistics Workshop, 29 June 2022, Belgrade, Serbia
- Chief Statisticians Sprint, 10 March 2022, online
- Synthetic Data Challenge, 24-28 January 2022
- Synthetic Data Webinar, 17 November 2021
- Input Privacy-Preservation Webinar, 18 November 2021
- Machine Learning Community Webinar, 19 November 2021
- Linking GSBPM-GSIM task team sprint 2-3 February 2021, online
- Statsbot Webinar, 20 November 2020, online (public event BSTN subgroup)
- Machine Learning Project Webinar, 16-17 November, online (public event UNECE project)
- Machine Learning Project online sessions, 13-15 October (internal)
- Machine Learning Sprint, 1-3 April 2020, Virtual (Webex)
- Machine Learning Sprint, 18-20 September 2019, Belgrade, Serbia
- Complementary Skills Sprint, 10 September 2019, Geneva, Switzerland
- Strategic Communication Framework Project – Phase 2 Sprint, 10-12 June 2019, Gdansk, Poland
- Strategic Communication Framework Phase 2 Sprint, 30 April - 2 May 2019, Geneva, Switzerland
- Machine Learning Sprint, 13-15 May 2019, London & New Port, United Kingdom
- GSIM revision virtual sprint 23-24 January 2019
- CSPA Data Architecture Spring Toulouse, 15-17 October 2018
- Common Statistical Data Architecture Sprint, 25-28 September 2018, Warsaw, Poland
- Strategic Communication Framework Sprint, 28 June 2018, Cork, Ireland
Common Statistical Data Architecture Sprint, 15-18 May, Belgrade, Serbia
- Strategic Communication Framework Sprint, 12-16 February 2018, Geneva, Switzerland
- CSPA Architecture Patterns Sprint 29 January - 2 February 2018, Oslo, Norway
- HLG-MOS Sprint Session. Innovative organizations: Strategies to stay relevant, 21 November 2017, Geneva, Switzerland
- Data Architecture Project Sprint, 3-5 October 2017, Heerlen, the Netherlands
- Data Integration Project Sprint, 27-30 June 2017, Belgrade, Serbia
- LIM Variable Sprint, 19-23 June 2017, Ottawa, Canada
- Data Architecture Project Sprint, 8-10 May 2017, Rome, Italy
- CSPA Architecture Patterns Sprint, 3-5 May 2017, Rome, Italy
- Linked Open Data Sprint, 12-14 September 2016, Rome, Italy
- Data Integration Project Sprint 24-25 August 2016, Budapest, Hungary
- Big Data Sprint, 20-24 September 2015, Ljubjana, Slovenia
- Big Data Sprint, June 2015, Cork, Ireland
- CSPA Investment Sprint, 16-20 March 2015, Canberra, Australia
- CSPA Information Architecture Sprint, 23-27 February 2015, Ottawa, Canada
- Big Data Partnerships Virtual Sprint, October 2014
- Big Data Quality Virtual Sprint, September 2014
- Big Data Project Workshop, 2-3 April 2014, Rome, Italy
- Big Data virtual sprint, March 2014
- CSPA Proof of Concept Design Sprint, 10-14 June 2013, Rome, Italy
- Architecture Sprint, 8-12 April 2013, Ottawa, Canada
- GSIM Integration Workshop, 17-21 September 2012, the Hague, the Netherlands
- GSIM Sprint, 16-27 April 2012, Daejeon, South Korea
- GSIM Sprint, 20 February - 2 March 2012, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Management and Modernisation Workshops
- Workshop on Human Resource Management and Training, 11-13 October 2022, Brussels, Belgium
- Online meeting on the COVID-19 response in the area of Communication and HRMT 7-11 September 2020 (Replaced the Workshop on Human Resources Management and Training, 9-11 September 2020 Lisbon, Portugal)
- Workshop on Culture Evolution, 11-13 September 2019, Geneva, Switzerland
- Workshop on Human Resources Management and Training, Oslo, 12 - 14 September 2018
- Workshop on Implementing Efficiencies and Quality of Output, Geneva, 27 - 29 September 2017
- Workshop on Human Resources Management and Training: Developing Capabilities for the Future, Krakow, 7 - 9 September 2016
- Workshop on Risk Management practices in Statistical Organisations, Geneva, 25 - 26 April 2016
- Workshop on Human Resources Management and Training: Modernising statistics - how to get there?, Geneva, 15 - 17 October 2014
- Workshop on Human Resources Management and Training in Statistical Offices, Budapest, 5 - 7 September 2012
- Workshop on Human Resources Management and Training in Statistical Offices, Geneva, 14 - 16 September 2010
Workshops of innovative thematic Expert Groups
Expert Group on Statistical Data Collection:
- Expert Meeting on Statistical Data Collection 'Rethinking Data Collection', 12-14 June 2023, online
- Expert Meeting on Statistical Data Collection 'Towards a New Normal?', 26-28 October 2022, Rome, Italy
- Expert Meeting on Statistical Data Collection, 27-30 September 2021, online
- Data Collection and the impact, challenges and opportunities of the COVID-19 pandemic: online workshop 5 – 8 October 2020 (Replaced the Workshop on Statistical Data Collection, 5-7 October 2020)
- 'New Sources and New Technologies', 14-16 October 2019, Geneva, Switzerland
- 'Resourceful Data Acquisition', 10-12 October 2018, Geneva, Switzerland
- 'Overcoming Challenges through Modernisation' , 10-12 October 2017, Ottawa, Canada
- 'Visions on Future Surveying', 3 – 5 October 2016, the Hague, the Netherlands
Expert Group on the Dissemination and Communication of Statistics:
- Expert Meeting on Dissemination and Communication of Statistics, 9-11 October 2023, Lisbon, Portugal
- Expert Meeting on Dissemination and Communication of Statistics, 13-15 September, online
- Expert Meeting on Dissemination and Communication of Statistics, 11-14 October 2021, online
Lisbon Portugal due to Covid) - Online meeting on the COVID-19 response in the area of Communication and HRMT 7-11 September 2020 online (Replaced the Workshop on Statistical Data Dissemination and Communication, 7-9 September 2020, Lisbon, Portugal)
- Workshop on Statistical Data Dissemination and Communication, 12-14 June 2019, Gdansk, Poland
- Workshop on the Dissemination and Communication of Statistics, 25-27 June 2018, Cork Ireland
- Data Dissemination and Communication Workshop, 28-30 June 2017, Geneva, Switzerland
Workshop on the Communication of Statistics, 27-29 April 2015, Washington, D.C., USA
- Work Session on the Communication of Statistics, 18-20 June 2014, Geneva, Switzerland
Work Session on the Communication of Statistics, 27 - 29 May 2013, Berlin, Germany
- Work Session on the Communication of Statistics, 27-29 June 2012, Geneva, Switzerland
- Work Session on the Communication of Statistics, 29 June-1 July 2011, Geneva, Switzerland
- Work Session on the Communication of Statistics, 30 June-2 July 2010, Paris, France
Expert Group on Statistical Data Editing:
- Expert Meeting on Statistical Data Editing, 3-5 October 2022, online
- Workshop on Statistical Data Editing,
15-17 April31 August- 4 September 2020, online (Postponed and Changed an online event) - Workshop on Statistical Data Editing, 18-20 September 2018, Neuchatel, Switzerland
Work Session on Statistical Data Editing, 24-26 April 2017, The Hague, Netherlands
- Work Session on Statistical Data Editing, 14-16 September 2015, Budapest, Hungary
- Work Session on Statistical Data Editing, 28-30 April 2014, Paris, France
- Work Session on Statistical Data Editing, 24-26 September 2012, Oslo, Norway
- Work Session on Statistical Data Editing, 9-11 May 2011, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Expert Group on Statistical Data Confidentiality:
- Expert meeting on Statistical Data Confidentiality, 26-28 September 2023, Wiesbaden, Germany
- Expert meeting on Statistical Data Confidentiality, 1-3 December 2021, Poznan, Poland
- 2019 Work Session on Statistical Data Confidentiality, 29-31 October 2019, the Hague, the Netherlands
- 2017 Work Session on Statistical Data Confidentiality, 20-22 September 2017, Skopje, North Macedonia
- 2015 Work Session on Statistical Data Confidentiality, 5-7 October 2015, Helsinki, Finland
- 2013 Work Session on Statistical Data Confidentiality, 28-30 October 2013, Ottawa, Canada
- 2011 Work Session on Statistical Data Confidentiality, 26-28 October 2011, Tarragona, Spain