Tools Developed

integRATE Assessment Tool v1.0 (UNECE 2024) - A tool to identify current and target maturity levels across a set of dimensions

INGEST Maturity Assessment Tool v1.0 (UNECE 2024) - A tool to assess the technical capabilities for data integration, focusing on data, technical infrastructure, and standards.

Country Specific

Country Studies on the ability to integrate geospatial and statistical data

Albania: UNECE INGEST Capacity Development Support Albania 2024 Summary Report

Armenia: UNECE INGEST Capacity Development Support Armenia 2024 Summary Report

Kazakhstan: UNECE INGEST Capacity Development Support Kazakhstan 2024 Summary Report

Republic of Moldova

Guidelines and Recommendations

INGEST Task Force on Standards Issues - A path towards the use of common standards to support the INtegration of GEospatial and STatistical information Working Paper (UNECE 2024)

INGEST Issues and Obstacles to the greater integration of statistical and geospatial information across the UNECE region Working Paper (UNECE 2024)

Projects

Eurostat Funded Project

Background

In 2022, the European Commission funded a project, led by UNECE, to develop greater capacity in the integration of geospatial and statistical data across the UNECE region. A European Union Contribution Agreement, 2021.0180 (the “Agreement”), was established between the European Union (EU), represented by the European Commission, and UNECE in July 2022. The purpose of this Agreement was to fund the implementation of the action: “Cooperation with UNECE covering the organisation of important events or actions aimed at developing statistical capacity (integration of geospatial and statistical data in UNECE countries)” (the “Action”). The Action has been implemented over a period of 21 months, from August 2022 to April 2024 inclusive.

As described in Section 1a of Annex I of the Agreement, the project aimed to "foster stronger links between the statistical and geospatial communities across the UNECE region, facilitating greater collaboration and encouraging greater integration of geospatial and statistical information by promoting stronger institutional partnerships and the use of common standards”. The project has supported existing activities to strengthen the integration of statistical and geospatial data by Eurostat and others within sixteen target countries, defined as “UNECE members that have not yet joined the EU, in Eastern and South-Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia”.

Main Activities

The main activities undertaken as part of the Action, as outlined in Section 1b of Annex I of the Agreement, include:

  • Increasing awareness of the need for more integration of geospatial and statistical data and demonstrating progress towards this goal.
  • Fostering strong and sustainable links between the statistical and geospatial communities in the non-EU European countries, facilitating greater collaboration and increasing integration of geospatial and statistical information.
  • Promoting institutional partnerships and the use of common standards.
  • Supporting and guiding national statistical and geospatial authorities in developing and implementing common international standards and methodologies for reporting data.
  • Supporting and guiding national statistical and geospatial authorities to set up and to adapt their data production system based on the relevant standards and methodologies.
  • Workshops

United Nations Development Account Project 14

Under the UNDA14 project, various activities were conducted. Building on the Eurostat Funded Project, reports were produced and tools were developed to assess the national ability to integrate geospatial and statistical data.

Case studies implementing these tools and providing guidance and recommendations were conducted for: Albania, Armenia, Kazakhstan and the Republic of Moldova.