Updates from the HLG-MOS Projects

Generative AI

  1. The final report, spanning over 150 pages, has been completed. It includes six chapters: 1. Using, Implementing, and Developing; 2. Governing and Managing; 3. Mitigating and Monitoring; 4. Building Organizational Capability; 5. Preparing for the Future; and 6. Official Statistics and AI: Quo Vadis?
  2. Preparations are ongoing for the AI-readiness sprint which will be held on September 22nd with BSTN;
  3. Plans for a webinar to accompany the report's release.

Advanced Survey Cost-Effectiveness with Nonresponse Treatment (ASCENT)

 

Roadmap for Multi-Source Statistics (RAMSES)


Electronic

Updates from the Modernization Groups

Group

Work

Status

Description

Blue-skies Thinking

Identifying Topics/Opportunities


Applying Data Science and Modern Methods

Uncertainty Quantification Task Team


Advancing Responsible AI Task Team and Responsible AI Training Program


Capabilities and Communication


Work and Job of the Future - Generational diversity


Webinar on mental well-being


Ethical management (Data and Business)


Expert Meeting on the Dissemination and Communication of Statistics


AI for official statistics - communication perspective


Supporting Standards


 



 


Interoperability between DDI and SDMX for Data Integration task team

The last call of this group took place in July, and work will resume in September. Having seen a number of case studies/example, the next stage is probably to consider the question of mappings.

Statistical Architecture Framework task team

Work is ongoing. This activity has also branched out into some work looking at steady states.

Webinar on GSIM 2.0 

The webinar on v2.0 of the Generic Statistical Information Model took place on 2 September, and was very successful. It was attended by 134 people, despite not being widely advertised because of constraints on the capacity of MS Teams. The recordings of the presentations made in this webinar are being turned into youtube videos, as replacements for the training for the previous v1.2) of GSIM.

Standards discussion at the ISI Congress in the Netherlands SDMX Global Conference in Rome

Not started

This has been superseded by a proposal submitted to an alternate meeting that more of the group's members are attending. As of the last meeting, we were still waiting for the outcome of abstract selection from the organizers.

Revision of GAMSO

Although work on this was placed on hold for a few months, Chris is working on a proposal to be made to the task team members. If at all, possible, this work needs to be concluded by the end of the year.

Survey for stakeholders

There has been a broader survey (done by the CES) of how much our outputs are being used by member states. Many of the Standards Group outputs scored very highly in the results, for example the GSBPM and GAMSO (which is no surprise). Hopefully the recent webinar on GSIM 2.0 will boost it's use in future surveys.

Additionally, the output from one of our recent activities on "Implementation Standards in the Context of GSBPM" also scored very well, which is good to see.