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Public web space of the UNECE Modernisation Group on Capabilities and Communication under the High-Level Group for the Modernisation of Official Statistics.

Human resources management and training in National Statistical Offices are vital for modernization of official statistics. As technology advances such as big data and AI, staff of the NSOs must continuously update their skills to ensure accurate and relevant data. Investing in human resources and training also fosters culture of innovation, enabling NSOs to adapt to new challenges, improve data quality, and address issues of social acceptability, ensuring that data collection and usage align with public expectations and ethical standards. This strengthens the credibility and effectiveness of the national statistical system and in supporting evidence-based decision making and maintaining public trust.

The HLG-MOS Modernisation Group on Capabilities and Communication focuses on the organisational changes and communication challenges necessary to support modernisation within statistical organisations. Use of new data sources, AI, and other modern challenges has put significant strain on the HR and communication departments of National Statistical Offices (NSOs).

Consequently, the group has adjusted its work programme to help NSOs cope with evolving working arrangements, challenges in talent acquisition and retention, the development of new skills and capabilities, review of ethical principles related to new activities of the NSOs and the need for more extensive internal and external communication.

The group consists of the representatives of National Statistical Offices and International Organisations, who work collaboratively on different topics. For more information about the Modernisation Groups please consult the page of the High-Level Group for the Modernisation of Official Statistics.

This page contains various outputs produced by the Modernisation Group over the years and available free of charge to all users.

Workshops and meetings

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Risk Management

For leadership teams it developed:

A short paper outlining how organisations can approach the consideration of risk appetite as a framework for decision making.
A video presentation which seeks to make the case for risk management in statistical organisations.

For risk management practitioners it developed:

Material which can be used to deliver training modules in the various stages of risk management, in support of the UNECE Guidelines in Risk Management for Statistical Organisations.
An overview of the common risks faced by statistical organisations from across the world, with example mitigating actions, to be used as a basis for risk identification and control.