The calendar of all international meetings related to official statistics in Asia and the Pacific is maintained athttp://www.unescap.org/stat/meet/events_Asia_Pacific.asp.
Date
Organizer
Meeting
Venue
2012
9 - 13 July
UNSD, ESCAP/MPDD, ESCAP/SD
Workshop on MDG Indicators Methodology
http://www.unescap.org/stat/
Technical Meeting on Economic Statistics
http://www.unescap.org/stat/econ/
Bangkok
16 - 18 July
SIAP, ESCAP/SD
Second Meeting of Working Group on the Regional Coordination of Statistical Training
http://www.unescap.org/stat/WG-stat-training
Daejeon, Republic of Korea
18 - 20 July
ESCAP/SD
Second Meeting of the Steering Group for Agricultural Statistics
http://www.unescap.org/stat/agri-stat
Bangkok
1 August - 30 September
SIAP
e-Learning Course on Introduction to System of National Account (2008 SNA)
Chiba, Japan
7 - 10 August
WHO WIPRO, ESCAP/SD
Asia e-Health Information (AeHIN) Workshop
http://www.unescap.org/stat/
Bangkok
20 August - 21 December
SIAP
SIAP/JICA 3rd Group Training Course in Production and Development of Official Statistics in support for National Development including the Achievement of MDGs
Chiba, Japan
22 - 24 August
UNSD, ESCAP/SD
Second Meeting of the Steering Group for the Regional Programme on Economic Statistics
http://www.unescap.org/stat/econ/
Regional Training Course on the System of National Accounts (2008 SNA)
http://www.unsiap.or.jp/
Seoul
18-19 September
SIAP, Bank of Korea (BOK)
International Seminar on the Implementation of the 2008 SNA in Asia and the Pacific Region and Its Challenges (Click here for more information)
Seoul
17 - 20 September
ESCAP/SD, ESCAP/SDD, United Nations Population Division (UNPD)
Training Workshop on the preparation and use of National Transfer Account (NTAs)
http://www.unescap.org/stat/
Bangkok
30 September - 3 October
SIAP
Fifth Regional Course/Workshop on Statistical Quality Management and Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics: National Quality Assurance Frameworks
http://www.unsiap.or.jp/
Tehran
10 - 12 October
ADB, ESCAP/SD
Towards Inclusive Growth: Development Planning for Achieving Equal Results for Women and Men
http://www.unescap.org/stat/
Bangkok
16 - 19 October
OECD, ESCAP/SD
4th OECD World Forum on Statistics, Knowledge and Policies: Measuring Well-Being and Fostering the Progress of Societies
New Delhi
23 - 25 October
ESCAP/SD
Twelfth Meeting of the Washington Group on Disability Statistics
Bangkok
October
SIAP
Eleventh Management Seminar for the Heads of NSOs in Asia and the Pacific
http://www.unsiap.or.jp/
1 November - 31 December
SIAP
e-Learning course on Using Population and Housing Census for Planners
http://www.unsiap.or.jp/
Chiba, Japan
26 - 30 November
UNSD, ESCAP/SD, SPC, EPO
Workshop on MDG data discrepancies in the Pacific
http://www.unescap.org/stat/
Noumea
6 - 7 December
SIAP, ESCAP/SD
The Eighth session of the Governing Council of Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific
http://www.unsiap.or.jp/
High-level Meeting on the Improvement of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in Asia and the Pacific
Bangkok
12 - 14 December
ESCAP/SD
Committee on Statistics, Third session
http://www.unescap.org/stat/
Bangkok
Staff movement
Mr Artur Andrysiak joins the Asian Development Bank
Artur Andrysiak left the Statistics Division at the beginning of May 2012 to join the Economics and Research Department of the Asian Development Bank.
Artur joined the Statistics Division as a Statistician in November 2008. He was instrumental in the development of the Regional Programme for the improvement of Economic Statistics in Asia and the Pacific and contributed to the formulation of the Core Set of Economic Statistics. He supported the work of the Technical Advisory Group on the Development of Economic Statistics, Steering Group for the Regional Programme on Economic Statistics, and Steering Group for Agricultural Statistics.
Among his many other responsibilities, Artur made invaluable contributions as the Secretary of the Committee on Statistics and its Bureau, and played an important role in planning and organizing the first and second sessions of the Committee on Statistics in 2009 and 2010 respectively.
Prior to joining the Statistics Division, Artur worked as a statistician from 2005-2008 for the Statistics Division of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, where he worked in the areas of short-term economic statistics and seasonal adjustment. Artur worked for the Australian Bureau of Statistics before joining the United Nations...
The Statistics Division team congratulates Artur on his new position with ADB and wishes him all the very best.
Ms Jillian Campbell moves to ESCAP Pacific Office
Jillian Campbell left the Statistics Division in April 2012 to join ESCAP Pacific Office in Fiji.
Ms Campbell joined the ESCAP Statistics Division in Bangkok as a Statistician in the Statistical Information Services Section in November 2010. Since then, she has been involved in various initiatives in the Division and has made invaluable contributions in the production of Statistical Yearbook, the Division’s work on Economic Statistics and the development of a monitoring framework for statistical capacity, to name a few.
Prior to joining ESCAP, Jillian worked for the United Nations Statistics Division in New York. She has also worked for a statistical consulting firm and for the Missouri Department of Conservation. Ms Campbell holds a masters degree in statistics from the University of Missouri, USA.
Mr Daniel Clarke returns to ESCAP Statistics Division
Daniel Clarke joined ESCAP as a Statistician in June, 2012. Daniel began his career with the United Nations at ESCAP more than 6 years ago. Later he moved to the United Nations Statistics Division in New York, where he worked primarily on development of methodologies for environment statistics and environmental-economic accounting. He has now returned to work once again in the Asia-Pacific region. Daniel will coordinate the Division's capacity development work on economic and environment statistics.
Daniel has completed post-graduate studies in Ecological Economics from the University of Vermont. He also holds a Masters degree in International Economics from Chulalongkorn University and a Bachelors degree in Business and Economics from Seattle University.
Isabel Pereira Rodrigues joined the Statistics Division on a short-term assignment, as a Statistician, in June 2012. Prior to this assignment, she was developing a post-doctoral project on innovation, entrepreneurship and development at the Center for Advanced Studies in Management and Economics of the Universidade de Évora, in Portugal.
Formerly, Isabel worked as a policy specialist at the research unit of the Human Development Report Office (HDRO) of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), where she contributed to the research, writing, production and outreach of the global HDRs of 2007/08 on climate change, 2009 on migration, and the 20th anniversary edition in 2010. Before joining UNDP, Isabel worked in academia, as a lecturer and researcher, primarily in the field of industrial organization. She holds a PhD in Economics from the Universitat Autónoma of Barcelona.
Ms Ermina Sokou
Ermina Sokou joined the Statistics Division on a short-term assignment, as a Statistician, in June 2012. She has been contributing to the Division’s work on civil registration and vital statistics.
Before joining the Statistics Division, Ermina worked in the Environment and Development Division at ESCAP, where she was responsible for analysis and projects on access to water, sanitation and energy services. Ermina has also worked at the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia in Beirut and at BP Plc, in London. She holds a master's degree in Economics from Tufts University and a master's degree in law and diplomacy from the Fletcher School at Tufts University.
Mr Clement Gaillard
Clement Gaillard joined the Statistics Division in April 2012 as an intern. He is a graduate student at IESEG School of Management, Paris. Mr Gaillard is assisting with the formulation of the regional implementation plans for both Economic and Agricultural Statistics and is also providing assistance in the area of gender statistics.
Clement is very interested in economics and financial studies, and believes in the use of quantitative methods to assist policy decisions and promote sustainable development and growth.
Visitors to ESCAP Statistics Division
Mr Sjef Broekhaar, Head, Technical Coooperation & border Management Asia and Pacific Region, International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Ms Pramaporn Mongkolthavorn, Regional IBM Assistant, International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Mr Sato Masatoshi, Counsellor and Deputy Permanent Representative to ESCAP, Embassy of Japan
Mr Thomas Vargas, Head, Regional Protection Hub for the Asia-Pacific, Regional Office in Thailand, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Mr Nicholas Oakeshott, Regional Office in Thailand, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Mr Jörgen Schönning, Counsellor (Development), SIDA Sweden
Mr Bengt Ekman, Minister and SIDA Country Manager Myanmar, SIDA Sweden
Ms Silvia Facchinrllo, Attache' ( Cooperation), Programme Officer for Myanmar, Europian Union
Mr Frederick Baker, Consultant, FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
Mr Neil Dourmashkin, Consultant, Europian Union
Ms Heike Alefsen, OHCHR Regional Office for South-East Asia, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Bangkok
Ms Marcia V.J. Kran, Director, Research and Right to Development Division, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Geneva
Mr Mohamed Abdel-Ahad, Representative, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Myanmar
Mr Christophe Lefranc, Technical Adviser, Population and Development (Data and Census), UNFPA, Asia and the Pacific Regional Office, Bangkok
