Draft programme of regional statistical work for Latin America and the Caribbean, July 2005-June 2007

Includes bibliography

Documento de trabajo (Español e Inglés); / Working document (Spanish and English); Third meeting of the SCA-ECLAC. Santiago, Chile, 1-3 June 2005 1. The Executive Committee of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC has the task, inter alia, of preparing a draft biennial programme of regional statistical work which is submitted to the Conference for consideration and subsequent approval. The two meetings of the Executive Committee held in 2004 were chaired by Chile (in Santiago, Chile, in May and in Dallas, United States, in December);. The members had been elected at the second meeting of the Conference (Santiago, Chile, June 2003);.2. At its second meeting in Dallas, on 31 November and 1 December 2004, the Executive Committee decided to give a new impetus to the Conference in complying with its mandate: to be the intergovernmental body that promotes and guides the development of statistics in the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. It therefore proposed that at its third meeting the Conference adopt a strategic plan for 2005-2015 to serve as the framework for future biennial programmes.3. In the context of the strategic plan and making use of the input from the debates and exchanges that will take place during consideration of the three substantive topics at the third plenary meeting of the Conference, the biennial programme of work should be oriented towards an increasing integration of the activities implemented at the subregional level, as well as those carried out in the region by multilateral agencies.4. In view of the above, this document, which presents the areas of activity planned for the period July 2005-June 2007 in relation to statistical development in the areas of institution-building, dissemination, harmonization, training and technical cooperation, is submitted to the Conference for consideration. It is the result of a joint effort by the member countries of the Conference, regional and international organizations and the Secretariat of ECLAC.