Endorsement of the Terms of Reference by the Bureau of the Committee on Statistics

The Bureau of the ESCAP Committee on Statistics has endorsed the Terms of Reference of the pilot Data Integration Community of Practice. The Bureau met on 15 May 2020 and was advised over 100 members had joined the Community of Practice from 19 countries, and regional and international bodies and were meeting virtually on a weekly basis to review Guidelines on Data Integration developed by UNECE for their relevance to Asia and the Pacific.

A report of the pilot Data Integration Community of Practice will be presented to the 7^th session of the Committee on Statistics organized for late August. If the pilot is successful, the Committee on Statistics may decide to expand use of the Community of Practice as a new modality to enhance the functionality and efficiency of existing regional working groups.