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First meeting of the Â鶹APP Expert Group on the Integration of Statistical and Geospatial Information

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  • Integration Geospatial and Statistical

The Â鶹APP Statistics Division convened the first meeting of the Â鶹APP Expert Group on the Integration of Statistical and Geospatial Information, from 30 October - 1 November 2013 in New York. This Expert Group, recently established in pursuance of Decision 44/101 taken by the UN Statistical Commission and Decision 3/107 taken by the UN Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management, is composed of representatives of both statistical and geospatial communities. It aims to carry the work on developing a statistical spatial framework as a global standard for the integration of statistical and geospatial information.

The purpose of the first meeting of the Expert Group on the Integration of Statistical and Geospatial Information was to further debate and finalize the proposed Terms of Reference and review a detailed work plan to be centered around the following topics: geospatially coding statistics, geographic data linking, common geographic classifications, metadata standards and interoperability, confidentiality and data access, etc.

Item 3: UNSC program review 'Developing a statistical-spatial framework in national statistical systems'
Item 4: Finalise the proposed Terms of Reference
Item 5: Towards a Global Statistical Geospatial Framework-Overview presentations
Item 6: Towards a Global Statistical Geospatial Framework-Geospatially coding statistics
Item 8: Towards a Global Statistical Geospatial Framework-Common geographic classifications and boundaries
Item 9: Towards a Global Statistical Geospatial Framework-Metadata standards and interoperability (location and geo-referencing)
Item 10: Towards a Global Statistical Geospatial Framework-Overarching topics
Item 11: Implementing a Global Statistical Geospatial Framework-2020 Round of Censuses