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INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR OFFICIAL STATISTICS
2018 General Assembly Meeting
Thursday, 20 September 2018
OECD Conference Centre
Time: 18:00 - 19:00
The International Association for Official Statistics (IAOS) is pleased to invite you to attend the 2018 IAOS General Assembly Meeting that will be held on Thursday, 20 September 2018 at the OECD Conference Centre (2 rue André Pascal, Paris 75016) from 18:00-19:00 hours.
This year’s General Assembly will focus on what the role of IAOS should be to support Official Statisticians in times of challenge or threat. It will discuss potential mechanisms through which our association could assist in cases where the professional independence of NSOs and official statisticians is threatened. The meeting will also inform IAOS members of the activities and achievements of IAOS during 2017.
Agenda:
- Welcoming words – Mario Palma Rojo (IAOS President 2017-2019)
- Statistical Journal of the IAOS (SJIAOS) Status Report – Kirsten West (Editor-in-chief)
- 2018 Young Statisticians Prize (YSP) Report – Gemma Van Halderen (EXCO member)
Please note, this General Assembly will be held as part of the 2018 IAOS-OECD Conference that will take place from 19-21 September 2018 in Paris, France. For more information about the conference, its programme and registration, please visit: http://www.oecd.org/iaos2018/.
According to IAOS Statutes: The General Assembly is composed of the individual members, and one designated member from each institution which is a member. Each individual member shall have one vote. The decisions of the General Assembly are taken by simple majority of the votes cast at a meeting or by electronic means except as otherwise stated by the Statutes. Votes expressed electronically shall be considered as valid as votes in person at the General Assembly. Proxy voting is only allowed in the procedure for changing the statutes.
If you cannot attend, please let us know your comments to any item of the General Assembly by sending us a message to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
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Special Meeting
“NSOs Professional Independence: Threats and Responses”
Tuesday 18, September 2018
Paris, France
Prior to the 2018 IAOS-OECD Conference “Better Statistics for Better Lives” that will take place on 19-21 September 2018 in Paris, France, the International Association for Official Statistics (IAOS) is organising a Special Meeting on “NSOs Professional Independence: Threats and Responses”.
This Special Meeting will discuss at a high level the challenges to the independence of Official Statistics by analysing concrete cases, governance arrangements and the role of the international statistical community.
Professional independence of NSOs is a subject of the utmost importance for official statistics and we have decided to dedicate a full day to highlight it. The meeting will consist on three main sessions and a book presentation by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB):
9:30–11:00 hrs - The Challenges to the Independence of Official Statistics: Some concrete cases.
11:00-11:30 hrs – Coffee break
11:30–13:00 hrs - Institutional Governance and Support to Statistical Independence
13:00–13:30 hrs - Who cares to know? The Political Economy of Statistical Capacity (Book presentation by the IDB)
13:30–15:00 hrs - Lunch break.
15:00–16:30 hrs - Discussion: The Role of the International Statistical Community
The Special Meeting will take place one day before the 2018 IAOS-OECD Conference (Tuesday, 18 September 2018) at the OECD Conference Centre and it is open to all people attending it.
There is no extra cost to attend this event, but registration is requested as seating is limited. Entry will be confirmed according to availability. Please RSVP at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. referring to IAOS Special Meeting and providing the following information:
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