26 March 2018Monitoring the implementation of the SDGs: The role of big dataAt the 62nd session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW62) on Friday, 16 March in New Yorkt the 62nd session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW62) on Friday, 16 March in New York, Steve MacFeely spoke about the role of big data. 19 November 2017World Toilet DayToilets save lives because human waste spreads killer diseases. However, 4.5 billion people live without a household toilet that safely disposes of their waste. World Toilet Day is about inspiring action to tackle the global sanitation crisis. 24 October 2017World Development Information Day - October 24The General Assembly in 1972 established World Development Information Day to draw the attention of the world to development problems and the need to strengthen international cooperation to solve them (resolution 3038 (XXVII)). 14 October 2017World Standards Day, October 14, 2017Every year on 14 October, members of the international community celebrate World Standards Day, as a way of paying tribute to the collaborative efforts of all those who develop the technical agreements that are published as international standards. 10 July 2017Innovate 4 Water conference, Geneva 8-9 June, 2017Steve MacFeely, Head of Statistics and Information at UNCTAD, presented ated at the Innovate 4 Water conference organized by Waterpreneurs, WaterVent and the World Intellectual Property Organization in Geneva on 8 & 9 June, 2017. 18 May 2017In search of the Data RevolutionSteve MacFeely, Head of Statistics and Information at UNCTAD gave the keynote speech 'In search of the Data Revolution' at the 'Data Science for an Open Government Conference' held at the Porto Business School, Porto, Portugal on Friday 12th, May 2017. 20 October 2016UNCTAD marks World Statistics Day: 'Better Data, Better Lives'Effective new policies that create jobs, improve wellbeing and drive social development will depend on reliable, timely and impartial statistics, the head of UNCTAD's statistics and information branch said in a statement marking World Statistics Day. 01 April 2016UNCTAD launches novel Maritime Country ProfilesA maritime country profile provides a basic snapshot of a country's situation regarding maritime transport and international trade, facilitating convenient cross-country comparisons. The Maritime Country Profiles will be updated regularly as new data becomes available. 20 March 2016International Day of HappinessUN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in 2015: "The pursuit of happiness is serious business". Nowadays this "business" is carefully measured and is used as a barometer of life quality. In fact, many argue that "happiness" combines to give a better picture of human wellbeing than do other individual indicators, such as, income, poverty, education, health or good government. Page 1 of 3, items 1 to 30 of 89 |
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