BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:unctad.org BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a956bed000c3 DTSTART:20170515T070000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20170515T150000Z LOCATION:Geneva\, Switzerland SUMMARY:Ad Hoc Expert Meeting on Measuring Shipping Connectivity and Perfor mance: The Need for Statistics and Data CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (ASD)\, the Sustain able Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Climate Agreement have emphasi zed the need for all economic sectors\, including maritime transport to mo nitor and measure performance and track progress towards the achievement o f relevant economic\, social and environmental targets.\n\nIndicators meas uring the performance of the maritime transport sector with multidimension al metrics spanning a range of factors (e.g. efficiency\, cost-effectiven ess\, productivity\, profitability\, connectivity\, access\, social inclus iveness and environmental sustainability) are increasingly recognized as c ritical for maritime business and its users\, as well as for governments a nd policy makers.\n\nAs developing key indicators depends heavily on the a vailability and the quality of data and statistics\, addressing existing m aritime transport data gaps requires investing in acquiring\, compiling\, making available and managing relevant data.\n\nAgainst this background th e UNCTAD secretariat is convening an ad hoc expert meeting on “Measuring Shipping Connectivity and Performance: The Need for Statistics and Data&q uot\;.\n\nThe meeting will bring together experts from varied backgrounds to discuss the role of data in supporting performance-based approaches in maritime transport and explore ways in which existing data limitations can be effectively addressed to support improved and sustainable planning and management of maritime transport activity as well as promote evidence-bas ed maritime transport policy making.\n\nIn addition to the 2030 ASD and SD Gs\, discussions will bear in mind the growing demand for data\, metrics a nd performance measures\, resulting from:\n\n\n\nThe focus in 2017 on phys ical and transport connectivity as a lead indicator of trade and economic integration (e.g. WTO Aid for Trade Review\, work on air connectivity unde r the International Civil Aviation Organization and the International Air Transport Association\, the Global Infrastructure Connectivity Alliance In itiative\, the International Transport Forum Summit 2017\, and the UNCTAD Review of Maritime Transport 2017).\n\n\nThe potential for Big Data to gen erate critical maritime transport data.\n\n\n\nRelevant issues to be consi dered include\, inter alia:\n\n\nIdentifying current data requirements in maritime transport\nImproving understanding of the complex statistical asp ects of developing performance measures in maritime transport\nExploring t he challenges associated with organizing\, integrating and analyzing data in maritime transport\nSharing good practice and experiences in the use of data to measure performance including in terms of connectivity\, access\, energy efficiency and environmental sustainability\nConsidering the poten tial for Big Data to generate critical maritime transport data\nEngaging w ith relevant data providers and considering areas of potential partnership and cooperation\n\n<\;p>\;The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (ASD)\, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Climate Ag reement have emphasized the need for all economic sectors\, including mari time transport to monitor and measure performance and track progress towar ds the achievement of relevant economic\, social and environmental targets .<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;Indicators measuring the performance of the ma ritime transport sector with multidimensional metrics spanning a range of factors&\;nbsp\;(e.g. efficiency\, cost-effectiveness\, productivity\, profitability\, connectivity\, access\, social inclusiveness and environme ntal sustainability) are increasingly recognized as critical for maritime business and its users\, as well as for governments and policy makers.<\ ;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;As developing key indicators depends heavily on the availability and the quality of data and statistics\, addressing existing maritime transport data gaps requires investing in acquiring\, compiling\ , making available and managing relevant data.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;A gainst this background the UNCTAD secretariat is convening an ad hoc exper t meeting on “<\;strong>\;Measuring Shipping Connectivity and Perfor mance: The Need for Statistics and Data<\;/strong>\;"\;.<\;/p> \;\n\n<\;p>\;The meeting will bring together experts from varied backg rounds to discuss the role of data in supporting performance-based approac hes in maritime transport and explore ways in which existing data limitati ons can be effectively addressed to support improved and sustainable plann ing and management of maritime transport activity as well as promote evide nce-based maritime transport policy making.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;In a ddition to the 2030 ASD and SDGs\, discussions will bear in mind the growi ng demand for data\, metrics and performance measures\, resulting from:< \;/p>\;\n\n<\;ol>\;\n<\;li>\;\n<\;p>\;The focus in 2017 on p hysical and transport connectivity as a lead indicator of trade and econom ic integration (e.g. WTO Aid for Trade Review\, work on air connectivity u nder the International Civil Aviation Organization and the International A ir Transport Association\, the Global Infrastructure Connectivity Alliance Initiative\, the International Transport Forum Summit 2017\, and the UNCT AD Review of Maritime Transport 2017).<\;/p>\;\n<\;/li>\;\n<\;li >\;\n<\;p>\;The potential for Big Data to generate critical maritime transport data.<\;/p>\;\n<\;/li>\;\n<\;/ol>\;\n\n<\;p>\;R elevant issues to be considered include\, inter alia:<\;/p>\;\n\n<\; ul>\;\n<\;li>\;Identifying current data requirements in maritime tra nsport<\;/li>\;\n<\;li>\;Improving understanding of the complex st atistical aspects of developing performance measures in maritime transport <\;/li>\;\n<\;li>\;Exploring the challenges associated with organi zing\, integrating and analyzing data in maritime transport<\;/li>\;\n <\;li>\;Sharing good practice and experiences in the use of data to me asure performance including in terms of connectivity\, access\, energy eff iciency and environmental sustainability<\;/li>\;\n<\;li>\;Conside ring the potential for Big Data to generate critical maritime transport da ta<\;/li>\;\n<\;li>\;Engaging with relevant data providers and con sidering areas of potential partnership and cooperation<\;/li>\;\n<\ ;/ul>\;\n\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/ad-h oc-expert-meeting-measuring-shipping-connectivity-and-performance-need-sta tistics-and DTSTAMP:20260831T115629Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR