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DTSTART:20221128T080000Z
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LOCATION:Online and Geneva\, Switzerland
SUMMARY:Working group on measuring e-commerce and the digital economy\, 3rd
  meeting
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:The Working Group aims to advance cooperation on measuring elec
 tronic commerce (e-commerce) and the digital economy and enhance the avail
 ability\, quality\, comparability\, usability and relevance of statistics 
 on e-commerce and the digital economy\, with a view to supporting evidence
 -based policymaking\, in particular in developing countries.The Intergover
 nmental Group of Experts on E-commerce and the Digital Economy\, at its fi
 fth session in April 2022\, agreed on the following topics for the third m
 eeting of the Working Group:Progress in measuring work on e-commerce and t
 he digital economy and knowledge resources by relevant international organ
 izations\;Defining the digital economy for statistical purposes\;Mechanism
  to implement web scraping techniques and facilitate data transfers to pro
 duce official statistics on e-commerce and the digital economy\;Measuring 
 the gender dimension in e-commerce and the digitalWritten contributionsTo 
 facilitate deliberations and the exchange of experiences on the topics to 
 be discussed\, member States and observers are requested to submit written
  contributions\, which will be made available at the meeting in the form a
 nd language in which they are received.Contributions by international orga
 nizations\, national statistical offices and other producers of official s
 tatistics are particularly welcome with regard to the following:Recent exa
 mples of good practices and lessons learned in attempts to measure e-comme
 rce.Examples of working definitions of the digital economy used by nationa
 l statistical offices.Experiences in using web scraping techniques or esta
 blishing mechanisms for data transfers between public and private sector s
 takeholders\, to produce statistics that supplement the survey- based coll
 ection of data on e-commerce and the digital economy.National experiences 
 in measuring the gender dimension in e-commerce and the digital economy\, 
 including disaggregating existing indicators by gender\, developing new in
 dicators or using proxies to measure the participation of women in the dig
 italParticipationThis meeting is open to all member States of UNCTAD. Memb
 er State representatives wishing to attend the meeting are requested to pr
 ovide their credentials to UNCTAD by Friday\, 28 October 2022.They should 
 have relevant expertise in producing official statistics\, such as at gove
 rnment ministries or national statistical offices.Other participants that 
 may be invited include representatives from international organizations in
 volved in measuring e-commerce and the digital economy\; representatives f
 rom national\, regional and international research networks in the digital
  economy\; and specialists from civil society\, the private sector and aca
 demia\, as appropriate. Such organizations are requested to inform UNCTAD 
 of the names of their representatives by the same date.RegistrationOnline 
 registration is mandatory for all those wishing to attend the meeting.&lt\
 ;p&gt\;The Working Group aims to advance cooperation on measuring electron
 ic commerce (e-commerce) and the digital economy and enhance the availabil
 ity\, quality\, comparability\, usability and relevance of statistics on e
 -commerce and the digital economy\, with a view to supporting evidence-bas
 ed policymaking\, in particular in developing countries.&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p
 &gt\;The Intergovernmental Group of Experts on E-commerce and the Digital 
 Economy\, at its fifth session in April 2022\, agreed on the following top
 ics for the third meeting of the Working Group:&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;ul&gt\;&lt
 \;li&gt\;Progress in measuring work on e-commerce and the digital economy 
 and knowledge resources by relevant international organizations\;&lt\;/li&
 gt\;&lt\;li&gt\;Defining the digital economy for statistical purposes\;&lt
 \;/li&gt\;&lt\;li&gt\;Mechanism to implement web scraping techniques and f
 acilitate data transfers to produce official statistics on e-commerce and 
 the digital economy\;&lt\;/li&gt\;&lt\;li&gt\;Measuring the gender dimensi
 on in e-commerce and the digital&lt\;/li&gt\;&lt\;/ul&gt\;&lt\;h4&gt\;&lt\
 ;strong&gt\;Written contributions&lt\;/strong&gt\;&lt\;/h4&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;
 To facilitate deliberations and the exchange of experiences on the topics 
 to be discussed\, member States and observers are requested to submit writ
 ten contributions\, which will be made available at the meeting in the for
 m and language in which they are received.&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;Contribut
 ions by international organizations\, national statistical offices and oth
 er producers of official statistics are particularly welcome with regard t
 o the following:&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;ol&gt\;&lt\;li&gt\;Recent examples of goo
 d practices and lessons learned in attempts to measure e-commerce.&lt\;/li
 &gt\;&lt\;li&gt\;Examples of working definitions of the digital economy us
 ed by national statistical offices.&lt\;/li&gt\;&lt\;li&gt\;Experiences in
  using web scraping techniques or establishing mechanisms for data transfe
 rs between public and private sector stakeholders\, to produce statistics 
 that supplement the survey- based collection of data on e-commerce and the
  digital economy.&lt\;/li&gt\;&lt\;li&gt\;National experiences in measurin
 g the gender dimension in e-commerce and the digital economy\, including d
 isaggregating existing indicators by gender\, developing new indicators or
  using proxies to measure the participation of women in the digital&lt\;/l
 i&gt\;&lt\;/ol&gt\;&lt\;h4&gt\;&lt\;strong&gt\;Participation&lt\;/strong&g
 t\;&lt\;/h4&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;This meeting is open to all member States of UN
 CTAD. Member State representatives wishing to attend the meeting are reque
 sted to provide their credentials to UNCTAD by Friday\, 28 October 2022.&l
 t\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;They should have relevant expertise in producing offi
 cial statistics\, such as at government ministries or national statistical
  offices.&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;Other participants that may be invited inc
 lude representatives from international organizations involved in measurin
 g e-commerce and the digital economy\; representatives from national\, reg
 ional and international research networks in the digital economy\; and spe
 cialists from civil society\, the private sector and academia\, as appropr
 iate. Such organizations are requested to inform UNCTAD of the names of th
 eir representatives by the same date.&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;h4&gt\;&lt\;strong&g
 t\;Registration&lt\;/strong&gt\;&lt\;/h4&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;Online registratio
 n is mandatory for all those wishing to attend the meeting.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\
 nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/working-group-meas
 uring-e-commerce-and-digital-economy-3rd-meeting
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DTSTART:20221129T080000Z
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TRANSP:OPAQUE
DTEND:20221129T160000Z
LOCATION:Online and Geneva\, Switzerland
SUMMARY:Working group on measuring e-commerce and the digital economy\, 3rd
  meeting
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:The Working Group aims to advance cooperation on measuring elec
 tronic commerce (e-commerce) and the digital economy and enhance the avail
 ability\, quality\, comparability\, usability and relevance of statistics 
 on e-commerce and the digital economy\, with a view to supporting evidence
 -based policymaking\, in particular in developing countries.The Intergover
 nmental Group of Experts on E-commerce and the Digital Economy\, at its fi
 fth session in April 2022\, agreed on the following topics for the third m
 eeting of the Working Group:Progress in measuring work on e-commerce and t
 he digital economy and knowledge resources by relevant international organ
 izations\;Defining the digital economy for statistical purposes\;Mechanism
  to implement web scraping techniques and facilitate data transfers to pro
 duce official statistics on e-commerce and the digital economy\;Measuring 
 the gender dimension in e-commerce and the digitalWritten contributionsTo 
 facilitate deliberations and the exchange of experiences on the topics to 
 be discussed\, member States and observers are requested to submit written
  contributions\, which will be made available at the meeting in the form a
 nd language in which they are received.Contributions by international orga
 nizations\, national statistical offices and other producers of official s
 tatistics are particularly welcome with regard to the following:Recent exa
 mples of good practices and lessons learned in attempts to measure e-comme
 rce.Examples of working definitions of the digital economy used by nationa
 l statistical offices.Experiences in using web scraping techniques or esta
 blishing mechanisms for data transfers between public and private sector s
 takeholders\, to produce statistics that supplement the survey- based coll
 ection of data on e-commerce and the digital economy.National experiences 
 in measuring the gender dimension in e-commerce and the digital economy\, 
 including disaggregating existing indicators by gender\, developing new in
 dicators or using proxies to measure the participation of women in the dig
 italParticipationThis meeting is open to all member States of UNCTAD. Memb
 er State representatives wishing to attend the meeting are requested to pr
 ovide their credentials to UNCTAD by Friday\, 28 October 2022.They should 
 have relevant expertise in producing official statistics\, such as at gove
 rnment ministries or national statistical offices.Other participants that 
 may be invited include representatives from international organizations in
 volved in measuring e-commerce and the digital economy\; representatives f
 rom national\, regional and international research networks in the digital
  economy\; and specialists from civil society\, the private sector and aca
 demia\, as appropriate. Such organizations are requested to inform UNCTAD 
 of the names of their representatives by the same date.RegistrationOnline 
 registration is mandatory for all those wishing to attend the meeting.&lt\
 ;p&gt\;The Working Group aims to advance cooperation on measuring electron
 ic commerce (e-commerce) and the digital economy and enhance the availabil
 ity\, quality\, comparability\, usability and relevance of statistics on e
 -commerce and the digital economy\, with a view to supporting evidence-bas
 ed policymaking\, in particular in developing countries.&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p
 &gt\;The Intergovernmental Group of Experts on E-commerce and the Digital 
 Economy\, at its fifth session in April 2022\, agreed on the following top
 ics for the third meeting of the Working Group:&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;ul&gt\;&lt
 \;li&gt\;Progress in measuring work on e-commerce and the digital economy 
 and knowledge resources by relevant international organizations\;&lt\;/li&
 gt\;&lt\;li&gt\;Defining the digital economy for statistical purposes\;&lt
 \;/li&gt\;&lt\;li&gt\;Mechanism to implement web scraping techniques and f
 acilitate data transfers to produce official statistics on e-commerce and 
 the digital economy\;&lt\;/li&gt\;&lt\;li&gt\;Measuring the gender dimensi
 on in e-commerce and the digital&lt\;/li&gt\;&lt\;/ul&gt\;&lt\;h4&gt\;&lt\
 ;strong&gt\;Written contributions&lt\;/strong&gt\;&lt\;/h4&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;
 To facilitate deliberations and the exchange of experiences on the topics 
 to be discussed\, member States and observers are requested to submit writ
 ten contributions\, which will be made available at the meeting in the for
 m and language in which they are received.&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;Contribut
 ions by international organizations\, national statistical offices and oth
 er producers of official statistics are particularly welcome with regard t
 o the following:&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;ol&gt\;&lt\;li&gt\;Recent examples of goo
 d practices and lessons learned in attempts to measure e-commerce.&lt\;/li
 &gt\;&lt\;li&gt\;Examples of working definitions of the digital economy us
 ed by national statistical offices.&lt\;/li&gt\;&lt\;li&gt\;Experiences in
  using web scraping techniques or establishing mechanisms for data transfe
 rs between public and private sector stakeholders\, to produce statistics 
 that supplement the survey- based collection of data on e-commerce and the
  digital economy.&lt\;/li&gt\;&lt\;li&gt\;National experiences in measurin
 g the gender dimension in e-commerce and the digital economy\, including d
 isaggregating existing indicators by gender\, developing new indicators or
  using proxies to measure the participation of women in the digital&lt\;/l
 i&gt\;&lt\;/ol&gt\;&lt\;h4&gt\;&lt\;strong&gt\;Participation&lt\;/strong&g
 t\;&lt\;/h4&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;This meeting is open to all member States of UN
 CTAD. Member State representatives wishing to attend the meeting are reque
 sted to provide their credentials to UNCTAD by Friday\, 28 October 2022.&l
 t\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;They should have relevant expertise in producing offi
 cial statistics\, such as at government ministries or national statistical
  offices.&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;Other participants that may be invited inc
 lude representatives from international organizations involved in measurin
 g e-commerce and the digital economy\; representatives from national\, reg
 ional and international research networks in the digital economy\; and spe
 cialists from civil society\, the private sector and academia\, as appropr
 iate. Such organizations are requested to inform UNCTAD of the names of th
 eir representatives by the same date.&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;h4&gt\;&lt\;strong&g
 t\;Registration&lt\;/strong&gt\;&lt\;/h4&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;Online registratio
 n is mandatory for all those wishing to attend the meeting.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\
 nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/working-group-meas
 uring-e-commerce-and-digital-economy-3rd-meeting
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