BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:unctad.org BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a5265dc1e6c3 DTSTART:20250916T123000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20250916T133000Z LOCATION:Online\, New York\, United States of America SUMMARY:Advancing South-South Cooperation through Data CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:South-South cooperation (SSC) is key to achieving the 2030 Agen da\, alongside other international development support\, but the only form of development cooperation lacking systematic data. Momentum to measure S SC is rapidly building following the endorsement of SDG indicator 17.3.1 i n March 2022 at the UN Statistical Commission and its historic agreement o n a UN Framework to Measure South-South Cooperation\, developed by the Sou th\, for the South.The UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)\, UN Regional Com missions and partners\, building on global efforts of countries\, are stre ngthening developing countries’ capacities to measure financial and non- financial modalities of SSC to better inform and target policy action. A M anual for the Framework to measure South-South cooperation has been develo ped with pioneering countries and partners\, and first data have been repo rted.This event is being organized in the framework of the Global Network of Data Officers and Statisticians. The UN Global Network of Data Officer s and Statisticians is a professional network connecting over 3\,300 data officers\, statisticians\, data scientists\, and geospatial information ex perts worldwide. Our goal is to support governments in building resilient and sustainable national data systems for SDG implementation through conne ction\, collaboration\, coordination\, and capacity development. This ses sion will bring together experts from UNCTAD\, as a custodian of the UN Fr amework\, the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean ( ECLAC)\, and the National Bureau of Statistics of Nigeria\, to explore how data can better inform\, support\, and scale SSC initiatives.This webinar will showcase innovative approaches and collaborative mechanisms to enabl e global reporting of South-South cooperation data:Bojan Nastav (UNCTAD) w ill present UNCTAD’s latest work on South-South cooperation data\, inclu ding the development of the UN Framework to enable comparable global data and the Manual to guide countries\, as well as findings from the first dat a of pioneering countries.Rolando Ocampo (ECLAC) will share regional exper iences in compiling and harmonizing South-South cooperation statistics in Latin America and the Caribbean.Anne Ibrahim (National Bureau of Statistic s\, Nigeria) will discuss national-level innovations in tracking and repor ting South-South cooperation flows and partnerships. Our speakers:Bojan N astav is the Chief of Statistical Analysis in UNCTAD\, leading work on Sou th-South cooperation data and development statistics. He has spearheaded i nitiatives to improve data availability and comparability across developin g countries on several SDG indicators\, including to enable tracking of il licit financial flows.Rolando Ocampo is the Director of Statistics Divisio n at ECLAC. He has over 35 years of experience in statistics and geospatia l information. He served as Vice President of INEGI in Mexico and chaired UN-GGIM: Americas and UN-GGIM Global. Since 2019\, he has been the Directo r of the Statistics Division at ECLAC\, where he leads the regional statis tical agenda\, promoting innovative methodologies and partnerships to stre ngthen countries’ capacities to produce\, harmonize and use statistics f or sustainable development.Anne Ibrahim is the Assistant Director at Natio nal Bureau of Statistics. She is the Head of the International Action Plan s\, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and New Partnership for African D evelopment (NEPAD) division. With a rich experience spanning over 20 years in statistical operations\, she has actively contributed to some reform\, innovation and data production activities within the Bureau.https://unsta ts.un.org/capacity-development/global-network-of-data-officers-and-statist icians/"\; target="\;_blank\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps:/ /unctad.org/meeting/advancing-south-south-cooperation-through-data DTSTAMP:20260711T154844Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR