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DTSTART:20250127T080000Z
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LOCATION:Online\, 
SUMMARY:3rd Meeting of the Steering Committee: Strengthening Capacity for E
 vidence-Based Policymaking and Economic Resilience in CARICOM
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:The 3rd Meeting of the Steering Committee\, scheduled for 27 Ja
 nuary 2025\, will bring together project partners to review ongoing progre
 ss and plan the next stages of implementation under the “Strengthening C
 apacity for Evidence-Based Policymaking and Economic Resilience in CARICOM
 ” initiative. The meeting will provide an opportunity to agree on the ag
 enda\, review comments on the previous meeting minutes\, and prepare for u
 pcoming activities across both the statistical and policy workstreams.On t
 he statistics side\, participants will outline the timeframe and next step
 s for countries to begin testing the TiSSTAT system. The Committee will al
 so plan an online training workshop to support Member States during the te
 sting phase\, including discussions on the timing\, content\, and identifi
 cation of the necessary NSO statistical focal points and nominated IT spec
 ialists. Relevant TiSSTAT documents to be made available to countries will
  also be reviewed.For the policy component\, the meeting will focus on fin
 alizing the priority sectors to be analysed and confirming the national fo
 cal points who will support this work. The session will conclude with spac
 e for any other business and agreement on follow-up actions.&lt\;p&gt\;The
  3rd Meeting of the Steering Committee\, scheduled for 27 January 2025\, w
 ill bring together project partners to review ongoing progress and plan th
 e next stages of implementation under the “Strengthening Capacity for Ev
 idence-Based Policymaking and Economic Resilience in CARICOM” initiative
 . The meeting will provide an opportunity to agree on the agenda\, review 
 comments on the previous meeting minutes\, and prepare for upcoming activi
 ties across both the statistical and policy workstreams.&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p
 &gt\;On the statistics side\, participants will outline the timeframe and 
 next steps for countries to begin testing the TiSSTAT system. The Committe
 e will also plan an online training workshop to support Member States duri
 ng the testing phase\, including discussions on the timing\, content\, and
  identification of the necessary NSO statistical focal points and nominate
 d IT specialists. Relevant TiSSTAT documents to be made available to count
 ries will also be reviewed.&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;For the policy component
 \, the meeting will focus on finalizing the priority sectors to be analyse
 d and confirming the national focal points who will support this work. The
  session will conclude with space for any other business and agreement on 
 follow-up actions.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unct
 ad.org/meeting/3rd-meeting-steering-committee-strengthening-capacity-evide
 nce-based-policymaking-and
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