Observance of the first-ever World Statistics Day is being organized with the support of partners including the Geneva authorities, the Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations, and the Swiss Federal Statistical Office.
The main objectives of the event are to raise public awareness of official statistics and their values, stimulate dialogue between users and providers of statistics, and advocate visibility and support for statistical projects.
The conference, entitled "Measuring a Globalized World: the Geneva Contribution", will discuss the role of statistics in addressing the most urgent issues that shape today´s economic, social and environmental agenda. There will be practical statistical examples that facilitate policy formulation and research in finding solutions to the problems affecting the world today.
The sessions will be led by the chief statisticians of the co-organizers, high-level speakers and invited guests. Participants will have an opportunity to ask statistical practitioners recurrent questions about important statistical issues.
A brochure will be prepared, provisionally entitled "Geneva - Hub of International Statistics". The publication will publicize the wide range of statistical activities carried out by the international organizations in Geneva.
It will show why statistics are so important and what role they can play in providing a basis for the analysis of critical issues. It will also give a comprehensive inventory of the statistical resources available in Geneva.
