Seven Challenges Faced by National Statistics Offices a the
Outset of the XXI Century
…The World Statistics Day is also an occasion for us to reflect and discuss the challenges that National Statistics Offices, the United Nations’ Statistics Division and multilateral agencies, will face as we try to sustain progress in the future…
First Challenge
Making the most out of the immeasurable amount of information that can be generated through the accelerated advancement of information technologies…
Second Challenge
The entry of new players in the generation of statistical information…
Third Challenge
Developing statistical information with a global perspective…
Fourth Challenge
The need to attend locally relevant information for sub-national entities…
Fifth Challenge
Finding better ways to serve our customers…
Sixth Challenge
Provide relevant and opportune information in the context of a fast changing world…
Seventh Challenge
Protect personal data…
…”rethinking what has already been established and to think about what has not yet been elucidated”…