Cetic.br and CEPAL promote a webinar on statistical data collection during the pandemic

The event will be held on 10/15, starting at 2 p.m., and will bring together representatives from Latin America and the Caribbean

The COVID-19 pandemic was a watershed moment for various sectors of society, and the agencies responsible for collecting statistical data were no exception. What was traditionally done in person most of the time had to be re-evaluated to conform to the new dynamics imposed by social distancing.

Considering the challenges and solutions found during this period, the Regional Center for Studies on the Development of the Information Society (Cetic.br), of the Brazilian Network Information Center (NIC.br), linked to the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (CGI.br), will organize, along with the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (CEPAL), a webinar to discuss how the process of statistical data collection has been conducted during the social isolation period. The online event will take place on October 15, starting at 2 p.m., and will be broadcast live on the NIC.br YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/NICbrvideos).

The webinar "Data, innovation, and statistical production during the COVID-19 pandemic" will bring together directors from the National Institutes of Statistics of Brazil, Colombia, Argentina, Mexico, and Chile to exchange experiences on the production of statistical data, considering the use of different technologies for remote data collection such as telephony, among other means, and the access to these ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) by people or public agencies in their daily lives.

“The exchange of experiences among data producers to generate statistical databases during this period we are experiencing is essential. It is an unprecedented situation that requires alternative methods and the adoption of the technologies we have available, and the different experiences need to be shared,” assesses Alexandre Barbosa, manager of Cetic.br. The event is also part of the Knowledge Transmission Network conference series of the Statistical Conference of the Americas. Check the schedule:

Panel I: 'Data innovation in statistical production on digitalization and its role in the face of COVID-19' – Moderator: José Luis Cervera

-  Cetic.br/NIC.br – Recent experiences in data production in the context of the pandemic
-  Cepal – Division of productive and commercial development. Big Data for measuring the digital economy
-  IBGE – Brazil; DANE – Colombia
-  Questions and answers

Panel II: 'The impact of the pandemic on statistical production, new methods and processes' – Moderator: Cepal

-  Statistical division of Cepal
-  INEGI – Mexico; IBGE –Brazil
-  Questions from the audience
-  Methodological exchange and reflection among participants
-  INEC – Costa Rica; INDEC – Argentina; INEGI – Mexico; DANE – Colombia; INE - Chile

For more information, visit: https://cetic.br/pt/noticia/webinar-dados-inovacao-e-producao-estatistica-durante-a-pandemia-covid-19/

About the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean - CEPAL

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (CEPAL) is one of the five regional commissions of the United Nations and is headquartered in Santiago, Chile. It was founded to contribute to the economic, social, and environmental development of the region and coordinate actions aimed at promoting these issues, as well as strengthening the economic relations of countries among themselves and with other nations of the world. Since 2008, CEPAL has been headed by the Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, who was appointed to this position by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, becoming the first woman to hold this position.

About the Brazilian Network Information Center – NIC.br

The Brazilian Network Information Center — NIC.br (https://www.nic.br/) is a non-profit, private civil entity that, in addition to implementing the decisions and projects of the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee, has among its responsibilities: coordinating the domain name registration — Registro.br (https://www.registro.br/), studying, responding to, and handling security incidents in Brazil — CERT.br (https://www.cert.br/), studying and researching network technologies and operations — Ceptro.br (https://www.ceptro.br/), producing indicators about information and communication technologies — Cetic.br (https://www.cetic.br/), implementing and operating Traffic Exchange Points — IX.br (https://ix.br/), enabling the participation of the Brazilian community in the global development of the Web and subsidizing public policy formulation — Ceweb.br (https://www.ceweb.br/), and hosting the W3C office in Brazil (https://www.w3c.br/).

About the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee – CGI.br

The Brazilian Internet Steering Committee, responsible for setting strategic guidelines related to the use and development of the Internet in Brazil, coordinates and integrates all Internet service initiatives in the country, promoting technical quality, innovation, and the dissemination of offered services. Based on the principles of multistakeholderism and transparency, CGI.br represents a democratic Internet governance model, praised internationally, where all sectors of society are equally involved in its decisions. One of its formulations is the 10 Principles for the Governance and Use of the Internet (https://www.cgi.br/principios). More information at https://www.cgi.br/.

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