Confab discusses role of data ecosystem management, governance, stewardship
The General Statistics Office (GSO) and the United Nations for Population Fund (UNFPA) on August 16 co-chaired an international conference to seek consultations, study the feasibility, and implement effective data management, governance, and stewardship practices.
International experts from the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, UNFPA Asia-Pacific Regional Office, Denmark, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, and Thailand shared insights and experiences at the conference. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA)🦩 – The General Statistics Office (GSO) and the United Nationsfor Population Fund (UNFPA) on August 16 co-chaired an international conferenceto seek consultations, study the feasibility, and implement effective datamanagement, governance, and stewardship practices.
Internationalexperts from the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, UNFPAAsia-Pacific Regional Office, Denmark, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Singapore,and Thailand shared insights and experiences, focusing on issues related to digitalisation, use of administrative data sources, bigdata, and mechanisms for sharing administrative data between the national statistics offices and other government agencies. Localand international participants also discussed the challenges arising in datagovernance and stewardship, along with an exploration of future trends in thisdomain. Nguyen Thi Huong, Director General of GSO, said that the exploitation and use of administrative data in theproduction of statistical information has become a trend in many countries ingeneral and Vietnam in particular. However,using administrative data in statistics still faces difficulties andchallenges. Therefore, to exploit and use statistics, it takestime to research, learn and continue to perfect administrative data to servemulti-purpose use. In addition, many ministries and branches have not yet developeddatabases concertedly, and are not ready to connect information withstatistical offices.
Rémi Nono Womdim, UNFPA Vietnam Officer-in-Charge/ FAO Representative speaks at the event. (Photo: VNA)
In hisopening remarks, Rémi Nono Womdim, UNFPA Vietnam Officer-in-Charge/ FAORepresentative said that in recent years, the GSO, ministries and agencies inVietnam have made great efforts to provide national statistics and data. However,there is a shortage of disaggregated data, especially by ethnic minority groupsand by age to support evidence-based policy making to address issues related toinequality. Furthermore,the use of administrative statistical data such as registration, civil statusstatistics and big data is still very limited. “The2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development stresses the importance of havinghigh-quality population data. Our commitment to leaving no one behind meanseveryone must be counted for, so everyone can be reached, including thosefurthest behind, and quality, reliable, consistent and comparable data is acrucial element in making this a reality,” he said. Vietnamis in the midst of rapid transformation for its socio-economic growth. Thecountry has been implementing the Socio-economic Development Strategy (SEDS)2021-2030, the Socio-economic Development Plan (SEDP) 2021-2025, and theNational Plan of Action to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by2030. Toachieve its set targets, Vietnam needs reliable and quality data statistics,which are the prerequisite for solid policy and decision making as well asfundamental foundation to formulate, implement, monitor and assess thecountry’s progress to achieving socio-economic and SDGs targets./.
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International experts from the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, UNFPA Asia-Pacific Regional Office, Denmark, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, and Thailand shared insights and experiences at the conference. (Photo: VNA) 
Rémi Nono Womdim, UNFPA Vietnam Officer-in-Charge/ FAO Representative speaks at the event. (Photo: VNA) 
