Second EG meeting on DTS-provisional agenda
Second EG meeting on DTS-provisional agenda
Second EG meeting on DTS-provisional agenda
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ESA/STAT/AC.126/1<br />
UNITED NATIONS<br />
DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS<br />
STATISTICS DIVISION<br />
Expert Group <strong>on</strong> Distributive Trade Statistics<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>Sec<strong>on</strong>d</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>meeting</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
New York, 16-19 July 2007<br />
Provisi<strong>on</strong>al Agenda<br />
As of 20 March 2007<br />
M<strong>on</strong>day, 16 July 2007<br />
Morning sessi<strong>on</strong> : 9:00 am – 12:30 pm<br />
Chair: UNSD<br />
9:00 – 9:30 Registrati<strong>on</strong><br />
9:30 – 10:00 (1) Opening statement by Paul Cheung, Director UNSD<br />
(2) Objectives and organizati<strong>on</strong> of the <str<strong>on</strong>g>meeting</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
(3) Administrative matters and introducti<strong>on</strong> of participants<br />
(4) Adopti<strong>on</strong> of the <strong>agenda</strong><br />
10:00 – 10:30 (5) Introducti<strong>on</strong> of the Internati<strong>on</strong>al Recommendati<strong>on</strong>s <strong>on</strong> Distributive<br />
Trade Statistics (IR<strong>DTS</strong>)<br />
UNSD presentati<strong>on</strong><br />
General discussi<strong>on</strong><br />
C<strong>on</strong>clusi<strong>on</strong>s<br />
10:30 – 10:50 Coffee break<br />
10:50 – 12:30 (6) Chapter I – Scope of distributive trade<br />
UNSD presentati<strong>on</strong><br />
General discussi<strong>on</strong><br />
C<strong>on</strong>clusi<strong>on</strong>s<br />
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
M<strong>on</strong>day, 16 July 2007<br />
Afterno<strong>on</strong> sessi<strong>on</strong>: 14:00 pm – 17:00 pm<br />
Chair:<br />
14:00 – 15:30 (7) Chapter II – Statistical and reporting units (incl. informal sector units)<br />
UNSD presentati<strong>on</strong><br />
General discussi<strong>on</strong><br />
C<strong>on</strong>clusi<strong>on</strong>s<br />
15:30 – 15:50 Coffee break<br />
15:50 – 17:00 (8) Chapter II (c<strong>on</strong>t.) - Treatment of entities specific to distributive trade<br />
UNSD presentati<strong>on</strong><br />
General discussi<strong>on</strong><br />
C<strong>on</strong>clusi<strong>on</strong>s<br />
Tuesday, 17 July 2007<br />
Morning sessi<strong>on</strong>: 9:00 am – 12:30 pm<br />
Chair:<br />
09:00 – 10:30 (9) Chapter III – Data items and their definiti<strong>on</strong>s<br />
UNSD presentati<strong>on</strong><br />
General discussi<strong>on</strong><br />
C<strong>on</strong>clusi<strong>on</strong>s<br />
10:30 – 10:50 Coffee break<br />
10:30 – 12:30 (10) Chapter IV – Performance indicators<br />
UNSD presentati<strong>on</strong><br />
General discussi<strong>on</strong><br />
C<strong>on</strong>clusi<strong>on</strong>s<br />
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
Tuesday, 17 July 2007<br />
Afterno<strong>on</strong> sessi<strong>on</strong>: 14:00 pm – 17:00 pm<br />
Chair:<br />
14:00 – 15:30 (11) Chapter V – Data sources and data compilati<strong>on</strong> methods<br />
UNSD presentati<strong>on</strong><br />
General disc ussi<strong>on</strong><br />
C<strong>on</strong>clusi<strong>on</strong>s<br />
15:30 – 15:50 Coffee break<br />
15:50 – 17:00 (12) Chapter VI – Seas<strong>on</strong>al Adjustments<br />
UNSD presentati<strong>on</strong><br />
General discussi<strong>on</strong><br />
C<strong>on</strong>clusi<strong>on</strong>s<br />
Wednesday, 18 July 2007<br />
Morning sessi<strong>on</strong>: 9:00 am – 12:30 pm<br />
Chair:<br />
09:00 – 10:30 (13) Chapter VII – Indices of distributive trade<br />
UNSD presentati<strong>on</strong><br />
General discussi<strong>on</strong><br />
C<strong>on</strong>clusi<strong>on</strong>s<br />
10:30 – 10:50 Coffee break<br />
10:50 – 12:30 (14) Chapter VIII – Data quality and metadata <strong>on</strong> distributive trade<br />
statistics<br />
UNSD presentati<strong>on</strong><br />
General discussi<strong>on</strong><br />
C<strong>on</strong>clusi<strong>on</strong>s<br />
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
Wednesday, 18 July 2007<br />
Afterno<strong>on</strong> sessi<strong>on</strong>: 14:00 pm – 17:00 pm<br />
Chair:<br />
14:00 – 15:30 (15) Chapter IX – Disseminati<strong>on</strong><br />
UNSD presentati<strong>on</strong><br />
General discussi<strong>on</strong><br />
C<strong>on</strong>clusi<strong>on</strong>s<br />
15:30 – 15:50 Coffee break<br />
15:50 – 17:00 (16) Internati<strong>on</strong>al Recommendati<strong>on</strong>s <strong>on</strong> Distributive Trade Statistics -<br />
outstanding issues from the previous sessi<strong>on</strong>s<br />
General discussi<strong>on</strong><br />
C<strong>on</strong>clusi<strong>on</strong>s<br />
Thursday, 19 July 2007<br />
Morning sessi<strong>on</strong>: 9:00 am – 12:30 pm<br />
Chair:<br />
09:00 – 10:30 (17) Outline of Distributive Trade Statistics: Compilers Manual<br />
UNSD presentati<strong>on</strong><br />
General discussi<strong>on</strong><br />
C<strong>on</strong>clusi<strong>on</strong>s<br />
10:30 – 10:50 Coffee break<br />
10:50 – 12:30 (18) Outline of Indices of Distributive Trade: A Handbook of Good<br />
Practices<br />
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch<br />
UNSD presentati<strong>on</strong><br />
General discussi<strong>on</strong><br />
C<strong>on</strong>clusi<strong>on</strong>s<br />
Afterno<strong>on</strong> sessi<strong>on</strong>: 14:00 pm – 17:00 pm<br />
Chair:<br />
14:00 – 17:00 (19) Round table discussi<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong> the <str<strong>on</strong>g>EG</str<strong>on</strong>g> c<strong>on</strong>clusi<strong>on</strong>s<br />
(20) Evaluati<strong>on</strong> of the <str<strong>on</strong>g>meeting</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
(21) C<strong>on</strong>clusi<strong>on</strong> of the <str<strong>on</strong>g>meeting</str<strong>on</strong>g>