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Assunto: An important message about World Statistics Day
De:      "Wasserstein, Ronald L." <ron em amstat.org>
Data:    Sex, Setembro 18, 2015 10:08 am
Para:    "hotta em ime.unicamp.br" <hotta em ime.unicamp.br>
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September 18, 2015

Brazilian Statistical Association
Luiz Koodi Hotta

Dear Colleague,
We are reaching out to the statistical societies on The World of
Statistics website with the following important message.

It is nearly World Statistics Day<https://worldstatisticsday.org/> on 20
October 2015. The world's mind will soon be concentrated on the new
Sustainable Development Goals.  It is important that the statistical
community make a strong statement about the importance of statistics in
the international development process.  Therefore the Royal Statistical
Society, the American Statistical Association and the International
Statistical Institute plan to launch the statement below. We hope other
statistical societies and other relevant bodies will sign up to it, so
that we can gain maximum exposure on World Stats Day.

If your organization is willing to sign up to the statement or if you have
any questions please email Sarah Simpson at s.simpson em rss.org.uk.  Please
state the full name of your organisation, and also attach your logo for us
to use to show the support.

Thank you.

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Data for Sustainable Development - A Statement for World Statistics Day
20/10/2015

In September, at the United Nations General Assembly, heads of states and
governments came together to launch a new and ambitious agenda for world
development from 2016 to 2030. The Sustainable Development Goals set out
17 goals with 169 targets and more than 300 indicators to monitor
progress. In the lead up to the launch of the goals, a report by a
High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons set up by the UN Secretary General to
advise on the Post-2015 Development Agenda[1], recognised that for too
long development efforts have been hampered by a lack of the most basic
data about the social and economic circumstances in which people live.

If the world is to live up to the promises made by our leaders then more
and better data will be essential. To abolish poverty everywhere, in all
its forms, the world will need to ensure that everyone is counted, that
progress is being monitored and that this information is made available in
an accessible and useable form as widely as possible. This will require a
true data revolution, one that makes use of the possibilities provided by
new technology, but also one that keeps the information about individuals
confidential and which provides information that is trusted and credible.

The signatories to this statement support the call for a data revolution
and recognise the importance of data for policy making and for
accountability in all countries of the world. The challenges of the new
development agenda require new approaches including a much greater
emphasis on open data and the use of new data sources. We have to take
advantage of the opportunities provided by new technology and big data and
national statistical systems are central to this effort. These systems -
set up and financed by governments to collect, process and disseminate the
information needed to manage government activities - are crucial. They
operate within a framework of legislation and ethical principles that
promote objectivity, independence, confidentiality and accountability.
These principles are likely to be even more important in the next 15 years
than they have been in the past.

Considerable progress has been made throughout the world in building and
strengthening the capacity of national statistical systems since the
launch of the Millennium Development Goals in 2000, but much still remains
to be done. Too many countries operate under severe financial and human
resource constraints. To meet the data challenges of the sustainable
development goals, national statistical systems must be properly financed,
the development of statistical skills and expertise must be supported, and
access to new tools and technology must be provided. Also, support must be
provided not just to the collection of data, but to its transformation
into useful and actionable information. Above all a true data revolution
that puts useful and useable information into the hands of everyone who
needs it, especially the poor and the marginalised, must be pursued.

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[1] A New Global Partnership: Eradicate Poverty and Transform Economies
Through Sustainable Development; The Report of the High-Level Panel of
Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda, UN, New York, 30 May
2013 http://www.un.org/sg/management/pdf/HLP_P2015_Report.pdf
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