Integration of statistical and geospatial information Crossborder collaboration

Integration of statistical and geospatial information Cross-border collaboration – ongoing activities and future possibilities for the Nordic region 1 NFGS 2017, Oslo

Outline • Global Statistical Geospatial Framework (GSGF) • History • Principles • Status • Nordic Cross-border Collaboration • Work in progress • Ideas for future activities? 2

Global Statistical Geospatial Framework Implementing the GSGF, of importance for: • Evidence-based decision-making across many sectors • Coordination and collaboration between NSIs and NMAs, other stakeholders • International collaboration • 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (SDG indicators) • 2020 round of censuses (p/h) • Agricultural censuses • Other 3

GSGF – Brief history (2013 – March 2017) • Australian initiative towards UNSD and UN-GGIM (global geospatial information management): • Make a global framework, based on ABS “statistical spatial framework” • Expert group on Integration of statistical and geospatial information (UN EG-ISGI) • 3 meetings => Framework proposal for adoption in UNGGIM and endorsement by the UN Statistical Commission 4

GSGF – Principles GSGF Principle 5: Accessible and usable geospatially enabled statistics Principle 4: Statistical and geospatial interoperability Principle 3: Common geographies for dissemination of statistics Principle 2: Geocoded unit record data in a data management environment Principle 1: Use of fundamental geospatial infrastructure and geocoding 5

GSGF – Status of implementation • EG-ISGI Co-Chairs have proposed an organisation model • GSGF principle working groups • Develop further material - support the consolidation and implementation under the guidance of the Expert Group 6

GSGF – Status of implementation, cont. • Work program for working groups • Development tasks, key papers, guidelines, presentations, country examples, etc. • UN Statistics Division • Establish a knowledge base structured around the GSGF principles • Repository for organising and making accessible relevant guidance materials and documents 7

Nordic Cross-border Collaboration • Work in progress: • Geostat 3 – (SE, N, FI) • Drafting a “ESS-SGF” • Testing the “ESS-SGF” on some SDG-indicators • NFGS meetings • ? 8

Nordic Cross-border Collaboration, cont. • Ideas for the future • Take part in GSGF-working groups • Share ideas and practises on geodata management for statistics • Discuss and propose common views on a future “ESS-SGF” • Investigations on the need for common geographic classifications and coding practices – to make comparable statistics • Statistics development projects using geodata • • Eurostat grant projects? SDG-work – post-Geostat 3? Labour Market Areas? Common Nordic Innovation Lab? 9

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