Bangkok (Thailand) Hybrid, 23 August 2022 – The CoE, with UNODC, co-organized a side event at the 8th Committee on Statistics (CTS8) of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), 23-25 August 2022, in Bangkok, with attendants joining both remotely and in person.
CTS8 included five formal committee sessions, three expert dialogues, and six side events. The Committee Session was opened by Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, Executive Secretary, ESCAP, Chaiwut Thanakamanusorn, Minister, Ministry of Digital Economy and Society of Thailand, Stefan Schweinfest, Director of the Statistics Division (UNSD/DESA), and Gogita Todradze, Executive Director, National Statistics Office of Georgia.
Following the successful participation to the 7th Session ESCAP Committee on Statistics, 26-28 August 2020, the CoE in collaboration with UNODC Headquarters organized a side event to continue enhancing the capacity of the Asia-Pacific Member States and Associate Members in the areas of crime and criminal justice statistics. This side event showcased recent UNODC methodological developments to ensure high-quality data and for evidence-based policymaking including SDG 16 Survey Initiative, presented by Ainur Dossanova, Head of Division on SDGs Statistics, Bureau of National Statistics, Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms, Republic of Kazakhstan; International Classification of Crime for Statistical Purposes (ICCS), presented by Tae Kyun Kim, Assistant Director, Statistics Korea; and a presentation on ‘Statistical framework for measuring the gender-related killing of women and girls ( “femicide/feminicide”)’, delivered by Hyun Jung Park, Coordinator of the CoE. The session was followed by a Q&A with the participants, which were 181 in total, both in Bangkok and online.
The session provided a platform to inform Member States and Associate Members about UNODC technical assistance in relation to the methodological tools, advocate for the prioritization of crime and criminal justice statistics and highlight the role of the CoE as the regional hub for crime and criminal justice statistics.
The event provided a good opportunity for the CoE to strengthen ties with national and international institutions, academics and experts in the field of crime and criminal justice for future collaboration.
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