Vienna (Austria), 5 December 2022 – The UNODC-KOSTAT Centre of Excellence for Statistics on Crime and Criminal Justice in Asia and the Pacific (CoE), United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and Statistics Korea (KOSTAT) discussed potential areas of collaboration and signed the extension of the CoE, 5-6 December 2022 in Vienna, Austria.
The CoE started as a joint project between UNODC and KOSTAT in 2019. Following the success of the first term, UNODC and KOSTAT signed an extension agreement for the project to continue researching and providing technical assistance and training activities to support regional Member States to improve statistical methodologies and technical capabilities with respect to the production, collection, analysis, and dissemination of crime and criminal justice data as the basis for evidence-based policymaking.
The CoE discussed the project and shared ideas and experiences on data collection with the UNODC Trend and Analysis Branch (RAB), such as the latest updates on the International Classification of Crime for Statistical Purposed (ICCS) implementation and providing targeted technical assistance to Member States.
During the meeting, the parties discussed previous activities conducted by the CoE, such as the Regional Training on Measuring SDG 16 in Asia and the Second Online Course on Crime Statistics from a Gender Perspective, as well as plans for future endeavours. In particular, UNODC and the CoE agreed to further the collaboration in the next four years by enhancing the tools including the ICCS Implementation Manual, conducting the SDG 16 Training in the Pacific, and providing targeted technical assistance to Member States in implementing the ICCS and surveys.
We look forward to the new term and the activities that will follow to establish the CoE as a regional knowledge hub.
Further information on the CoE can be found here, Twitter @CoE_UNODC and Facebook @UNODC.CoE.
