The UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) is organizing this conference to promote collaboration among statisticians and development leaders in the region, with a view to improving statistical capacity to monitor achievements toward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The ESCAP Secretariat is cooperating with the Bureau of the UN Committee on Statistics and with the UN Statistics Division (UNSD) on the organization of the conference. The conference is expected to produce a draft 'Collective Vision and Framework for Action,' which will be put forward for consideration by the Committee on Statistics at its fifth session, to be held from 14-16 December 2016.  

dates: 24-26 August 2016  
venue: UN Conference Centre, Rajdamnoen Nok Avenue  
location: Bangkok (Krung Thep), Thailand  
contact: ESCAP Statistics Division  
e-mail: stat.unescap@un.org  
www: http://www.unescap.org/events/asia-pacific-conference-transforming-official-statistics-implementation-2030-agenda
 http://www.unescap.org/our-work/statistics