Representatives of the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia (SORS), dr Miladin Kovačević, Director of the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia, Slavko Kapuran, Assistant Director of the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia and Tijana Čomić, attended the 47th Session of UN Statistical Commission. The 47th session discussed, among others topics, the statistical support for the implementation of the 2030 sustainable Development Agenda, Big Data and the International Comparison Program.

Representatives of SORS, in scope of the 47th Session of UN Statistical Commission, participated in special presentations with topics:

   · „Capacity development initiatives for SDG Data”

   · „Disability Statistics: A Key to Inclusion New Data Collection Tools and Partnerships”

Side events were held in UNICEF House, in New York, on March 7th and 9th 2016.

During the first presentation, provided were the experiences during the work on Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS 5), as well as the way in which this survey contributed to the improvement of SORS capacity. At the second presentation, representatives of SORS showed, in an interactive session, their experiences, observations and challenges with which they met during the work on Field Testing of the UNICEF/WG Module on Child Functioning and Disability.

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