The 4th United Nations World Data Forum was organized by the Statistics Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs and the National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China on April 24-27, 2023 in Hangzhou, China.
The forum was attended by more than 7,000 experts online and live from nearly 150 countries.
The UN World Data Forum brings together data and statistical experts and users from governments, civil society, the private sector, donor and philanthropic bodies, international and regional agencies, the geospatial community, the media, academia and professional bodies. Data experts and users gather to spur data innovation, mobilize high-level political and financial support for data, and build a pathway to better data for sustainable development.
The event was attended by Akrom Sultanov, Head of the Monitoring and Coordination Department of the open data portal of the Statistics Agency under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
Meetings were held within the framework of the forum:
with Stefan Schweinfest, Director of the UN Department of Statistics;
with Rachel Bevan, Director of the Statistical Committee of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP);
with Shaida Badiee, Managing Director of the international organization Open Data Watch;
with Sylvana Fumega, Director of the Global Data Barometer project.
As well as meetings with the heads of statistical services of Georgia, Tajikistan, Indonesia, Mongolia, Cambodia, etc.
The main purpose of the meetings and negotiations was to inform about the large–scale reforms carried out in our country and the results achieved in the field of open data, as well as to establish close cooperation in the implementation of the latest international recommendations and best foreign experience in practice.
