Welcome to the Measuring-ICT Website
The Measuring-ICT Website is both an online source of
information on indicators, methodologies and statistics related to the
information society and a forum that allows practitioners from all countries –
developed as well as developing - to engage in discussions on e-measurement
related topics and to further develop conceptual and methodological work.
The UNCTAD ICT
and E-Business Branch maintains the website since its
launch in November 2003, as a follow-up to the Expert Meeting on Measuring E-Commerce,
held in Geneva in September 2003.
UNCTAD's work on ICT measurement focuses on the information economy and
includes data collection and dissemination, technical assistance, development
of indicators and research and analysis. For more information, click here.
HIGHLIGHTS
Joint ITU - UNCTAD - UNECA Regional
Workshop on Information Society Measurement in Africa, 07-09 March 2007, Addis
Ababa, Ethiopia
The workshop builds on the work by the Partnership
on Measuring ICT for Development and ECA's ICT Measurement project (Scan-ICT),
and aims to advance the availability of comparable data on ICT in the entire
African region. The event will allow representatives of NSOs, as well as
representatives of ministries and regulatory agencies who are producers and/or
users of ICT statistics, to discuss the need for comparable data on Information
Society developments, and share best practices in ICT measurement at the
regional level.
Expert Group Meeting on Information
and Communications Technology Indicators Adoption and Data Collection, Cairo,
Egypt, 13-15 February 2007
The meeting is jointly organized by UNESCWA, UNESCO
Institute for Statistics (UIS), the Knowledge Management Branch/DPADM/UNDESA,
and the Cabinet - Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC), and will be
held at the IDSC headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, during 13-15 February 2007.
For more information, please click here.
UNCTAD training course on applying
econometric methods to ICT data analysis
Bangkok, 17- 23 January
UNCTAD and the Thai
National Statistical Office (NSO) have initiated a joint research project to
measure the impact of the adoption and use of Information and Communications
Technologies (ICT) on the productivity of Thai firms. For more information,
please Click here.
Third Regional Workshop on
Information Society Measurement in Latin America and the Caribbean
Panama 22-24 November 2006
Observatory for the
Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean (OSILAC), Economic
Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) / Institute for
Connectivity in the Americas (ICA) / European Commission -@LIS. For more
information, please Click here.
World Telecommunication/ICT
Indicators Meeting
Geneva, 11-13 October 2006
The fifth World
Telecommunication/ICT Indicators (WTI) Meeting will take place in Geneva from
11 to 13 October 2006. This meeting, organized by the Telecommunication
Development Bureau (BDT) of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU),
has been taking place regularly since 1996. For additional information, please Click here.
OECD Seminar on ICT Statistics in
China
Beijing, 15-17 September 2006
To
download the presentations, please Click here.
Joint UNCTAD-ITU-UNESCAP Regional
Workshop on
Information Society Measurements in
Asia-Pacific
Bangkok 26-28 July 2006
This workshop will allow
statisticians as well as policy makers to discuss the need for comparable data
on information society developments, and share best practices in ICT
measurement at the regional level. For additional information, please Click here.
Partnership Publication
"Core ICT Indicators"
15 November 2005
This publication was launched by
the Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development on 15 November 2005. It
presents the core ICT indicators, definitions, model questions and suggestions
on data collection for developing countries. Click here to download the publication (available in English, French and Spanish).
Partnership Publication
"Measuring ICT: The Global Status
of ICT Indicators"
15 November 2005
The Partnership on Measuring ICT
for Development launched the publication "Measuring ICT: The Global Status
of ICT Indicators" on 15 November 2005 during WSIS Tunis. The publication
presents the results of a global stocktaking exercise on ICT indicators carried
out in 2004. National statistical offices in more than 170 developing countries
were asked about the status of official Information Society statistics. Click here to download the publication.
WSIS Parallel Event
« Measuring the Information Society
»
Tunis, 15 November 2005, from 9:30
a.m. to 5 p.m.
Kram Center, Room "Le
Kram"
This
global event brought together ICT stakeholders at national, regional and
international levels:
- To present a set of
core statistical indicators agreed by some of the key international
agencies working in the field
- To debate the
importance of measuring the information society for ICT policy making and
development
- To illustrate the
contribution of ICT measurement to the follow-up of WSIS
For
additional information, please consult the WSIS Parallel Event.
WSIS Thematic Meeting
« Measuring the Information Society
»
Geneva, 7 to 9 February 2005
The
WSIS Thematic Meeting on Measuring the Information Society
was organized under the umbrella of the Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development,
launched during UNCTAD XI in June 2004. The meeting contributes
to the discussion on Measuring ICT in the framework of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS).
Click here for the conclusions in English and French.
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