UN DESA’s Statistics Division will conduct a mission to Santiago on 13-17 April as part of the project Advancing the System of Environmental Economic Accounting (SEEA) in Chile.

As part of the project “Advancing the SEEA Experimental Ecosystem Accounting in pilot countries”, the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) in collaboration with United Nations Environment Programme and Convention of Biological Diversity is working in close collaboration with the National Statistical Office and Ministry of Environment of Chile to develop a National Plan for advancing environmental-economic accounting in Chile.

The objective is to strengthen the national statistical system in support of developing an information system for sustainable development through the development of comparable environmental-economic accounts, including ecosystem accounts to support policy decisions in Chile.

The Statistics Division will visit Chile on 13-17 April to participate in a series of high-level bilateral meetings as well as a high-level general meeting with Chilean officials and other relevant stakeholders, with the objective to obtain high-level endorsement of the National Plan and begin to foster institutional arrangements to implement the SEEA with the active involvement of all relevant agencies.

For more information: Calendar of Events of UN DESA’s Statistics Division