Dialogue on Building Trust in Statistics to Counter Disinformation in an Information Overloaded World

A special side-event at the UN Inter-Agency and Expert Group on the SDG indicators (IAEG-SDGs) meeting will be co-organised by Statistics Norway (SSB), UNDP’s Global Policy Centre for Governance (GPCG), the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) and the Norwegian Development Cooperation Agency (Norad) from 8.30am to 9.30am on 22 October. The open dialogue will explore the vital role of statistics in contexts increasingly challenged by high levels of misinformation and disinformation.

Speakers:

• Geir Axelsen, Director General, Statistics Norway
• Toril-Iren Pedersen, Head of Governance, Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad)
• Yongyi Min, Sustainable Development Goal Monitoring Section, Statistics Division of UN DESA 
• Cara Williams, Co-chair of the Inter-Agency Expert Group on Sustainable Development Goals Indicators
• Denise Kronemberger, Co-chair of the Inter-Agency Expert Group on Sustainable Development Goals Indicators

Moderator: 

Arvinn Gadgil, Director, UNDP Global Policy Centre for Governance (GPCG)

--For more information on the Special Side-Event: https://www.undp.org/policy-centre/governance/events. The video recording of the special side-event will be uploaded on the GPCG website.