“2022 UN BIG DATA HACKATHON”

The Statistical Commission agreed at its 45th session to establish a UN Committee of Experts on Big Data and Data Science for Official Statistics (UN-CEBD) to further investigate the benefits and challenges of Big Data, including its potential for monitoring and reporting on development goals. In this context, the UN-CEBD and the broader official statistics community recognize the need to address issues related to methodology, quality, technology, data access, legislation, privacy, management, and finance, and to provide an adequate cost-benefit analysis of the uses of Big Data