Page 67 - Revista del Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo del INEI - Economía, Sociedad y Estadística N° 9

economy and/or society, FAQ’s, visualization tools Finally, some international organisms have directly
(similar to Spain’s INE’s mobility project), press releases, supported NSO’s, especially developing countries’ NSO’s
special reports and calendars, experimental statistics, or those which have had more problems carrying out
among others. their programmed activities. For example, PARIS21
created a task force precisely to support different NSO’s
Similarly, many NSO’s use social media to broaden in various parts of the world. The activities carried out
institutional communication. Within social media sites, by this task force are based on three main questions;
some NSO’s choose to release certain publications or 1) How will the COVID-19 crisis affect the operating
statistics from their websites, in order to inform the activities of NSO’s from low-income countries?; 2) What
public. These publications or statistics can be easily are the challenges that NSO’s confront in the face of
identified using hashtags. rising demand for national and regional level data
due to the COVID-19 crisis?; 3) What are the possible
Lastly, traditional media is also especially useful to reach solutions to mitigate the negative consequences from
part of the population who does not make use of the the COVID-19 crisis in statistical development and
internet. Press conferences, interviews and important statistical operations?
announcements are broadcasted by radio or television.

COLLABORATION MECHANISMS

Throughout this crisis, collaboration between the
statistical communication and other international
organizations has proven to be very fruitful.
Collaboration helps obtain a complete outlook on the
current situation, to help develop effective strategies
to ensure statistical continuity.

The UNSD created a special section on its webpage
that compiles various reports, guides, interviews and
other official documents from the various NSO’s and
other organizations, that respond to the challenges
and problems generated by the crisis. Resources in
this section are divided in many categories: ensuring
continuity, working remotely, data solutions, open data,
useful links, and sharing experiences.

Furthermore, organized web seminars, or webinars,
have become more popular during this crisis as a way of
sharing experiences between NSO’s and other regional
and/or international organizations such as the IDB,
ECLAC, UNECE and PARIS21. Through these webinars,
NSO’s share which challenges they are facing, which
strategies they have taken to face the pandemic in
the short and medium term, and which agreements
are reached.

67