The ninth Statistical Data and Metadata Exchange (SDMX) Global Conference is set to begin tomorrow, marking the first time that the event is held in the Middle East.
The conference, to be held under the theme ‘Empowering Data Communities’, is being co-organised by the Information and eGovernment Authority (iGA) and a group of international organisations including the United Nations (UN), World Bank Group, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Bank for International Settlements (BIS), European Central Bank, Eurostat, and the International Labour Organisation (ILO), with the support of the Economic and Social Commission for West Asia (ESCWA) and the Bank of Italy .