🔒 Interview with Francesca Perucci, Assistant Director, UN Statistics Division

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I interviewed Francesca Perucci, Assistant Director, Statistics Division at the UN in New York, to speak about the UN World Data Forum. The 2023 Forum will take place in China, from 24 to 27 April, at the Hangzhou International Expo Center.
Organisers are expecting government representatives, policymakers, private sector, data and statistics experts to address the data gaps in development. They will also identify data partnerships and showcase innovation in data gathering and analysis to meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
The event is hybrid and over 20,000 attendees have registered to participate online and 2000 in-person, from all regions of the world. This is the fourth UN World Data Forum and the first one in the Asia-Pacific region.
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🔒 Interview with Francesca Perucci, Assistant Director, UN Statistics Division

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🔒 Interview with Francesca Perucci, Assistant Director, UN Statistics Division 19:40

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