2009 meeting of the Expert Group on International Statistical Classifications
2009 meeting of the Expert Group on International Statistical Classifications
- New York, USA
- 1-4 September 2009
The Expert Group met on 1-4 September 2009 at UN Headquarters in New York, USA. The Expert Group discussed:
- Review of the ISIC Implementation Guide
- Review of the Companion Guide to ISIC and CPC
- Update on the International Classification of Activities for Time-Use Statistics (ICATUS)
- Revision of Health Classifications, including the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) and International Classification for Health Accounts (ICHA)
- Implementation of the International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO-08)
- Implementation tools, maintenance, and future revision plans for ISIC and CPC
- Classifications of waste and resource management expenditures
- Definitions of an "environment industry"
- Classification of energy products
- Review of the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED)
The meeting also included discussions on future EGM activities and the role of the Expert Group.
Meeting Documents
Papers for the Meeting
- Review of the Implementation Guide to ISIC Rev.4
- Implementation Guide for ISIC and CPC - Experiences and views of India
- Review of the Companion Guide to ISIC and CPC
- Comments on the Companion Guide to ISIC and CPC and on the revision plans
- Revision of the International Classification for Health Accounts
- ISCO-08 - Current Status and plans to support implementation
- Comments on the revision plans for ISIC and CPC
- Supporting ISIC Rev.4 and CPC Ver.2 / Preparing for future revisions of ISIC and CPC
- Terminology for classifications revisions
- General considerations for updating categories in economic classifications
- Revision of Industrial classification of all economic activities and product classification of AFRISTAT Member States
- Options for an Aggregation Structure for the North American Product Classification System (NAPCS)
- Classification of Physical Flows and Related Solid Wastes
- Outcome paper on Natural resource use and management expenditure accounts
- Towards a Standard International Energy Classification
- ISCED Review Concept Note
Presentations for the Meeting
- Activities carried out since the last meeting of the Expert Group
- Review of the Implementation Guide to ISIC Rev.4
- Review of the Companion Guide for ISIC and CPC
- Trial International Classification of Activities for Time Use Statistics (ICATUS)
- ICD Revision Process: Building the infrastructure of ICD -11
- Revision of the International Classification for Health Accounts
- ISCO-08 - Current Status and plans to support implementation
- Supporting ISIC Rev.4 and CPC Ver.2 - Preparing for future revisions
- Review and Update of Agricultural and Fishery Commodities in the Harmonized System
- Classification of Physical Flows
- Towards Standard International Energy Classification
- Classification of Environmental Activities and Expenditures
- International Standard Classification on Education (ISCED)
- Recommendations on the measurement of educational attainment
- Educational programmes, ISCED and educational attainment
Background Documents
- Mandate and Organization of the Expert Group on International Economic and Social Classifications - 1999 version
- International Classification of Activities for Time-Use statistics
- Environmental Goods and Services Sector
- Some concepts based on the manual on the Environmental Goods and Services Sector
- Balance of Payments - Revisions between editions of the Manual
- SNA News and Notes, No.17