The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), in collaboration with the UN Women, hosted the Asia-Pacific Stats Café on “Leveraging Administrative Data for Inclusive and High-Quality Official Statistics.” The session introduced crucial tools developed by the Collaborative on Administrative Data (CAD), featuring e-learning modules and toolkits. These resources are specifically designed to empower countries to modernize their data infrastructure by systematically integrating administrative records to boost data coverage, accuracy, and inclusivity.

Experts emphasized that successful data modernization is linked to cross-sectoral collaboration and technical interoperability. Presentations, including case studies from the Maldives and Mongolia, demonstrated the practical application of the CAD tools. The discussion highlighted that administrative data, once linked and validated, is a powerful mechanism for significantly improving the completeness of statistics, thereby providing a clearer picture of populations and accelerating progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Visit the event page here for presentations and recording.