General objective 

Produce a guide on strengthening statistical production in the framework of SEEA, fostering the production of indicators required at the multilateral level and the monitoring of national policies in Latin America and the Caribbean. 

Specific objectives 

1. Conduct an assessment of international methodological standards and frameworks and the current state of environmental statistical production in each participating country, based on criteria such as periodicity of publication, variables and classifications used, thematic areas, production processes, level of automation, technological tools, available human capital, information gaps, good practices and opportunities for regional harmonization.
2. Identify and prioritize the environmental issues most relevant to the region, taking into account national needs, international commitments and possibilities for integration with economic accounts.
3. Collect and systematize the experiences of countries that have already made progress in implementing environmental and economic accounting, with a view to distilling lessons learned and offering models for the rest of the countries.
4. Formulate institutional, organizational and technical recommendations to strengthen the production and harmonization of environment statistics, ensuring their comparability, relevance and sustainability over time.
5. Develop guidelines for constructing biodiversity and climate change indicators based on environmental and economic accounting to strengthen the monitoring of international commitments and the evaluation of public policies, ensuring comparability, relevance and consistency with economic accounts and international statistical standards.
6. Draft and technically validate the final document of recommendations for developing or strengthening environmental statistical production in Latin America and the Caribbean, to serve as a practical guide for institutional data producers and to facilitate monitoring of environmental indicators and policies.
7. Offer mechanisms and tools to make information available to the public and decision makers, through geostatistical information systems and other platforms enabling data visualization, analysis and consultation at the national and international levels.
8. Promote the creation of spaces for the countries of the region to share experiences and recommendations, through workshops and webinars, with a view to presenting the current state of environmental statistical production in each participating country and progress in implementing methodological standards and frameworks.