Measurement of information and communications technologies

Measurement of Information and Communications Technologies

Biennium:
2014-2015
Coordinator
Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE) of Dominican Republic
Technical Secretariat
Division of Production, Productivity and Management of ECLAC
Members
National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INDEC) of Argentina
Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE)
Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas (INE) of Chile
Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE) of Colombia
Oficina Nacional de Estadística e Información (ONEI) of Cuba
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI) of Mexico
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censo (INEC) of Panama
Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE) of Dominican Republic
General Bureau of Statistics of Suriname
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) of Uruguay
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) of Venezuela
Objectives

General

The working group aims to help national statistical systems to build capacities and develop methodologies on measuring information and communications technologies (ICTs).

Specific

  1. Coordinate efforts to ensure that the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean have relevant statistics on the use, availability and impact of ICTs on the economy and society at large, and to establish a baseline for a common set of indicators for the region
  2. Promote the dissemination of indicators on access to and use of ICTs
  3. Update the compendium of practices on the inclusion of questions relating to ICT statistics in household or business surveys.
  4. Promote the strengthening of the online regional database of the Observatory for the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean (OSILAC)
  5. Contribute to defining quantifiable targets and indicators for the Plan of Action for the Information and Knowledge Society in Latin America and the Caribbean (eLAC2015)