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Gemma Van Halderen
Director of the Statistics Division
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Presentation
Gemma Van Halderen is Director of the Statistics Division in the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). Prior to joining ESCAP in June 2018, Gemma was a member of the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Executive Team, leading the transformation of ABS ' statistical programs and implementation of modernised statistical capabilities. She was responsible for transformation strategies and programs for data sharing, data integration and microdata access including ABS ' contribution to the Australian Government 's Data Integration Partnership for Australia. Among her many responsibilities at different levels, in 2017, Gemma was seconded to the Commonwealth Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet to prepare the Government 's response to a Productivity Commission Inquiry into Data Availability and Use.
Gemma has extensive experience with the global statistical system through the UN Statistical Commission and UN Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management. She is focused on statistical capacity building in the region including administrative sources, and in particular strengthening CRVS systems as source of current and reliable vital statistics for informed national development plans and monitoring SDGs. She holds a Bachelor of Science with Honours from the Australian National University. She is an elected member of the International Statistics Institute, a member of the International Association of Official Statistics (IAOS) Executive Committee, the regional editor of the Statistical Journal of the IAOS and an advocate for Young Statisticians.
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