The main objective of the ISLP is to contribute to promoting statistical literacy across the world, among young and adults, in all walks of life. To this end, we provide an online repository of international resources and news in Statistical Literacy, international activities to promote the resources and the individuals and institutions behind them, and outreach activities to increase awareness.
Statistics Canada recently launched a new data literacy online interactive course, "Data Quality as Fitness for Use", available for free on their website (in English and French). It’s an intermediate-level data literacy course, making a great addition to any organization’s learning offerings. Go take a look!➶
Statistical Edutainment - an ISLP webinar in conjunction with IASE was held on the 23 May 2023. Presenter(s): John Bailer, Paolo Noceda, Maulana Faris, José Pinto Martins, Jo Roislien. View the recording of this captivating webinar here:➶
ISLP has been collaborating with the Global Network of Institutions for Statistical Training (GIST). Please find the resources shared by ISLP Country Coordinators, along with other great initiatives, in the Statistical Literacy Initatives Inventory!➶
PISTAR is organizing the 1st PISTAR Global Statistics Conference on Sunday, Jan 22, 2023. The Pre-Conference Workshops are on Saturday, Jan 21, 2023. Read more here:
ISLP is co-operating with the Global Network of Institutions for Statistical Training (GIST). View the latest GIST Newsletter here.
Together with IASE, the ISLP organised a webinar, Statistical and Data Literacy in Policy-Making, on the 7th of December. The webinar was based on the SJIAOS special stream on Statistical and Data Literacy in Policy-Making (Vol 38, No. 2, 2022). You can read more and view the webinar video here➶
India has two new country Coordinators: Prajamitra Bhuyan and Gandhiya Vendan. Welcome!
Liechtenstein has a new Country Coordinator: Adina Tellenbach. Welcome!
Slovenia now has a Country Coordinator: Irena Ograjenšek. Welcome!
Peru now has a new Country Coordinator: Yheni Farfán Machaca. Welcome!
Ecuador now has a new Country Coordinator: Gabriela Castro. Welcome!
The United Nations Committee of Experts on Big Data and Data Science for Official Statistics (UNCEBD), the Major Group for Children and Youth (MGCY) and the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) will hold a major event titled "2022 UN Big Data Hackathon". To get more information, you can access the webpage➶
Austria now has its first Country Coordinator: Tanja Ihden. She has moved over from the Germany team. Welcome!
The Pacific region now has a Country Coordinator: Nadeem Akhtar. Welcome!
Iceland now has a Country Coordinator: Arndis Vilhjálmsdóttir. Welcome!
Yemen has a new Country Coordinator: Faris Monassar. Welcome!
Saudi Arabia has a new Country Coordinator: Noura Aljuhani. Welcome!
India has a new Country Coordinator: Rituparna Sen. Welcome!
Croatia has two new Country Coordinators: Kristina Balun Vrtarić and Ana Beljan Ščuric. Welcome!
Mexico has a new Country Coordinator: Javier Alonso Trujillo. Welcome!
Belgium has a new Country Coordinator: Wendy Schelfaut. Welcome!
Liechtenstein has a new Country Coordinator: Simon Gstöhl. Welcome!
China has a new Country Coordinator: Youming Liu. Welcome!
Sri Lanka has a new Country Coordinator: Rajitha Silva. Welcome!
Mexico has a new Country Coordinator: Jesús Enrique Pinto Sosa. Welcome!
India has a new Country Coordinator: Rituparna Sen. Welcome!
We are honoured to publish Ada van Krimpen's journey with statistics in our Statistics in My Life article series. Read her story here.
The Proceedings for the IASE Satellite 2021 conference are now published here.➶
Gambia has a new Country Coordinator: Kassim Jatta. Welcome!
Saudi Arabia has a new Country Coordinator: Harman Preet Singh. Welcome!
Indonesia has a new Country Coordinator: Maulana Faris. Welcome!
Canada has a new Country Coordinator: Melody Ghahramani. Welcome!