The document outlines the agenda for a statistical data and metadata exchange initiative held at the World Bank in January 2007, focusing on the implementation of SDMX standards. It includes presentations from various organizations such as the OECD, ECB, and IMF on topics like national accounts, external debt, and millennium development goals indicators. The event also featured discussions on future developments and various capacity-building workshops related to SDMX.

1. STATISTICAL DATA AND METADATA EXCHANGE INITIATIVE
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Towards Implementation of SDMX
9-11 January 2007, World Bank, Washington D.C.
Agenda
1. Welcoming Remarks
Shaida Badiee (Director, Development Data Group, World Bank)
Rob Edwards (Director, Statistics Department, IMF)
2. Overview of SDMX
Enrico Giovannini (Chief Statistician, OECD)
3. The implementation of the SDMX standards by the ECB and the European System of Central Banks
Werner Bier (DG-Statistics, Deputy Secretary General, ECB), Gérard Salou (ECB) and Sami Airo (Bank of Finland)
4. Eurostat's SDMX Open Data Interchange
Pedro Diaz Muñoz, Director (Directorate B, Statistical Methodologies and Tools, Eurostat) and Giuseppe Sindoni
(Eurostat)
5. OECD's National Accounts World Wide Exchange
Lars Thygesen (OECD)
6. Joint BIS-IMF-OECD-World Bank External Debt Hub
Ibrahim Levent (World Bank) and Rene Piche (IMF)
7. Joint UNSD-OECD ComTrade Statistics System
Zoltan Nagy (UNSD)
8. IMF's Metadata Repositories
Rene Piche (IMF)
9. Agriculture Statistics
Kafkas Caprazli (FAO) - presented by Chris Nelson (standards expert)
10. Millennium Development Goals Indicators
Nicolas Pron (UNDG/UNICEF/DevInfo)
11. Education Statistics (UNESCO-Eurostat-OECD)
Brian Buffett and Michael Bruneforth (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
12. Developments in the United States
Sandra Cannon (Federal Reserve Board of Governors) and Paul Asman (Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
13. Developments in Mexico
Juan Muñoz (National Statistics and Geography Institute)
14. Other Implementations
Developments in Australia - Graeme Oakley (Australian Bureau of Statistics)
Developments in the Philippines - C. Astrologo (National Statistical Information Center)
Developments in Vietnam - Bryan Fitzpatrick (European Technical Assistance Programme for Vietnam)
15. Panel Discussion on Future SDMX Developments

2. STATISTICAL DATA AND METADATA EXCHANGE INITIATIVE
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Capacity Building Workshop: A Basic Introduction to SDMX
Capacity Building Workshop A: Advanced Topics on Technical Standards
Capacity Building Workshop B: Advanced Topics on Content-Oriented Guidelines