Mexico. The statistics team of the International Energy Agency (IEA) organized a training workshop on energy statistics in Mexico City on November 21-24. The workshop brought together 40 officials from various government ministries and the energy sector in Mexico and covered all aspects of energy statistics: data collection, data validation, coherence and dissemination.
Participants looked at all types of energy: oil, gas, renewables, electricity and coal, as well as energy efficiency and prices, and were introduced to some of the key components of good energy statistics, such as the UN's international recommendations for energy statistics and good data governance.
The training workshop was coordinated by the Ministry of Energy (SENER) and was attended by representatives of energy regulators (CNH and CRE), the main energy companies (PEMEX and CFE), system operators (Cenagas and Cenace), the national statistical institution (Inegi) as well as other government organizations (Conuee) and other organizations in the field of energy (IMP, CNSNS, INEEL, ININ).
This broad level of participation resulted in an excellent discussion on how data can be improved and better shared, while increasing the overall understanding of processes and energy data needs, which also leads to deeper engagement among attending organizations.
Source: International Energy Agency.
