The UN Statistics Division (UNSD) is providing and facilitating a global professional network for statisticians, data officers, data scientists, and geospatial information experts. This network is a facilitated professional online social community hosted on Yammer. The goal of the network is to support governments to build resilient and sustainable national data and information systems for the full implementation of the SDGs and for other decision making through collaboration, knowledge-sharing, networking, and technical support.

The Global Network of Data Officers and Statisticians aims to improve coordination and collaboration among peers and organizations, to connect existing but not necessarily well-connected networks and initiatives, and to provide and share information on capacity building efforts globally. The Global Network has a broad participation, including colleagues from National Statistical Systems and of the government in general, the UN System, other regional and international organizations, civil society, NGOs, academia, and relevant private sector companies.