The CIP Index, edition 2016 draws a picture of a global manufacturing sector recovering in strength in context of a macro environment that has been shaking by economic and political insecurity and reduced trust in the benefits of globalization. Across countries, changes in industrial competitiveness are indicative of new leaderships, potentials and pitfalls as the world sees a renewed role for manufacturing—particularly, manufacturing driven by the new innovation and technology race of Industry 4.0—as key to securing inclusive and sustainable development.

The CIP Index, edition 2016 draws a picture of a global manufacturing sector recovering in strength in context of a macro environment that has been shaking by economic and political insecurity and reduced trust in the benefits of globalization. Across countries, changes in industrial competitiveness are indicative of new leaderships, potentials and pitfalls as the world sees a renewed role for manufacturing—particularly, manufacturing driven by the new innovation and technology race of Industry 4.0—as key to securing inclusive and sustainable development.

Before the era of Big Data, only few alternative data sources were available, and official statistics represented the single most valuable source of data for researchers and policymakers. Emerging data sources represent a new challenge in the field of statistics but it might also be necessary to establish an additional system of legal and methodological regulations for their use.

This paper intends to provide an overview of possible ways to implement Big Data sources into UNIDO’s industrial statistics programme.

Traditionally, in the CIS countries, the industry was and is a key driver of the social and economic development. This becomes especially obvious now, when these countries are getting deeper involved in the process of globalization of the world economics. The country borders become more and more transparent for the industrial activities and the labor resources become more and more mobile. Even the mainly agrarian countries in the region feel the influence of the powerful industrial economies.

UNIDO is recognized as a custodian agency for maintaining database for indicators under SDG 9, monitoring the the progress and reporting to Inter-Agency and Expert Group on SDG indicators (IAEG-SDG). The publication presents the source and methods of compiling these indicators and describe the baseline scenario with currently available data.