23 January 2008
Addis Abeba — The role of statistics in creating enabling environment for development is crucial and therefore deserves to be one of the areas of focus, experts attending the ongoing meeting of Statistical Commission for Africa (StatCom-Africa) said on Monday.
The first meeting of the new Statistical Commission for Africa (StatCom-Africa) was opened here at the United Nations Economic Commission on Monday.
In his opening address to the meeting, United Nations Under-Secretary General and Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Mr. Abdoulie Janneh, said StatCom-Africa was the culmination of a long process of revamping the statistical function at ECA.
He said StatCom Africa was established as an ECA subsidiary body, which would oversee the statistical function at the Commission.
According to a media release from ECA, Janneh noted the recent increase in demand for timely and accurate statistical information by policy makers to guide them in decision-making and said this has created new challenges and opportunities for African statisticians to respond to.
"The agenda of this first meeting of StatCom -Africa aims to bring attention a number of important issues in the framework of the renewed statistical function at the ECA, the partnerships that have been established among major regional institutions, and the new focus on statistics as part of the enabling environment for national and international development, he was quoted as saying.
The StatCom-Africa meeting will run from Monday to Wednesday, and will be followed by a meeting of the Forum for Statistical Development in Africa (FASDEV), which takes place on Thursday.
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