The overall objective of the African and Asian calendars is to help harmonise the efforts of technical and financial partners supporting statistics by providing information on relevant meetings. The intention is to optimise the preparation and organisation of meetings as well as to avoid possible duplication of efforts and bunching-up of meetings. The calendar could enable national statistical directors to better anticipate their travel and thereby make the most efficient use of their time. The technical and financial partners could also anticipate their participation in a meeting and enjoy a greater visibility of their upcoming interventions. More than just a calendar, it is a tool for co-ordination of stakeholders in statistical development.

This calendar will focus on not only regional and subregional events but also international events in which statistical development plays a major role. The inclusion of national events could be envisioned in future updates of the calendar.

Your remarks, comments, and notes are of course welcome!
Please send your contributions to contact@paris21.org

• The calendar is sorted by month. It is updated at the end of every week with information that technical and financial partners regularly provide to us.

• The “Date” field indicates the start and end dates of the event. When an event is scheduled but the date is not yet fixed, the event is indicated at the beginning of the month (or quarter) with the annotation To Be Defined (TBD).

• The “Event” field contains the official title of the event. This text is clickable if a website for the event is available.

• The “Organiser” field indicates the name of the event organiser. A link will bring the user to that organiser’s site.

• The “Geographical coverage” field indicates the geographical reach of the event; that is, what level of country grouping is concerned — subregional (e.g., ECOWAS or ASEAN countries); regional (e.g., all African or all Asian countries); or international (e.g., an international meeting in which statistical development is explicitly mentioned).

Partnership
PARIS21 Consortium Meeting

16-18 November 2009: Dakar, Senegal

Ten years ago, the PARIS21 Partnership was launched to promote a culture of evidence-based policymaking in developing countries. Tremendous progress has been made since then, but much still remains to be achieved. To consider the past, present and future of statistical development, the PARIS21 Partnership is organising its Consortium meeting in Dakar, Senegal from 16 to 18 November 2009.

The event will bring together some 400 high-level participants (policy makers, statisticians, analysts, and civil society and private sector representatives from developing and developed countries, and multilateral organisations) to discuss statistical capacity building in developing countries and review the achievements and future contribution of the PARIS21 Partnership and its Secretariat.

The Consortium meeting is being jointly organised by the Government of Senegal and PARIS21 and will be followed by the 5th African Symposium on Statistical Development. More information on the Consortium Meeting is available at the following address: http://www.consortium-paris21.org.

PARIS21 Governance
Steering Committee meeting

4-5 June 2009: Paris, France

PARIS21 held its twice-yearly Steering Committee meeting, in Paris on 4 June 2009. It was followed by a seminar on 5 June. The final record of the proceedings are now available for the Steering Committee meeting and Seminar.

Statistical Development News - 22 June 2009
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