At the 10th anniversary of PARIS21's creation, the Partnership endorsed a Dakar Declaration on the Development of Statistics (DDDS), outlining priorities for statistical development over the next five years. Participants at this meeting -- held in Dakar, Senegal from November 16 to 18, 2009 -- unanimously affirmed that an effective and efficient statistical system is an essential element of good governance and that urgent action is still required if the data needed to monitor the Millennium Development Goals are to be provided by 2015. The meeting recognised that considerable progress has been achieved since 2000, but reaffirmed that much still remains to be done to deliver the vision of the Marrakech Action Plan for Statistics (MAPS). Concerted and co-ordinated actions are required to make more effective use of statistical data to support poverty reduction policies and programs and to strengthen and sustain the capacity of statistical systems especially in developing countries. There is a collective responsibility to support the compilation, publication and use of statistics to ensure that, in the words of the Millennium Declaration “globalization becomes a positive force for all the world’s people”.
The full text of the DDDS is available in several languages, as follows:
The PARIS21 Secretariat, in collaboration with other partners, is monitoring the implementation of the Dakar Declaration. In November 2011, PARIS21 published a report outlining progress since the DDDS was endorsed. Links to the English and French version of this report are available below:
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Statistics for Development: Two Years After Dakar
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Les Statistiques au Service du Développement : Deux Ans Après Dakar
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