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United Nations Economic Commission for Africa African Centre for Statistics , p26 Africa Symposium on Statistical Development, p3 Areas Statistical Development - Selected • • SPECIAL FOCUS: SPECIAL Africa Symposium on Statistical Development 2009, Luanda, Angola African Statistical Newsletter VOLUME 3, ISSUE 1 March 2009 INSIDE THIS ISSUE: • Message from the Director, ACS 1 • Africa Symposium on Statistical Development 3 • African Statistics Day 18 • Statistical Capacity Building / Workshops 24 • Statistical Development - Selected Areas 26 • International Statistical Institute 33 • News and Events 37 Nations Unies, Commission économique pour l’Afrique Centre africain pour la statistique Symposium Africain pour le Développement de la Symposium Statistique, p3 Développement de la statistique - Sujet choisi, p26 • • ATTENTION PARTICULIÈRE: ATTENTION Symposium Africain pour le Développement de la Statistique 2009, Luanda, Angola Bulletin d’information statistique africain VOLUME 3, NUMÈRO 1 Mars 2009 DANS CE NUMÉRO: • Message du directeur du CAS 1 • Symposium Africain pour le Développement de la Statistique 3 • Journée africaine de la statistique 18 • Renforcement des capacités statistiques / Ateliers 24 • Développement de la statistique - Sujet choisi 26 • Institut international de statistique 33 • Informations et événements 37 Volume 3, Issue 1 March 2009 Volume 3, Numéro 1 Mars 2009 CONTENTS From the Director, African Centre for Statistics 1 African Centre for Statistics, UNECA Message du directeur du CAS 2 African Stakeholders Hold a Successful Fourth Africa Symposium on Statistical Development in Luanda 3 Contact: Director, ACS P.O.Box 3005, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia The First Meting of the Bureau of the Statistical Commission for Africa 4 Tel.: +251-11-5511056 The meeting of the “Friends of ECA” 5 Fax: 251-11-5510389 6 Opening Statement by Dr Louis Kasekende, Chief Economist, African Development Bank Group [email protected] Welcome Speech by Deputy Executive Secretary of ECA 8 Editorial Team: Welcome Speech by Angola’s Minister of Planning 10 Speech of his Excellency the Prime Minister of Angola 12 AFRICAIN STATISTIQUE BULLETIN D’INFORMATION Dimitri Sanga (PhD) 4th Africa Symposium on Statistical Development, Luanda, Angola, 9-13 February 2009 Resolution 14 Molla Hunegnaw Negussie Gorfe Africa Symposium on Statistical Development 2009, Luanda, Angola: Picture Gallery 16 Agriculture Minister Christopher Toe stresses the Importance of Statistics in the development of 18 Visit: http://www.uneca.org/statistics for online versions Agriculture in Liberia NEWSLETTER AFRICAN STATISTICAL 2008 African Statistics Day Celebration in Tanzania 19 Uganda Celebrates African Statistics Day in Style 20 Poem on Statistics 23 Training Course on Statistics for Climate Change Policies in Sub-Saharan Africa 2009, Bonn, Germany, 24 02 – 10 March 2009 PARIS21 Consortium meeting: Dakar, Senegal, 16-18 November 2009: Towards a new commitment on 26 CONTRIBUTORS statistical development Réunion du Consortium PARIS21 : Dakar, Sénégal, 16-18 novembre 2009: Développement statistique : 27 Albina A. Chuwa [email protected] Tanzania vers un nouvel engagement Ben Kiregyera [email protected] UNECA Mainstreaming Statistics in National Development Processes 28 Ben Paul Mungyereza [email protected] Uganda Why National Statistical Offi ce Need GIS Capacity 29 Dimitri Sanga [email protected] UNECA Liberia Conducts 2nd Malaria Indicator Survey 31 Diavana Koikoi [email protected] Liberia Booklet on Africa Addendum to the United Nations Principles and Recommendations for Population and 32 Housing Censuses, Rev.2 Dozie Ezigbalike Ezigbalike.un.org UNECA About the ISI 33 Joey Kennedy [email protected] Liberia 34 Joseph Mugasa Uganda Latest news on ISI congress Durban August 2009 Negussie Gorfe [email protected] UNECA Appointments 37 Sylvie Walter [email protected] PARIS21 Employment Opportunities at the African Centre for Statistics 38 Opportunités d’emploi au Centre Africain pour la Statistique The Twenty-fi fth Session of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names, Nairobi, 5 to 39 12 May, 2009 National Statistical Offi ces in Africa 40 National Statistical Associations in Africa 41 Statistical Training Centres 41 Statistics Units in Regional Economic Communities (RECS) 41 Upcoming Events 42 Editorial Policy 43 iii “I like good news. I would like to tell good stories about how well we are performing as a country, but that is not what I need, so I expect statistics to give me what I need and not what I like” Hon. Trevor Manuel, the Minister of Finance of South Africa (2002) Volume 3, Issue 1 March 2009 Volume 3, Numéro 1 Mars 2009 FROM THE DIRECTOR, ACS ternational organizations and agencies. We A belated Happy New Year to readers of the report on this symposium including the Lu- Newsletter – a year that portends greater anda Declaration and preparations for the achievements in statistical development in 5th symposium to be held in Dakar, Sen- the African region. The year started on a egal in November 2009 back-to-back with high note, with important and exciting ac- the PARIS21 Consortium meeting. tivities/ initiatives at various levels - country, sub-regional and regional levels – all in pur- The second half of the year also promises AFRICAIN STATISTIQUE BULLETIN D’INFORMATION suit of statistical development in Africa. This to be exciting in terms of statistical activi- issue of the newsletter reports on some of ties. South Africa will, on behalf of Africa, these activities/ initiatives. host the 57th Session of the International Statistical Institute in Durban from 16 to 21 NEWSLETTER AFRICAN STATISTICAL With effect from 1 January 2009, the ca- August. Everything points to this session pacity of the African Centre for Statistics being the best attended and most interest- at the UN Economic Commission for Africa ing in the history of the association. We was considerably enhanced. The profes- give more information about preparations sional staff complement of the Centre was for the session. After 10 years of existence, increased by 100% under the UN Devel- Ben Kiregyera, Director PARIS21 will hold its consortium meet- opment Pillar. Information is provided on African Centre for Statistics ing in Dakar, Senegal. Plans are underway how to apply for the new posts. In addition, to hold the 5th ASSD back-to-back with the the Centre has acquired considerable geoinformation capability consortium. There is an article on the consortium. And of course, through staff reassignment at the Commission and her capac- countries will be commemorating the African Statistics Day on 18 ity in the area of household surveys is being enhanced by the November 2009. The process of selecting the theme for the com- French government which is attaching an expert to the Centre in memoration has started. this area for the next two years. With this enhanced capacity, we expect ECA to scale up support to countries in various areas of There are also articles on 2008 African Statistics Day commemo- statistics and statistical development. At the African Development ration, statistical capacity building workshops, selected areas of Bank, plans were made to effectively utilize the capacity building statistical development, arrangements for the International Sta- development fund approved by her Board of Directors late last tistical Institute Congress, news and events. year. This fund should go a long way in assisting countries meet the resource challenge in their statistical development. And the Finally, we report on the appointment of illustrious sons of Africa African Union Commission was able to get the Summit of the Afri- to international posts - Mr. Michel Mouyelo-Katoula has been ap- can Union endorse the African Charter on Statistics. The Charter pointed to the post of Global Manager of the 2011 round of the is expected to be a useful tool for advocating for statistics at the International Comparison Programme (ICP). He will be based at highest political level and for countries to commit themselves to the World Bank in Washington, U.S.A. Until recently, he was the reforming and developing their National Statistical Systems. Manager of the Statistical Capacity Building Division at the Afri- can Development Bank. Mr. Mohamed El-Heyba Lemrabott Ber- The fi rst quarter of the year also witnessed the holding of the Glo- rou has recently been appointed Manager of PARIS21 replacing bal Forum on Gender Statistics in Accra, Ghana. The forum which Mr. Antoine Simonpietri. Mr. Berrou worked as the Manager of was held in January 2009 soon after a regional workshop on gen- the PRSP in Mauritania before becoming an Advisor to the Presi- der statistics held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in December 2008, dent of Mauritania. There is an article about the two. On behalf of gave further impetus to the development of gender statistics in the African Statistical Coordination Committee, the African Centre Africa. There is an article on this forum. Angola played host to the for Statistics, the entire African statistical community and indeed 4th Africa Symposium on Statistical Development (ASSD) under on my own behalf, I would like to heartily congratulate them on the theme “Data Processing and Use of Census Data”. The sym- their appointments and to wish them well. It is our expectation that posium which was held in Luanda, the capital city, was attended these appointments will serve to strengthen our partnerships with by over 250 participants from National Statistical Offi ces and in- the ICP and PARIS21