Report on the second joint session of the committee of Directors general of National Statistics Offices and the Committee on Statistics

Abstract

The second joint session of the Committee of Directors General of National Statistics Offices and the Committee on Statistics, comprising the fifth session of the Committee on Statistics and the tenth meeting of the African Union Committee of Directors General of National Statistics Offices was held in Grand Bassam. The theme of the joint session was “Strengthening economic statistics to support Agenda 2063 and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, chosen to highlight the role of economic statistics in the work to develop a framework for the measurement, monitoring and evaluation of efforts to attain the Sustainable Development Goals and to meet the targets of Agenda 2063. Participants at the joint session also reviewed the status of implementation of the various specialized groups under the Strategy for Harmonization of Statistics in Africa. The primary objective was to discuss the status of economic statistics in Africa and challenges encountered in their production, and to take stock of the efforts made to upgrade official statistics in the continent in support of the 2030 Agenda and Agenda 2063.