African Statistical Newsletter 2009

Abstract

The main objective of the First Meeting of the Bureau of StatComAfrica was to take stock of the status of statistical development on the continent and to provide guidance on the proposed activities of a development account project on “African Statistical Knowledge Networks” to be implemented by the African Centre for Statistics (ACS) and UNSD. On the latter, the meeting was meant to work out modalities for the implementation of the development account project by officially setting up a Steering Committee, taking stock of the objectives, expected accomplishment, and activities of the project, discussing the proposed governance and the proposed activities of the project.