Data and statistics:draft resolution submitted by [member States], on the basis of informal consultations

Abstract

The conference of ministers, acknowledging the role of the national statistical system as the backbone of the trans-formative agenda for Africa, in supporting economic diversification and industrialization policies and promoting the implementation of the 2030 agenda for sustainable development and agenda 2063” The Africa We Want of the African Union”, also the need of African statisticians to do more to explain and sell their work and to take ownership of their data and use them for the continent’s prosperity, in order to ensure that their product helps African governments to make informed policies that can change communities and democracies for the better. African statisticians to take responsibility for ensuring that the public is well-informed and protects democracy in the era of attention economics propelled by the availability of technology, misinformation and finance; member states to mainstream national strategies for the development of statistics into national development plans and budgeting processes, and underscores that doing so would facilitate efforts to monitor and evaluate the development of such national plans; Also member states to review their legislation on statistics and to align that legislation with the fundamental principles of official statistics and the African charter on statistics, and to ensure the effective coordination of all actors involved in national statistics systems.