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The meeting began with opening remarks by H.E. Sheikh Hamad bin
Jabor bin Jassim Al Thani on the significance of using official
statistics for evidence-based policy formulation and the role of
government institutions in the national statistical system.
The participants of the meeting discused three items on its agenda:
2010 Population, Housing and Establishment Census, sectoral
statistics and electronic links between QSA and statistical
agencies, and the General Data Dissemination System (GDDS).
In the first item, the meeting talked about the 2010 Population,
Housing and Establishment Census that all GCC states will be
carrying out in response to resolutions of the UN that call for
nations of the world to conduct a census at least every 10 years.
The second item of the meeting agenda had two sections: sectoral
statistics and electronic links between QSA and statistical
agencies. In the first section, participants will seek to harmonize,
standardize, and coordinate the statistical activities of data
producers in the country to generate a coherent, integrated set of
statistics for national, regional, and international use. For the
latter section, they highlighted the importance of electronic links
to be set up between QSA and other statistical agencies.
In the last item on the agenda, the participants discussed the
General Data Dissemination System (GDDS) and its current
implementation in the national statistical system in addition to the
role of government institutions in fulfilling GDDS requirements.
At the end of the meeting, the participants discussed possible
mechanisms to enhance and empower the national statistical system as
well as satisfy demand on data.
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