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With
participation from data producers and government institutions as
well as representatives from the public, private and mixed sectors,
GCC statistical organizations, United Nations agencies and Paris 21,
etc,. Qatar Statistics Authority will conduct a high level meeting
on mainstreaming sectoral statistical systems in the implementation
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The event scheduled to be held from 12 to 13 October 2009 at the
Four Seasons Hotel is expected to be inaugurated by H.E. Sheikh
Hamad bin Jabor bin Jassim Al Thani, acting President of QSA.
The meeting is seen as part of QSA efforts to implement the second
phase of the National Strategy for the Development of Statistics
(NSDS). It will focus on the fourth NSDS strategic goal related to
producer-producer coordination and supplier/respondent cooperation
and seek to harmonize and standardize statistical activities and to
generate a coherent, integrated set of statistics in Qatar.
The objective of the meeting is to learn about the best practices to
incorporate sectoral statistics into the national statistical system
in order to produce quality and timely data in accordance with
internationally recognized definitions and classifications; and to
agree on a sustainable mechanism for data production of secrtoral
statistics and ensure smooth flow of data to various users to assist
them in formulating the national development.
It is worth noting that the National Strategy for the Development of
Statistics is a national ownership for QSA and other parties
concerned with statistics in Qatar. Its activities will be
implemented within the period spanning from 2008 to 2013.
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