The OIC-CPOS project basically aims at certifying the expertise and knowledge on the professional conduct of statistical work by official statistics professionals in the OIC Member Countries. The project further aims at recognizing those who have achieved an acceptable level of professional competence in the understanding and application of statistical methods and are bound by code of ethics, principles and good practices of Official Statistics.

For more detailed information, please refer to “OIC-CPOS: OIC Accreditation and Certification Programme for Official Statisticians” (English) (Arabic) (French)

Formed of volunteer OIC-StatCom members, the CAB acts as an advisory body for the OIC-CPOS project. The duties of the CAB include:

• Appointing the members of the Examination Committee (ExCom);
• Specifying the themes of the certification examinations;
• Approving the official curricula, structure, timetable, admission criteria, and training materials of the certification examinations; and
• Announcing the candidates who pass the certification examinations.

The members of the ExCom, composed of experts nominated by National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of OIC Member Countries and approved by the CAB, carry out the following duties:

• Drafting the official curricula for the certification exam themes;
• Drafting the outlines of training materials of the certification exams; and
• Preparing the training materials and questions of the certification exams.

Current ExCom Members are from: Bahrain, Bangladesh, Cameroon, Egypt, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Mauritania, Niger, Palestine, and Yemen.