Expert Group Meeting on the Development of an Islamic Tourism Indicators Framework
Date :
05 November 2025
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
SESRIC, in its capacity as the Secretariat of the OIC-StatCom, organised the Expert Group Meeting (EGM) on the Development of an Islamic Tourism Indicators Framework virtually on 5 November 2025. The meeting is held in accordance with the relevant objectives of the Strategic Vision of the OIC Statistical Commission (OIC-StatCom) for 2030 and its Programme of Action (2021-2025), and the Strategic Roadmap for the Development of Islamic Tourism in OIC countries.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Study Visit on “Geospatial Data” on 4-5 November 2025 in Ankara, Republic of Türkiye, for the benefit of two delegates from the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS).
SESRIC Participated in the Training on 'Big Data and Data Science for Gender Statistics in Asia and the Pacific'
Date :
27-30 October 2025
Venue :
Bangkok - Thailand
SESRIC participated in the Training on “Big Data and Data Science for Gender Statistics in Asia and the Pacific”, held on 27 –30 October 2025 at the United Nations Conference Centre (UNCC) in Bangkok, Thailand.
SESRIC Participated in the First Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Agreement on Promotion, Protection, and Guarantee of Investments among OIC Member States
Date :
26-28 October 2025
Venue :
Jeddah Saudi Arabia
A SESRIC delegation participated in the First Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Agreement on Promotion, Protection and Guarantee of Investments among the Member States of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), held on 26-28 October 2025 at the OIC General Secretariat in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
SESRIC, in its capacity as the Secretariat of the OIC Statistical Commission (OIC-StatCom) and in line with the relevant resolution of its 13th Session of OIC-StatCom, organised a Workshop on “Safeguarding Data in Crises” on 22-23 October 2025, in collaboration with the Arab Institute for Training and Research in Statistics (AITRS), the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), and the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB).
SESRIC participated in the 2nd General Assembly, Steering Group and SWG Meetings of the International Forum on TOSSD
Date :
21-24 October 2025
Venue :
Madrid-Spain
SESRIC participated in the Second General Assembly and Steering Group (SG) Meetings as well as the first Statistical Working Group (SWG) Meeting of the International Forum on TOSSD (IFT) held on 21-24 October 2025 in a hybrid format, hosted by the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation in Madrid, Spain.
SESRIC and IsDB to Organize the 14th Session of the OIC Statistical Commission (OIC-StatCom)
Date :
14-15 October 2025
Venue :
SESRIC Headquarters, Ankara Türkiye
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC), in its capacity as the Secretariat of the OIC Statistical Commission (OIC-StatCom), and the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), organized the 14th Session of the OIC-StatCom on 14-15 October 2025 at SESRIC Headquarters in Ankara, Republic of Türkiye.
TurkStat hosted a side event on the margins of the 14th Session of OIC-StatCom
Date :
03 October 2025
Venue :
Ankara Türkiye
As part of the 14th Session of the OIC Statistical Commission (OIC-StatCom), Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) hosted a side event focusing on the “National Statistical System of Türkiye” on 3 October 2025 at TurkStat Headquarters in Ankara, Republic of Türkiye.
SESRIC and Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) sign MoU to Strengthen the Statistical Cooperation
Date :
03 October 2025
Venue :
Ankara Türkiye
On the sidelines of the 14th Session of the OIC Statistical Commission (OIC-StatCom), SESRIC and the Department of Statistics Malaysia (StatsMalaysia) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at SESRIC Headquarters in Ankara.
SESRIC and the IsDB Group Convened the 14th Session of the OIC Statistical Commission (OIC-StatCom)
Date :
01-03 October 2025
Venue :
SESRIC Headquarters, Ankara Türkiye
SESRIC, in its capacity as the Secretariat of the OIC Statistical Commission (OIC-StatCom), jointly convened the 14th Session of the OIC-StatCom with the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group on 1-3 October 2025 in a hybrid format at SESRIC Headquarters in Ankara.
Side Event on ‘The First Five Years of TOSSD: Tracking Support for the SDGs and Helping Monitor International Development Co-operation in All Its Forms’
Date :
01 October 2025
Venue :
Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of the 14th Session of the OIC Statistical Commission (OIC-StatCom), SESRIC, in collaboration with the Secretariat of the International Forum on TOSSD (IFT) and the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), organised a side event on “The First Five Years of TOSSD: Tracking Support for the SDGs and Helping Monitor International Development Co-operation in All Its Forms” on 1 October 2025 at SESRIC Headquarters in Ankara, Türkiye.
SESRIC participated in the Third CIS International Statistical Forum
Date :
24-26 September 2025
Venue :
Baku Azerbaijan
SESRIC participated in the Third CIS International Statistical Forum “Prospects of Statistics: International Projects” held on 24-26 September 2025 hosted by the State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan in Baku.
Regional Training Workshop on the ‘Development of International Trade Statistics to Support Policy in Arab Countries’
Date :
22-24 September 2025
Venue :
Amman Jordan
SESRIC, in collaboration with the Arab Institute for Training and Research in Statistics (AITRS) and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), organised a Regional Training Workshop on the Development of International Trade Statistics to Support Policy in Arab Countries on 22-24 September 2025 in Amman, Jordan.
Training Course on ‘Sustainable Development Statistics’
Date :
16-17 September 2025
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Training Course on “Sustainable Development Statistics” on 16–17 September 2025. The course brought together 39 statisticians and experts from National Statistical Offices (NSOs) and line Ministries responsible for sustainable development statistics of 19 OIC countries.
Regional Workshop on ‘Implementing 2025 SNA and Compiling Digital Supply and Use Tables’
Date :
09-11 September 2025
Venue :
Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates
The Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) and Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), in collaboration with SESRIC, United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), Arab Institute for Training and Research in Statistics (AITRS), and International Monetary Fund (IMF), organised a Regional Workshop on “Implementing 2025 SNA and Compiling Digital Supply and Use Tables” on 9-11 September 2025 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Statistical Training Course on ‘SDG 6 (Clean Water and Sanitation) Indicators’
Date :
02-03 September 2025
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Statistical Training Course on “SDG 6 (Clean Water and Sanitation) Indicators” on 2-3 September 2025. The course gathered 78 experts from National Statistical Offices (NSOs) and relevant institutions of 26 OIC Member Countries.
Statistical Training Course on “Balance of Payments and International Investment Position”
Date :
26-27 August 2025
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Statistical Training Course on “Balance of Payments and International Investment Position” on 26–27 August 2025. The course brought together statisticians and experts from the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics and other national authorities of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
Statistical Training Course on 'Labour Statistics'
Date :
25-26 August 2025
Venue :
Bakau Gambia
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Training Course on “Labour Statistics” on 25-26 August 2025 in Bakau, The Gambia. The course was attended by 18 participants from the Gambia Bureau of Statistics (GBOS).
Statistical Training Course on ‘SDG 1 (No Poverty) Indicators’
Date :
05-06 August 2025
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Training Course on “SDG 1 (No Poverty) Indicators” on 5-6 August 2025, with the participation of 81 experts from National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 28 OIC countries.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Training Course on "Environment Statistics" with the attendance of 24 participants from the General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on 15–17 July 2025 in Riyadh.
Round Table Discussion on ‘Future Directions and Concrete Steps for Quality Assurance Efforts in the Context of the New Data Ecosystem’
Date :
03 July 2025
Venue :
SESRIC Headquarters, Ankara Türkiye
As part of its continued efforts to support the advancement of statistical quality assurance practices among OIC countries, SESRIC will host a high-level Round Table Discussion on “Future Directions and Concrete Steps for Quality Assurance Efforts in the Context of the New Data Ecosystem” on 3 July 2025 at its headquarters in Ankara, Türkiye.
SESRIC co-hosted side event on the margins of 4th International Conference on Financing for Development
Date :
02 July 2025
Venue :
Seville - Spain
SESRIC co-hosted a side event on 2 July 2025 in collaboration with the Members and Secretariat of the International Forum on TOSSD (IFT), regional institutions, and international partners. The event took place on 2 July 2025 on the margins of the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development, held during 30 June-3 July 2025 in Seville, Spain.
SESRIC organized a Training Workshop on ‘Quality Assurance for Countries of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation’
Date :
01-03 July 2025
Venue :
SESRIC-Ankara Türkiye
SESRIC, in collaboration with the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), Statistical Centre for the Cooperation Council for the Arab Countries of the Gulf (GCC-Stat), Arab Institute for Training and Research in Statistics (AITRS) and the Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT), organized a Training Workshop on “Quality Assurance for Countries of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation” on 1-3 July 2025 at its headquarters in Ankara, Türkiye.
Statistical Training Course on ‘Data Dissemination and Communication Strategies’
Date :
18-19 June 2025
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Training Course on “Data Dissemination and Communication Strategies” for the benefit of National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of the OIC countries on 18-19 June 2025 through an online video conferencing platform. The course brought together 93 participants from the NSOs of 32 OIC member countries.
Statistical Training Course on ‘Quality Management in Statistical Processes’
Date :
11-12 June 2025
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Statistical Training Course on “Quality Management in Statistical Processes” on 11-12 June 2025. The course brought together 130 statisticians and experts from National Statistical Offices (NSOs) and relevant authorities of 40 OIC countries.
Training Course on ‘International Trade Statistics’
Date :
14-15 May 2025
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Training Course on “International Trade Statistics” on 14-15 May 2025. The course brought together 47 statisticians and experts from National Statistical Offices (NSOs) and responsible authorities for the foreign trade statistics of 14 French-speaking OIC countries.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organized an online Training Course on “Environment Statistics” on 29-30 April 2025. The course brought together 120 statisticians and experts from National Statistical Offices (NSOs) and relevant ministries of 14 Arabic-speaking OIC countries.
Training Course on ‘Information Society and Digitalization’
Date :
29-30 April 2025
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Training Course on “Information Society and Digitalization” on 29-30 April 2025. The course brought together 61 statisticians and experts from National Statistical Offices (NSOs) and relevant ministries of 18 OIC countries.
H.E. Zehra Zümrüt SELÇUK and H.E. Dr. Fahad ALDOSSARI exchange views on World Data Forum 2026
Date :
28 April 2025
Venue :
Riyadh Saudi Arabia
H.E. Zehra Zümrüt SELÇUK held a productive bilateral meeting with H.E. Dr. Fahad ALDOSSARI, President of the General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, on the side-lines of the Saudi Statistics Forum on 28 April 2025.
Under the patronage of H.E. Faisal bin Fadhel Al-Ibrahim, Minister of Economy and Planning and Chairman of GASTAT’s Board of Directors, the General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has successfully organised the first-ever Saudi Statistics Forum on 27-28 April 2025, in Riyadh, under the theme “Statistics for Sustainable Opportunities”. The Forum brought together high-level participants, including ministers, leaders and representatives of international organizations, statistical office experts, and both local and international specialists working in the field of statistical development.
Technical Workshop on ‘Marriage and Divorce Registration and Vital Statistics Production in Central Asia’
Date :
18 April 2025
Venue :
Ankara Türkiye
SESRIC, in collaboration with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), successfully organized a Technical Workshop on “Marriage and Divorce Registration and Vital Statistics Production in Central Asia” on 18 April 2025 at SESRIC Headquarters in Ankara, Republic of Türkiye.
Meeting of Central Asian Civil Registrars Held at SESRIC Headquarters in Collaboration with ESCAP and UNFPA
Date :
15-17 April 2025
Venue :
Ankara Türkiye
SESRIC, in collaboration with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), organized the Meeting of Central Asian Civil Registrars from 15 to 17 April 2025 at its Headquarters in Ankara, Republic of Türkiye.
Statistical Training Course on 'Forecast Modelling'
Date :
11-13 March 2025
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Training Course on “Forecast Modelling” for the benefit of the 19 statisticians, financial analysts, accountants and HR specialists working at the Agency for Sustainable and Operative Social Provision (DOST Agency) of Republic of Azerbaijan on 11-13 March 2025 through an online video conferencing platform.
SESRIC Attended the 3rd Steering Group Meeting of the International Forum on TOSSD
Date :
10-12 March 2025
Venue :
Paris-France
SESRIC participated in the 3rd Steering Group Meeting of the International Forum on TOSSD held on 10-12 March 2025 in hybrid format - in Paris at the OECD Boulogne premises and online.
SESRIC Organized the Side Event on ‘Harnessing Technological Developments for Modernizing National Statistical Systems in OIC and ESCWA Member Countries’ in the Margins of the 56th Session of the United Nations Statistical Commission
Date :
06 March 2025
Venue :
New York, USA
SESRIC, in collaboration with the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), and the Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT), organized a side event titled “Harnessing Technological Developments for Modernizing National Statistical Systems in OIC and ESCWA Member Countries” on 6 March 2025 in the margins of the 56th Session of the United Nations Statistical Commission (UNSC) at the Turkish Mission (Türkevi Centre) in New York.
SESRIC Organised the Follow-up Meeting of the 13th Session of the OIC Statistical Commission in the margins of the 56th Session of the United Nations Statistical Commission in New York
SESRIC Participated in the 56th Session of the United Nations Statistical Commission
Date :
04-07 March 2025
Venue :
New York, USA
The 56th Session of the United Nations Statistical Commission (UNSC) took place from 4-7 March 2025 in New York, bringing together representatives from National Statistical Offices (NSOs) and international organizations.
SESRIC Participated in the 45th Session of the Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities (CCSA) in the Margins of the 56th Session of the United Nations Statistical Commission
Date :
03 March 2025
Venue :
New York, USA
SESRIC participated in the 45th Session of the Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities (CCSA), held on 3 March 2025 in New York, in the margins of the 56th Session of the United Nations Statistical Commission (UNSC). The meeting brought together representatives from international and supranational organizations to enhance inter-agency coordination and cooperation on statistics.
Statistical Training Course on 'SDG 8 (Decent work and economic growth) Indicators'
Date :
25-26 February 2025
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Training Course on “SDG 8 (Decent work and economic growth) Indicators” with the attendance of 56 participants from 26 National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of the OIC countries on 25-26 February 2025 through an online video conferencing platform.
SESRIC Organised a Side Event on ‘Accelerating Data-Driven Energy Transitions through Collaborative Data Ecosystems’ in the Margins of the 56th Session of the United Nations Statistical Commission
Date :
18 February 2025
Venue :
Virtual-New York, USA
In collaboration with AITRS, ESCWA, IEA, TURKSTAT, and UNSD, SESRIC organised a virtual side event titled “Accelerating Data-Driven Energy Transitions through Collaborative Data Ecosystems” in the margins of the 56th Session of the United Nations Statistical Commission (UNSC).
SESRIC Participated in the Annual Meeting of the Global Network of Institutions for Statistical Training (GIST)
Date :
10 February 2025
Venue :
Virtual, New York – USA
SESRIC took part in the Annual Meeting of the Global Network of Institutions for Statistical Training (GIST) hosted virtually on 10 February 2025 from New York. The meeting brought together GIST members, the Stakeholder Advisory Board (SAG), and National Statistical Offices (NSOs) to review the progress made over the past year and set strategic priorities for 2025.
SESRIC and the National Institute of Statistics (INS) of Guinea Signed MoA
Date :
08 January 2025
Venue :
Ankara Türkiye
SESRIC and the National Institute of Statistics (INS) of the Republic of Guinea have formalized their collaboration by signing a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) as part of the project titled “Integration of Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS) into the National Surveys in Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member Countries”. The MoA was signed by H.E. Zehra Zümrüt SELÇUK, Director General of SESRIC, and H.E. Dr. Makan DOUMBOUYA, Director General of INS of Guinea.
Workshop on ’Energy Statistics, Balances and Accounts For Informed Energy and Climate Policies’
Date :
10-12 December 2024
Venue :
SESRIC Headquarters, Ankara Türkiye
SESRIC, in collaboration with the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN ESCWA), the International Energy Agency (IEA), and the Arab Institute for Training and Research in Statistics (AITRS), organized a workshop titled “Energy Statistics, Balances, and Accounts for Informed Energy and Climate Policies”. The event was held from 10-12 December 2024 at SESRIC Headquarters in Ankara, Türkiye, with the participation of 38 experts from National Statistical Offices (NSOs) and Energy Ministries of 18 OIC Member Countries.
The SDMX Regional Training Workshop was organised by the OECD, SESRIC, SDMX, ILO, BIS, and the Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye. The workshop took place at the OECD Istanbul Centre in Istanbul, Türkiye, from 4 to 6 December 2024. UN ESCWA, UNICEF, UN ESCAP, and the UNSD have provided additional support for the training workshop.
Training Course on ‘Migration and Refugee Statistics’
Date :
02-04 December 2024
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Training Course on “Migration and Refugee Statistics” with the participation of 19 experts from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) and other relevant national institutions of 11 Arabic-speaking OIC countries through an online video conferencing platform.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC will organise a Training Course on “Transport Statistics” in collaboration with the National Institute of Statistics (INS) and the Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Cameroon for the benefit of National Statistical Offices (NSOs) and Ministries of Transport of the French-speaking OIC countries on 26-27 November 2024 through an online video conferencing platform.
Training Course on 'SDG 3 (Good Health and Well-Being) Indicators'
Date :
25-27 November 2024
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Training Course on “SDG 3 (Good Health and Well-Being) Indicators” with the participation of 35 experts from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) and other relevant national institutions of 7 Arabic-speaking OIC countries through an online video conferencing platform.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC, in collaboration with the Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT), organised a Training Course on “System of National Accounts” on 20-21 November 2024.
SESRIC Participated in the 11th Meeting of the Technical Committee of the Arab Statistics (ArabStat) Initiative
Date :
13-14 November 2024
Venue :
Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates
SESRIC participated in the 11th Meeting of the Technical Committee of the Arab Statistics (ArabStat) Initiative, organised by the Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on 13-14 November 2024. The event was attended by the representatives of the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) and financial authorities of the Fund’s member countries and other relevant international organisations. SESRIC was represented by Mr. Seyid Tahir MHAMUD, Senior Statistics Officer.
Training Course on ‘Monetary and Financial Statistics’
Date :
07-08 November 2024
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC, in collaboration with the Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye (CBRT), organised a Training Course on “Monetary and Financial Statistics” on 07-08 November 2024.
SESRIC and QAZSTAT Sign MOU to Foster Enhanced Cooperation
Date :
16 October 2024
Venue :
Ankara Türkiye
SESRIC and the Bureau of National Statistics of the Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms of the Republic of Kazakhstan (QAZSTAT) formalized their longstanding partnership by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the sidelines of the 13th Session of the OIC Statistical Commission (OIC-StatCom), which was held on 15-16 October 2024 at SESRIC headquarters in Ankara.
SESRIC and IsDB Group Organized the 13th Session of the OIC Statistical Commission (OIC-StatCom)
Date :
15-16 October 2024
Venue :
SESRIC Headquarters, Ankara Türkiye
SESRIC, in its capacity as the Secretariat of the OIC Statistical Commission (OIC-StatCom), organized the 13th Session of the OIC-StatCom in a hybrid format at its Headquarters in Ankara, Republic of Türkiye, on 15-16 October 2024. The session was held in collaboration with the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group.
SESRIC Presented the Preliminary Findings on Islamic Tourism Indicators at the Second Arab Forum for Tourism Statistics
Date :
14 October 2024
Venue :
Muscat Oman
SESRIC participated in the Second Arab Forum for Tourism Statistics, held on 14-16 October 2024 in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman. The event gathered regional and international experts to discuss tourism statistics, with SESRIC presenting its latest findings on Islamic tourism.
Training Course on ’Conducting and Analysing Labour Force Surveys for Monitoring the Labour Market’
Date :
09-10 October 2024
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC, in collaboration with the OIC Labour Centre, the State Statistical Committee (SSC) of the Republic of Azerbaijan, and the National Observatory on Labour Market and Social Protection Affairs of Azerbaijan, organized a training course on “Conducting and Analyzing Labour Force Surveys for Monitoring the Labour Market” on 9-10 October 2024, through an online video conferencing platform.
Webinar on ’Data Visualization Techniques for Communicating Sustainability Insights’
Date :
03 October 2024
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Webinar Series on Statistical Experience Sharing and the Doha Data Forum, SESRIC, in collaboration with the National Planning Council (NPC) of the State of Qatar, organized a webinar titled “Data Visualization Techniques for Communicating Sustainability Insights” on 03 October 2024.
Webinar on ‘Modernization of NSOs through Digitalization’
Date :
26 September 2024
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Experience Sharing Webinar Series, SESRIC organized a Webinar on “Modernization of NSOs through Digitalization” on 26 September 2024. The webinar was conducted in collaboration with representatives from relevant international organizations and the OIC countries.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC, in collaboration with the Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT), organised a Training Course on “Agriculture Statistics” on 25-26 September 2024.
TOSSD Capacity Building Webinar for Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
Date :
10 September 2024
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
SESRIC, in collaboration with the International Forum on TOSSD (IFT) Secretariat and the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), organized a Capacity Building Webinar on TOSSD for Middle East and North Africa (MENA) on 10 September 2024.
Training Course on ‘National Statistical Coordination’
Date :
14-15 August 2024
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC, in collaboration with the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat), organised a Training Course on “National Statistical Coordination” with the participation of 87 participants from the National Statistical Offices and other governmental organizations of 30 OIC countries through an online video conferencing platform.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Training Course on “Price Statistics” on 13-14 August 2024 with the participation of 88 experts from the National Statistical Offices and other governmental organizations of 31 OIC countries through an online video conferencing platform.
Training on ‘The Development of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in the Agricultural Sector of the OIC Countries’
Date :
29 July - 01 August 2024
Venue :
Banjul Gambia
SESRIC participated in the Training on “The Development of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in the Agricultural Sector of the OIC Countries”, organised by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Gambia in collaboration with and support of the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation of the Organisation of the Islamic Cooperation (COMCEC) on 29 July – 1 August 2024 in Banjul, the Gambia.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC, in collaboration with the Badan Pusat Statistik (BPS - Statistics Indonesia), organised a Training Course on “Social Protection Statistics” on 23-25 July 2024.
Meeting on Exploring the Organization of a Joint Workshop on ’Energy Statistics, Balance, and Accounts for Informed Energy and Climate Policies’
Date :
16 July 2024
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
SESRIC, the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) held a virtual meeting on 16 July 2024 to discuss organizing a joint workshop on “Energy Statistics, Balance, and Accounts for Informed Energy and Climate Policies”.
Workshop on 'Business Demography and Entrepreneurship Statistics'
Date :
16-17 July 2024
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Workshop on “Business Demography and Entrepreneurship Statistics” on 16-17 July 2024 with the attendance of 54 participants from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 20 OIC countries. The Workshop was conducted in collaboration with the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC), the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), and the United Nations Statistical Division (UNSD) through an online video conferencing platform.
SESRIC participated in the OIC International Youth Forum on 27-28 June 2024, hosted by the Youth Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan in Samarkand. The forum aimed to provide a platform for exchanging innovative ideas and engaging in meaningful discussions, fostering unity among youth from OIC countries in pursuit of common goals for peace, brotherhood, and progress.
Training Course on ‘SDG 1 (No Poverty) Indicators’
Date :
25-27 June 2024
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Training Course on “SDG 1 (No Poverty) Indicators” on 25-27 June 2024 with the participation of 14 experts from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) and relevant national authorities of 10 Arabic-speaking countries of the OIC through an online video conferencing platform.
Training Course on 'Population and Housing Censuses'
Date :
11-13 June 2024
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC, in collaboration with the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) of the Arab Republic of Egypt, organised a Training Course on “Population and Housing Censuses” on 11-13 June 2024 with the participation of 23 experts from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 8 Arabic speaking OIC countries through an online video conferencing platform.
Training Course on ‘Banking, Insurance and Financial Market Statistics’
Date :
10-11 June 2024
Venue :
Baku Azerbaijan
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC, in collaboration with the Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye (CBRT), organised a Training Course on “Banking, Insurance and Financial Market Statistics” on 10-11 June 2024, in Baku, Republic of Azerbaijan.
SESRIC Participates in the Second Inter-Regional Expert Meeting on the Measurement of South-South Cooperation
Date :
04-06 June 2024
Venue :
Doha Qatar
SESRIC participated in the Second Inter-Regional Expert Meeting on Measuring South-South Cooperation virtually. The meeting was organized as a hybrid event by the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the UN Regional Commissions for West Asia (ESCWA), Africa (ECA), Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the UN Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC), and the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB).
SESRIC, UNSD, and UNESCWA Collaborate on Enhancing Administrative Data Utilization in OIC Countries
Date :
23 May 2024
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
SESRIC, the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) held a virtual technical meeting to advance the Collaborative on Administrative Data (CAD) initiative. The meeting aimed to establish new priorities for CAD, identifying potential collaborations, and initiate joint efforts to enhance the integration of administrative data into statistical production within the OIC region.
SESRIC Attended the First Meetings of the International Forum on TOSSD
Date :
21-24 May 2024
Venue :
Oslo - Norway
SESRIC participated in the first meetings of the General Assembly and Steering Group of the International Forum on TOSSD (IFT), hosted by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD) in Oslo.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC, in collaboration with the National Health Institute (INSP) of the Ministry of Health of Tunisia, organised a Training Course on “Health Statistics” with the participation of 10 experts from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) and Ministries of Health of 6 French speaking OIC countries through an online video conferencing platform.
Training Course on ‘SDG 5 (Gender Equality) Indicators’
Date :
20-22 May 2024
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised an Online Training Course on “SDG 5 (Gender Equality) Indicators” with the participation of 17 experts from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) and relevant national authorities of 7 Arabic-speaking countries of the OIC.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC, in collaboration with the Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT), organised a Training Course on “Labour Statistics” on 20-21 May 2024.
H.E. Zehra Zümrüt SELÇUK Met with H.E. Price Adeyemi ADENIRAN, Statistician General of Nigeria Bureau of Statistics
Date :
17 May 2024
Venue :
Abuja Nigeria
On the margins of the High-Level Regional Seminar on Promoting Cancer Awareness and Advocacy Programme in Abuja, H.E. Zehra Zümrüt SELÇUK met with H.E. Prince Adeyemi ADENIRAN, the Statistician General of the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The meeting aimed to strengthen and expand the collaborative efforts between the NBS and SESRIC.
Webinar on ‘Monitoring Health for SDGs in the Post-COVID-19 Era’
Date :
30 April 2024
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Webinar Series on Statistical Experience Sharing, SESRIC organized a Webinar on “Monitoring Health for SDGs in the Post-COVID-19 Era” on 30 April 2024. The webinar was conducted in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), World Bank (WB), the BPS Statistics of Indonesia, Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) and Ministry of Health of Türkiye.
Training Course on ‘SDG 4 (Quality Education) Indicators’
Date :
24-25 April 2024
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Training Course on “SDG 4 (Quality Education) Indicators” on 24-25 April 2024 with the participation of 57 experts from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) and Ministries of Education of 18 OIC countries through an online video conferencing platform.
SESRIC and the Agency on Statistics under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan Signed MoA
Date :
05 April 2024
Venue :
Ankara Türkiye
SESRIC and the Agency on Statistics under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to facilitate the collaboration and cooperation between both institutions within the framework of the project titled “Integration of Tobacco Questions for Surveys of Youth (TQS-Youth) into the National Surveys in Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member Countries”. The MoA was signed by H.E. Mrs. Zehra Zümrüt SELÇUK, and H.E. Mr. Nurmahmadzoda JAMSHED, Director of the Agency on Statistics under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan.
Training Course on ‘Statistical Business Registers’
Date :
01-02 April 2024
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC, in collaboration with the Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT), organised a Training Course on “Statistical Business Registers” on 1-2 April 2024 through an online video conferencing platform.
Within the framework of its Webinar Series on Statistical Experience Sharing, SESRIC organized a Webinar on “Renewable Energy Statistics” on 28 March 2024 in collaboration with the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and with the contributions of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), the International Energy Agency (IEA), the Mozambique National Institute of Statistics and the BPS Statistics of Indonesia.
Training Workshop on ‘SDG 2 (Zero Hunger) Indicators’
Date :
26-27 March 2024
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Training Workshop on “SDG 2 (Zero Hunger) Indicators” on 26-27 March 2024 through an online video conferencing platform.
SESRIC Participated in the Meeting of the Regional Coordination Group on Data and Statistics
Date :
22 March 2024
Venue :
Virtual, Geneva – Switzerland
SESRIC participated in the Meeting of the Regional Coordination Group (RCG) on Data and Statistics on 22 March 2024, virtually hosted by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) in Geneva.
SESRIC Participated in the Special Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities (CCSA) Meeting on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Monitoring
Date :
22 March 2024
Venue :
Virtual, New York – USA
SESRIC participated in the Special Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities (CCSA) Meeting on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) monitoring on 22 March 2024, virtually hosted by the United Nations Statistical Division (UNSD) in New York.
SESRIC and IRENA held a Virtual Coordination Meeting to discuss the forthcoming Webinar on ‘Renewable Energy Statistics’
Date :
21 March 2024
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
SESRIC and the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) held a virtual coordination meeting on 21 March 2024 as a preparatory stage of the Webinar on “Renewable Energy Statistics” which will be organized by SESRIC in collaboration with the IRENA on 28 March 2024.
SESRIC Participated in a Virtual Coordination Meeting on the Final Report of the OIC-2025 Programme of Action (PoA)
Date :
13 March 2024
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
SESRIC participated in a virtual coordination meeting with the OIC General Secretariat on 13 March 2024. The meeting focused on the preparatory stages for the final report on the implementation of the OIC-2025 Programme of Action (POA).
UNECE/UNICEF Expert Meeting on Statistics on Children
Date :
04-06 March 2024
Venue :
Geneva - Switzerland
SESRIC participated in the expert meeting on statistics on children organised by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia on 4–6 March 2024 in Geneva, Switzerland.
SESRIC Organised the Follow-up Meeting of the 12th Session of the OIC Statistical Commission in New York
Date :
28 February 2024
Venue :
New York – USA
SESRIC, in its capacity as the Secretariat of the OIC Statistical Commission (OIC-StatCom), organised the Follow-up Meeting of the 12th Session of the OIC-StatCom on 28 February 2024 as a side event of the 55th Session of the United Nations Statistical Commission in New York, USA. 36 delegates from 17 OIC member countries, as well as the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), CDC Foundation and GCC-STAT, attended the meeting.
SESRIC and TurkStat signed an MoU to enhance their collaboration to strengthen National Statistical Systems
Date :
27 February 2024
Venue :
Ankara Türkiye
SESRIC and Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) of the Republic of Türkiye signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to formalize their longstanding partnership in order to strengthen national statistical systems of the OIC member countries. The ceremony took place at the SESRIC Headquarters in Ankara, Türkiye.
SESRIC Participated in the 55th Session of the United Nations Statistical Commission (UNSC)
Date :
26 February - 01 March 2024
Venue :
New York – USA
The SESRIC delegation headed by Dr. Atilla Karaman, Chief of Cabinet and Mr. Onur Cağlar, Director of Statistics and Information Department, participated in the 55th Session of the United Nations Statistical Commission (UNSC) and its side events on 26 February - 01 March 2024 in New York, USA.
SESRIC Participated in the Interim Governing Body of the International Forum on TOSSD (IFT)
Date :
22 February 2024
Venue :
Virtual, Paris – France
SESRIC attended the Meeting of the Interim Governing Body of the International Forum on TOSSD (IFT), which was held on 20 and 22 February 2024, virtually hosted by OECD from Paris. The meeting brought together members of the Forum to review the transition process into the International Forum on TOSSD (IFT), elaborating on the workplan communications and outreach outcomes, insights and revisions in the recipient profiles and TOSSD statistical standard and methodology among others.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC, in collaboration with the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM), organised a Training Course on “Tourism Statistics” with the participation of 48 experts from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) and Ministries of Tourism of 19 countries of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on 21-22 February 2024 through an online video conferencing platform. The course marked the 500th Statistical Activity of SESRIC since 2007, highlighting a significant milestone in SESRIC’s commitment to enhancing statistical capacities across the OIC region.
SESRIC Hosted a Technical Meeting with the OECD Istanbul Centre to Explore Partnership Opportunities
Date :
20 February 2024
Venue :
Ankara Türkiye
SESRIC hosted a technical meeting with the OECD Istanbul Centre to explore partnership opportunities in areas of common interest. The meeting took place at SESRIC Headquarters in Ankara, Türkiye, on 20 February 2024.
SESRIC Participated in the Annual Meeting of the Global Network of Institutions for Statistical Training (GIST)
Date :
12 February 2024
Venue :
Virtual, New York – USA
SESRIC particiapted in the Annual Meeting of the Global Network of Institutions for Statistical Training (GIST) on 12 February 2024, virtually hosted from New York. The meeting brought together GIST members, the Stakeholder Advisory Board, and National Statistical Offices (NSOs) to review the achievements of the past year and to set the strategic directions and priorities for 2024, emphasizing the collective ambition to strengthen global statistical capacities.
Training Course on 'SDG 6 (Clean Water and Sanitation) Indicators'
Date :
12-13 February 2024
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Training Course on “SDG 6 (Clean Water and Sanitation) Indicators” with the participation of 97 experts from National Statistical Offices (NSOs) and Ministries responsible for Water of 23 OIC countries on 12-13 February 2024 through an online video conferencing platform.
Training Course on `SDG 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy) Indicators'
Date :
22-23 January 2024
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Training Course on “SDG 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy) Indicators” for the benefit of 28 experts from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 9 Arabic speaking OIC countries on 22-23 January 2024 through an online video conferencing platform.
Training Course on `SDG 9 (Industry, Innovation, Infrastructure) Indicators'
Date :
17-18 January 2024
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Training Course on ‘SDG 9 (Industry, Innovation, Infrastructure) Indicators’ for the benefit of 33 experts National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 8 French speaking OIC countries on 17-18 January 2024 through an online video conferencing platform.
Training Course on 'Information Society Statistics'
Date :
27-28 December 2023
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Training Course on 'Information Society Statistics' for the benefit of National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of the OIC countries on 27-28 December 2023 through an online video conferencing platform.
Training Course on ‘SDG 13 (Climate Action) Indicators’
Date :
19-20 December 2023
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
SESRIC, under its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, conducted a virtual Training Course on ‘SDG 13 (Climate Action) Indicators’ on 19-20 December 2023, in collaboration with the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) and the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO). 35 participants from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) and relevant Ministries of 20 OIC member countries actively participated in the training course.
Training Course on `SDG 9 (Industry, Innovation, Infrastructure) Indicators'
Date :
18-19 December 2023
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Training Course on `SDG 9 (Industry, Innovation, Infrastructure) Indicators' for the benefit of 22 experts of National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 9 Arabic speaking OIC countries on 18-19 December 2023 through an online video conferencing platform.
Training Course on 'SDG 8.9 (Sustainable Tourism) Indicators'
Date :
18-20 December 2023
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Training Course on 'SDG 8.9 (Sustainable Tourism) Indicators' for the benefit of 18 experts from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) and Ministries of Tourism of 6 French speaking OIC countries on 18-20 December 2023 through an online video conferencing platform.
Webinar on ‘Prospects for Harmonising Statistics on Halal Sector’
Date :
11 December 2023
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Webinar Series on Statistical Experience Sharing, SESRIC organized a Webinar on “Prospects for Harmonizing Statistics on Halal Sector” on 11 December 2023. The webinar was conducted in collaboration with the Islamic Centre for Development of Trade (ICDT), Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group, and Standards and Metrology Institute for Islamic Countries (SMIIC).
Workshop on Supporting Evidence-Based Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs) and SDG Reporting: Data and Statistics Innovations
Date :
06-07 December 2023
Venue :
SESRIC Headquarters, Ankara Türkiye
SESRIC hosted the Workshop on “Supporting Evidence-Based Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Reporting: Data and Statistics Innovations” in collaboration with the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) at SESRIC Headquarters on 6-7 December 2023 in Ankara, Republic of Türkiye. 18 experts from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of selected 6 OIC and other VNR reporting countries participated in the Workshop.
SESRIC Participated in the International Expert Roundtable Discussion on ‘Preparation of Guiding Document for the Promotion and Implementation of Islamic Values and Ethics to Enhance Women, Children and Family Moral Wellbeing in Member Countries’
Date :
04-06 December 2023
Venue :
Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
SESRIC took part in the International Expert Roundtable Discussion on the “Preparation of Guiding Document for the Promotion and Implementation of Islamic Values and Ethics to Enhance Women, Children and Family Moral Wellbeing in Member Countries” from 4 to 6 December 2023 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The meeting was organised by the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization of the International Islamic University Malaysia (ISTAC-IIUM) in collaboration with the General Secretariat of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).
Training Course on ‘Migration and Refugee Statistics’
Date :
27-28 November 2023
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Training Course on ‘Migration and Refugee Statistics’ for the benefit of 43 experts from National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 21 OIC countries on 27-28 November 2023 through an online video conferencing platform.
SESRIC and MEDSTAT V (Euro Mediterranean Statistical Cooperation) held a discussion on collaboration
Date :
22 November 2023
Venue :
Ankara Türkiye
SESRIC hosted a bilateral discussion with MEDSTAT V (Euro Mediterranean Statistical Cooperation) on possible partnership programmes at its Headquarters in Ankara, Türkiye on 22 November 2023.
Training Course on `SDG 4 (Quality Education) Indicators'
Date :
20-22 November 2023
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Training Course on ' SDG 4 (Quality Education) Indicators' with the attendance of 13 participants from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 9 Arabic speaking OIC countries on 20-22 November 2023 through an online video conferencing platform.
SESRIC Participated in the 8th Meeting of the Sub-Group on Genderr Statistics Training (SGGST)
Date :
14-16 November 2023
Venue :
Bangkok, Thailand
SESRIC participated in the 8th Meeting of the Sub-Group on Gender Statistics Training (SGGST), which was organised by the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific and the United Nations Statistical Institute of Asia and the Pacific (UNSIAP).
SESRIC Participated in the 10th Meeting of the Technical Committee of the Arab Statistics (ArabStat) Initiative
Date :
08-09 November 2023
Venue :
Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates
The 10th Meeting of the Technical Committee of the Arab Statistics (ArabStat) Initiative was organised by the Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates) on 8-9 November 2023. The Meeting was attended by the representatives of the National Statistical Offices and financial authorities of the Fund’s member countries and other relevant international organisations. Dr. Atilla KARAMAN, Director of Statistics and Information, represented SESRIC thereat.
SESRIC Participated in the First Doha Data Forum for Inclusive Data Ecosystems and Effective Decision Making
Date :
29-30 October 2023
Venue :
Doha Qatar
SESRIC participated in the First Doha Data Forum for Inclusive Data Ecosystems and Effective Decision Making which was organized under the patronage of H.E. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of State of Qatar, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani and by the Planning and Statistics Authority (PSA) of State of Qatar on 29-30 October 2023 in Doha, Qatar. The Forum was participated by the representatives of ministries, government agencies, universities, research centres of State of Qatar, and international and regional organisations including SESRIC.
SESRIC and UNCTAD organized a Session on ‘Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Statistics in OIC Countries’
Date :
16 October 2023
Venue :
Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates
SESRIC and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) jointly organised a Session on ‘Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Statistics in OIC Countries’ in OIC countries on 16 October 2023 on the margins of the 8th World Investment Forum (WIF8) held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
The 42nd Session of the Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities (CCSA) was held at the World Health Organisation (WHO) Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland on 12-13 October 2023. Dr. Atilla KARAMAN, Director of Statistics and Information represented the Centre thereat.
SESRIC and IsDB Organized the 12th Session of the OIC-StatCom
Date :
03-04 October 2023
Venue :
Jeddah Saudi Arabia
SESRIC, in its capacity as the Secretariat of the OIC Statistical Commission (OIC-StatCom), organised, in collaboration with the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group, the 12th Session of the OIC-StatCom in a hybrid format in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with warm welcoming of General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Session brought together 64 participants from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 39 OIC countries.
Training Course on ‘Implementation Framework and Monitoring System for SDG 3 and Other Health Goals in the SDGs’
Date :
25-26 September 2023
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Training Course on ‘Implementation Framework and Monitoring System for SDG 3 and Other Health Goals in the SDGs’ with the attendance of 10 participants from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 4 French speaking OIC countries on 25-26 September 2023 through an online video conferencing platform.
Training Course on ‘Generic Statistical Business Process Model (GSBPM)’
Date :
05-06 September 2023
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Training Course on ‘Generic Statistical Business Process Model (GSBPM)’ with the attendance of 30 participants from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 8 French speaking OIC countries on 05-06 September 2023 through an online video conferencing platform.
Webinar on ‘Towards a Methodology for Production and Dissemination of Islamic Tourism Indicators’
Date :
23 August 2023
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of the Programme of Action for 2021-2025 set under the OIC-StatCom Strategic Vision for 2030 and its Webinar Series on Statistical Experience Sharing, SESRIC organized a Webinar on “Towards a Methodology for Production and Dissemination of Islamic Tourism Indicators” on 23 August 2023. The webinar was conducted in collaboration with the National Statistical Offices of Indonesia, Iran, and Saudi Arabia as well as the Standards and Metrology Institute for Islamic Countries (SMIIC) and World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). CrescentRating and DinarStandard provided insights of the private sector as well.
Training Course on 'Social Protection and SDGs Indicators'
Date :
16-17 August 2023
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Training Course on 'Social Protection and SDGs Indicators' for the benefit of National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of French speaking OIC countries on 16-17 August 2023 through an online video conferencing platform with the attendance of 21 participants from 11 member countries.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Training Course on 'Social Protection Statistics' with the attendance of 19 participants from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 10 Arabic speaking OIC countries on 09-10 August 2023 through an online video conferencing platform.
TurkStat Featured Population Characteristics of Türkiye on the Occasion of the World Population Day
Date :
11 July 2023
Venue :
Ankara Türkiye
The Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) featured the population characteristics of Türkiye on the occasion of World Population Day, observed annually on 11 July 2023.
SESRIC Organised a Workshop on ‘Generic Models of Statistical Production’ in Collaboration with UNECE
Date :
10-11 July 2023
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
SESRIC, in its capacity as the Secretariat of OIC Statistical Commission (OIC-StatCom), organised a Workshop on “Generic Models of Statistical Production” in collaboration with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) on 10-11 July 2023 through a video conferencing platform with the participation of 62 experts from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 20 OIC countries.
Training Course on ‘International Trade Statistics and Balance of Payments’
Date :
20-22 June 2023
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme and the UN-OIC Cooperation Matrix for 2022-2024, SESRIC organised a Training Course on ‘International Trade Statistics and Balance of Payments’ in collaboration with the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), and World Trade Organization (WTO) with the attendance of 44 participants from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 16 OIC countries on 20-22 June 2023 through an online video conferencing platform.
SESRIC Participated in the Arab Regional Statistical Conference: Agility and Resilience of National Statistical Systems
Date :
13-15 June 2023
Venue :
Amman Jordan
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), UN Statistics Division (UNSD), and Arab Institute for Training and Research in Statistics (AITRS) organized the Arab Regional Statistical Conference with the theme “Agility and Resilience of National Statistical Systems” in response to the calls of the 75th Session of the General Assembly and the 15th Session of the ESCWA Statistical Committee. The Conference was held on 13-15 June 2023 in Amman, Jordan.
SESRIC Participated in the Capacity Building on Data Collection, Analysis and Reporting in the Agricultural Sector of the OIC Countries
Date :
12-15 June 2023
Venue :
Banjul Gambia
SESRIC participated in the Capacity Building on Data Collection, Analysis and Reporting in the Agricultural Sector of the OIC Countries, organised by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Gambia in collaboration with and support of the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation of the Organisation of the Islamic Cooperation (COMCEC) on 12-15 June 2023 in Banjul, The Gambia.
Regional Training Workshop on ‘Transition to Register-based approaches for Population and Housing Censuses’
Date :
12-15 June 2023
Venue :
SESRIC Headquarters, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of the 2020 World Population and Housing Census Programme, SESRIC hosted the Regional Training Workshop on “Transition to Register-Based approaches for Population and Housing Censuses” in collaboration with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), and Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) at SESRIC Headquarters on 12-15 June 2023 in Ankara, Republic of Türkiye. 27 census experts from the National Statistical Offices of 8 OIC member countries participated in the Workshop.
SESRIC Participated in the 6th Meeting of the Sub-Group on Gender Statistics Training
Date :
05-07 June 2023
Venue :
Chiba-Japan
SESRIC participated in the 6th Meeting of the Sub-Group on Gender Statistics Training (SGGST), organised by the United Nations Statistical Institute of Asia and the Pacific (UNSIAP) and the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. The meeting was held on 5 – 7 June 2023 in Chiba, Japan.
Training Course on ‘Agriculture Statistics and Food Security Analysis’
Date :
29-30 May 2023
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme and the UN-OIC Cooperation Matrix for 2022-2024, SESRIC organised a Training Course on ‘Agriculture Statistics and Food Security Analysis’ with the attendance of 52 experts from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 18 OIC countries on 29-30 May 2023 through an online video conferencing platform.
SESRIC and the Institute of Statistics (INSTAT) of the Republic of Albania signed MoA
Date :
10 May 2023
Venue :
Ankara Türkiye
SESRIC and the Institute of Statistics (INSTAT) of the Republic of Albania signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to facilitate the collaboration and cooperation between both institutions within the framework of the project titled “Integration of Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS) into the National Surveys in Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member Countries”.
SESRIC Organised the Orientation Workshop on “Tobacco Questions for Surveys of Youth (TQS-Youth)” in Collaboration with the CDC and CDC Foundation
Date :
09-10 May 2023
Venue :
SESRIC Headquarters, Ankara Türkiye
SESRIC, in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the CDC Foundation, organised the Orientation Workshop on “Tobacco Questions for Surveys of Youth (TQS-Youth)” on 09-10 May 2023 at SESRIC Headquarters in Ankara, Republic of Türkiye. The Workshop was participated by 43 delegates from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs), Ministries of Health, and Ministry of Youth of 18 OIC member countries. The representatives of the CDC, CDC Foundation, World Health Organization (WHO) Türkiye Country Office, and Turkish Green Crescent also participated in the Workshop. The objective of the Workshop was to provide additional information and technical support to the participants in integrating TQS-Youth into the ongoing youth-related national surveys in their respective countries.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Training Course on ‘Transport Statistics’ with the attendance of 38 participants from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 16 OIC countries on 3-4 May 2023 through an online video conferencing platform.
Training Course on ‘SDG 2 (Zero Hunger) Indicators’
Date :
02-04 May 2023
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme and the UN-OIC Cooperation Matrix of Activities for 2022-2024, SESRIC organised a Training Course on ‘SDG 2 (Zero Hunger) Indicators’ with the attendance of 9 participants from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 5 Arabic speaking OIC countries as well as representatives from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Islamic Organization for Food Security (IOFS) on 2-4 May 2023 through an online video conferencing platform.
SESRIC Participated in the 5th Meeting of the Subgroup on Gender Statistics Training
Date :
11 April 2023
Venue :
Virtual, Bangkok-Thailand
SESRIC participated in the 5th Meeting of the Subgroup on Gender Statistics Training (SGGST) organised in a virtual format by the UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. The purpose of the meeting was to review and approve the updated Terms of Reference (ToR) of the SGGST, as well as to reach consensus on the 2023 priority activities and draft the work plan.
Training Course on ‘Basic Statistics for Diplomats’
Date :
20-22 March 2023
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme and upon the official request received from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) of Republic of Indonesia, SESRIC organised a Training Course on ‘Basic Statistics for Diplomats’ with the attendance of 35 participants from the MoFA of Republic of Indonesia on 20-22 March 2023 through an online video conferencing platform.
Webinar on ‘Reporting Data on Islamic Financial Services Sector’
Date :
14 March 2023
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of the Programme of Action for 2021-2025 set under the OIC-StatCom Strategic Vision for 2030 and its Webinar Series on Statistical Experience Sharing, SESRIC organised a Webinar on ‘Reporting Data on Islamic Financial Services Sector’ on 14 March 2023, in collaboration with Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB), United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), and UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UNESCWA) with the participation of 67 official statisticians from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 20 OIC member countries as well as representatives from the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA).
Training Course on ‘SDG 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy) Indicators’
Date :
14-15 March 2023
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Training Course on ‘SDG 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy) Indicators’ with the attendance of 48 participants from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 13 OIC countries on 14-15 March 2023 through an online video conferencing platform.
SESRIC Organised the Follow-up Meeting of the 11th Session of the OIC Statistical Commission as a Side Event of the 54th Session of UN Statistical Commission
Date :
02 March 2023
Venue :
New York – USA
SESRIC, in its capacity as the Secretariat of the OIC Statistical Commission (OIC-StatCom), organised the Follow-up Meeting of the OIC-StatCom on 2 March 2023 as a side event of the 54th Session of the United Nations Statistical Commission in New York, USA. 32 delegates from 17 OIC member countries as well as United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDC Foundation attended the meeting.
SESRIC Participated in the 54th Session of the United Nations Statistical Commission
Date :
27 February - 03 March 2023
Venue :
New York – USA
The SESRIC delegation headed by HE Mr. Nebil Dabur, Director General, and composed of Mr. Fadi Farasin, Assistant Director General, Dr. Atilla Karaman, Director of Statistics and Information Department, and Ms. Nenden Octavarulia Shanty, Senior Researcher, participated in the 54th Session of United Nations Statistical Commission (UNSC) and its side events on 28 February - 3 March 2023 in New York - USA.
Training Course on ‘SDG 1 (No Poverty) Indicators’
Date :
21-22 February 2023
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme and the UN-OIC Cooperation Matrix of Activities for 2022-2024, SESRIC organised a Training Course on ‘SDG 1 (No Poverty) Indicators’ with the attendance of 19 participants from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 7 French speaking OIC countries as well as representatives from Human Development Report Office (HDRO) of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on 21-22 February 2023 through an online video conferencing platform.
Webinar on ‘Transforming Administrative Registers for Statistical Data Production’
Date :
14 February 2023
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of the Programme of Action for 2021-2025 set under the OIC-StatCom Strategic Vision for 2030 and its Webinar Series on Statistical Experience Sharing, SESRIC organised a Webinar on ‘Transforming Administrative Registers for Statistical Data Production’ on 14 February 2023, in collaboration with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) with the participation of 103 official statisticians from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 24 OIC member countries.
Training Course on ‘SDG 1 (No Poverty) Indicators’
Date :
17-18 January 2023
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Training Course on ‘SDG 1 (No Poverty) Indicators’ with the attendance of 26 participants from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 16 OIC countries on 17-18 January 2023 through an online video conferencing platform.
Training Course on ‘Government Finance, Fiscal and Public Sector Statistics’
Date :
10-12 January 2023
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Training Course on ‘Government Finance, Fiscal and Public Sector Statistics’ with the attendance of 17 participants from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 9 Arabic speaking OIC countries on 10-12 January 2023 through an online video conferencing platform.
TurkStat Released the Results of the 2021 Population and Housing Census
Date :
19 December 2022
Venue :
Ankara Türkiye
Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) released the Results of the 2021 Population and Housing Census produced on a regular basis by the Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) on 19 December 2022 in Ankara, Türkiye.
SESRIC Participated in the 4th Session of the UNESCWA Committee on Technology for Development and 15th Session of the UNESCWA Statistical Committee
Date :
14-17 November 2022
Venue :
Beirut Lebanon
The SESRIC delegation headed by HE Mr. Nebil Dabur, Director General of SESRIC, participated in the 4th Session of the Committee on Technology for Development and 15th Session of the Statistical Committee, organised by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for West Asia (UNESCWA) on 14-17 November 2022 in Beirut, Lebanon. The two Meetings were attended by the representatives of UNESCWA member countries, and regional and international organisations.
Training Course on ‘Banking, Insurance and Financial Statistics’
Date :
14-16 November 2022
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Training Course on ‘Banking, Insurance and Financial Statistics’ with the attendance of 24 participants from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 8 French speaking OIC countries on 14-16 November 2022 through an online video conferencing platform.
Webinar on ‘Implementation of National Quality Assurance Framework for Official Statistics’
Date :
08 November 2022
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Webinar Series on Statistical Experience Sharing, SESRIC organised a Webinar on ‘Implementation of National Quality Assurance Framework (NQAF) for Official Statistics’ on 8 November 2022, in collaboration with the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) with the participation of 158 experts from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 29 OIC member countries.
SESRIC Participated in the Annual Meeting of Transformative Monitoring for Enhanced Equity (TransMonEE)
Date :
01-02 November 2022
Venue :
Ankara Türkiye
SESRIC participated in the Annual Meeting of Transformative Monitoring for Enhanced Equity (TransMonEE) organized around the topic “TransMonEE: 30 Years of Monitoring Child Rights and Inequities, Taking Stock and Moving Towards Comprehensive Child Rights Monitoring”. The meeting was held in Ankara, Republic of Türkiye on 1-2 November 2022 and co-hosted by UNICEF Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia (ECARO) and Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat). Dr. Cem TİNTİN, Senior Researcher at Economic and Social Research Department, and Mr. Abdulhamit ÖZTÜRK, Researcher at Statistics and Information Department represented SESRIC thereat.
Training Course on ‘SDG 9 (Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure) Indicators’
Date :
01-03 November 2022
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Training Course on ‘SDG 9 (Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure) Indicators’ in collaboration with the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), with the participation of 70 experts from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) and relevant Ministries of 15 OIC countries on 1-3 November 2022 through an online video conferencing platform.
Planning and Statistics Authority Celebrated the Qatar Population Day
Date :
25 October 2022
Venue :
Doha Qatar
The Planning and Statistics Authority (PSA) celebrated the Qatar Population Day under the theme "Five Years since the Implementation of Qatar's Second Population Policy 2017-2022” on 25 October 2022.
Malaysia Celebrates its 2022 National Statistics Day with the Theme ‘Connecting the World with Data We Can Trust’
Date :
20 October 2022
Venue :
Perak Malaysia
The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution on 3 June 2010 officially designating 20 October 2010 as the first ever World Statistics Day to raise awareness of the many achievements of official statistics premised on the core value of service, professionalism and integrity. In 2015, the United Nations General Assembly adopted another resolution for the celebration of World Statistics Day on 20 October every five years. Since its inception in 2010, World Statistics Day has been celebrated in Malaysia with various engaging activities involving individuals from all walks of life.
In its Capacity as the Secretariat of the OIC Statistical Commission (OIC-StatCom), SESRIC organized the 11th Session of the OIC-StatCom in a Hybrid Format at its Headquarters in Ankara, Republic of Türkiye, on 18-19 October 2022
Date :
18-19 October 2022
Venue :
SESRIC Headquarters, Ankara Türkiye
SESRIC, in its capacity as the Secretariat of the OIC Statistical Commission (OIC-StatCom), organised the 11th Session of the OIC-StatCom in a hybrid format at its Headquarters in Ankara, Republic of Türkiye, on 18-19 October 2022 in collaboration with the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group. The Session brought together 96 participants from the National Statistical Offices of 39 OIC countries. The Session has been also attended by representatives of 10 international and regional organisations, namely the Arab Institute for Training and Research in Statistics (AITRS), International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation of the OIC (COMCEC), Statistical Centre for the Cooperation Council for the Arab Countries of the Gulf (GCC-Stat), Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat), United Nations Economic Commission for Western Asia (UNESCWA), United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), and United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD).
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Training Course on 'Price Statistics' with the attendance of 57 participants from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 14 Arabic speaking OIC countries on 10-12 October 2022 through an online video conferencing platform.
Indonesia Celebrates its 2022 National Statistics Day with the Theme ‘Quality Statistics, Prosperous Nation’
Date :
26 September 2022
Venue :
Jakarta Indonesia
26 September 2022 marks the day of the enactment of “Law #7 of 1960 Concerning Statistics” in Republic of Indonesia which is celebrated by all statisticians in the country as the National Statistics Day (HSN). The theme of HSN 2022 is “Quality Statistics, Prosperous Nation”.
Training Course on 'Usage of Administrative Registries in Producing Economic Statistics'
Date :
26-28 September 2022
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Training Course on 'Usage of Administrative Registries in Producing Economic Statistics' through an online video conferencing platform with the attendance of 50 participants from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 18 OIC countries on 26-28 September 2022.
SESRIC Participated in the Regional Workshop on the ‘Changing Role of Official Statistics in the State of Qatar: Why Data Culture Matters’
Date :
21-22 September 2022
Venue :
Doha Qatar
SESRIC participated in the Regional Workshop on the “Changing Role of Official Statistics in the State of Qatar: Why Data Culture Matters” organised by the Planning and Statistics Authority (PSA) of Qatar in partnership with Qatar Charity, Qatar Computing Research Institute, and United Nations Economic and Social Commission for West Asia (UNESCWA) on 21-22 September 2022 in Doha, Qatar. The Workshop was attended by representatives of national, regional and international organisations.
Training Course on 'Usage of Administrative Registries in Producing Demographic and Social Statistics'
Date :
19-20 September 2022
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Training Course on 'Usage of Administrative Registries in Producing Demographic and Social Statistics' through an online video conferencing platform with the attendance of 85 participants from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 22 OIC countries on 19-25 September 2022.
Experience Sharing Programme on ‘Statistical Onboarding and Capacity Building for NSO Officials’
Date :
15 September 2022
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised an Experience Sharing Programme on ‘Statistical Onboarding and Capacity Building for NSO Officials’ through an online video conferencing platform for the benefit of General Authority of Statistics (GASTAT) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Training Course on 'International Trade Statistics'
Date :
13-15 September 2022
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Training Course on ‘International Trade Statistics’ in collaboration with Arab Institute for Training and Research in Statistics (AITRS) through an online video conferencing platform with the attendance of 33 participants from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 14 Arabic speaking OIC countries on 13-15 September 2022 through an online video conferencing platform.
Training Course on 'Sustainable Tourism Indicators'
Date :
12-14 September 2022
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Training Course on 'Sustainable Tourism Indicators' through an online video conferencing platform with the attendance of 49 participants from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 20 OIC countries on 12-14 September 2022.
FCSC of UAE Launched National Geostatistical Platform ‘1Map’
Date :
11 September 2022
Venue :
Dubai United Arab Emirates
The Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Centre (FCSC) of the United Arab Emirates launched its National Geostatistical Platform named 1Map on 11 September 2022.
Webinar on ‘2020 Round of Population & Housing Censuses: Census Editing & Validation’
Date :
07 September 2022
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Experience Sharing Webinar Series, SESRIC organised a Webinar on ‘2020 Round of Population & Housing Censuses: Census Editing & Validation’ on 7 September 2022, in collaboration with the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) with the attendance of 60 participants from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 21 OIC countries.
SESRIC Participated in the 8th Session of the UNESCAP Committee on Statistics
Date :
23-25 August 2022
Venue :
Virtual-Bangkok, Thailand
SESRIC participated in the 8th Session of the ESCAP Committee on Statistics organised in a hybrid format by the Secretariat of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) at the UN Conference Centre in Bangkok, Thailand and online on 23-25 August 2022.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Training Course on ‘Transport Statistics’ through an online video conferencing platform with the attendance of 24 participants from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 9 Arabic speaking OIC countries on 26-28 July 2022.
Training Course on ‘Conducting a Census Based on Administrative Records’
Date :
04-05 July 2022
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Training Course on ‘Conducting a Census Based on Administrative Records’ through an online video conferencing platform with the attendance of 105 participants from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 14 OIC countries on 4-5 July 2022.
SESRIC Participated in the 6th Meeting of the Heads of ECO National Statistical Offices
Date :
29 June 2022
Venue :
Virtual-ECO, Tehran Iran
SESRIC participated in the 6th Meeting of the Heads of ECO National Statistical Offices (NSOs) organised virtually by the Secretariat of the Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO) on 29 June 2022. The meeting was chaired by the Bureau of National Statistics (BNS) of the Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms of the Republic of Kazakhstan with participation from the representatives of the NSOs of 8 ECO member countries and the international organisations, namely SESRIC, UNFPA, and UNICEF.
Training Course on ‘SDG 4 (Quality Education) Indicators’
Date :
22-23 June 2022
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘SDG 4 (Quality Education) Indicators’ through an online video conferencing platform with the attendance of 45 participants from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 11 French speaking OIC countries on 22-23 June 2022.
PCBS and Palestinian Ministry of Agriculture Announced the Preliminary Results of the Agriculture Census 2021
Date :
16 June 2022
Venue :
Ramallah Palestine
The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) and the Palestinian Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) issued a joint press release on the Preliminary Results of Palestinian Agriculture Census 2021 on 16 June 2022.
Webinar on ‘Experiences of OIC Countries in Producing Disaster Related Statistics’
Date :
16 June 2022
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Webinar Series on Statistical Experience Sharing , SESRIC organised a Webinar on ‘Experiences of OIC Countries in Producing Disaster Related Statistics’ on 16 June 2022 in collaboration with the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), and United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UNESCWA) with the attendance of 25 participants from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 14 OIC countries.
Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) Launched ‘Dashboard Kawasanku’
Date :
15 June 2022
Venue :
Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) has launched the ‘Dashboard Kawasanku’ for evidence-based decision-making on 15 June 2022. The new platform among others developed by DOSM will serve the increasing demand for information by data users.
Training Course on ‘Big Data Applications on Price Intelligence’
Date :
14-16 June 2022
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Big Data Applications on Price Intelligence’ in collaboration with the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) and the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) through an online video conferencing platform on 14-16 June 2022.
Training Course on ‘SDG 5 (Gender Equality) Indicators’
Date :
07-08 June 2022
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘SDG 5 (Gender Equality) Indicators’ through an online video conferencing platform with the attendance of 29 participants from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 14 OIC countries on 7-8 June 2022.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Tourism Statistics’ through an online video conferencing platform with the attendance of 17 participants from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 4 French-speaking OIC countries on 6-8 June 2022.
SESRIC Organised the Workshop on ‘Modernising Statistical Legislation’ in Collaboration with the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)
Date :
01-02 June 2022
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
SESRIC, in its capacity as the Secretariat of OIC Statistical Commission (OIC-StatCom), organised the Workshop on ‘Modernising Statistical Legislation’ in collaboration with the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) on 1-2 June 2022 through a video conferencing platform with the participation of 94 experts from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 36 OIC countries and relevant international organisations.
PCBS Published the Preliminary Results of the ‘Smoking and Tobacco Consumption Survey 2021’ on World No Tobacco Day
Date :
31 May 2022
Venue :
Ramallah Palestine
The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) in cooperation with SESRIC carried out the first specialized Survey on Smoking and Tobacco Consumption in Palestine in the fourth quarter of 2021. On the occasion of the World No Tobacco Day, PCBS disseminated the preliminary results of the Survey on 31 May 2022.
Training Course on ‘SDG 2 (Zero Hunger) Indicators’
Date :
25-26 May 2022
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘SDG 2 (Zero Hunger) Indicators’ through an online video conferencing platform with the attendance of 22 participants from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 11 OIC countries on 25-26 May 2022.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Survey Methods and Sampling’ through an online video conferencing platform with the attendance of 74 participants from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 22 OIC countries on 23-26 May 2022.
SESRIC and Bureau of Statistics of Guyana signed MoA on TQS Integration Project
Date :
11 April 2022
Venue :
Georgetown Guyana
SESRIC and Bureau of Statistics of Guyana signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to facilitate collaboration and cooperation between both institutions within the framework of the project titled “Integration of the Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS) into the National Surveys in Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member Countries”. The MoA was signed on 11 April 2022 by HE. Mr. Nebil DABUR, Director General of SESRIC, and HE. Mr. Errol LaCRUEZ, Chief Statistician of Bureau of Statistics of Guyana.
Technical Consultation on ‘2021 Smoking and Tobacco Consumption Survey Conducted by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS)’
Date :
31 March 2022
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
SESRIC organised a Technical Consultation on “2021 Smoking and Tobacco Consumption Survey conducted by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS)” on 31 March 2022. The Technical Consultation was organised for the benefit of PCBS in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), CDC Foundation, World Health Organization (WHO), and Ministry of Health of Palestine within the framework of ‘Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS) Integration Project’ through a video conferencing platform.
Webinar on ‘Use of Business Registers for Business Demography and Entrepreneurship Statistics’
Date :
28 March 2022
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Webinar Series on Statistical Experience Sharing, SESRIC organised a Webinar on ‘Use of Business Registers for Business Demography and Entrepreneurship Statistics’ on 28 March 2022 in collaboration with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) with the participation of 61 official statisticians from the NSOs of 24 OIC countries.
Online Training Course on ‘SDG 13 (Climate Action) Indicators’
Date :
14-16 March 2022
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised an Online Training Course on ‘SDG 13 (Climate Action) Indicators’ with the attendance of 11 participants from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 6 OIC countries on 14-16 March 2022.
Online Training Course on ‘Government Finance, Fiscal and Public Sector Statistics’
Date :
07-08 March 2022
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised an Online Training Course on ‘Government Finance, Fiscal and Public Sector Statistics’ with the attendance of 27 participants from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 13 OIC countries and the OIC General Secretariat on 7-8 March 2022.
GASTAT of Saudi Arabia to Conduct Fifth Housing and Population Census in May 2022
Date :
04 March 2022
Venue :
Riyadh Saudi Arabia
H.E. Mr. Faisal bin Fadhil Alibrahim, Minister of Economy and Planning of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) announced that Saudi Arabia’s upcoming fifth housing and population census to commence on 9 May 2022.
SESRIC Participated in the 53rd Session of the UN Statistical Commission
Date :
28 February - 04 March 2022
Venue :
Virtual-UNSD, New York – USA
The delegation of SESRIC headed by HE Mr. Nebil Dabur, Director General, and composed of Mr. Fadi Farasin, Assistant Director General; and Dr. Atilla Karaman, Director of Statistics and Information Department, participated in the 53rd Session of UN Statistical Commission organised in a virtual-only format by the UN Statistics Division (UNSD) on 28 February - 4 March 2022.
SESRIC Organised the Follow-up Meeting of the 10th Session of the OIC Statistical Commission as a Side Event of the 53rd Session of UN Statistical Commission
Date :
17 February 2022
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
In its capacity as the Secretariat of the OIC Statistical Commission (OIC-StatCom), SESRIC organised, through a video-conferencing platform, the Follow-up Meeting of the 10th Session of the OIC-StatCom on 17 February 2022 as a side event of the 53rd Session of the United Nations Statistical Commission. In addition to the representatives of the OIC General Secretariat and Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), 40 delegates from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 26 OIC member countries attended the meeting.
Online Training Course on ‘Labour Cost Statistics’
Date :
15-16 February 2022
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised an Online Training Course on ‘Labour Cost Statistics’ with the attendance of 13 participants from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 7 OIC countries on 15-16 February 2022.
Department of Statistics Malaysia Launched the Report on the Key Findings of Population and Housing Census 2020
Date :
14 February 2022
Venue :
Shah Alam Malaysia
HE Dato’ Sri Ismail Sabri bin Yaakob, Prime Minister of Malaysia, has officiated the Launching of Key Findings of the Population and Housing Census of Malaysia 2020 (MyCensus 2020) Report at the Management & Science University (MSU) in Shah Alam on 14 February 2022.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised an Online Training Course on ‘Culture Statistics’ with the attendance of 10 participants from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 7 OIC countries on 07 – 09 February 2022.
Online Training Course on ‘SDG 1 (No Poverty) Indicators’
Date :
19-21 January 2022
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC will organise an Online Training Course on ‘SDG 1 (No Poverty) Indicators’ for the benefit of General Directorate of Statistics (DGS) and other National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of OIC countries on 19-21 January 2022.
SESRIC Participated in the Webinar on ‘Statistical Treatment of Islamic Finance in the National and International Accounts’
Date :
16 December 2021
Venue :
Virtual-UNESCWA, Beirut Lebanon
SESRIC participated as a panellist in the Webinar on “Statistical Treatment of Islamic Finance in the National and International Accounts” organised virtually by United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UNESCWA) in coordination with the Joint Task Team on Islamic Finance (IFTT) and United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) on 16 December 2021.
Online Training Course on ‘Industrial Production Index’
Date :
15 December 2021
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised an Online Training Course on ‘Industrial Production Index’ with the attendance of 45 participants from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 14 OIC countries on 15 December 2021.
SESRIC, CDC and CDC Foundation Launched the Report on ‘Implementation of the Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS) in Selected OIC Member Countries: Evidence for Action’
Date :
08 December 2021
Venue :
Ankara Türkiye
SESRIC, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Office on Smoking and Health, and CDC Foundation launched the Report on ‘Implementation of the Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS) in Selected OIC Member Countries: Evidence for Action’ on 8 December 2021.
Online Training Course on ‘Use of New Technologies in Statistical Surveys: New Collection Approach and Collaborative Management Technology’
Date :
29-30 November 2021
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised an Online Training Course on ‘Use of New Technologies in Statistical Surveys: New Collection Approach and Collaborative Management Technology’ with the participation of 27 attendees from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 8 OIC countries on 29-30 November 2021.
Online Training Course on ‘SDG 8.9 (Sustainable Tourism) Indicators’
Date :
16-18 November 2021
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised an Online Training Course on ‘SDG 8.9 (Sustainable Tourism) Indicators’ with the participation of 15 attendees from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 7 OIC countries on 16-18 November 2021.
Webinar on ‘Energy Statistics for the SDG 7 Indicators’
Date :
09 November 2021
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Webinar Series on Statistical Experience Sharing, SESRIC organised a Webinar on ‘Energy Statistics for the SDG 7 Indicators’ on 09 November 2021 in collaboration with the International Energy Agency (IEA) with the participation of 43 attendees from the NSOs of 16 OIC countries as well as the Statistical Centre for the Cooperation Council for the Arab Countries of the Gulf (GCC-Stat).
SESRIC Organised a Study Visit on Population and Housing Census for the Benefit of Bangladesh
Date :
08 November 2021
Venue :
Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Study Visit on Population and Housing Census with the participation of 2 officials from the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) on 8 November 2021.
SESRIC and National Institute of Statistics (INS) of Republic of Niger signed MoA on TQS-Youth Integration Project
Date :
04 November 2021
Venue :
Niamey Niger
SESRIC and National Institute of Statistics (INS) of Republic of Niger signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to facilitate collaboration and cooperation between both institutions within the framework of the project titled “Integration of Tobacco Questions for Surveys of Youth (TQS-Youth) into the National Surveys in Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member Countries”. The MoA was signed by HE. Mr. Nebil DABUR, Director General of SESRIC and HE. Mr. Idrissa ALICHINA KOURGUENI, Director General of INS of Republic of Niger on 4 November 2021.
SESRIC Participated in the Symposium on FDI Statistics and Development Impact in the Margins of 7th World Investment Forum
Date :
19 October 2021
Venue :
Virtual-UNCTAD, Geneva Switzerland
SESRIC participated in the Symposium on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Statistics and Development Impact as a panellist on 19 October 2021 in the margins of the 7th World Investment Forum organised by UNCTAD.
Virtual Training Workshop on ‘Compilation and Analysis of National Food Balance Sheets in OIC Countries’
Date :
18-20 October 2021
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
SESRIC organised a Virtual Training Workshop on ‘Compilation and Analysis of National Food Balance Sheets in OIC Countries’ in collaboration with the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (COMCEC) and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on 18-20 October 2021.
Online Experience Sharing Programme on Vocational Qualifications System
Date :
12-13 October 2021
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme and the OIC Vocational Education and Training (OIC-VET) Programme, SESRIC organised an Online Experience Sharing Programme on Vocational Qualifications System with the participation of 6 officials from the General Authority of Statistics (GASTAT) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The OIC Statistical Commission (OIC-StatCom) Convened its 10th Session Virtually Online on 5th October 2021
Date :
05-07 October 2021
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
In its capacity as the Secretariat of the OIC Statistical Commission (OIC-StatCom) , SESRIC organised the 10th Session of the OIC-StatCom on 5-7 October 2021 in collaboration with Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group through a video conferencing platform. The Session brought together 86 participants from NSOs of 33 OIC countries. The Session has been also attended by representatives of 11 international and regional organisations, including, among others, the Arab Institute for Training and Research in Statistics (AITRS), Partnership in Statistics for Development in the 21st Century (PARIS21), Statistical Centre for the Cooperation Council for the Arab Countries of the Gulf (GCC-Stat), United Nations Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific (UNSIAP), United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), and World Health Organization (WHO).
SESRIC Participated in the Regional Webinar on ‘Embedding Climate Reporting in National Statistics’
Date :
30 September 2021
Venue :
Virtual-UNFCCC, Bonn-Germany
SESRIC participated in the Consultative Group of Experts (CGE) Regional Webinar on “Embedding Climate Reporting in National Statistics” for the Africa and the Eastern Europe regions organised virtually by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) on 30 September 2021. SESRIC made a presentation on its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme with a focus on its statistical capacity development activities related to SDG 13 (Climate Action) indicators during the Webinar.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised an Online Training Course on 'Price Statistics' with the participation of 67 attendees from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 19 OIC countries on 20-22 September 2021.
Online Training Course on ‘Labour Supply, Demand and Productivity Statistics’
Date :
13-15 September 2021
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised an Online Training Course on ‘Labour Supply, Demand and Productivity Statistics’ with the participation of 12 attendees from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 6 OIC countries on 13-15 September 2021.
Online Training Course on 'Social Protection Statistics'
Date :
13-17 September 2021
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised an Online Training Course on 'Social Protection Statistics' with the participation of 24 attendees from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) and Ministries of Health of 3 OIC countries on 13-17 September 2021.
SESRIC and Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics signed MoA on TQS Integration Project
Date :
19 August 2021
Venue :
Ramallah City Palestine
SESRIC and Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to facilitate collaboration and cooperation between both institutions within the framework of the project titled “Integration of the Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS) into the National Surveys in Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member Countries”. The MoA was signed on 19 August 2021 by HE. Mr. Nebil DABUR, Director General of SESRIC, and HE. Dr. Ola AWAD, President of PCBS.
Online Training Course on ‘Banking, Insurance and Financial Statistics’
Date :
17-19 August 2021
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised an Online Training Course on ‘Banking, Insurance and Financial Statistics’ with the participation of 34 attendees from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 11 OIC countries on 17-19 August 2021.
SESRIC and National Institute of Statistics (INSTAT) of Republic of Mali signed MoA on TQS-Youth Integration Project
Date :
08 July 2021
Venue :
Bamako Mali
SESRIC and National Institute of Statistics (INSTAT) of Republic of Mali signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to facilitate collaboration and cooperation between both institutions within the framework of the project titled “Integration of Tobacco Questions for Surveys of Youth (TQS-Youth) into the National Surveys in Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member Countries”. The MoA was signed by HE. Mr. Nebil DABUR, Director General of SESRIC and HE. Dr. Arouna SOUGANE, Director General of INSTAT of Republic of Mali on 8 July 2021.
Webinar on ‘Remote Data Collection Methods to Overcome the Challenges Faced by the NSOs During the COVID-19 Pandemic’
Date :
06 July 2021
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Webinar Series on Statistical Experience Sharing, SESRIC organised a webinar on ‘Remote Data Collection Methods to Overcome the Challenges Faced by the NSOs During the COVID-19 Pandemic’ in collaboration with National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of Indonesia, Malaysia, Palestine, Senegal, and Turkey on 6 July 2021 with the participation of 57 attendees from the NSOs of 17 OIC countries.
Workshop on ‘Use of Administrative Registers for Population and Housing Censuses’
Date :
29-30 June 2021
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
SESRIC, in collaboration with the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), organised a Workshop on ‘Use of Administrative Registers for Population and Housing Censuses’ on 29-30 June 2021 through a video conferencing platform with the participation of 126 attendees from the NSOs of 32 OIC member countries and representatives of United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and US Census Bureau.
Webinar on ‘Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Statistics in OIC Countries’
Date :
28 June 2021
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Webinar Series on Statistical Experience Sharing, SESRIC organised a Webinar on ‘Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Statistics in OIC Countries’ on 28 June 2021 in collaboration with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) with the participation of 81 official statisticians working in National Statistical Offices (NSOs) and Central Banks of 32 OIC countries as well as the representatives of the Statistical Centre for the Cooperation Council for the Arab Countries of the Gulf (GCC-Stat).
Online Training Course on 'SDG 13 (Climate Action) Indicators'
Date :
22-25 June 2021
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised an Online Training Course on 'SDG 13 (Climate Action) Indicators' with the participation of 41 attendees from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 10 OIC countries on 22-25 June 2021.
Workshop on ‘Coordination within the National Statistical Systems’
Date :
15-17 June 2021
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
SESRIC, in its capacity as the Secretariat of OIC Statistical Commission (OIC-StatCom), organised a Workshop on ‘Coordination within the National Statistical Systems (NSSs)’ in collaboration with the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) – with additional contributions of Partnership in Statistics for Development in the 21st Century (PARIS21), United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UNESCWA), and United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) – on 15-17 June 2021 through a video conferencing platform with the participation of 84 attendees for the NSOs of 31 OIC countries and 5 international organisations.
Webinar on ‘Big Data Applications and Utilising Non-Traditional Data Sources and Methods for Official Statistics’
Date :
10 June 2021
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Webinar Series on Statistical Experience Sharing, SESRIC organised a webinar on ‘Big Data Applications and Utilising Non-Traditional Data Sources and Methods for Official Statistics’ in collaboration with National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of Indonesia, Jordan, Malaysia, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and the Statistics Division of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UNESCWA) on 10 June 2021 with the participation of 60 attendees from the NSOs of 17 OIC countries and 2 international organisations.
Webinar on ‘Motor Vehicles, Traffic Volume and Road Traffic Accidents Statistics’
Date :
03 June 2021
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Webinar Series on Statistical Experience Sharing, SESRIC organised a webinar on ‘Motor Vehicles, Traffic Volume and Road Traffic Accidents Statistics’ on 3 June 2021 with the participation of 30 attendees from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 21 OIC member countries.
Online Training Course on 'SDG 3 (Good Health and Well-Being) Indicators'
Date :
01-04 June 2021
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised an Online Training Course on 'SDG 3 (Good Health and Well-Being) Indicators' with the participation of 30 attendees from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 7 OIC countries on 01-04 June 2021.
Webinar on ‘Measurement Methods for SDG 11 and the New Urban Agenda in the OIC Countries’
Date :
31 May 2021
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Webinar Series on Statistical Experience Sharing, SESRIC organised a webinar on ‘Measurement Methods for SDG 11 and the New Urban Agenda (NUA) in the OIC Countries’ on 31 May 2021 in collaboration with the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) and United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UNESCWA) with the participation of 47 attendees from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 18 OIC member countries.
Online Training Course on ‘SDG 1 (No Poverty) Indicators’
Date :
25-27 May 2021
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised an Online Training Course on ‘SDG 1 (No Poverty) Indicators’ with the participation of 12 attendees from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 7 OIC countries on 25-27 May 2021.
Online Training Course on ‘Information Society Statistics’
Date :
24-27 May 2021
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised an Online Training Course on ‘Information Society Statistics’ with the participation of 30 attendees from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 10 OIC countries on 24-25 and 27 May 2021.
Webinar on ‘International Trade-in-Services Statistics’
Date :
13 April 2021
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Webinar Series on Statistical Experience Sharing, SESRIC organised a webinar on ‘International Trade in Services Statistics’ on 13 April 2021 with the participation of 28 attendees from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 13 OIC member countries.
Webinar on ‘International Trade in Goods Statistics’
Date :
06 April 2021
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Webinar Series on Statistical Experience Sharing, SESRIC organised a webinar on ‘International Trade in Goods Statistics’ on 6 April 2021 with the participation of 28 attendees from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 15 OIC member countries.
Training Workshop on Data Collection and Analysis of Trade-in-Services among the OIC Member States
Date :
23-25 March 2021
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara and ICDT, Casablanca Morocco
SESRIC in collaboration with Islamic Centre for Development of Trade (ICDT) and Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group organised the “Virtual Training Workshop on Data Collection and Analysis of Trade-in-Services among the OIC Member States” on 23-25 March 2021. Around 200 participants from the National Statistical Offices, Central Banks, and Ministries of Trade of 36 OIC Member Countries as well as representatives of international organisations including Islamic Organisation for Food Security (IOFS), International Trade Centre (ITC), United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), and World Trade Organisation (WTO) attended the workshop.
Within the framework of its Webinar Series on Statistical Experience Sharing, SESRIC organised a webinar on ‘SDG 9 Indicators’ on 18 March 2021 with the participation of 43 attendees from 18 OIC member countries, namely Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Benin, Egypt, Guyana, Indonesia, Jordan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Mozambique, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Suriname and Turkey.
Online Training Course on ‘Gender and Special Population Groups Statistics’
Date :
18-19 March 2021
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised an Online Training Course on ‘Gender and Special Population Groups Statistics’ with the participation of 9 attendees from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 2 OIC countries on 18-19 March 2021.
Within the framework of its Webinar Series on Statistical Experience Sharing, SESRIC organised a webinar on ‘SDG 6 Indicators’ on 17 March 2021 with the participation of 37 attendees from 19 OIC member countries, namely Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Benin, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Jordan, Malaysia, Morocco, Mozambique, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Somalia, Sudan, Suriname, Turkey, UAE, and Yemen.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised an Online Training Course on ‘Transport Statistics’ with the participation of 52 attendees from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) and Ministries of Transport of 8 OIC countries on 15-18 March 2021.
SESRIC Participated in the 52nd Session of the UN Statistical Commission
Date :
01-05 March 2021
Venue :
New York – USA
The delegation of SESRIC headed by HE Mr. Nebil Dabur, Director General, and composed of Mr. Fadi Farasin, Assistant Director General; Dr. Atilla Karaman, Director of Statistics and Information Department; and Ms. Nenden Octavarulia Shanty, Researcher, participated in the 52nd Session of UN Statistical Commission (UNSC) organised in a virtual format on 1-3 March and 5 March 2021.
SESRIC Organised the Follow-up Meeting of the 9th Session of the OIC Statistical Commission as a Side Event of the 52nd Session of UN Statistical Commission
Date :
25 February 2021
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
In its capacity as the Secretariat of the OIC Statistical Commission (OIC-StatCom), SESRIC organised, through a video-conferencing platform, the Follow-up Meeting of the 9th Session of the OIC-StatCom on 25 February 2021 as a side event of the 52nd Session of the United Nations Statistical Commission. In addition to the representatives of the OIC General Secretariat and Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), 59 delegates from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 28 OIC member countries attended the meeting.
Within its recently initiated Webinar Series on Statistical Experience Sharing, SESRIC organised a webinar on “Tourism Statistics” on 24 February 2021 with the participation of 70 attendees from 17 OIC member countries, namely Albania, Algeria, Bangladesh, Benin, Brunei, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Mozambique, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Suriname, Togo, and Uzbekistan.
Online Training Course on ‘Statistical Data Analysis’ for the Benefit of ICESCO Regional Educational Centre in Chad
Date :
17-19 February 2021
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised an Online Training Course on ‘Statistical Data Analysis’ with the participation of 44 attendees from the Regional Educational Centre of the Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO) in Chad and National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 5 OIC countries on 17-19 February 2021. The training course was provided by an expert from the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) for the benefit of 27 educational mentors and Arab school principals in Chad and additionally attended by 17 experts from the NSOs of five OIC countries; namely, Iraq, Jordan, Qatar, Tunisia, and UAE.
Online Training Course on ‘International Trade Statistics and Balance of Payments’
Date :
08-11 February 2021
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised an Online Training Course on ‘International Trade Statistics and Balance of Payments’ with the participation of 23 attendees from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) and relevant Ministries of 6 OIC countries on 08-11 February 2021.
Within its recently initiated Webinar Series on Statistical Experience Sharing, SESRIC organised a webinar on 'Innovation Statistics' on 21 January 2021 in collaboration with the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) with the participation of 56 attendees from 21 OIC member countries (Algeria, Azerbaijan, Burkina Faso, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Mozambique, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Suriname, Togo, Turkey, UAE, Uganda, and Uzbekistan).
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised an Online Training Course on ‘Tourism Statistics’ with the participation of 17 attendees from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 7 OIC countries on 18-21 January 2021.
In conjunction with the Malaysia Population & Housing Census 2020, the Department of Statistics, Malaysia (DOSM) is organising the MyCensus World Stats Run Virtual Edition 2021. The inaugural virtual run was officiated by Dato’ Sri Dr. Mohd Uzir Mahidin, Chief Statistician Malaysia on 31 December 2020. The running period is take place from 16 January – 15 February 2021.
Webinar on ‘Research and Experimental Development Statistics’
Date :
07 January 2021
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within its recently initiated Webinar Series on Statistical Experience Sharing, SESRIC organised a webinar on ‘Research and Experimental Development (R&D) Statistics’ on 7 January 2021 in collaboration with the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat), with the participation of 71 attendees from 17 OIC member countries (Afghanistan, Albania, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea, Indonesia, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Mozambique, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, UAE, and Uganda).
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised an Online Training Course on ‘SDG 3 Indicators’ for the benefit of the Gambia Bureau of Statistics (GBOS) on 28-30 December 2020.
Webinar on ‘Survey on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Usage in Enterprises’
Date :
17 December 2020
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within its recently initiated Webinar Series on Statistical Experience Sharing, SESRIC organised its fifth webinar on “Survey on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Usage in Enterprises” on 17 December 2020 in collaboration with the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) with the participation of 35 attendees from 17 OIC member countries (Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Brunei, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Morocco, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Suriname, Tunisia, Turkey, and Uzbekistan).
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised an Online Training Course on ‘Tourism Statistics’ for the benefit of the Central Statistical Organization (CSO) of Iraq on 13-15 December 2020. 34 experts from the NSOs of 11 OIC countries in the OIC-Arab group including Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen participated in the online training course.
Webinar on ‘Survey on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Usage in Households and Individuals’
Date :
10 December 2020
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within its recently initiated Webinar Series on Statistical Experience Sharing, SESRIC organised its fourth webinar titled “Survey on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Usage in Households and Individuals” on 10 December 2020 in collaboration with the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) with the participation of 34 attendees from 17 OIC member countries (Afghanistan, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Egypt, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Mozambique, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Togo, Turkey, and Uzbekistan).
Webinar on ‘Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS) and TQS-Youth’
Date :
09 December 2020
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within its recently initiated Webinar Series on Statistical Experience Sharing, SESRIC organised its third webinar titled “Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS) and Tobacco Questions for Surveys of Youth (TQS-Youth)” on 9 December 2020 in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and CDC Foundation with the participation of 47 attendees from 19 OIC member countries (Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Benin, Egypt, Gabon, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Togo, Turkey, and UAE).
Online Training Course on ‘Living Conditions and Poverty Statistics’
Date :
08-09 December 2020
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised on 8-9 December 2020 an Online Training Course on ‘Living Conditions and Poverty Statistics’ for the benefit of the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS).
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised an online training course on ‘SDG 5 Indicators’ for the benefit of the Central Statistical Bureau (CSB) of Kuwait on 08-10 December 2020.
Online Training Course on ‘Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Statistics’
Date :
30 November - 04 December 2020
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised an online training course on ‘Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Statistics’ for the benefit of the National Institute of Statistics (INS) of Cote d'Ivoire on 30 November – 04 December 2020.
Webinar on ‘Enhancing Food Security in OIC Countries: An Overview of the Food Balance Sheets’
Date :
24 November 2020
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within its recently initiated Webinar Series on Statistical Experience Sharing, SESRIC organised its second webinar titled “Enhancing Food Security in OIC Countries: An Overview of the Food Balance Sheets” on 24 November 2020 in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) with the participation of 44 attendees from 19 OIC member countries (Azerbaijan, Brunei, Egypt, Gabon, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Morocco, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Suriname, Turkey, UAE, Uzbekistan, and Yemen) and two international organisations (Islamic Organization for Food Security (IOFS) and Economic Cooperation Organization Regional Coordination Centre for Food Security (ECO-RCC)).
Online Training Course on ‘Banking, Insurance and Financial Statistics’
Date :
17-19 November 2020
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised an online training course on ‘Banking, Insurance and Financial Statistics’ for the benefit of the Department of Economic Planning and Statistics (JPES) under the Ministry of Finance and Economy of Brunei on 17-19 November 2020.
Webinar on 'Collection & Dissemination of SDGs Indicators: Experience of Uzbekistan'
Date :
12 November 2020
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within its recently initiated Webinar Series on Statistical Experience Sharing, SESRIC organised its first webinar titled “Collection & Dissemination of SDGs Indicators: Experience of Uzbekistan” on 12 November 2020 in collaboration with the State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Statistics (UzStat) with the participation of representatives of the National Statistical Offices of Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan.
Online Training Course on ‘SDG 13 (Climate Action) Indicators’
Date :
19-22 October 2020
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised an Online Training Course on ‘SDG 13 (Climate Action) Indicators’ on 19-22 October 2020 for the benefit of the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) of Egypt. Besides Egypt, experts from the NSOs of 6 OIC countries including Algeria, Iraq, Morocco, Oman, Palestine and UAE took part in the online training course.
9th Session of OIC Statistical Commission (OIC-StatCom)
Date :
28 September - 01 October 2020
Venue :
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara Türkiye
SESRIC, in its capacity as the Secretariat of the OIC Statistical Commission (OIC-StatCom), organised the 9th Session of the OIC-StatCom on 28 September – 1 October 2020 in collaboration with Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group through a video-conferencing platform due to the current COVID-19 outbreak. 95 participants from NSOs of 39 OIC countries joined the 9th Session of OIC-StatCom. Representatives of 9 international and regional organizations, namely Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) General Secretariat, Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group, Islamic Organisation for Food Security (IOFS), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative (OPHI), Partnership in Statistics for Development in the 21st Century (PARIS21), Statistical Centre for the Cooperation Council for the Arab Countries of the Gulf (GCC-Stat), United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UNESCWA), and United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) also attended and participated in the Session.
SESRIC Participated in the Virtual Meeting of the Subgroup on Gender Statistics Training
Date :
22 September 2020
Venue :
Virtual, Bangkok-Thailand
SESRIC participated in the Virtual Meeting of the Subgroup on Gender Statistics Training (SGGST) organised by the UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific on 22 September 2020. Representatives from BPS-Statistics Indonesia, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS), School of Data Kyrgyzstan, Hongkong Baptist University, Philipine Statistical Research and Training Institute (PSRTI), UN Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific (SIAP), and UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) also took part in the said virtual meeting.
SESRIC Participated in the Virtual Meetings of the UN Global Network of Institutions for Statistical Training (GIST) Task Team on Addressing NSO Needs
Date :
12 August 2020
Venue :
Virtual-New York, USA
SESRIC participated in the series of Virtual Meetings of the UN Global Network of Institutions for Statistical Training (GIST) Task Team on ‘Adressing NSO Needs’ held between 30 April – 12 August 2020. The African Institute for Economic Development and Planning (IDEP), International Labour Organization (ILO), International Statistical Institute (ISI), United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), SESRIC, Statistics Norway, University of Queensland-Australia, and U.S. Census Bureau took part in the virtual meetings.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised an Online Consultative Meeting on SDG 4 Quality Education Indicators for the benefit of the Planning and Statistics Authority (PSA) of Qatar on 27-29 July 2020.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised on 21-24 July 2020 an Online Training Course on ‘Transport Statistics’ for the benefit of the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Analysis (INSAE) of Benin.
SESRIC to Participate in the Regional Training of Trainers on the Curriculum on Gender Statistics for Monitoring the SDGs
Date :
11-15 May 2020
Venue :
Chiba-Japan
SESRIC will participate in the Regional Training of Trainers on the Curriculum on Gender Statistics for Monitoring the SDGs that will be organised by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), United Nations Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific (SIAP) and United Nations for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women). The training of trainers is scheduled to take place on 11-15 May 2020 in Chiba, Japan.
SESRIC Participated in the Virtual Extraordinary Sessions of the Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities (CCSA)
Date :
04 May - 18 June 2020
Venue :
Virtual-New York , USA
SESRIC participated in two extraordinary sessions of the Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities (CCSA) held virtually on 4 May and 18 June 2020. Dr. Atilla Karaman, Director of Statistics and Information of SESRIC, and Ms. Nenden Octavarulia Shanty, Researcher, represented SESRIC in the sessions.
Follow-up Meeting of the OIC Statistical Commission
Date :
05 March 2020
Venue :
New York-USA
SESRIC, in its capacity as the Secretariat of the OIC Statistical Commission (OIC-StatCom), organised the Follow-up Meeting of the OIC-StatCom on 5 March 2020 as a side event of the 51st Session of the United Nations Statistical Commission in New York, USA. 35 delegates from 17 OIC member countries including Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Cameroon, Gambia, Indonesia, Libya, Malaysia, Morocco, Mozambique, Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, and Uzbekistan, as well as 3 international organisations including Arab Institute for Training and Research in Statistics (AITRS), Statistical Centre for the Cooperation Council for the Arab Countries of the Gulf (GCC-STAT), and United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), and 2 partner institutions (CDC and CDC Foundation).
SESRIC Participated in the 51st Session of the UN Statistical Commission
Date :
02-05 March 2020
Venue :
New York – USA
The delegation of SESRIC headed by HE Mr. Nebil Dabur, Director General, and composed of Dr. Atilla Karaman, Director of Statistics and Information Department, and Ms. Nenden Octavarulia Shanty, Researcher, participated in the 51st Session of UN Statistical Commission (UNSC) and its side events on 2-5 March 2020 in New York.
SESRIC Participated in the 3rd Meeting of the Subgroup on Gender Statistics Training
Date :
04-06 December 2019
Venue :
Tokyo - Japan
SESRIC participated in the 3rd Meeting of the Subgroup on Gender Statistics Training (SGGST) organised by the UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific on 4-6 December 2019 in Tokyo, Japan.
SESRIC Participated in the Regional Workshop on Modernisation of Official Statistics in Qatar
Date :
04-05 November 2019
Venue :
Doha Qatar
The Regional Workshop on Modernisation of Official Statistics was organized by the Planning and Statistics Authority of Qatar (PSA) on 4-5 November 2019 in Doha, State of Qatar.
The 8th Session of OIC Statistical Commission (OIC-StatCom) has been Convened in Ankara with the Presence of H.E. Ms Zehra Zümrüt Selçuk, Minister of Family, Labour, and Social Services of Republic of Turkey
Date :
23-25 October 2019
Venue :
Ankara Türkiye
In its capacity as the Secretariat of the OIC Statistical Commission (OIC-StatCom), SESRIC, in collaboration with Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group, organised the 8th Session of the OIC-StatCom at its Headquarters in Ankara on 23-25 October 2019.
Statistics Course on ‘Labour Market Statistics: Harmonization and Analysis of Administrative Data Sources’ in Malaysia
Date :
22-24 October 2019
Venue :
Putrajaya Malaysia
SESRIC organised a Statistics Course on ‘Labour Market Statistics: Harmonization and Analysis of Administrative Data Sources’ on 22-24 October 2019 at the Department of Statistics (DoS) of Malaysia within the framework of OIC Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme.
SESRIC Participated in the 1st Meeting of the OIC-COMCEC Central Banks Forum
Date :
22-24 September 2019
Venue :
Bodrum Türkiye
SESRIC participated in the 1st Meeting of the OIC-COMCEC Central Banks Forum hosted by the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey on 22-24 September 2019 in Bodrum, Turkey. High-level officials, including Governors from the Central Banks and Monetary Authorities of 18 OIC countries also participated in the Meeting.
SESRIC Participated in the 62nd lSI World Statistics Congress
Date :
18-23 August 2019
Venue :
Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
HE Mr. Nebil Dabur, Director General of SESRIC, participated in the 62nd International Statistical Institute World Statistics Congress (ISI WSC) 2019 organized by the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM), Bank Negara Malaysia BNM) and Malaysia Institute of Statistics (ISM) on 18-23 August 2019 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
SESRIC organised a Study Visit on “Education Statistics” on 24-25 July 2019 in Ankara, Turkey within the framework of OIC Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme.
Study Visit on ‘IT Security in National Statistical Office Setting ’ to Turkey
Date :
22-25 July 2019
Venue :
Ankara Türkiye
SESRIC organised a Study Visit on ‘IT Security in National Statistical Office Setting’ on 22-25 July 2019 in Ankara, Turkey within the framework of OIC Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme.
SESRIC participated in the Second Meeting of the Subgroup on Gender Statistics Training
Date :
15-17 July 2019
Venue :
Bangkok-Thailand
SESRIC participated in the Second Meeting of the Subgroup on Gender Statistics Training (SGGST) organised by the UN Women’s Regional Office for Asia on 15-17 July 2019 in Bangkok, Thailand.
Statistics Course on 'Science, Technology and Innovation Statistics' in Indonesia
Date :
13-15 May 2019
Venue :
Jakarta Indonesia
SESRIC organised a Statistics Course on ‘Science, Technology and Innovation Statistics’ on 13-15 May 2019 at the BPS-Statistics Indonesia within the framework of OIC Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme.
SESRIC participated in the International Workshop on ‘Water and Energy Nexus in Central Asia and the Caucasus’
Date :
02-03 May 2019
Venue :
Nevşehir Türkiye
SESRIC participated in the International Workshop on “Water and Energy Nexus in Central Asia and the Caucasus” organised by Cappadocia University in Nevşehir, Turkey on 02-03 May 2019.
Statistics Course on ‘Living Conditions, Poverty and Cross-Cutting Social Issues’ in Qatar
Date :
28-30 April 2019
Venue :
Doha Qatar
SESRIC organised a Statistics Course on ‘Living Conditions, Poverty and Cross-Cutting Social Issues’ on 28-30 April 2019 at the Planning and Statistics Authority (PSA) of Qatar within the framework of OIC Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme.
Technical Mission on 'Government Finance Statistics' in Brunei
Date :
22-24 April 2019
Venue :
Bandar Seri Begawan Brunei
SESRIC organised a Technical Mission on 'Government Finance Statistics' on 22-24 April 2019 at the Department of Economic Planning and Development (JPKE) of Brunei within the framework of OIC Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme.
SESRIC participated in the International Conference on 'Migration and Education'
Date :
18-19 April 2019
Venue :
Istanbul Türkiye
SESRIC participated in the international conference on “Migration and Education” organised by the Ministry of National Education of the Republic of Turkey on 18-19 April 2019 in Istanbul, Turkey.
SESRIC organised a Study Visit on ‘Consumer Price Index’ for the benefit of a delegate from the Department of Statistics (DoS) of Jordan on 16-18 April 2019 in Cairo, Arab Republic of Egypt.
Statistics Course on 'Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Statistics' in Azerbaijan
Date :
11-12 April 2019
Venue :
Baku Azerbaijan
SESRIC organised a Statistics Course on 'Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Statistics' on 11-12 April 2019 at the State Statistical Committee (SSC) of the Republic of Azerbaijan within the framework of OIC Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme.
Statistics Course on 'Household Surveys' in Kazakhstan
Date :
10-12 April 2019
Venue :
Nur-Sultan Kazakhstan
SESRIC organised a Statistics Course on 'Household Surveys' on 10-12 April 2019 at the Committee on Statistics of the Ministry of National Economics of Kazakhstan within the framework of OIC Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme.
Statistics Course on ‘Methodologies and Best International Practices for Conducting Household Expenditure Survey’ in Brunei
Date :
08-10 April 2019
Venue :
Bandar Seri Begawan Brunei
SESRIC organised a Statistics Course on ‘Methodologies and Best International Practices for Conducting Household Expenditure Survey’ on 8-10 April 2019 at the Department of Economic Planning and Development (JPKE) of Brunei within the framework of OIC Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme.
Study Visit on ‘Living Conditions, Poverty and Cross-Cutting Social Issues’ to Niger
Date :
02-03 April 2019
Venue :
Niamey Niger
SESRIC organised a Study Visit on ‘Living Conditions, Poverty and Cross-Cutting Social Issues’ on 2-3 April 2019 in Niamey, Niger for the benefit of two delegates from the National Institute of Statistics, Economic and Demographic Studies (INSEED) of Chad.
SESRIC organised a Study Visit on ‘Mortality Statistics’ for the benefit of two delegates from the State Statistical Committee (SSC) of the Republic of Azerbaijan on 27-29 March 2019 in Ankara, Republic of Turkey.
Professional Skills for Official Statisticians Course on ‘Effective Written Communication Techniques’ in Albania
Date :
18-19 March 2019
Venue :
Tirana Albania
SESRIC organised a Professional Skills for Official Statisticians Course on ‘Effective Written Communication Techniques’ on 18-19 March 2019 at the Institute of Statistics (INSTAT) of the Republic of Albania within the framework of OIC Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme.
Regional Workshop on the 2020 World Programme on Population and Housing Censuses: International Standards and Contemporary Technologies
Date :
12-15 March 2019
Venue :
Ankara Türkiye
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) and United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) jointly organised the ‘Regional Workshop on the 2020 World Programme on Population and Housing Censuses: International Standards and Contemporary Technologies’ on 12-15 March 2019 at SESRIC Headquarters in Ankara, Turkey.
Meeting with the Delegates of National Statistical Offices of OIC Member Countries
Date :
07 March 2019
Venue :
New York – USA
SESRIC, in its capacity as the Secretariat of the OIC Statistical Commission (OIC-StatCom), organised the Meeting with the Delegates of National Statistical Offices of OIC Member Countries on 7 March 2019 as a side event meeting of the 50th Session of the United Nations Statistical Commission in New York, USA. Thirty-one delegates from 19 OIC member countries including Albania, Algeria, Burkina Faso, Egypt, Gambia, Guyana, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mali, Mozambique, Oman, Palestine, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Suriname, Tunisia, Uganda and UAE, as well as two international organisations including United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) and United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UNESCWA) attended the meeting.
PCBS ranked among top official statistics in Western Asia and the Middle East
Date :
05 March 2019
Venue :
Ramallah Palestine
The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) has been ranked the fourth among 16 countries in Western Asia and the Middle East in openness of official statistics, according to a statement released by the PCBS this Tuesday.
SESRIC participated in the TOSSD Panel on the margins of 50th Session of the UNSC
Date :
05 March 2019
Venue :
New York – USA
HE Amb. Musa Kulaklıkaya, Director General of SESRIC participated as a panellist in the side event on Total Official Support for Sustainable Development (TOSSD) organised by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on 5 March 2019 on the margins of 50th Session of the UN Statistical Commission in New York.
Statistics Course on ‘Sustainable Development Statistics’ in Somalia
Date :
04-06 March 2019
Venue :
Mogadishu-Somalia
In accordance with its 2018 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Statistics Course on ‘Sustainable Development Statistics’ at the Directorate of National Statistics (DNS), Ministry of Planning, Investment and Economic Development of Somalia on 4-6 March 2019, with the participation of 42 officials of DNS of Somalia.
SESRIC and GASTAT signed a MoU to strengthen the collaboration in the field of official statistics
Date :
04 March 2019
Venue :
New York-USA
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) and the General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia signed today a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen the collaboration in the field of official statistics.
SESRIC organized a Study Visit on ‘Classifications’ for the benefit of two delegates from the Directorate of National Statistics (DNS) under the Ministry of Planning, Investment and Economic Development of the Federal Republic of Somalia. The visit took place on 26-27 February 2019 in Serrekunda, Republic of The Gambia, and hosted by the Gambia Bureau of Statistics (GBOS).
SESRIC hosted the 3rd Global Meeting of the Expert Group on Refugee and IDP Statistics and 10th Regional Workshop of MED-HIMS
Date :
12-16 February 2019
Venue :
Ankara Türkiye
SESRIC hosted the Third Global Meeting of the Expert Group on Refugee and Internally Displaced Persons Statistics (EGRIS) at its Headquarters in Ankara, Turkey between 12 and 14 February 2019. Eighty-one officials from EGRIS members, including representatives of national statistical offices and other relevant governmental bodies from 19 OIC member countries, along with experts from 15 non-OIC countries, and 17 different regional and international organisations attended the meeting. A meeting on Stateless Persons Statistics was also hosted on 15 February 2019 as well as the 10th Regional Workshop on the Experiences and Tools under MED-HIMS (Households International Migration Surveys in the Mediterranean countries - a programme initiated by European Union) took place between 14 and 16 February 2019 at SESRIC Headquarters.
Statistics Course on ‘Living Conditions, Poverty and Cross-Cutting Social Issues’ in Azerbaijan
Date :
04-06 February 2019
Venue :
Baku Azerbaijan
In accordance with its 2018 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Statistics Course on ‘Living Conditions, Poverty and Cross-Cutting Social Issues’ at the State Statistical Committee (SSC) of the Republic of Azerbaijan on 04-06 February 2019.
SESRIC attended the Seventh Meeting of the International TOSSD Task Force
Date :
30 January - 01 February 2019
Venue :
Paris - France
The Seventh Meeting of the Total Official Support for Sustainable Development (TOSSD) Task Force was organised by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) between 30 January and 01 February 2019 in Paris, France. H.E. Amb. Musa Kulaklıkaya, Director General of SESRIC and Dr. Atilla Karaman, Acting Director of Statistics and Information Department of SESRIC, attended to the meeting on behalf of the Centre.
SESRIC organised a Statistics Course on ‘Infographics’ on 21-23 January 2019 at the Department of Economic Planning and Development (JPKE) of Brunei within the framework of OIC Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme.
SESRIC Participated in the First Meeting of the Subgroup on Gender Statistics Training
Date :
16-18 January 2019
Venue :
Bangkok-Thailand
SESRIC participated in the First Meeting of the Subgroup on Gender Statistics Training organised by the UN Women’s Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific on 16-18 January 2019 in Bangkok, Thailand.
Statistics Course on ‘Education Statistics’ in Gambia
Date :
07-09 January 2019
Venue :
Serrekunda Gambia
In accordance with its 2018 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Statistics Course on ‘Education Statistics’ at the Gambia Bureau of Statistics (GBoS) on 7-9 January 2019.
Technical Mission on ‘Sustainable Development Statistics’ in Tajikistan
Date :
24-26 December 2018
Venue :
Dushanbe Tajikistan
Within the framework of the OIC Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Technical Mission on ‘Sustainable Development Statistics’ on 24-26 December 2018 at the Agency on Statistics under President of the Republic of Tajikistan, which is the central statistical office of the country.
SESRIC organised a Study Visit on ‘Metadata’ on 12-13 December 2018 in Astana, Republic of Kazakhstan within the framework of OIC Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The Committee on Statistics under the Ministry of National Economy of Kazakhstan hosted the study visit for the benefit of two delegates from the Agency on Statistics under President of the Republic of Tajikistan.
Technical Mission on ‘Community Outreach through Social Media for National Statistical Offices’ to Brunei Darussalam
Date :
11-12 December 2018
Venue :
Bandar Seri Begawan Brunei
SESRIC organised a Technical Mission on ‘Community Outreach through Social Media for National Statistics Offices’ on 11-12 December 2018 to the Department of Economic Planning and Development (JPKE) of Brunei Darussalam within the framework of OIC Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme.
SESRIC organised a Statistics Course on ‘Price Statistics' on 10-12 December 2018 at the Ministry of Development Planning & Statistics (MDPS) of State of Qatar within the framework of OIC Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme.
Statistics Course on ‘Environment Statistics’ in Azerbaijan
Date :
10-12 December 2018
Venue :
Baku Azerbaijan
SESRIC organised a Statistics Course on ‘Environment Statistics' on 10-12 December 2018 at the State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan (SSC) within the framework of OIC Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme.
SESRIC to Attend the Side Events in the margins of the 33rd Council Meeting of IFSB
Date :
05 December 2018
Venue :
Jeddah Saudi Arabia
SESRIC will participate in two side events, in conjunction with the 33rd Council Meeting of the Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB), which will be held in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on 5 December 2018, hosted by the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB).
Statistics Course on ‘Tourism Statistics’ in Brunei Darussalam
Date :
04-06 December 2018
Venue :
Bandar Seri Begawan Brunei
In accordance with its 2018 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Statistics Course on ‘Tourism Statistics’ at the Department of Economic Planning and Development (JPKE) of Brunei Darussalam on 4-6 December 2018.
SESRIC launched the Statistical Yearbook on OIC Member Countries 2018
Date :
04 December 2018
Venue :
Jeddah Saudi Arabia
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) launched the 2018 Edition of its Statistical Yearbook (SYB) on OIC Member Countries at the Fourth Session of the Annual Coordination Meeting of OIC Institutions (ACMOI) on 3 December 2018 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Statistics Course on ‘Manufacturing and Construction Statistics’ in Qatar
Date :
03-04 December 2018
Venue :
Doha Qatar
SESRIC organised a Statistics Course on ‘Manufacturing and Construction Statistics’ on 3-4 December 2018 at the Ministry of Development Planning & Statistics (MDPS) of State of Qatar within the framework of OIC Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme.
Study Visit on ‘Justice and Crime Statistics’ to Azerbaijan
Date :
28-30 November 2018
Venue :
Baku Azerbaijan
SESRIC organised a Study Visit on ‘Justice and Crime Statistics’ on 28-30 November 2018 in Baku, Republic of Azerbaijan within the framework of OIC Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The State Statistical Committee (SSC) of the Republic of Azerbaijan hosted the study visit for the benefit of two delegates from the Committee on Statistics under the Ministry of National Economy of Kazakhstan.
Statistics Course on ‘Human Settlements and Housing Statistics’ in Benin
Date :
27-29 November 2018
Venue :
Cotonou Benin
In accordance with its 2018 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Statistics Course on ‘Human Settlements and Housing Statistics’ on 27-29 November 2018 at the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Analysis (INSAE) of Republic of Benin.
Statistics Course on ‘Statistical Marketing and Dealing with the Social Media’ in Kuwait
Date :
26-28 November 2018
Venue :
Kuwait City Kuwait
SESRIC organised a Statistics Course on ‘Statistical Marketing and Dealing with the Social Media’ on 26-28 November 2018 at the Central Statistical Bureau (CSB) of State of Kuwait within the framework of OIC Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme.
Statistics Course on ‘Sustainable Development Statistics’ in Azerbaijan
Date :
26-28 November 2018
Venue :
Baku Azerbaijan
SESRIC organised a Statistics Course on ‘Sustainable Development Statistics’ on 26-28 November 2018 at the State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan (SSC) within the framework of OIC Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme.
Statistics Course on ‘Banking, Insurance and Financial Statistics’ in Jordan
Date :
26-28 November 2018
Venue :
Amman Jordan
SESRIC organised a Statistics Course on ‘Banking, Insurance and Financial Statistics’ on 26-28 November 2018 at the Department of Statistics (DOS) of Jordan within the framework of OIC Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme.
SESRIC and IFSB signed a MoU to reinforce the collaboration in the field of Islamic finance statistics
Date :
22 November 2018
Venue :
Istanbul Türkiye
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) and the Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB) signed today a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to reinforce the collaboration on the field of Islamic finance statistics.
SESRIC Becomes a Member of the Gender Statistics Network
Date :
15 November 2018
Venue :
Ankara Türkiye
SESRIC has become a formal member of the Subgroup on Gender Statistics Training (SGGST) of the Network for the Coordination of Statistical Training in Asia and the Pacific coordinated by the UN Women (the secretariat of the subgroup) and the Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific (SIAP) (the secretariat of the Network) on 15 November 2018.
Study Visit on ‘Income and Consumption Statistics’ to Egypt
Date :
13-15 November 2018
Venue :
Cairo Egypt
SESRIC organised the Study Visit on ‘Income and Consumption Statistics’ on 13-15 November 2018 in Cairo, Egypt within the framework of OIC Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) of Egypt hosted the study visit for the benefit of one delegate from General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) of Saudi Arabia.
Statistics Course on ‘Community Outreach Through Social Media For National Statistics Offices’ in Sudan
Date :
13-15 November 2018
Venue :
Khartoum Sudan
SESRIC organised a Statistics Course on ‘Statistical Marketing and Dealing with the Social Media’ on 26-28 November 2018 at the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) of Sudan within the framework of OIC Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme.
Study Visit on 'Community Outreach through Social Media for National Statistics Offices' to Malaysia
Date :
12-14 November 2018
Venue :
Putrajaya Malaysia
SESRIC organised a Study Visit on 'Community Outreach through Social Media for National Statistics Offices' on 12-14 November 2018 in Putrajaya, Malaysia within the framework of OIC Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The Department of Statistics (DoS) of Malaysia hosted the study visit for the benefit of two delegates from the Central Statistical Organization (CSO) of the Republic of Iraq.
SESRIC organised a Study Visit on 'Education Statistics' on 12-14 November 2018 in Kampala, Uganda within the framework of OIC Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) hosted the study visit for the benefit of three delegates from the Office for National Statistics (INE) of Mozambique.
Statistics Course on ‘Statistical Records of Economic Establishments’ in Iraq
Date :
12-14 November 2018
Venue :
Baghdad Iraq
In accordance with its 2018 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Statistics Course on ‘Statistical Records of Economic Establishments’ at the Central Statistical Organization (CSO) of Republic of Iraq on 12-14 November 2018.
Workshop on ‘Transforming Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS) Data to Action’
Date :
12-15 November 2018
Venue :
Ankara Türkiye
SESRIC, in collaboration with the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and CDC Foundation organised the Workshop on ‘Transforming Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS) Data to Action’ on 12-15 November 2018 in Ankara, Republic of Turkey.
SESRIC attended the Sixth Meeting of the International TOSSD Task Force
Date :
05-08 November 2018
Venue :
Stockholm-Sweden
SESRIC attended the Sixth Meeting of the Total Official Support for Sustainable Development (TOSSD) Task Force which was organized by the Development Co-operation Directorate (DCD) of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in collaboration with the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) on 5-8 November 2018 in Stockholm, Sweden.
Workshop on Islamic Finance in the National Accounts
Date :
31 October - 02 November 2018
Venue :
Ankara Türkiye
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC), Statistics Division of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), and United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) jointly organized the Workshop on ‘Islamic Finance in the National Accounts’ between 31 October and 02 November 2018 in Ankara, Turkey. The workshop was hosted by SESRIC at its Headquarters in Ankara and was attended by experts who are directly involved in the compilation of Islamic finance statistics for the national accounts in their countries.
SESRIC organised the Study Visit on ‘Labour Statistics’ on 31 October - 02 November 2018 in Cairo, Egypt within the framework of OIC Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) of Egypt hosted the study visit with the participation of two statisticians from Libyan Bureau of Statistics and Census (LBSC).
Technical Mission on ‘Business Censuses and Registers’ to Brunei Darussalam
Date :
29-31 October 2018
Venue :
Bandar Seri Begawan Brunei
In accordance with its 2018 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Technical Mission on ‘Business Censuses and Registers’ to the Department of Economic Planning and Development (JPKE) of Brunei Darussalam on 29-31 October 2018.
Statistical Course on 'Economic Accounts' in Malaysia
Date :
23-25 October 2018
Venue :
Putrajaya Malaysia
In accordance with its 2018 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Statistics Course on ‘Economic Accounts’ at the Department of Statistics (DoS) of Malaysia on 23-25 October 2018.
Technical Mission on ‘Tourism Statistics’ to Bangladesh
Date :
22-24 October 2018
Venue :
Dhaka Bangladesh
In accordance with its 2018 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Technical Mission on ‘Tourism Statistics’ to the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) on 22-24 October 2018.
Statistics Course on ‘Business Statistics’ in Somalia
Date :
22-24 October 2018
Venue :
Mogadishu Somalia
In accordance with its 2018 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Statistics Course on ‘Business Statistics’ at the Directorate of National Statistics (DNS), Ministry of Planning, Investment and Economic Development of Somalia on 22-24 October 2018.
SESRIC participated in the Panel on Capacity Development – Coordination, Harmonization and Innovative Approaches in UAE
Date :
22 October 2018
Venue :
Dubai United Arab Emirates
SESRIC participated in the special session on “Capacity development - Coordination, harmonisation and innovative approaches to capacity building from a partner and a donor perspective” as one of the panelists on 22 October 2018 in Dubai, UAE. The panel was organised under the main theme “New approaches to capacity development for better data: Supporting broad data ecosystems in countries” allocated within the programme of United Nations World Data Forum 2018.
Study Visit on ‘International Trade and Balance of Payments ' to Azerbaijan
Date :
17-19 October 2018
Venue :
Baku Azerbaijan
SESRIC organized a Study Visit on ‘International Trade and Balance of Payments' on 17-19 October 2018 in Baku Republic of Azerbaijan within the framework of OIC Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan hosted the study visit for the benefit of two delegates from the Agency on Statistics under President of the Republic of Tajikistan.
The 20th International Conference of Labour Statisticians (ICLS)
Date :
10-19 October 2018
Venue :
Geneva-Switzerland
The International Labour Organization (ILO), a specialized agency of the United Nations, organized the 20th International Conference of Labour Statisticians (ICLS) on 10 - 19 October 2018 at the ILO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.
Statistical Seminar on ‘Survey Design and Implementation’
Date :
08-12 October 2018
Venue :
Istanbul Türkiye
The Central Bank of Republic of Turkey (CBRT) organised a Statistical Seminar on “Survey Design and Implementation” on 8 - 12 October 2018 in Istanbul.
Study Visit on ‘Income and Consumption Statistics’ to Tunisia
Date :
08-10 October 2018
Venue :
Tunis Tunisia
SESRIC organised a Study Visit on ‘Income and Consumption Statistics’ on 8-10 October 2018 in Tunis, Tunisia within the framework of OIC Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. National Institute of Statistics (INS) of Tunisia hosted the study visit with the participation of two statisticians from Department of Statistics (DOS) of Jordan.
SESRIC organised the Study Visit on ‘Classifications’ on 02-04 October 2018 in Amman, Jordan within the framework of OIC Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. Department of Statistics (DOS) of Jordan hosted the study visit with the participation of two statisticians of General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) of Saudi Arabia.
Statistical Course on ‘Dissemination and Data Warehousing’ in Iraq
Date :
25-27 September 2018
Venue :
Baghdad Iraq
In accordance with its 2018 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Statistics Course on ‘Dissemination and Data Warehousing’ at the Central Statistical Organization (CSO) of Republic of Iraq on 25-27 September 2018.
32nd Session of the Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities (CCSA)
Date :
25-26 September 2018
Venue :
Vienna-Austria
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) hosted the Thirty-Second Session of the Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities (CCSA) in Vienna, Austria on 25-26 September 2018. Dr. Atilla KARAMAN, Acting Director of Statistics and Information Department of SESRIC represented the Centre thereat.
SESRIC Participated in the Second Workshop on Modernization of Official Statistics in the State of Qatar
Date :
25-26 September 2018
Venue :
Doha Qatar
SESRIC participated in the Second Workshop on Modernization of Official Statistics in the State of Qatar organised by the Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics (MDPS) in Doha, Qatar on 25-26 September 2018.
In accordance with its 2018 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Study Visit on ‘Metadata’ for the benefit of the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) on 16-18 September 2018. The Study Visit was hosted by the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) of Arab Republic of Egypt.
In accordance with its 2018 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Technical Mission on ‘Labour Statistics’ to the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) of Egypt on 4-6 September 2018.
Statistics Course on ‘Analytical and Critical Thinking’ in Albania
Date :
03-04 September 2018
Venue :
Tirana Albania
In accordance with its 2018 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Statistics Course on ‘Analytical and Critical Thinking’ at the Institute of Statistics (INSTAT) of Republic of Albania on 3-4 September 2018.
Statistics Course on ‘Analytical and Critical Thinking’ in Uganda
Date :
03-04 September 2018
Venue :
Kampala Uganda
In accordance with its 2018 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Statistics Course on ‘Analytical and Critical Thinking’ at the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) on 03-04 September 2018.
Statistics Course on ‘Examination of International Education Reports and Monitoring of Educational Indicators’ in Turkey
Date :
06 August 2018
Venue :
Istanbul Türkiye
In accordance with its 2018 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Statistics Course on ‘Examination of International Education Reports and Monitoring of Educational Indicators’’ at the Turkish Maarif Foundation (TMF) in Istanbul on 06 August 2018. The statistics course was organized as a part of the ‘Specialist Assistant Training Programme’ of the TMF being held between 21 May and 8 October of 2018. The Statistics Course was conducted by Mr. Davron ISHNAZAROV of the Statistics and Information Department of SESRIC.
Study Visit on ‘Understanding the Business of Statistics and Project Management’ to Indonesia
Date :
26-27 July 2018
Venue :
Jakarta Indonesia
In accordance with its 2018 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Study Visit on ‘Understanding the Business of Statistics and Project Management’ for the benefit of the Institute of Statistics (INSTAT) of Republic of Albania on 26 – 27 July 2018. The Study Visit was hosted by the BPS-Statistics Indonesia.
SESRIC Signed MoU with the HCP of Kingdom of Morocco
Date :
05 July 2018
Venue :
Rabat Morocco
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the High Commission for Planning (HCP) of Kingdom of Morocco to further strengthen collaboration and cooperation between two institutions in the area of statistics.
Statistics reaffirms the continuous expansion of the occupation settlements in Palestine
Date :
22 June 2018
Venue :
Palestine
Though it is observed by the international community, Israeli occupation settlers have increased their activities to take control of Palestinian properties within neighbourhoods of East Jerusalem (Al-Quds) and West Bank. These illegal efforts have led to restrictions on residential rights and freedom of movement for Palestinians. Settler occupation of the Palestinian properties worsens the current environment facing Palestinians and increases the risk of displacement. As stated by UN Security Council resolutions, all legislative and administrative measures taken by Israeli occupation to alter the character and status of Al-Quds are invalid and cannot change the status. (See; inter alia, UN Security Council resolutions 252, 267, 471, 476 and 478.)
In accordance with its 2018 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Study Visit on ‘Metadata’ to Jordan for the benefit of the General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) of Saudi Arabia on 7-9 May 2018. The study visit was hosted by the Department of Statistics (DOS) of Jordan with the participation of Mr. Khaled FAQIHI, Expert on Statistical Methodologies at GASTAT of Saudi Arabia.
Seventh Session of OIC Statistical Commission (OIC-StatCom)
Date :
02-03 May 2018
Venue :
Ankara Türkiye
The Seventh Session of the Statistical Commission of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC-StatCom) was organised by SESRIC in collaboration with the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) on 2-3 May 2018 in Ankara, Republic of Turkey with the participation of 69 delegates from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 31 OIC countries, including Albania, Azerbaijan, Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Egypt, Gambia, Guinea, Indonesia, Indonesia, Iran, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, Turkey, UAE, Uganda and Uzbekistan and regional and international organizations including SESRIC, IDB, Sub-Saharan African Organisation for the Development of Economic Studies and Statistics Systems (AFRISTAT), Arab Institute for Training and Research in Statistics (AITRS), Statistical Centre for the Cooperation Council for the Arab Countries of the Gulf (GCC-STAT), International Organization for Migration (IOM), Partnership in Statistics for Development in the 21st Century (PARIS21), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD).
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Arab Institute for Training and Research in Statistics (AITRS) to initiate and facilitate collaboration and cooperation between two institutions in the area of statistics.
Statistics Course on ‘Gender Statistics' in Maldives
Date :
23-25 April 2018
Venue :
Male Maldives
In accordance with its 2018 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Statistics Course on ‘Gender Statistics’ at National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) of Maldives on 23 –25 April 2018.
21st Meeting of the Coordinating Council of COMSATS
Date :
03-04 April 2018
Venue :
Almaty Kazakhstan
The 21st Meeting of Coordinating Council of the Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (COMSATS) was held on 3-4 April 2018 and hosted by the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, a COMSATS’ Centre of Excellence in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Dr. Atilla KARAMAN, Researcher, represented the SESRIC thereat.
Palestine Announced the Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census 2017
Date :
28 March 2018
Venue :
Ramallah Palestine
Under the auspices of H.E. President of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud ABBAS, Announcement Conference of the Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census 2017 was held on 28 March 2018 at Muqata’a, the Presidential Headquarters in Ramallah, State of Palestine.
In accordance with its 2018 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Statistics Course on ‘Infographics’ at Kuwait Central Statistical Bureau (CSB) on 27-28 March 2018.
In accordance with its 2018 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Statistics Course on ‘Data Analysis’ at National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) of Maldives on 25 – 27 March 2018.
Statistics Course on 'International Trade Statistics' in Sudan
Date :
25-27 March 2018
Venue :
Khartoum Sudan
In accordance with its 2018 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Statistics Course on ‘International Trade Statistics' at Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) of Sudan on 18-20 March 2018.
Statistics Course on ‘Income and Consumption Statistics’ in Malaysia
Date :
20-22 March 2018
Venue :
Putrajaya Malaysia
In accordance with its 2018 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Statistics Course on ‘Income and Consumption Statistics’ at the Department of Statistics (DoS) of Malaysia on 20-22 March 2018.
Statistics Course on ‘Income and Consumption Statistics' in Benin
Date :
20-22 March 2018
Venue :
Cotonou Benin
In accordance with its 2018 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Statistics Course on ‘Income and Consumption Statistics’ at the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Analysis (INSAE) of Benin on 20 –22 March 2018.
Meeting with the Delegates of National Statistical Offices of OIC Member Countries
Date :
08 March 2018
Venue :
New York – USA
SESRIC, in its capacity as the Secretariat of the OIC Statistical Commission (OIC-StatCom), organised the annual Meeting with the Delegates of National Statistical Offices of OIC Member Countries on 8 March 2018 as a side event meeting of the 49th Session of the United Nations Statistical Commission in New York, USA.
SESRIC Participated in the First Meeting of the Global Network of Institutions for Statistical Training (GIST)
Date :
08 March 2018
Venue :
New York-USA
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) participated in the First Meeting of the Global Network of Institutions for Statistical Training (GIST) organised by the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) in United Nations Headquarters, New York, USA on 8 March 2018.
Statistical Course on ‘Quality Frameworks and Measurement of Performance of Statistical Systems and Offices' in Pakistan
Date :
06-07 March 2018
Venue :
Islamabad Pakistan
In accordance with its 2018 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC will organise the Statistical Course on ‘Quality Frameworks and Measurement of Performance of Statistical Systems and Offices’ at Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) on 6 – 7 March 2018.
Statistics Course on 'Sustainable Development Statistics' in Oman
Date :
06-08 March 2018
Venue :
Muscat Oman
In accordance with its 2018 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Statistics Course on 'Sustainable Development Statistics' at National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI) of Oman on 6 – 8 March 2018.
31st Session of the Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities (CCSA)
Date :
05 March 2018
Venue :
New York – USA
The Thirty-First Session of the Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities (CCSA) was held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on 5 March 2018. Dr. Atilla KARAMAN, Researcher, and Ms. Nenden Octavarulia SHANTY, Researcher, represented the Centre thereat.
Study Visit on ‘Education Statistics’ to Indonesia
Date :
13-14 February 2018
Venue :
Jakarta Indonesia
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Study Visit on ‘Education Statistics’ to Indonesia for the benefit of the General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) on 13-14 February 2018. The study visit was hosted by the BPS-Statistics Indonesia.
In accordance with its 2018 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Statistics Course on 'Data Analysis' at National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI) of the Sultanate of Oman on 13-15 February 2018.
In accordance with its 2018 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Study Visit on ‘Metadata’ to Turkey for the benefit of the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI) of Sultanate of Oman on 7-8 February 2018. The study visit was hosted by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) of Republic of Turkey.
Workshop on Sound Institutional Environment, Cooperation, Dialogue and Partnerships for the Production and Utilization of SDG Indicators
Date :
06-08 February 2018
Venue :
Tunis Tunisia
The Workshop on Sound Institutional Environment, Cooperation, Dialogue and Partnerships for the Production and Utilization of SDG Indicators organised by the United Nations Economic and Social Council for Western Asia (UNESCWA) in collaboration with the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) and hosted by Statistics Tunisia on 6-8 February 2018 in Tunis, Tunisa. Dr. Atilla KARAMAN, Researcher, represented the SESRIC thereat.
Statistics Course on ‘Labour Statistics’ in Mauritania
Date :
06-08 February 2018
Venue :
Nouakchott Mauritania
In accordance with its 2018 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Statistics Course on ‘Labour Statistics’ at National Statistical Office (ONS) of Islamic Republic Mauritania on 6-8 February 2018.
Statistics Course on ‘Energy Statistics’ in Azerbaijan
Date :
05-07 February 2018
Venue :
Baku Azerbaijan
In accordance with its 2018 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Statistics Course on ‘Energy Statistics’ at State Statistical Committee (SSC) of the Republic of Azerbaijan on 5-7 February 2018.
Study Visit on ‘Population and Migration Statistics’ to Malaysia
Date :
29-30 January 2018
Venue :
Putrajaya Malaysia
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Study Visit on ‘Population and Migration Statistics’ to Malaysia for the benefit of the General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) of Saudi Arabia on 29-30 January 2018. The study visit was hosted by the Department of Statistics (DOS) Malaysia with the participation of senior officials of GASTAT of Saudi Arabia.
Statistics Course on 'Data Analysis' in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Date :
28-30 January 2018
Venue :
Riyadh Saudi Arabia
In accordance with its 2018 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Statistics Course on 'Data Analysis' at General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on 28-30 January 2018.
The Third Meeting of the Total Official Support for Sustainable Development (TOSSD) Task Force was organized by the Development Co-operation Directorate (DCD) of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in collaboration with the Global Affairs Canada on 24-25 January 2018 in Ottawa, Canada. SESRIC was represented thereat by Dr. Atilla KARAMAN, Researcher.
Study Visit on ‘Labour Statistics’ to Brunei Darussalam
Date :
23-24 January 2018
Venue :
Bandar Seri Begawan Brunei
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Study Visit on ‘Labour Statistics’ to Brunei Darussalam for the benefit of the General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) on 23-24 January 2018. The study visit was hosted by the Department of Economic Planning and Development (JPKE) of Brunei Darussalam with the participation of senior officials of GASTAT of Saudi Arabia.
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Technical Mission on ‘Labour Statistics’ to Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) of Republic of the Sudan on 14-16 January 2018.
Study Visit on ‘Population and Housing Censuses; Registers of Population, Dwellings and Buildings’ to Jordan
Date :
26-28 December 2017
Venue :
Amman Jordan
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Study Visit on ‘Population and Housing Censuses; Registers of Population, Dwellings and Buildings’ to Jordan for the benefit of the Libyan Bureau of Statistics and Census (LBSC) on 26-28 December 2017.
Training Course on 'Construction Statistics' in Sudan
Date :
25-27 December 2017
Venue :
Khartoum Sudan
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on 'Construction Statistics' at Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) of Republic of the Sudan on 25-27 December 2017.
Workshop on ‘Peer Review Mechanisms for National Statistical Offices in OIC Member Countries’
Date :
19-20 December 2017
Venue :
Ankara Türkiye
SESRIC in collaboration with the Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat) and the Partnership in Statistics for Development in the 21st Century (PARIS21) organised the Workshop on ‘Peer Review Mechanisms for National Statistical Offices in OIC Member Countries’ on 19-20 December 2017 at SESRIC Headquarters in Ankara, Republic of Turkey.
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC will organise the Study Visit on ‘Energy Statistics’ to Egypt for the benefit of the Libyan Bureau of Statistics and Census (LBSC) on 19-21 December 2017.
Statistical Course on ‘Labour Statistics’ in United Arab Emirates
Date :
19-21 December 2017
Venue :
Dubai United Arab Emirates
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Statistical Course on ‘Labour Statistics’ at the Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Authority (FCSA) of United Arab Emirates on 19-21 December 2017.
Training Course on ‘Geographic Information Systems (GIS)’ in Albania
Date :
19-21 December 2017
Venue :
Tirana Albania
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Geographic Information Systems (GIS)’ at the Institute of Statistics (INSTAT) of Republic of Albania on 19-21 December 2017.
Training Course on ‘Economic Accounts’ in Pakistan
Date :
18-20 December 2017
Venue :
Islamabad Pakistan
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Economic Accounts’ at Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) on 18 – 20 December 2017.
Technical Mission on ‘Mining, Manufacturing and Construction Statistics’ in Malaysia
Date :
13-15 December 2017
Venue :
Putrajaya Malaysia
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Technical Mission on ‘Mining, Manufacturing and Construction Statistics’ at the Department of Statistics (DoS) of Malaysia on 13-15 December 2017.
Training Course on ‘Coordination of International Statistical Work’ in Pakistan
Date :
13-15 December 2017
Venue :
Islamabad Pakistan
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Coordination of International Statistical Work’ at Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) on 13 – 15 December 2017.
Second Dialogue Meeting of the IDB MCs Technical Cooperation Agencies
Date :
12-13 December 2017
Venue :
Tunis Tunisia
Islamic Development Bank (IDB) together with the Tunisian Agency for Technical Cooperation (ATCT) organized the Second Dialogue Meeting of the IDB MCs Technical Cooperation Agencies (TCAs) of IDB Member Countries (MCs) on 12-13 December 2017 in Tunisia. Dr. Atilla KARAMAN, Researcher, and Mr. Onur CAGLAR, Technical Cooperation Specialist, represented the Centre thereat.
Training Course on 'Development of Dissemination Methods' in Kuwait
Date :
11-13 December 2017
Venue :
Kuwait City Kuwait
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on 'Development of Dissemination Methods' at the Central Statistical Bureau (CSB) of State of Kuwait on 11-13 December 2017.
SESRIC Participated in the Workshop on New Approaches to Statistical Capacity Development
Date :
11-12 December 2017
Venue :
Boulogne-Billancourt, France
The Statistical, Economic, Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Cooperation (SESRIC) participated in the Workshop on New Approaches to Statistical Capacity Development organised by PARIS21 and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Boulogne-Billancourt, France on 11-12 December 2017.
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Study Visit on ‘Metadata’ to Turkey for the benefit of the State Statistical Committee (SSC) of the Republic of Azerbaijan on 7-8 December 2017. The study visit was be hosted by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) of Republic of Turkey.
Training Course on ‘Statistical Confidentiality and Disclosure Protection’ in Benin
Date :
04-06 December 2017
Venue :
Cotonou Benin
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Statistical Confidentiality and Disclosure Protection’ at National Institute of Statistics and Economic Analysis (INSAE) of Benin on 4 – 6 December 2017.
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Study Visit on ‘Tourism Statistics’ to Turkey for the benefit of the Committee on Statistics of the Ministry of National Economics of Kazakhstan on 21-23 November 2017. The study visit was hosted by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) of Republic of Turkey.
Training Course on ‘Foreign Investment Survey’ in Kuwait
Date :
20-22 November 2017
Venue :
Kuwait City Kuwait
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Foreign Investment Survey’ at the Central Statistical Bureau (CSB) of Kuwait on 20-22 November 2017.
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Study Visit on ‘Gender Statistics’ to Sudan for the benefit of the Libyan Bureau of Statistics and Census (LBSC) on 20-22 November 2017. The study visit was hosted by the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) of Sudan.
Second Workshop on Monitoring Food Security in the Context of 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda
Date :
14-15 November 2017
Venue :
Ankara Türkiye
SESRIC in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) organised the Second Workshop on Monitoring Food Security in the Context of 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda on 14-15 November 2017 in Ankara, Republic of Turkey. 25 participants from National Statistical Offices (NSOs) and Ministries of Agriculture of 10 OIC member countries including Benin, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Egypt, Gabon, Iraq, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Sudan and 5 international organisations including FAO Statistics Division, FAO Sub-regional Office for Central Asia (FAO-SEC), Statistical Centre for the Cooperation Council for the Arab Countries of the Gulf (GCC-STAT), Islamic Organisation for Food Security (IOFS) and SESRIC attended the Workshop.
Training Course on ‘Price Statistics’ in Tajikistan
Date :
13-15 November 2017
Venue :
Dushanbe Tajikistan
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Price Statistics’ at the Agency on Statistics under President of the Republic of Tajikistan on 13 – 15 November 2017.
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Study Visit on ‘Price Statistics’ to Egypt for the benefit of the Libyan Bureau of Statistics and Census (LBSC) on 13-14 November 2017. The study visit was hosted by the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) of Egypt with the participation of 2 officials from LBSC.
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Study Visit on ‘Classifications’ for the benefit of Statistical Center of Iran (SCI) on 25 – 27 October 2017. The Study Visit was hosted by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat).
Workshop on Islamic Finance in the National Accounts
Date :
24-26 October 2017
Venue :
Beirut Lebanon
The Workshop on Islamic Finance in the National Accounts was held on 24-26 October 2017 in Beirut, Lebanon. The workshop was jointly organised by the Statistics Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNSD) and the Statistics Division of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA). Mrs. Zehra Zümrüt SELÇUK, Director of Statistics and Information Department, represented the Centre thereat.
Training Course on ‘Household Surveys’ in Suriname
Date :
23-25 October 2017
Venue :
Paramaribo Suriname
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Household Surveys’ at the General Bureau of Statistics (GBS) of Republic of Suriname on 23 – 25 October 2017.
Training Course on ‘Agricultural Censuses and Registers’ in Maldives
Date :
10-12 October 2017
Venue :
Male Maldives
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Agricultural Censuses and Registers’ at National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) of Maldives on 10 – 12 October 2017.
Regional Meeting of Labour Statisticians in Preparation for the 20th International Conference on Labour Statisticians (ICLS)
Date :
09-11 October 2017
Venue :
Muscat Oman
The ‘Regional Meeting of Labour Statisticians in Preparation for the 20th International Conference on Labour Statisticians (ICLS)’ was organised by the International Labour Organization (ILO) in collaboration with SESRIC and GCC-STAT on 9 - 11 October 2017 in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman.
Training Course on ‘International Trade Statistics’ in Pakistan
Date :
09-11 October 2017
Venue :
Karachi Pakistan
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘International Trade Statistics’ at Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) on 9 – 11 October 2017.
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Business Surveys’ at the General Bureau of Statistics (GBS) of Republic of Suriname on 5 – 6 October 2017.
Training Course on ‘Transport Statistics’ in Azerbaijan
Date :
03-05 October 2017
Venue :
Baku-Azerbaijan
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Transport Statistics’ at State Statistical Committee (SSC) of the Republic of Azerbaijan on 03-05 October 2017.
Hosted by the Statistical Centre for the Cooperation Council for the Arab Countries of the Gulf (GCC-Stat), the Thirtieth Session of the Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities (CCSA) was held in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman. The Session was attended by representatives of international and supranational agencies including AfDB, AITRS, Eurostat, FAO, GCCStat, IMF, OECD, PARIS21, SESRIC, UNCTAD, UNECA African Centre for Statistics, UNECE, UNEP, UNESCAP, UNESCWA, UNFPA, UN-Habitat, UNHCR, UNICEF, UNIDO, UNODC, UNPD, UNSD, UNWTO, and World Bank. H.E. Amb. Musa KULAKLIKAYA, Director General, and Dr. Atilla KARAMAN, Researcher, represented the Centre thereat.
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Metadata’ at National Institute of Statistics and Economic Analysis (INSAE) of Benin on 26 – 28 September 2017.
Consultative Meeting on Developing Islamic Finance Industry Database for OIC Member Countries
Date :
24 September 2017
Venue :
Bodrum, Muğla Türkiye
SESRIC organised the Consultative Meeting (CM) on Developing Islamic Finance Industry Database for OIC Member Countries on 24 September 2017 in Muğla, Republic of Turkey.
Study Visit on ‘Income and Consumption Statistics’ to Tunisia
Date :
19-21 September 2017
Venue :
Tunis Tunisia
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Study Visit on ‘Income and Consumption Statistics’ to Tunisia for the benefit of the Libyan Bureau of Statistics and Census (LBSC) on 19-21 September 2017. The study visit was hosted by the National Institute of Statistics (INS) of Tunisia.
Training Course on ‘Entrepreneurship Statistics’ in Kazakhstan
Date :
18-20 September 2017
Venue :
Astana Kazakhstan
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Entrepreneurship Statistics’ at Committee on Statistics of the Ministry of National Economics of Kazakhstan on 18-20 September 2017.
Training Course on ‘Health Statistics’ in Pakistan
Date :
18-20 September 2017
Venue :
Islamabad Pakistan
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Health Statistics’ at Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) on 18 – 20 September 2017.
Training Course on ‘International Standard Classification of Occupations’ in Bahrain
Date :
13-14 September 2017
Venue :
Manama Bahrain
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘International Standard Classification of Occupations’ at the Information and eGovernment Authority (IGA) of Kingdom of Bahrain on 13-14 September 2017.
Training Course on ‘International Statistical Classifications’ in Bahrain
Date :
11-12 September 2017
Venue :
Manama Bahrain
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘International Statistical Classifications’ at the Information and eGovernment Authority (IGA) of Kingdom of Bahrain on 11-12 September 2017.
Training Course on ‘Education Statistics’ in Pakistan
Date :
11-13 September 2017
Venue :
Islamabad Pakistan
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Education Statistics’ at Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) on 11 – 13 September 2017.
Training Course on ‘International Trade Statistics’ in Indonesia
Date :
28-29 August 2017
Venue :
Jakarta Indonesia
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘International Trade Statistics’ at the BPS-Statistics Indonesia on 28 – 29 August 2017.
Training Course on ‘Population and Housing Censuses; Registers of Population, Dwellings and Buildings’ in Brunei Darussalam
Date :
22-24 August 2017
Venue :
Bandar Seri Begawan Brunei
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Population and Housing Censuses; Registers of Population, Dwellings and Buildings’ at the Department of Economic Planning and Development (JPKE) of Brunei Darussalam on 22-24 August 2017.
Training Course on ‘Health Statistics’ in Malaysia
Date :
22-24 August 2017
Venue :
Putrajaya Malaysia
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Health Statistics’ at the Department of Statistics (DoS) of Malaysia on 22-24 August 2017.
OIC Statistical Briefing Based on the 2016 Human Development Report
Date :
18 August 2017
Venue :
New York – USA
The Human Development Report Office of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP HDRO) announced its “Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Statistical Briefing Based on the 2016 Human Development Report” on 12 July 2017 in New York, USA.
SESRIC and General Directorate of Statistics and Economic Studies (DGSEE) of Gabonese Republic signed MoA
Date :
16 August 2017
Venue :
Ankara Türkiye
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) and the General Directorate of Statistics and Economic Studies (DGSEE) of Gabonese Republic signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to facilitate collaboration and cooperation between both institutions within the framework of the project titled “Integration of the ‘Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS)’ into the National Surveys in Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member States”.
Workshop on ‘Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS): Data Analysis & Dissemination’
Date :
16-17 August 2017
Venue :
Ankara Türkiye
The Workshop on ‘Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS): Data Analysis and Dissemination’ was organised by SESRIC in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and CDC Foundation on 16-17 August 2017 in Ankara, Republic of Turkey.
Training Course on ‘Business Statistics’ in Uganda
Date :
15-17 August 2017
Venue :
Kampala Uganda
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Business Statistics’ at the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) on 15-17 August 2017.
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Study Visit on ‘Agriculture Statistics’ for the benefit of the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) on 14-17 August 2017. The Study Visit was hosted by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat).
Training Course on ‘Transport Statistics’ in Uganda
Date :
09-10 August 2017
Venue :
Kampala Uganda
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Transport Statistics’ at the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) on 9-10 August 2017.
Training Course on ‘Population and Migration Statistics’ in Iran
Date :
07-09 August 2017
Venue :
Tehran Iran
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Population and Migration Statistics’ at Statistical Centre of Iran (SCI) on 7 – 9 August 2017.
Study Visit on ‘Government Finance, Fiscal and Public Sector Statistics’ in Turkey
Date :
01-03 August 2017
Venue :
Ankara Türkiye
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Study Visit on ‘Government Finance, Fiscal and Public Sector Statistics’ for the benefit of Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) on 1 – 3 August 2017. The Study Visit was hosted by the Turkish Statistical Institute.
Technical Mission on ‘International Trade Statistics’ in Cote d'Ivoire
Date :
01-03 August 2017
Venue :
Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘International Trade Statistics’ at National Institute of Statistics (INS) of Cote d'Ivoire on 1 – 3 August 2017.
Training Course on ‘Social Protection Statistics’ in Cote d'Ivoire
Date :
25-27 July 2017
Venue :
Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Social Protection Statistics’ at National Institute of Statistics (INS) of Cote d'Ivoire on 25 – 27 July 2017.
SESRIC Attended to the ‘Data Revolution for the Sustainable Development Goals’ Panel
Date :
19 July 2017
Venue :
Marrakech Morocco
HE Amb. Musa KULAKLIKAYA, Director General of SESRIC, attended to the Special Event on ‘The Data Revolution for the Sustainable Development Goals’ as a pannelist on 19 July 2017 which was hosted by the High Commission for Planning of the Kingdom of Morocco and the Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics of the State of Qatar in the margins of the 61st ISI World Statistics Congress (WSC).
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the World Bank to initiate and facilitate statistical collaboration and cooperation between the two institutions.
Training Course on ‘Price Statistics’ in Brunei Darussalam
Date :
18-20 July 2017
Venue :
Bandar Seri Begawan Brunei
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Price Statistics’ at the Department of Economic Planning and Development (JPKE) of Brunei Darussalam on 18-20 July 2017.
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Gender Statistics’ at National Institute of Statistics and Economic Analysis (INSAE) of Republic of Benin on 18 – 20 July 2017.
Training Course on ‘Health Statistics’ in Mauritania
Date :
18-20 July 2017
Venue :
Nouakchott Mauritania
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Health Statistics’ at the National Statistical Office (ONS) of Islamic Republic of Mauritania on 18-20 July 2017.
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Study Visit on ‘Price Statistics’ for the benefit of Central Statistical Organization (CSO) of Republic of Iraq on 17 – 19 July 2017. The Study Visit was hosted by the Department of Statistics (DoS) of Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
Study Visit on ‘Banking, Insurance, and Financial Statistics’ in Turkey
Date :
17-19 July 2017
Venue :
Ankara Türkiye
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Study Visit on ‘Banking, Insurance, and Financial Statistics’ for the benefit of BPS-Statistics Indonesia on 17 – 19 July 2017. The Study Visit was hosted by the Turkish Statistical Institute.
SESRIC in collaboration with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) organised the Workshop on Development Finance Statistics on 12-13 July 2017 in Ankara, Republic of Turkey.
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Study Visit on ‘Agricultural Censuses’ for the benefit of the Ministry of Agriculture, Water Resources and Fisheries of Republic of Tunisia on 10 – 12 July 2017. The Study Visit was hosted by the Department of Statistics (DoS) of Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
Training Course on ‘Health Statistics’ in Maldives
Date :
09-10 July 2017
Venue :
Male Maldives
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Health Statistics’ at the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) of Republic of Maldives on 9-10 July 2017.
The First Meeting of the Total Official Support for Sustainable Development (TOSSD) Task Force was organized by the Development Co-operation Directorate (DCD) of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in collaboration with the OECD Statistics Directorate and with the support of the United Nations (UN) Statistics Division and UN Inter-Agency Task Force on Financing for Development (IATF) on 6 July 2017 at OECD Conference Centre in Paris, France. The Meeting was attended by the National Statistics Offices (NSOs) of Colombia, France, Mexico, Philippines, Senegal, South Africa, and United Kingdom; OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) and non-DAC providers from Canada, Costa Rica, Denmark, European Union (EU), France, Japan, and United States of America (USA); and partner country development policy makers from Bangladesh, Ghana, and Timor Leste. The Centre was represented by HE Amb. Musa KULAKLIKAYA, Director General, and Dr. Atilla KARAMAN, Researcher.
OPHI Summer School on ‘Multidimensional Poverty Measurement & Analysis’
Date :
03-15 July 2017
Venue :
Marrakesh Morocco
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) in partnership with Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) organised the OPHI Summer School on ‘Multidimensional Poverty Measurement & Analysis’ in Marrakesh, Kingdom of Morocco on 3 – 15 July 2017.
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Energy Statistics’ at the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) of Republic of the Sudan on 02-04 July 2017.
Subregional Workshop on Data and Statistics for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for High-Level Official Statisticians
Date :
30-31 May 2017
Venue :
Baku Azerbaijan
The United Nations Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific (UNSIAP) in collaboration with the State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan organised the Subregional Workshop on Data and Statistics for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for High-Level Official Statisticians on 30-31 May 2017 in Baku, Azerbaijan. Dr. Atilla Karaman, Researcher at Statistics and Information Department of SESRIC, represented the Centre thereat.
Training Course on ‘Living Conditions and Poverty Statistics’ in Benin
Date :
16-18 May 2017
Venue :
Cotonou Benin
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Living Conditions and Poverty Statistics’ at National Institute of Statistics and Economic Analysis (INSAE) of Republic of Benin on 16 – 18 May 2017.
HE Amb. Musa Kulaklıkaya, Director General of SESRIC, paid a courtesy visit to Mr. Tahir Yagub Budagov, Chairman of the State Statistical Committee (SSC) of the Republic of Azerbaijan on 11 May 2017 in Baku, Azerbaijan.
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Education Statistics’ at Educational Center of Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) in Republic of Chad on 2 – 4 May 2017.
Training Course on “Agricultural Censuses” in Tunisia
Date :
02-04 May 2017
Venue :
Tunis Tunisia
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Agricultural Censuses’ at the Ministry of Agriculture, Water Resource and Fisheries of Republic of Tunisia on 2-4 May 2017.
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Study Visit on ‘Environment Statistics’ for the benefit of Department of Statistics (HCP) of Kingdom of Morocco on 24-26 April 2017. The Study Visit was hosted by the Department of Statistics (DoS) of Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
Training Course on ‘Agriculture Statistics’ in Algeria
Date :
18-20 April 2017
Venue :
Algiers Algeria
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Agriculture Statistics’ at National Statistics Office (ONS) of People's Democratic Republic of Algeria on 18-20 April 2017.
Workshop on the Implementation of the SDG Indicator Framework in the ESCWA Region
Date :
05-06 April 2017
Venue :
Beirut Lebanon
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) in collaboration with the United Nations Statistical Division (UNSD) organised the Workshop on the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Indicator Framework on 5-6 April 2017 in Beirut, Republic of Lebanon with the participation of 13 ESCWA member countries including Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Mauritania, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, and Yemen and regional and international agencies including GCCStat, ILO, SESRIC, UNDP, UNEP, UNESCO, UNFPA, UN HABITAT, UNICEF, UN Resident Coordinator’s Office, UN Women, and WHO. Dr. Atilla Karaman, Researcher at Statistics and Information Department of SESRIC, represented the Centre thereat.
Organised by the ESCWA Statistics Division, the 12th Session of ESCWA Statistical Committee was held on 4-5 April 2017 in Beirut, Lebanon with the participation of 13 ESCWA member countries including Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Mauritania, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, and Yemen and regional and international agencies including GCCStat, ILO, SESRIC, UNDP, UNEP, UNESCO, UNFPA, UN HABITAT, UNICEF, UN Resident Coordinator’s Office, UNSD, UN Women, and WHO. Dr. Atilla Karaman, Researcher at Statistics and Information Department, represented the Centre thereat.
Training Course on ‘Population and Migration Statistics’ in Benin
Date :
28-30 March 2017
Venue :
Cotonou Benin
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Population and Migration Statistics’ at National Institute of Statistics and Economic Analysis (INSAE) of Republic of Benin on 28 March – 30 March 2017.
The First GCC Statistical Forum was held on 20-22 March 2017 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The Saudi Government General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) and the Statistical Centre of the GCC Countries (GCC-Stat) co-organized the Forum under the theme of “Enhancing Statistical Partnerships to Support Economic Policies and Sustainable Development in the GCC Region”. The Session was attended by representatives of national and international agencies. H.E. Amb. Musa KULAKLIKAYA, Director General of SESRIC, was chairman of the session titled "Strategic Drivers in National Statistical Systems" at the Forum.
Training Course on ‘Environment Statistics’ in Qatar
Date :
20-22 March 2017
Venue :
Doha Qatar
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Environment Statistics’ at Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics (MDPS) of State of Qatar on 20-22 March 2017.
Training Course on ‘Community Outreach through Social Media for National Statistics Offices’ in Gabon
Date :
13-14 March 2017
Venue :
Libreville Gabon
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Community Outreach through Social Media for National Statistics Offices’ at General Directorate of Statistics and Economic Studies (DGSEE) of Gabonese Republic on 13–14 March 2017.
Meeting with the Delegates of National Statistical Offices of OIC Member Countries
Date :
08 March 2017
Venue :
New York – USA
SESRIC, in its capacity as the Secretariat of the OIC Statistical Commission (OIC-StatCom), organised the annual Meeting with the Delegates of National Statistical Offices of OIC Member Countries on 8 March 2017 in Conference Room A of the UN Conference Building as a side event meeting of the 48th Session of the United Nations Statistical Commission in New York, USA. H.E. Amb. Musa KULAKLIKAYA, Director General, and Dr. Atilla KARAMAN, Researcher at the Statistics and Information Department, represented the Centre at the side event. The meeting was attended by a total of 34 participants (26 representatives from 17 OIC Member Countries including Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Cameroon, Egypt, Guyana, Indonesia, Iran, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Senegal, and Tunisia together with 6 international and regional agencies including AITRS, GCCStat, IDB, SESRIC, UNESCWA, and UNSD).
Forty-Eighth Session of the UN Statistical Commission
Date :
07-10 March 2017
Venue :
New York – USA
The Forty-Eighth Session of the UN Statistical Commission (UNSC) was held at the United Nations Headquarters on 7-10 March 2017 in New York, USA. The Session was attended by representatives of national and international agencies. H.E. Amb. Musa KULAKLIKAYA, Director General, and Dr. Atilla KARAMAN, Researcher at Statistics and Information Department, represented the Centre thereat.
Training Course on ‘Labour Cost Statistics’ in Indonesia
Date :
06-07 March 2017
Venue :
Jakarta Indonesia
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Labour Cost Statistics’ at BPS-Statistics Indonesia on 6 – 7 March 2017.
SESRIC Participated in the Conference on Soundness Indicators for Conventional and Islamic Finance
Date :
01-02 March 2017
Venue :
Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates
The Statistical, Economic, Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Cooperation (SESRIC) participated in the Conference on Soundness Indicators for Conventional and Islamic Finance jointly organised by the Arab Monetray Fund (AMF), the International Fund (IMF), and the Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB) on 1-2 March 2017 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Training Course on ‘Agriculture Statistics’ in Chad
Date :
27 February - 01 March 2017
Venue :
N’Djamena Chad
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Agriculture Statistics’ at National Institute of Statistics, Economic, and Demographic Studies (INSEED) of Republic of Chad on 27 February – 1 March 2017.
Workshop on Monitoring Food Security in the Context of 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda
Date :
22-23 February 2017
Venue :
Ankara Türkiye
SESRIC in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) organised the Workshop on Monitoring Food Security in the Context of 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda on 22-23 February 2017 in Ankara, Republic of Turkey. 40 participants from National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 19 OIC member countries including Afghanistan, Albania, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Gambia, Indonesia, Iran, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Maldives, Mozambique, Pakistan, Palestine, Somalia, Tajikistan, Turkey, and Uganda and 7 international organisations including Economic Cooperation Organization Regional Coordination Centre for Food Security (ECO-RCC-FS), FAO Statistics Division, FAO Sub-regional Office for Central Asia (FAO-SEC), Islamic Organisation for Food Security (IOFS), UN Resident Coordinator’s Office in Turkey, World Food Programme (WFP) and SESRIC attended the Workshop.
Training Course on ‘Tourism Satellite Account’ in Suriname
Date :
14-16 February 2017
Venue :
Paramaribo Suriname
In accordance with its 2016 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC has organised the Training Course on ‘Tourism Satellite Account’ at Suriname Tourism Foundation of Republic of Suriname on 14-16 February 2017.
Training Course on ‘Agriculture Statistics’ in Benin
Date :
31 January - 03 February 2017
Venue :
Cotonou Benin
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Agriculture Statistics’ at National Institute of Statistics and Economic Analysis (INSAE) of Republic of Benin on 31 January – 3 February 2017.
Training Course on ‘Gender Statistics’ in Bangladesh
Date :
29-31 January 2017
Venue :
Dhaka Bangladesh
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC has organised the Training Course on ‘Gender Statistics’ at the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) on 29-31 January 2017.
Training Course on 'Gender Statistics' in Djibouti
Date :
17-18 January 2017
Venue :
Djibouti Djibouti
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC has organised the Training Course on 'Gender Statistics' at Department of Statistics and Demographic Studies (DISED) of Republic of Djibouti on 17-18 of January 2017.
Training Course on 'International Trade Statistics' in Afghanistan
Date :
08-10 January 2017
Venue :
Kabul Afghanistan
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC has organised the Training Course on 'International Trade Statistics' at Central Statistics Organization (CSO) of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan on 8-10 January 2017.
Training Course on 'Banking, Insurance, and Financial Statistics' in Bangladesh
Date :
08-11 January 2017
Venue :
Dhaka Bangladesh
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC has organised the Training Course on ‘Banking, Insurance, and Financial Statistics' at Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) of People's Republic of Bangladesh on 8-11 January 2017.
In accordance with its 2016 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on 'Health Statistics' at Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) of Republic of the Sudan on 25-29 December 2016.
15th Conference of the International Association for Official Statistics (IAOS)
Date :
06-08 December 2016
Venue :
Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates
The 15th Conference of the the International Association for Official Statistics (2016 IAOS) was hosted by the Statistics Centre of Abu Dhabi (SCAD) in Abu Dhabi, UAE on 6-8 December 2016.
Training Course on ‘Government Finance, Fiscal and Public Sector Statistics’ in Brunei
Date :
06-08 December 2016
Venue :
Bandar Seri Begawan Brunei
In accordance with its 2016 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC has organised the Training Course on ‘Government Finance, Fiscal and Public Sector Statistics’ at Department of Economic Planning and Development (JPKE) of Brunei Darussalam on 6-8 December 2016.
Training Course on 'International Trade Statistics' in Benin
Date :
29 November - 02 December 2016
Venue :
Cotonou Benin
In accordance with its 2016 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the training course on ‘International Trade Statistics' at National Institute of Statistics and Economic Analysis (INSAE) of Republic of Benin on 29 November-02 December 2016
Workshop on 'The Impact of Post-2015 Development Agenda on Education Statistics'
Date :
29-30 November 2016
Venue :
Ankara Türkiye
SESRIC in collaboration with the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) organised the Workshop on 'The Impact of Post-2015 Development Agenda on Education Statistics' in Ankara, Republic of Turkey on 29-30 November 2016.
Training Course on ‘Transport Statistics’ in Sudan
Date :
28 November - 01 December 2016
Venue :
Khartoum Sudan
In accordance with its 2016 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC has organised the Training Course on ‘Transport Statistics’ at Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) of Sudan on 28 November-01 December 2016.
Training Course on 'Information Society Statistics' in Kazakhstan
Date :
28-30 November 2016
Venue :
Astana Kazakhstan
In accordance with its 2016 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on 'Information Society Statistics' at the Committee on Statistics of the Ministry of National Economics of the Republic of Kazakhstan on 28-30 November 2016.
Training Course on ‘Government Finance, Fiscal, and Public Sector Statistics’ in Bangladesh
Date :
28-30 November 2016
Venue :
Dhaka Bangladesh
In accordance with its 2016 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC has organized the Training Course on ‘Government Finance, Fiscal, and Public Sector Statistics' at Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) of People’s Republic of Bangladesh on 28-30 November 2016.
Training Course on 'Outbound Tourism Statistics' in Azerbaijan
Date :
23-24 November 2016
Venue :
Baku Azerbaijan
In accordance with its 2016 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC has organised the Training Course on 'Outbound Tourism Statistics' at the State Statistical Committee (SSC) of the Republic of Azerbaijan on 23-24 November 2016.
Training Course on 'Inbound Tourism Statistics' in Azerbaijan
Date :
21-22 November 2016
Venue :
Baku Azerbaijan
In accordance with its 2016 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on 'Inbound Tourism Statistics' at the State Statistical Committee (SSC) of the Republic of Azerbaijan on 21-22 November 2016.
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Statistical Centre for the Cooperation of the Arab Countries of the Gulf (GCC-STAT) to initiate and facilitate collaboration and cooperation between two institutions in the area of statistics.
Sixth Session of OIC Statistical Commission (OIC-StatCom)
Date :
05-06 November 2016
Venue :
Konya Türkiye
The Sixth Session of the Statistical Commission of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC-StatCom) was organised by SESRIC in collaboration with the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) on 5-6 November 2016 in Konya, Republic of Turkey with the participation of 65 delegates from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 34 OIC Member Countries, including Afghanistan, Albania, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Cote d'Ivoire, Egypt, Gabon, Gambia, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Sudan, Suriname, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, and Uganda, and regional, supranational and international organizations including OIC General Secretariat, SESRIC, IDB, Data Documentation Initiative (DDI) Alliance, Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO), Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat), Statistical Centre for the Cooperation Council for the Arab Countries of the Gulf (GCCStat), International Labour Organisation (ILO), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), and United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UNESCWA).
Expert Group and Roundtable Meetings on ‘Peer Reviews for National Statistical Offices in the OIC Member Countries (OIC-Peer)’
Date :
03-04 November 2016
Venue :
Konya Türkiye
The Expert Group Meeting (EGM) on ‘Peer Reviews for National Statistical Offices in the OIC Member Countries (OIC-Peer)' was organised by SESRIC on 3 November 2016 in Konya, Republic of Turkey. The Meeting has the objectives to introduce the Peer Reviews mechanisms in the world including the methodology of different methods, to receive recommendations and inputs on the OIC-Peer project, and to discuss the way forward.
Third Meeting of the Steering Committee of Arab Statistics Initiative
Date :
02-03 November 2016
Venue :
Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates
The 3rd meeting of the Steering Committee of the “Arabstat” Initiative was organised by the Arab Monetary Fund (AMF ) in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates ) on 2-3 November 2016. Mr. Syed Tahir Mahmud, Researcher at Statistics and Information Department represented SESRIC thereat.
In accordance with its 2016 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC has organised the Study Visit on ‘Agriculture Statistics’ for the benefit of the National Statistical Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic (NSC) on 2-4 November 2016. The study visit was hosted by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat).
In accordance with its 2016 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on 'Gender Statistics' at National Institute of Statistics and Economic and Demographic Studies (INSEED) of Togo on 26-28 October 2016.
Training Course on 'Agricultural Statistics' in Sudan
Date :
23-27 October 2016
Venue :
Khartoum Sudan
In accordance with its 2016 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on 'Agricultural Statistics' at Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) of Sudan on 23-27 October 2016.
Training Course on ‘Eurotrace Software’ in Bahrain
Date :
23-27 October 2016
Venue :
Manama Bahrain
In accordance with its 2016 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Eurotrace Software’ at Information and eGovernment Authority of Kingdom of Bahrain on 23-27 October 2016.
Forum for Industrial Information & Statistics in the Arab Countries (FIISAC): The Role of Statistical Information in Decision-Making
Date :
17-19 October 2016
Venue :
Muscat Oman
The Arab industrial Development and Mining Organization (AIDMO) in collaboration with the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) and National Center for Statistics and Information (NCSI) of the Sultanate Oman organised the Forum for Industrial Information and Statistics in the Arab Countries (FIISAC) in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman on 17-19 October 2016. Inaugurated at the Majlis Oman by H.E. Sultan bin Salim Al Habsi, Secretary-General, Supreme Council for Planning of the Sultanate of Oman, the Forum was attended by 80 participants from the Arab countries.
Study Visit on 'Living Conditions and Poverty Statistics' to Jordan
Date :
17-20 October 2016
Venue :
Amman Jordan
In accordance with its 2016 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Study Visit on ‘Living Conditions and Poverty Statistics’ for the benefit of the Libyan Bureau of Statistics and Census (BSC) on 17-20 October 2016. The study visit was hosted by the Department of Statistics of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
Study Visit on 'Agricultural Censuses and Registers' in Jordan
Date :
17-20 October 2016
Venue :
Amman Jordan
In accordance with its 2016 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Study Visit on ‘Agricultural Censuses and Registers’ for the benefit of the Libyan Bureau of Statistics and Census (BSC) on 17-20 October 2016. The study visit was hosted by the Department of Statistics of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
Training Course on 'Information Society Statistics' in Mauritania
Date :
10-13 October 2016
Venue :
Nouakchott Mauritania
In accordance with its 2016 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC will organise the Training Course on 'Information Society Statistics' at National Statistical Office (ONS) of Mauritania on 10-13 October 2016.
Arab Forum on Building Statistical Capacity for a Data Revolution
Date :
10-11 October 2016
Venue :
Doha Qatar
The Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics of the State of Qatar in collaboration with the Partnership in Statistics for Development in the 21st Century (PARIS21) and the Statistical Centre for the Cooperation Council for the Arab Countries of the Gulf (GCC-Stat) organised the Arab Forum on Building Statistical Capacity for a Data Revolution on 10-11 October 2016 in Doha, State of Qatar. Inaugurated by HE Dr. Saleh al-Nabit, Minister of Development Planning and Statistics of the State of Qatar, the Forum was attended by more than 150 representatives from international and regional institutions national statistical offices (NSOs), academia, research institutes and business community.
Stakeholders Meeting on ‘Developing Islamic Financial Industry Database of OIC Member Countries’
Date :
09 October 2016
Venue :
Washington DC-USA
The Stakeholders Meeting on SESRIC Project titled ‘Developing Islamic Financial Industry Database of OIC Member Countries’ was organised by SESRIC in collaboration with the World Bank Global Islamic Finance Development Center on 9 October 2016 in the margins of the IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings in Washington DC, USA. High level representatives of the Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI), International Monetary Fund (IMF), Islamic Research and Training Institute (IRTI) and World Bank Global Islamic Finance Development Center participated in the meeting. Mr. Nabil Dabour, Assistant Director General of SESRIC, Mrs. Zehra Zumrut Selcuk, Director of Statistics and Information Department and Dr. Nihat Gumus, Project Consultant represented the Centre thereat.
Twenty Eighth Session of the Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities (CCSA)
Date :
29-30 September 2016
Venue :
Paris-France
The Twenty Eighth Session of the Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities (CCSA), a forum with 45 members that promotes inter-agency coordination and cooperation on statistical programmes and consistency in statistical practices and development, was held at OECD in Paris, France on 29 - 30 September 2016. H.E. Amb. Musa KULAKLIKAYA, Director General, and Mrs. Zehra Zümrüt SELÇUK, Director of Statistics and Information Department represented the Centre thereat.
SESRIC signed MoU with International Labour Organisation (ILO) in Paris
Date :
29 September 2016
Venue :
Paris-France
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC), signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the International Labour Organization (ILO) to initiate and facilitate collaboration and cooperation between two institutions in matters of common interest and to establish the necessary arrangements for implementation by providing an operational framework. The MoU was signed by H.E. Ambassador Musa Kulaklıkaya, Director General of SESRIC, and Rafael Diez de Medina, Director of Department Statistics of ILO in Paris, France on 29 September 2016.
Training Course on 'Science, Technology, and Innovation Statistics' in Azerbaijan
Date :
27-28 September 2016
Venue :
Baku Azerbaijan
In accordance with its 2016 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on 'Science, Technology, and Innovation Statistics' at the State Statistical Committee (SSC) of the Republic of Azerbaijan on 27-28 September 2016.
Technical Mission on 'Transport Statistics' to Kazakhstan
Date :
26-30 September 2016
Venue :
Astana Kazakhstan
In accordance with its 2016 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Technical Mission on 'Transport Statistics' to the Committee on Statistics of the Ministry of National Economics of the Republic of Kazakhstan on 26-30 September 2016.
In accordance with its 2016 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Study Visit on ‘Health Statistics’ at the National Institute of Statistics (INS) of the Republic of Tunisia on 26-29 September 2016.
Training Course on ‘International Trade Statistics’ in Brunei
Date :
20-22 September 2016
Venue :
Bandar Seri Begawan Brunei
In accordance with its 2016 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC has organised the Training Course on ‘International Trade Statistics’ at Department of Economic Planning and Development (JPKE) of Brunei Darussalam on 20-22 September 2016.
Training Course on ‘Agricultural Surveys’ in Gambia
Date :
20-22 September 2016
Venue :
Serre Kunda Gambia
In accordance with its 2016 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC has organised the Training Course on ‘Agricultural Surveys’ at Gambia Bureau of Statistics on 20-22 September 2016.
Training Course on ‘Agricultural Surveys’ in Pakistan
Date :
20-22 September 2016
Venue :
Islamabad Pakistan
In accordance with its 2016 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Agricultural Surveys' at Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) of Islamic Republic of Pakistan on 20-22 September 2016.
In accordance with its 2016 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on 'Labour Statistics' at National Institute of Statistics and Economic and Demographic Studies (INSEED) of the Republic of Togo on 13-15 September 2016.
In accordance with its 2016 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC has organised the Training Course on ‘Labour Statistics’ at Department of Economic Planning and Development (JPKE) of Brunei Darussalam on 6-8 September 2016.
Training Course on ‘Transport Statistics’ in Mauritania
Date :
05-08 September 2016
Venue :
Nouakchott Mauritania
In accordance with its 2016 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC has organised the Training Course on ‘Transport Statistics' at National Statistical Office (ONS) of Islamic Republic of Mauritania on 5-8 September 2016.
Training Course on ‘Living Conditions and Poverty Statistics’ in Qatar
Date :
04-08 September 2016
Venue :
Doha Qatar
In accordance with its 2016 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC has organised the Training Course on ‘Living Conditions and Poverty Statistics’ at Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics (MDPS) of State of Qatar on 4-8 September 2016.
Training Course on ‘Agriculture Statistics’ in Egypt
Date :
29-31 August 2016
Venue :
Cairo Egypt
In accordance with its 2016 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC has organised the Training Course on ‘Agriculture Statistics’ at Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) of Arab Republic of Egypt on 29-31 August 2016.
In accordance with its 2016 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC has organised the Training Course on ‘Tourism Statistics’ at Gambia Bureau of Statistics on 24-26 August 2016.
Training Course on ‘Labour Statistics’ in Uzbekistan
Date :
16-19 August 2016
Venue :
Tashkent Uzbekistan
In accordance with its 2016 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Labour Statistics’ at State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Statistics on 16-19 August 2016.
SESRIC and Statistics Sierra Leone of the Republic of Sierra Leone signed MoA
Date :
09 August 2016
Venue :
Freetown Sierra Leone
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) and Statistics Sierra Leone (SSL) of the Republic of Sierra Leone signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to facilitate collaboration and cooperation between both institutions within the framework of the project titled “Integration of the ‘Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS)’ into the National Surveys in Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member States”.
Training Course on ‘Tourism Statistics’ in Suriname
Date :
09-11 August 2016
Venue :
Paramaribo Suriname
In accordance with its 2016 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC has organised the Training Course on ‘Tourism Statistics’ at Suriname Tourism Foundation of Republic of Suriname on 9-11 August 2016.
Third Meeting of the MEDSTAT IV Working Group on Statistical Business Registers (SBRs)
Date :
26-28 July 2016
Venue :
Istanbul Türkiye
The Third Meeting of the MEDSTAT IV Working Group on Statistical Business Registers (SBR) was organised by Eurostat in collaboration with Expertise Française in Istanbul, Turkey on 26-28 July 2016. 17 official statisticians and experts from Algeria, Egypt, France, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Tunisia, and Turkey participated in the Working Group Meeting. Dr. Atilla Karaman, Researcher at the Statistics and Information Department, represented SESRIC at the Meeting.
SESRIC and National Institute of Statistics, Economic and Demographic Studies of the Republic of Chad signed MoA
Date :
16 June 2016
Venue :
N’Djamena Chad
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) and National Institute of Statistics, Economic and Demographic Studies (INSEED) of the Republic of Chad signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to facilitate collaboration and cooperation between both institutions within the framework of the project titled “Integration of the ‘Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS)’ into the National Surveys in Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member States”.
SESRIC Participated in the 4th Annual Focal Points Meeting of the COMCEC Working Groups
Date :
01-02 June 2016
Venue :
Ankara Türkiye
SESRIC participated in the 4th Annual Focal Points Meeting of the COMCEC Working Groups organised by the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (COMCEC) in Ankara, Republic of Turkey on 1-2 June 2016.
SESRIC Participated in the 4th Meeting of the Interagency and Expert Group on Gender Statistics for the Arab Countries
Date :
09-10 May 2016
Venue :
Dead Sea Jordan
The Statistical, Economic, Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Cooperation (SESRIC) participated in the 4th Meeting of the Interagency and Expert Group on Gender Statistics for the Arab Countries organised by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN-ESCWA) on 9-10 May 2016 in Dead Sea, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
Study Visit on ’Global Adult Tobacco Survey and Turkish Health Survey’ in Turkey
Date :
05 May 2016
Venue :
Ankara Türkiye
SESRIC organised a study visit on ’Global Adult Tobacco Survey and Turkish Health Survey’ on 5 May 2016 in Ankara, Republic of Turkey with the participation of two officials of Agency on Statistics under President of the Republic of Tajikistan (TAJSTAT) to the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) under the scope of the project on the ‘Integration of TQS into Ongoing National Surveys in Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member States’ in collaboration with the Central for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and CDC Foundation.
SESRIC and National Institute of Statistics of the Republic of Niger signed MoA
Date :
04 May 2016
Venue :
Ankara Türkiye
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) and National Institute of Statistics (INS) of the Republic of Niger signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to facilitate collaboration and cooperation between both institutions within the framework of the project titled “Integration of the ‘Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS)’ into the National Surveys in Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member States”. The MoA was signed on 4 May 2016 by H.E. Amb. Musa KULAKLIKAYA, Director General of SESRIC, during the Orientation Workshop on ‘Tobacco Questions for Surveys’ at SESRIC Headquarters, Ankara, Republic of Turkey and signed on 2 May 2016 by Mr. Idrissa Alichina KOURGUENI, Director General of INS of the Republic of Niger, at INS Headquarters, Niamey.
Orientation Workshop on ‘Tobacco Questions for Surveys’
Date :
03-04 May 2016
Venue :
Ankara Türkiye
The Orientation Workshop on ‘Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS)’ was organised and hosted by SESRIC in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and CDC Foundation on 3-4 May 2016 at SESRIC Headquarters, Ankara, Republic of Turkey. The said Workshop had the objective to provide additional information and technical support to the OIC Member Countries in integrating TQS into their on-going surveys.
Study Visit on ‘Global Adult Tobacco Survey and Turkish Health Survey’ in Turkey
Date :
25-26 April 2016
Venue :
Ankara Türkiye
SESRIC organised a study visit on ’Global Adult Tobacco Survey and Turkish Health Survey’ on 25-26 April 2016 in Turkey with the participation of three officials of BPS-Statistics Indonesia to the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) under the scope of the project on the “Integration of TQS into Ongoing National Surveys in Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member States” in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
SESRIC and National Institute of Statistics of the Republic of Cote d’Ivoire signed MoA
Date :
19 April 2016
Venue :
Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) and National Institute of Statistics (INS) of the Republic of Cote d’Ivoire signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) .
Arab Conference on a Transformative Agenda for Official Statistics
Date :
05-07 April 2016
Venue :
Ankara Türkiye
The Arab Conference on a Transformative Agenda for Official Statistics was organised and hosted by SESRIC in collaboration and partnership with the United Nations Economic Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), Islamic Development Bank (IDB), Statistical Centre for the Cooperation Council for the Arab Countries of the Gulf (GCC-STAT), and Arab Institute for Training and Research in Statistics (AITRS) at SESRIC Headquarters in Ankara, Turkey on 5-7 April 2016.
Third Meeting of the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on Sustainable Development Goal Indicators (IAEG-SDGs)
Date :
30 March - 01 April 2016
Venue :
Mexico City - Mexico
The Third Meeting of the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on Sustainable Development Goal Indicators (IAEG-SDGs), was held in Mexico City, Mexico from 30 March to 1 April 2016.
SESRIC Participated in the COMCEC Project Funding Training Programme 2016
Date :
29-30 March 2016
Venue :
Ankara Türkiye
The Statistical, Economic, Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Cooperation (SESRIC) participated in the OIC Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (COMCEC) Project Funding Training Programme 2016 in Ankara, Turkey on 29-30 March 2016. The Centre was represented by Ms. Nenden Octavarulia Shanty, Researcher at Statistics and Information Department. The training was attended by the delegates from Gambia, Malaysia, Palestine, Turkey, and Uganda. Representatives of Development Bank of Turkey and Department of International Programs and Projects of Ministry of Development of Turkey also participated in the meeting.
SESRIC Participated in the 6th Meeting of the COMCEC Financial Cooperation Working Group
Date :
17-18 March 2016
Venue :
Ankara Türkiye
The Statistical, Economic, Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Cooperation (SESRIC) participated in the 6th Meeting of the COMCEC Financial Cooperation Working Group organised by the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (COMCEC) in Ankara, Turkey on 17-18 March 2016.
Forty-Seventh Session of the UN Statistical Commission
Date :
08-11 March 2016
Venue :
New York – USA
The Forty-Seventh Session of the UN Statistical Commission (UNSC) took place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, USA on 8-11 March 2016. The Session was attended by representatives of national and international agencies. H.E. Amb. Musa KULAKLIKAYA, Director General, and Ms. Zehra Zümrüt SELÇUK, Director of Statistics and Information Department,l represented SESRIC thereat.
Meeting on Action #78 within the Framework of Istanbul International Finance Centre Programme
Date :
26 February 2016
Venue :
Istanbul Türkiye
The Participation Banks Association of Turkey organized the Meeting on Action #78 within the Framework of Istanbul International Finance Centre Programme on 26 February 2016 at its headquarters in Istanbul, Turkey. Dr. Atilla Karaman from the Statistics and Information Department represented the SESRIC at the Meeting.
Training Course on 'Professional Skills for Official Statisticians: Time Management' in Tajikistan
Date :
22-23 February 2016
Venue :
Dushanbe Tajikistan
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the training course on ‘Professional Skills for Official Statisticians: Time Management’ at Agency on Statistics under President of the Republic of Tajikistan (AoS) on 22-23 February 2016, within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The course was conducted by Mr. Nijat Akhmedov, Expert at DemirBank of Azerbaijan with participation of relevant officials of AoS.
Carried out under the support of COMCEC PCM Programme and coordinated by SESRIC, the project titled “Improving Statistical Capacities of OIC Member Countries in Poverty Statistics” aims at building statistical capacity in poverty statistics and overall contributing to the National Statistical Systems of the member countries of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) through capacity building programs including short-term trainings.
7th Meeting of the COMCEC Poverty Alleviation Working Group
Date :
11 February 2016
Venue :
Ankara Türkiye
The 7th Meeting of the COMCEC Poverty Alleviation Working Group was held on 11 February 2016 in Ankara, Turkey under the "Accessibility of Vulnerable Groups to Social Protection Programmes in the OIC Member Countries" theme. Dr. Atilla Karaman from the Statistics and Information Department and Mr. Mazhar Hussain from the Economic and Social Research Department attended to the Meeting on behalf of the SESRIC.
Technical Mission on ‘Module 2: Quarterly National Accounts’ to Afghanistan
Date :
23 January - 12 February 2016
Venue :
Kabul Afghanistan
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the technical mission on ‘Module 2: Quarterly National Accounts’ at the Central Statistics Organization (CSO) on 23 January - 12 February 2016, within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The mission was conducted by Mr. Kourosh Javadi Pashaki, Expert at the Statistical Centre of the Islamic Republic of Iran with participation of relevant officials of CSO.
SESRIC and National Institute of Statistics (INSTAT) of Republic of Mali signed MoA
Date :
14 January 2016
Venue :
Bamako Mali
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) and National Institute of Statistics (INSTAT) of Republic of Mali signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to facilitate collaboration and cooperation between both institutions within the framework of the project titled “Integration of the ‘Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS)’ into the National Surveys in Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member States”. The MoA was signed on 14 January 2016 by HE. Amb. Musa KULAKLIKAYA, Director General of SESRIC, and Mr. Seydou Moussa TRAORE, Director General of INSTAT of Republic of Mali.
SESRIC and Gambia Bureau of Statistics (GBOS) of Republic of The Gambia signed MoA
Date :
11 January 2016
Venue :
Serrekunda Gambia
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) and Gambia Bureau of Statistics (GBOS) of Republic of The Gambia signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to facilitate collaboration and cooperation between both institutions within the framework of the project titled “Integration of the ‘Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS)’ into the National Surveys in Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member States”. The MoA was signed on 11 January 2016 by HE. Amb. Musa KULAKLIKAYA, Director General of SESRIC, and Mr. Nyakassi M. B. SANYANG, Statistician General of GBOS of Republic of The Gambia.
SESRIC and National Institute of Statistics and Economic and Demographic Studies (INSEED) of Republic of Togo signed MoA
Date :
06 January 2016
Venue :
Lomé Togo
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) and National Institute of Statistics and Economic and Demographic Studies (INSEED) of Republic of Togo signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to facilitate collaboration and cooperation between both institutions within the framework of the project titled “Integration of the ‘Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS)’ into the National Surveys in Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member States”. The MoA was signed on 06 January 2016 by H.E. Amb. Musa KULAKLIKAYA, Director General of SESRIC, and Mr. Kokou Yao N’GUISSAN, Director General of INSEED of Republic of Togo.
Training Course on 'Professional Skills for Official Statisticians: Effective Written Communication Techniques' in Uzbekistan
Date :
21-22 December 2015
Venue :
Tashkent Uzbekistan
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organized the training course on ‘Professional Skills for Official Statisticians: Effective Written Communication Techniques’ at the State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Statistics on 21-22 December 2015, within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The course was conducted by Mr. Nijat Akhmedov, Expert at DemirBank of Azerbaijan with participation of relevant officials.
2016 IAOS Young Statisticians Prize Announcement of Competition
Date :
15 December 2015
Venue :
Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates
To encourage more young statisticians to take an active interest in official statistics, the International Association for Official Statistics (IAOS) – an association under the International Statistical Institute (ISI) – has announced its next annual competition for the best paper in the field of official statistics written by a young statistician. In addition to the monetary prizes, the first place winner will receive travel funds to present the paper at one of the sessions of the next IAOS Conference to be held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on 6-8 December 2016.
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organized the training course on ‘Classifications’ at Kuwait Central Statistical Bureau (CSB) on 15-17 December 2015, within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The course was conducted by Mrs. Asmaa Abdelrasoul Mohamed, Expert at Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAMPAS) of Egypt with participation of relevant officials of CSB.
Training Course on 'Professional Skills for Official Statisticians: Effective Written Communication Techniques' in Sudan
Date :
07-09 December 2015
Venue :
Khartoum Sudan
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the training course on ‘Professional Skills for Official Statisticians: Effective Written Communication Techniques’ at the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) of Republic of Sudan on 7-9 December 2015, within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The course was conducted by Mrs. Hagar Ali, Expert at Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAMPAS) of Egypt with participation of relevant officials of CBS.
The Regional Workshop on ‘Tourism Satellite Accounts (TSA)’ was organised by SESRIC in collaboration with the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) and hosted by the Committee on Statistics of the Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan on 30 November-3 December 2015 in Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan.
Workshop on ‘Multidimensional Poverty Measurement’ in Senegal
Date :
30 November - 06 December 2015
Venue :
Dakar Senegal
The Workshop on ‘Multidimensional Poverty Measurement (MPM)’ was organised by SESRIC in collaboration with the OIC Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation of the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (COMCEC), Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) and the Islamic Solidarity Fund for Development (ISFD) on 30 November – 6 December 2015 in Dakar, Republic of Senegal.
Training Course on 'Labour Statistics' in Maldives
Date :
24-26 November 2015
Venue :
Male Maldives
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the training course on “Labour Statistics” at the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Ministry of Finance and Treasury of Maldives on 24-26 November 2015. The course was conducted by Mr. Kabir Uddin Ahmed, Joint Director, Industry and Labour Wing of Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), with the participation of 20 officials of the NBS of Maldives.
Training Course on 'Informal Sector Statistics' in Malaysia
Date :
18-20 November 2015
Venue :
Putrajaya Malaysia
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the training course on ‘Informal Sector Statistics’ at the Department of Statistics (DoS) of Malaysia on 18-20 November 2015, within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The course was conducted by Mr. Toto Silitonga, Expert at BPS Provincial Office of South East Sulawesi with participation of relevant officials of DoS.
Training Course on ‘Effective Written Communication Techniques’ in Nigeria
Date :
11-13 November 2015
Venue :
Abuja Nigeria
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the training course on “Effective Written Communication Techniques" at the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in Abuja, Federal Republic of Nigeria on 11-13 November 2015. The course was conducted by Mr. Godfrey Nabongo, Manager of Communication and Public Relations Department at the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), with the participation of relevant officials of the NBS of Nigeria.
Technical Mission on ‘Integration of Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS) – Sampling Methods’ to Azerbaijan
Date :
10-13 November 2015
Venue :
Baku Azerbaijan
SESRIC organised a further technical mission on ‘Integration of Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS) – Sampling Methods’ on 10-13 November 2015 in Baku with the participation of eight officials of State Statistical Committee (SSC) of the Republic of Azerbaijan in collaboration with the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) under the scope of the project initiated by SESRIC on the ‘Integration of TQS into Ongoing National Surveys in Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member States’. The technical mission conducted by Mr. Yılmaz Erşahin, Expert at Sampling and Analysis Techniques Department of TurkStat.
Training Course on 'Module 1: Population and Housing Censuses' in Somalia
Date :
08-13 November 2015
Venue :
Mogadishu Somalia
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the training course on ‘Population and Housing Censuses; Registers of Population; Dwellings and Buildings’ at the Directorate of Statistics under the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation of Somalia on 08-13 November 2015, within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The course was conducted by Mr. Abdellaziz Ben Hadj Abdullatif, Expert at African Development Bank (ADB) with participation of relevant officials.
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the training course on “Business Registers” at the Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics (MDPS) of Qatar on 3-5 November 2015. The course was conducted by Ms. Siti Haslinda Mohd Din, Director of Methodology & Research Division at Department of Statistics (DOS) of Malaysia, with the participation of 24 officials of the MDPS of Qatar.
Training Course on 'Tourism Statistics' in Malaysia
Date :
26-28 October 2015
Venue :
Putrajaya Malaysia
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the training course on ‘Tourism Statistics’ at the Department of Statistics (DoS) of Malaysia on 26-28 October 2015, within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The course was conducted by Mr. Akhmad Tantowi, Expert at BPS-Statistics Indonesia with participation of relevant officials of DoS.
Second Meeting of the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on Sustainable Development Goal Indicators (IAEG-SDGs)
Date :
26-28 October 2015
Venue :
Bangkok-Thailand
The United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) organized the Second Meeting of the Inter-agency and Expert Group on Sustainable Development Goal Indicators (IAEG-SDGs) on 26-28 October 2015 in Bangkok, Thailand. The meeting was hosted by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP). Dr. Atilla Karaman, Senior Researcher, Statistics and Information Department, represented the Centre thereat.
Second Meeting of the Technical Committee of Arab Statistics Initiative
Date :
21-22 October 2015
Venue :
Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates
The Second Meeting of the Technical Committee of the Arab Statistics Initiative “ArabStat” was organized by the Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) on 21-22 October 2015 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates with the participation of the representatives of National Statistical Offices (NSOs), Central Banks (CBs) and Ministries of Finance (MoFs) of Arab states, and international organizations including International Monetary Fund (IMF), Islamic Development Bank (IDB), Statistical Center for the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC- Stat), Statistical Economic and Social Research and Training Center for Islamic Countries (SESRIC), and United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UNESCWA). Dr. Atilla Karaman, Senior Researcher, Statistics and Information Department, represented the Centre thereat.
The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) organized the International Conference on Official Statistics, on 20-22 October 2015 in Ramallah, Palestine with the sponsorship of SESRIC.
HE Ambassador Musa Kulaklıkaya Addressed the World Statistics Day Forum in Qatar
Date :
20 October 2015
Venue :
Doha Qatar
HE Ambassador Musa Kulaklıkaya, Director General of Statistical, Economic, Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC), addressed the World Statistics Day Forum on 20 October 2015 in Doha, Qatar. Organized by the Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics (MDPS), the Forum was graced by HE Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al- Thani, Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, and HE Dr. Saleh Mohamed Al-Nabit, Minister of Development Planning and Statistics of the State of Qatar.
Technical Mission on ‘Quarterly National Accounts: Module 1’ to Afghanistan
Date :
17-28 October 2015
Venue :
Kabul Afghanistan
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the technical mission on ‘Quarterly National Accounts: Module 1’ at the Central Statistics Organization (CSO) on 17-28 October 2015, within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The course was conducted by Mr. Kourosh Javadi Pashaki, Expert at the Statistical Centre of Iran of the Islamic Republic of Iran with participation of relevant officials of CSO.
SESRIC Participated in the Peer Review Information Meeting
Date :
13 October 2015
Venue :
Ankara Türkiye
The Statistical, Economic, Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) participated in the Peer Review (PR) Information Meeting organized by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) at its Headquarters in Ankara, Turkey on 13 October 2015. The Centre was represented by Mrs. Zehra Zumrut Selcuk, Director of Statistics and Information Department, and Dr. Atilla Karaman, Senior Researcher, Statistics and Information Department.
Training Course on 'Labour Statistics' in Djibouti
Date :
05-07 October 2015
Venue :
Djibouti City Djibouti
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the training course on ‘Labour Statistics’ at the Department of Statistics and Demographic Studies (DISED) of Djibouti on 5-7 October 2015, within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The course was conducted by Mr. Moise Georges Enoh, Expert at the National Institute of Statistics (NIS) of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire with participation of relevant officials of DISED.
Training Course on 'Professional Skills for Official Statisticians: Time Management' in Kyrgyz Republic
Date :
28-29 September 2015
Venue :
Bishkek Kyrgyzstan
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the training course on ‘Professional Skills for Official Statisticians: Time Management’ at the National Statistical Committee (NSC) of the Kyrgyz Republic on 28-29 September 2015, within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The course was conducted by Mr. Nijat Akhmedov , Expert at DemirBank of Azerbaijan with participation of relevant officials of NSC.
Training Course on ‘Poverty Statistics’ in Cote d'ivoire
Date :
15-17 September 2015
Venue :
Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire
Adopted in 2012, the Strategy Document of the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation (COMCEC) is the first vision document for the COMCEC for six main cooperation areas including tourism. To achieve strategic objectives defined in the COMCEC Strategy, COMCEC Coordination Office launched the COMCEC Project Cycle Management (PCM) Programme in 2013. Carried out under the support of COMCEC PCM Programme and coordinated by SESRIC, the project titled “2014-SESRIC-016 Improving Statistical Capacities of OIC Member Countries in Poverty Statistics” aims at building statistical capacity in poverty statistics and overall contributing to the National Statistical Systems (NSS) of the member countries of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) through capacity building programs including short-term trainings.
Adopted in 2012, the Strategy Document of the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation (COMCEC) is the first vision document for the COMCEC for six main cooperation areas including poverty. To achieve strategic objectives defined in the COMCEC Strategy, COMCEC Coordination Office launched the COMCEC Project Cycle Management (PCM) Programme in 2013. Carried out under the support of COMCEC PCM Programme and coordinated by SESRIC, the project titled “2014-SESRIC-016 Improving Statistical Capacities of OIC Member Countries in Poverty Statistics” aims at building statistical capacity in poverty statistics and overall contributing to the National Statistical Systems (NSS) of the member countries of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) through capacity building programs including short-term trainings.
Training Course on 'Geographic Information Systems (GIS)' in Tunisia
Date :
07-09 September 2015
Venue :
Tunis Tunisia
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the training course on 'Geographic Information Systems (GIS)' at the National Institute of Statistics (NIS) of Tunisia on 7-9 September 2015, within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The course was conducted by Mrs. Amal Mohamed El Sharnoby, Expert at the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) of the Arab Republic of Egypt with participation of relevant officials of NIS.
Technical Mission on 'Module 2: CPI Re-basing' to Afghanistan
Date :
29 August - 04 September 2015
Venue :
Kabul Afghanistan
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the technical mission on 'Module 2: CPI Re-basing' to the Central Statistics Organization (CSO) of Afghanistan on 29 August – 4 September 2015, within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The mission was conducted by Mr. Mostafa Farrokhfal, Expert at the Statistical Centre of Iran.
Training Course on 'Agricultural Surveys' in Bangladesh
Date :
25-27 August 2015
Venue :
Dhaka Bangladesh
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the training course on 'Agricultural Surveys' at the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) on 25-27 August 2015, within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The course was conducted by Mr. Arap Diri, Expert at the Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT) with participation of relevant officials of BBS.
Training Course on 'Poverty Statistics' in Mauritania
Date :
24-26 August 2015
Venue :
Nouakchott Mauritania
Adopted in 2012, the Strategy Document of the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation (COMCEC) is the first vision document for the COMCEC for six main cooperation areas including poverty. To achieve strategic objectives defined in the COMCEC Strategy, COMCEC Coordination Office launched the COMCEC Project Cycle Management (PCM) Programme in 2013. Carried out under the support of COMCEC PCM Programme and coordinated by SESRIC, the project titled “2014-SESRIC-016 Improving Statistical Capacities of OIC Member Countries in Poverty Statistics” aims at building statistical capacity in poverty statistics and overall contributing to the National Statistical Systems (NSS) of the member countries of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) through capacity building programs including short-term trainings.
Training Course on 'Poverty Statistics' in Burkina Faso
Date :
17-19 August 2015
Venue :
Ouagadougou Burkina Faso
Adopted in 2012, the Strategy Document of the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation (COMCEC) is the first vision document for the COMCEC for six main cooperation areas including poverty. To achieve strategic objectives defined in the COMCEC Strategy, COMCEC Coordination Office launched the COMCEC Project Cycle Management (PCM) Programme in 2013. Carried out under the support of COMCEC PCM Programme and coordinated by SESRIC, the project titled “2014-SESRIC-016 Improving Statistical Capacities of OIC Member Countries in Poverty Statistics” aims at building statistical capacity in poverty statistics and overall contributing to the National Statistical Systems (NSS) of the member countries of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) through capacity building programs including short-term trainings.
Training Course on 'Professional Skills for Official Statisticians: Effective Oral Communication Techniques' in Kazakhstan
Date :
17-19 August 2015
Venue :
Astana Kazakhstan
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the training course on ‘Professional Skills for Official Statisticians: Effective Oral Communication Techniques’ at the Agency of Statistics (AoS) of the Republic of Kazakhstan on 17-19 August 2015, within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The course was conducted by Mr. Sanan Hasanov, Expert at Business Management Group International (BMGI)of Azerbaijan with participation of relevant officials of AoS.
Training Course on 'Health Statistics' in Bangladesh
Date :
11-13 August 2015
Venue :
Dhaka Bangladesh
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the training course on 'Health Statistics' at the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) in Dhaka, People’s Republic of Bangladesh on 11-13 August 2015. The course was conducted by Mr. Gantjang Amannullah, Head of Social Statistics Division at the East Java Regional Office of BPS-Statistics Indonesia, with the participation of relevant officials of the BBS.
Training Course on 'Wholesale and Retail Trade Statistics' in Uganda
Date :
10-12 August 2015
Venue :
Kampala Uganda
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the training course on “Wholesale and Retail Trade Statistics” at the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) in Kampala on 10-12 August 2015. The course was conducted by Mr. Abdullah Yuksel, Expert at Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat), with the participation of relevant officials of the UBOS.
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the training course on 'Labour Statistics' at the National Institute of Statistics, Economic and Demographic Studies (INSEED) in N'Djamena, Republic of Chad on 27-29 July 2015, within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The course was conducted by Mr. Jean Rodrigue Malou, expert on Social Statistics at National Agency of Statistics and Demography (ANSD) of Senegal with participation of relevant officials of INSEED.
Training Course on 'Professional Skills for Official Statisticians: Effective Oral Communication Techniques' in Nigeria
Date :
22-24 July 2015
Venue :
Abuja Nigeria
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the training course on 'Professional Skills for Official Statisticians: Effective Oral Communication Techniques' at the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in Abuja, Federal Republic of Nigeria on 22-24 July 2015. The course was conducted by Mr. Godfrey Nabongo, Manager of Communication and Public Relations Department at the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), with the participation of relevant officials of the NBS of Nigeria.
SESRIC and National Statistical Office (ONS) of Islamic Republic of Mauritania signed MoA
Date :
10 July 2015
Venue :
Nouakchott Mauritania
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) and National Statistical Office (ONS) of Islamic Republic of Mauritania signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to facilitate collaboration and cooperation between both institutions within the framework of the project titled “Integration of the ‘Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS)’ into the National Surveys in Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member States”. The MoA was signed on 10 July 2015 by HE. Amb. Musa KULAKLIKAYA, Director General of SESRIC, and Mr. Mohamed El Moctar Ould AHMAD SIDI, Director General of ONS of Islamic Republic of Mauritania.
Training Course on 'Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Statistics' in Gambia
Date :
16-18 June 2015
Venue :
Banjul Gambia
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the training course on 'Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Statistics' at the Gambia Bureau of Statistics (GBOS) in Banjul on 16-18 June 2015. The course was conducted by Mr. Victor Uttah, Senior Statistician at the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) of Nigeria, with the participation of relevant officials of the GBOS.
Technical Mission on 'Module 1: CPI Re-Basing' to Afghanistan
Date :
13-19 June 2015
Venue :
Kabul Afghanistan
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the technical mission on 'Module 1: CPI Re-Basing' to the Central Statistics Organization (CSO) of Afghanistan on 13-19 June 2015, within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The mission was conducted by Dr. Mohammadsadegh Alipour, Expert at the Statistical Centre of Iran.
Training Course on 'Financial Statistics and National Accounts Compilations' in Algeria
Date :
08-11 June 2015
Venue :
Algiers Algeria
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the training course on 'Financial Statistics and National Accounts Compilations' at the National Statistical Office (ONS) of People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria on 8-11 June 2015. The course was conducted by Mr. Mohamed Adel Souidene, Central Director of National Accounts, National Institute of Statistics (INS) of Republic of Tunisia, with the participation of 19 officials of the ONS of Algeria.
First Meeting of the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on Sustainable Development Goal Indicators (IAEG-SDGs)
Date :
01-02 June 2015
Venue :
New York-USA
The First Meeting of the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on Sustainable Development Goal Indicators (IAEG-SDGs) took place on 1-2 June 2015 in New York with the attendance of a large spread of representatives from National Statistics Offices (NSOs), international organizations, and civil society entities. Dr. Atilla Karaman, Senior Researcher at the Statistics and Information Department, represented the SESRIC thereat.
SESRIC and Agency on Statistics under President of the Republic of Tajikistan signed MoA
Date :
01 June 2015
Venue :
Dushanbe Tajikistan
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) and Agency on Statistics under President of the Republic of Tajikistan signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to facilitate collaboration and cooperation between both institutions within the framework of the project titled “Integration of the ‘Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS)’ into the National Surveys in Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member States”. The MoA was signed on 01 June 2015 by H.E. Amb. Musa KULAKLIKAYA, Director General of SESRIC, and Mrs. Gulnora HASANZODA, Director of Agency on Statistics under President of the Republic of Tajikistan.
Fourth Meeting of the Forum of Euro-Mediterranean Statisticians
Date :
19 May 2015
Venue :
Luxembourg City-Luxembourg
The Fourth Meeting of the Forum of Euro-Mediterranean Statisticians, organized by the Eurostat, was held on 19-20 May 2015 in Luxembourg with the participation of 32 representatives from National Statistics Offices (NSOs) of the Mediterranean Region including Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, and Tunisia as OIC Member Countries, the NSOs of European Union and other European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP)-South Countries, and international organizations including European Free Trade Association (EFTA) and SESRIC. Dr. Atilla Karaman, Senior Researcher at the Statistics and Information Department, represented the Centre thereat
Training Course on 'Tourism Statistics' in Azerbaijan
Date :
18-20 May 2015
Venue :
Baku Azerbaijan
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the training course on 'Tourism Statistics' at the State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan (AZSTAT) on 18-20 May 2015, within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The course was conducted by Mr. Muharrem Ozcelik, Expert at the Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT), with participation of relevant officials of AZSTAT.
Fifth Session of OIC Statistical Commission (OIC-StatCom)
Date :
12-14 May 2015
Venue :
Ankara Türkiye
The Fifth Session of the Statistical Commission of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC-StatCom) was co-organised by the Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) and the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) on 12-14 May 2015 at SESRIC Headquarters in Ankara, Republic of Turkey.
Training Course on 'Analysis of Household Income and Expenditure Data' in Kuwait
Date :
11-14 May 2015
Venue :
Kuwait City Kuwait
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the training course on 'Analysis of Household Income and Expenditure Data' at the Central Statistics Bureau (CSB) in Kuwait City, State of Kuwait on 11-14 May 2015. The course was conducted by Mr. Mehmet Ali Karadag, Expert at the Turkish Statistics Institute (TURKSTAT), with the participation of 14 officials of the CSB of Kuwait.
Regional Workshop on 'Spatial Measurements and Statistics, using GIS Technique, for GCC'
Date :
10-14 May 2015
Venue :
Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the Regional Workshop on 'Spatial Measurements and Statistics, using GIS Technique, for GCC' hosted by National Bureau of Statistics of the United Arab Emirates (NBS) on 10-14 May 2015. The Regional Workshop was conducted by Mr. Birkan Ergüç and Ms. Ayşenur Özcan, Experts at the Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT), with participation of official statisticians from the GCC region.
Training Course on 'Poverty, Living Conditions and Cross-Cutting Social Issues Statistics' in UAE
Date :
03-07 May 2015
Venue :
Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the training course on 'Poverty, Living Conditions and Cross-Cutting Social Issues Statistics' at the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on 3-7 May 2015, within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The course was conducted by Mrs. Maha Dawas, Expert at the Department of Statistics (DoS) of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan with participation of relevant officials of NBS of UAE.
Training Course on 'Income and Consumption Statistics' in Cote d'Ivoire
Date :
28-30 April 2015
Venue :
Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the training course on "Income and Consumption Statistics" at the National Institute of Statistics (INS) in Abidjan, Republic of Cote d'Ivoire on 28-30 April 2015. The course was conducted by Mr. Joseph Fouoking, Head of Department of Institutional Sector Accounts at the National Institute of Statistics of Cameroon, with the participation of relevant officials of the INS of Cote d'Ivoire.
Technical Mission on 'Integration of Tobacco Questions for Surveys: Module 2 – Sampling Methods' to Azerbaijan
Date :
27-29 April 2015
Venue :
Baku Azerbaijan
SESRIC organised a further technical mission on 'Integration of Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS): Module 2 – Sampling Methods' on 27-29 April 2015 in Baku with the participation of relevant officials of State Statistical Committee (SSC) of the Republic of Azerbaijan in collaboration with the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) under the scope of the project initiated by SESRIC on the Integration of TQS into Ongoing National Surveys in Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member States. The technical mission was conducted by Mr. Yılmaz Erşahin, Expert at Sampling and Analysis Techniques Department of TurkStat.
Coordination Meeting of Organizations Active in Statistical Work in the GCC Region
Date :
21 April 2015
Venue :
Muscat Oman
The Coordination Meeting was organized by GCC-Stat on 21 April 2015 in Muscat, Sultane of Oman in order to improve communication and cooperation among regional and international statistical organizations working in the GCC region. The meeting aims to exchange information on upcoming activities, prevent the dublication of efforts related to statistics and statistical capacity building and share experiences to move forward for the development of statistical work in the GCC region. The topics discussed in the meeting included a thorough review of the regional statistical progress and developments, the strategy and action plan of GCC-Stat, and deliberations about possible cooperation opportunities towards establishing a common and harmonized agenda for developing statistical capacities in the GCC region.
Training Course on 'Wholesale and Retail Trade Statistics' in Azerbaijan'
Date :
20-22 April 2015
Venue :
Baku Azerbaijan
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the training course on 'Wholesale and Retail Trade Statistics' at the State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan (AZSTAT) on 20-22 April 2015, within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The course was conducted by Mr. Abdullah Yuksel, Expert at the Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT), with participation of relevant officials of AZSTAT.
Training Course on 'Institutional Sectors' in Togo
Date :
20-22 April 2015
Venue :
Lome Togo
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the training course on 'Institutional Sectors' at the General Directorate of Statistics and National Accounting (DGSCN) in Lome, Republic of Togo on 20-22 April 2015. The course was conducted by Mr. Mamadou Ngalgou Kane, Chief of the National Accounts Department at the National Agency of Statistics and Demography (ANSD) of Senegal with the participation of relevant officials of the DGSCN.
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the training course on 'Health Statistics' at the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Analysis (INSAE) in Cotonou, Republic of Benin on 20-22 April 2015. The course was conducted by Dr. Adama Sanogo Pongathié, MD and Director of Information Management, Planning and Evaluation Directorate at the Ministry of Health and Fight Against AIDS of Côte d'Ivoire, with the participation of relevant officials of the INSAE and Ministry of Health of Benin.
SESRIC and Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) of Arab Republic of Egypt signed MoA
Date :
14 April 2015
Venue :
Cairo Egypt
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) and Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) of Arab Republic of Egypt signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to facilitate collaboration and cooperation between both institutions within the framework of the project titled “Integration of the ‘Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS)’ into the National Surveys in Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member States”. The MoA was signed on 14 April 2015 by H.E. Amb. Musa KULAKLIKAYA, Director General of SESRIC, and Mr. Abu Bakr Mahmoud Bakr EL-GENDY, President of CAPMAS of Arab Republic of Egypt.
Technical Mission on 'Integration of Tobacco Questions for Surveys: Module 1 – Survey Design and Methodology' to Azerbaijan
Date :
13-15 April 2015
Venue :
Baku Azerbaijan
SESRIC organised a technical mission on 'Integration of Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS): Module 1- Survey Design and Methodology' on 13-15 April 2015 in Baku with the participation of seven officials from Household Budget Survey and LSMS Department of State Statistical Committee (SSC) of the Republic of Azerbaijan under the scope of the project initiated by SESRIC on the Integration of TQS into ongoing national surveys in Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member States. The technical mission was facilitated by Mr. Mehmet Günal, Expert at Health Statistics Department of Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat).
Training Course on 'Analysis of Labour Market Statistics' in Senegal
Date :
07-09 April 2015
Venue :
Dakar Senegal
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the training course on 'Analysis of Labour Market Statistics' at the National Agency of Statistics and Demographics (ANSD) in Dakar, Republic of Senegal on 7-9 April 2015. The course was conducted by Mr. Mustapha Ziroili, Head of Analysis and Design Unit, Department of Employment Survey of Department of Statistics (HCP) of Kingdom of Morocco, with the participation of 21 officials of the ANSD, Ministry of Economic and Finance, Ministry of Vocational Education and Crafts, and Ministry of Youth and Employment.
Training Course on 'Government Finance Statistics' in Malaysia
Date :
06-08 April 2015
Venue :
Putrajaya Malaysia
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the training course on 'Government Finance Statistics' at the Department of Statistics of Malaysia in Putrajaya, Malaysia on 6-8 April 2015. The course was conducted by Ms. Mila Hertinmalyana, Statistician at the BPS-Statistics Indonesia, with the participation of relevant officials of the Department of Statistics of Malaysia.
Training Course on 'Quality Frameworks and Measurement of Performance of Statistical Systems and Offices' in Tajikistan
Date :
01-02 April 2015
Venue :
Dushanbe Tajikistan
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the training course on 'Quality Frameworks and Measurement of Performance of Statistical Systems and Offices' at the Agency on Statistics under President of the Republic of Tajikistan (TAJSTAT) on 1-2 April 2015, within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The course was conducted by Mr. Gasim Aliyev, Expert at the State Statistical Committee (SSC) of the Republic of Azerbaijan with participation of relevant officials of TAJSTAT.
Fourth Session of the UNESCAP Committee on Statistics
Date :
25-27 March 2015
Venue :
Bangkok - Thailand
The Fourth Session of the UNESCAP Committee on Statistics, organized by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), was held at the United Nations Conference Centre (UNCC) in Bangkok, Thailand on 25-27 March 2015. The Committee Session was attended by delegates from UNESCAP full and associate member countries and representatives from 18 international organisations. 10 out of the attending 33 UNESCAP member countries were also OIC member countries namely Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Maldives and Pakistan. The Centre was represented thereat by Prof. Savas Alpay, Director General, and Mr. Abdulhamit Ozturk, Researcher.
SESRIC Partners with Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics of State of Qatar in Building Capacities in Health Statistics
Date :
19 March 2015
Venue :
Doha Qatar
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) and Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics (MDPS) of State of Qatar agreed on a partnership to facilitate collaboration and cooperation between both institutions within the framework of the project titled “Integration of the ‘Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS)’ into the National Surveys in OIC Member States”.
Training Course on 'National Accounts: Financial Sector' in Qatar
Date :
08-11 March 2015
Venue :
Doha Qatar
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the training course on 'National Accounts: Financial Sector' at the Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics (MDPS) in Doha, State of Qatar on 8-11 March 2015. The course was conducted by Mr. Mohamed Adel Souidene, Central Director of National Accounts of National Institute of Statistics (INS) of Republic of Tunisia, with the participation of 34 officials of the MDPS.
SESRIC and National Institute of Statistics of the Republic of Cameroon sign MoA
Date :
06 March 2015
Venue :
Yaounde Cameroon
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) and National Institute of Statistics of the Republic of Cameroon have signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to facilitate collaboration and cooperation between both institutions within the framework of the project titled “Integration of the ‘Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS)’ into the National Surveys in Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member States”. The MoA was signed on 06 March 2015 by Prof. Savaş Alpay, Director General of SESRIC, and Mr. Joseph Tedou, Director General of National Institute of Statistics of the Republic of Cameroon.
Meeting with the Delegates of National Statistical Offices of OIC Member Countries
Date :
05 March 2015
Venue :
New York- USA
SESRIC, in its capacity as the Secretariat of the OIC Statistical Commission (OIC-StatCom), organized the annual Meeting with the Delegates of National Statistical Offices of OIC Member Countries on 5 March 2015 between 14:30 and 17:00 in Conference Room C of the UN Conference Building as a side event meeting of the 46th Session of the United Nations Statistical Commission in New York, USA. Delegates from the National Statistics Offices of OIC member countries attended the meeting.
Forty-Sixth Session of the UN Statistical Commission
Date :
03-06 March 2015
Venue :
New York – USA
The Forty-Sixth Session of the UN Statistical Commission (UNSC) was held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, USA on 03-06 March 2015. The Session, which marks the 68th anniversary of the Commission, was attended by representatives of national and international agencies. Prof. Savas Alpay, Director General, and Dr. Atilla Karaman, Senior Researcher, represented the Centre thereat.
Training Course on 'Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Statistics' in Sudan
Date :
02-04 March 2015
Venue :
Khartoum Sudan
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the training course on 'Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Statistics' at the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) in Khartoum, Republic of Sudan on 02-04 March 2015. The course was conducted by Mr. Bassam Daoud Mostafa Zain, Statistician at the Department of Statistics of Jordan, with the participation of 40 officials of the CBS of Sudan.
The Twenty Fifth Session of the Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities (CCSA), a forum with 45 members that promotes inter-agency coordination and cooperation on statistical programmes and consistency in statistical practices and development, was held at United Nations Headquarters in New York, USA on 2 March 2015. Delegates from international and supranational organizations participated in the Twenty Fifth Session of the CCSA. The Centre was represented by Prof. Savas Alpay, Director General, thereat.
Expert Group Meeting on the Indicator Framework for the Post-2015 Development Agenda
Date :
25-26 February 2015
Venue :
New York - USA
The Expert Group Meeting (EGM) on the Indicator Framework for the Post-2015 Development Agenda, organized by the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), was held on 25-26 February 2015 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, back-to-back with the 46th Session of the United Nations Statistical Commission. The representatives from national statistical systems, supranational, international and regional organizations with expertise in development indicators and monitoring attended and contributed to the EGM. Prof. Savas Alpay, Director General, and Dr. Atilla Karaman, Senior Researcher, represented the SESRIC thereat.
Training Course on 'Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Statistics' in Afghanistan
Date :
23-25 February 2015
Venue :
Kabul Afghanistan
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the training course on 'Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Statistics' at the Central Statistics Organization (CSO) in Kabul, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan on 23-25 February 2015. The course was conducted by Mr. Vedat Mert, Expert at the Turkish Statistics Institute (TURKSTAT), with the participation of 29 officials of the CSO, Afghan Ministry of Agriculture, Afghan Academy of Science, and Faculty of Agriculture.
Training Course on 'Professional Skills for Official Statisticians: Time Management' in Uzbekistan
Date :
17-18 February 2015
Venue :
Tashkent Uzbekistan
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the training course on 'Professional Skills for Official Statisticians: Time Management' at the State Committee of Statistics (Goskomstat) in Tashkent, Republic of Uzbekistan on 16-18 February 2015, within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The course was conducted by Mr. Sanan Hasanov, Expert at Business Management Group International (BMGI), with participation of relevant officials of Goskomstat.
SESRIC and Committee on Statistics of the Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan sign MoA
Date :
13 February 2015
Venue :
Astana Kazakhstan
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) and Committee on Statistics (CS) of the Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan have signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to facilitate collaboration and cooperation between both institutions within the framework of the project titled “Integration of the ‘Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS)’ into the National Surveys in Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member States”. The MoA was signed on 13 February 2015 by Prof. Savaş Alpay, Director General of SESRIC, and Mr. Alikhan Smailov, Chairman of CS of the Ministry of National Economy of Kazakhstan.
Training Course on 'Geographic Information Systems' in Burkina Faso
Date :
03-05 February 2015
Venue :
Ouagadougou Burkina Faso
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the training course on 'Geographic Information Systems' at the National Institute of Statistics and Demography (INSD) in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on 3-5 February 2015. The course was conducted by Ms. Marie-Antoinette Ouattara, Chief of Cartography Division at the National Institute of Statistics (INS) of Cote d’Ivoire, with the participation of 17 officials of the INSD.
Training Course on 'Education Statistics' in Benin
Date :
27-29 January 2015
Venue :
Cotonou Benin
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the training course on 'Education Statistics' at the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Analysis (INSAE) in Cotonou, Republic of Benin on 27-29 January 2015. The course was conducted by Mr. Adjibou Oppa Barry, Statistician at the National Agency of Statistics and Demography (ANSD) of Senegal, with the participation of 23 officials of the INSAE.
Training Course on 'Banking, Insurance and Financial Statistics' in Senegal
Date :
26-29 January 2015
Venue :
Dakar Senegal
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the training course on 'Banking, Insurance and Financial Statistics' at the National Agency of Statistics and Demographics (ANSD) in Dakar, Republic of Senegal on 26-29 January 2015. The course was conducted by Mr. Mohamed Adel Souidene, Central Director of National Accounts of National Institute of Statistics (INS) of Republic of Tunisia, with the participation of relevant officials of the ANSD.
SESRIC Partners with BPS-Statistics Indonesia in Building Capacities in Health Statistics
Date :
29 December 2014
Venue :
Jakarta Indonesia
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) and BPS-Statistics Indonesia agreed on a partnership to facilitate collaboration and cooperation between both institutions within the framework of the project titled “Integration of the ‘Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS)’ into the National Surveys in OIC Member States”.
Training Course on 'Agriculture Statistics (Animal Husbandry)' in Bangladesh
Date :
23-24 December 2014
Venue :
Dhaka Bangladesh
In accordance with its 2014 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the Training Course on 'Agriculture Statistics (Animal Husbandry)' on 23-24 December 2014 at the premises of the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) in Dhaka, Bangladesh, within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The course was provided by Ms. Hasnizar Nasution, an expert of BPS-Statistics Indonesia, and was attended by relevant officials of the BBS.
In accordance with its 2014 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Classifications’ at the National Office of Statistics (ONS) in Alger, People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria on 21-22 December 2014, within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The course was provided by Mrs. Asmaa Abdelrasoul Mohamed Mourad, senior specialist at Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) of Arab Republic of Egypt with participation of relevant officials of ONS of Algeria
Training Course on 'Agriculture Statistics (Food Crop Statistics)' in Bangladesh
Date :
21-22 December 2014
Venue :
Dhaka Bangladesh
In accordance with its 2014 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the Training Course on 'Agriculture Statistics (Food Crop Statistics)' on 21-22 December 2014 at the premises of the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) in Dhaka, Bangladesh, within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The course was provided by Dr. Kadarmanto, an expert of BPS-Statistics Indonesia, and was attended by relevant officials of the BBS.
13th Islamic Countries Conference on Statistical Sciences
Date :
18-21 December 2014
Venue :
Bogor Indonesia
The Islamic Countries Society of Statistical Sciences (ISOSS) organized, under the sponsorship of SESRIC, the 13th Islamic Countries Conference on Statistical Sciences (ICCS-13) in Bogor, Indonesia on 18 - 21 December 2014. Prof. Savaş Alpay, Director General of SESRIC, made a welcome speech on 18 December 2014 where he focused on the linkages between National Statistical Offices (NSOs) and academia including higher education institutes and research centres. Citing findings concerning the unstructured relationship between two entities, Prof. Alpay emphasized the need for institutionalising the linkages between NSOs and academia to result in a mutually beneficial outcome based on collaborative work that drives innovation, and high quality data and research output.
Regional Workshop on 'Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts'
Date :
02-04 December 2014
Venue :
Ankara Türkiye
The Regional Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts was organised by SESRIC in collaboration with the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) on 2-4 December 2014 at SESRIC Headquarters in Ankara, Turkey within framework of the 2013-SESRIC-0111 Project which is among the successful final projects selected for the Project Cycle Management (PCM) Programme Funding of the OIC Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation (COMCEC).
Regional Workshop on 'Integrating a Gender Perspective in the Production of Statistics'
Date :
01-04 December 2014
Venue :
Amman Jordan
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) in partnership with the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), United Nations Economic Commission for Western Asia (UNESCWA) and Jordan Department of Statistics and within the framework of the Global Gender Statistics Programme, organized the Regional Workshop on 'Integrating a Gender Perspective in the Production of Statistics' for Arabic-speaking countries in Amman, Jordan on 1-4 December 2014.
Training Course on 'Culture Statistics' in Senegal
Date :
25-26 November 2014
Venue :
Dakar Senegal
In accordance with its 2014 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the training course on 'Culture Statistics' at the National Agency of Statistics and Demographics (ANSD ) in Dakar, Republic of Senegal on 25-26 November 2014. The course was conducted by Mr. Kouadio Marcel Kouakou, Assistant Director of Statistics and Informatics Department at the Ministry of Culture and Francophone Affairs of Côte d'Ivoire with the participation of 15 experts of the ANSD.
Second Expert Group Meeting on Enhancing National Capacities of OIC Member Countries in Poverty Statistics
Date :
19-20 November 2014
Venue :
Ankara Türkiye
The Second Expert Group Meeting (EGM-2) on Enhancing National Capacities of OIC Member Countries in Poverty Statistics was held on 19-20 November 2014 at SESRIC Headquarters in Ankara, Turkey. The First EGM has been held on 7-8 August 2014.
Study Visit on ‘Global Adult Tobacco Survey and Turkish Health Survey’ in Turkey
Date :
18 November 2014
Venue :
Ankara Türkiye
SESRIC organised a study visit on ' ‘Global Adult Tobacco Survey and Turkish Health Survey ' in collaboration with the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) on 18 and 21 November 2014, in Ankara, Turkey with the participation of Mr. Hamid Baghirov, First Deputy Chairman, and Mr. Yashar Pasha, Head of Population Living Standards and Household Budget Survey Statistics Department, State Statistical Committee (SSC) of the Republic of Azerbaijan, under the scope of a recent project initiated by SESRIC regarding the integration of TQS into ongoing national surveys in OIC Member States.
Adopted in 2012, the Strategy Document of the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation (COMCEC) is the first vision document for the COMCEC for six main cooperation areas including tourism. To achieve strategic objectives defined in the COMCEC Strategy, COMCEC Coordination Office launched the COMCEC Project Cycle Management (PCM) Programme in 2013. Carried out under the support of COMCEC PCM Programme and coordinated by SESRIC, the project titled “2013-SESRIC-0111 Improving Statistical Capacities of Tourism Sector” aims at building statistical capacity in tourism statistics and overall contributing to the National Statistical Systems (NSS) of the member countries of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) through capacity building programs including short-term trainings.
International Statistical Institute Regional Statistics Conference 2014
Date :
16-19 November 2014
Venue :
Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
The International Statistical Institute Regional Statistics Conference 2014 (ISI-RSC 2014) organized by International Statistical Institute South East Asia Regional Network (ISI-SEA Network) was held at Sasana Kijang (Bank Negara Malaysia's Centre for Knowledge and Learning Excellence) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 16-19 November 2014.
Training Course on 'Poverty, Living Conditions and Cross-Cutting Social Issues' in Senegal
Date :
10-14 November 2014
Venue :
Dakar Senegal
In accordance with its 2014 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC in collaboration with AFRISTAT co-organised the training course on 'Poverty, Living Conditions and Cross-Cutting Social Issues' at the National Agency of Statistics and Demographics (ANSD) in Dakar, Republic of Senegal on 10-14 November 2014. The course was conducted by Mr. Siriky Coulibaly, Poverty Analysis Expert of AFRISTAT, with the participation of relevant officials of the ANSD.
Training Course on 'Informal Sector Statistics' in Uganda
Date :
05-07 November 2014
Venue :
Kampala Uganda
In accordance with its 2014 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the Training Course on “Informal Sector” at the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) in Kampala on 05-07 November 2014, within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The Course was provided by Mr. Ahmed Sanusi, Statistics Expert at National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) of Nigeria with the participation of relevant officials of UBOS.
Adopted in 2012, the Strategy Document of the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation (COMCEC) is the first vision document for the COMCEC for six main cooperation areas including tourism. To achieve strategic objectives defined in the COMCEC Strategy, COMCEC Coordination Office launched the COMCEC Project Cycle Management (PCM) Programme in 2013. Carried out under the support of COMCEC PCM Programme and coordinated by SESRIC, the project titled “2013-SESRIC-0111 Improving Statistical Capacities of Tourism Sector” aims at building statistical capacity in tourism statistics and overall contributing to the National Statistical Systems (NSS) of the member countries of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) through capacity building programs including short-term trainings.
Training Course on 'Information Society Statistics' in Suriname
Date :
27-28 October 2014
Venue :
Paramaribo Suriname
In accordance with its 2014 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Programme on 'Information Society Statistics' at the General Bureau of Statistics (GBS) in Paramaribo, Republic of Suriname on 27-28 October 2014. The Course was provided by Mr. Bouazza Bouchkhar, Statistics Expert at the Directorate of Statistics-HCP with the participation of relevant officials of the GBS.
Training Course on 'Tourism Statistics' in Albania
Date :
22-24 October 2014
Venue :
Tirana Albania
Adopted in 2012, the Strategy Document of the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation (COMCEC) is the first vision document for the COMCEC for six main cooperation areas including tourism. To achieve strategic objectives defined in the COMCEC Strategy, COMCEC Coordination Office launched the COMCEC Project Cycle Management (PCM) Programme in 2013. Carried out under the support of COMCEC PCM Programme and coordinated by SESRIC, the project titled “2013-SESRIC-0111 Improving Statistical Capacities of Tourism Sector” aims at building statistical capacity in tourism statistics and overall contributing to the National Statistical Systems (NSS) of the member countries of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) through capacity building programs including short-term trainings.
Training Course on 'Information Society Statistics' in Kuwait
Date :
21-23 October 2014
Venue :
Kuwait City Kuwait
In accordance with its 2014 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the Training Course on 'Information Society Statistics' at the Kuwait Central Statistical Bureau (CSB) in Kuwait City on 21-23 October 2014, within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. In her opening remarks Ms. Mariam A. Al-Aqeel, Director General, CSB of Kuwait thanked SESRIC and Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) for building the capacity of CSB personnel through the programme. The Course was provided by Ayhan Doğan, Statistics Expert at TurkStat with the participation of relevant officials of Kuwait CSB, Central Agency for Information Technology of Kuwait and other related sector representatives.
Training Course on 'Tourism Statistics' in Tunisia
Date :
20-22 October 2014
Venue :
Tunis Tunisia
Adopted in 2012, the Strategy Document of the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation (COMCEC) is the first vision document for the COMCEC for six main cooperation areas including tourism. To achieve strategic objectives defined in the COMCEC Strategy, COMCEC Coordination Office launched the COMCEC Project Cycle Management (PCM) Programme in 2013. Carried out under the support of COMCEC PCM Programme and coordinated by SESRIC, the project titled “2013-SESRIC-0111 Improving Statistical Capacities of Tourism Sector” aims at building statistical capacity in tourism statistics and overall contributing to the National Statistical Systems (NSS) of the member countries of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) through capacity building programs including short-term trainings.
Regional Workshop on 'Revision 3 of Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses and Census Data Evaluation'
Date :
19-23 October 2014
Venue :
Amman Jordan
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) in partnership with United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), United Nations Economic Commission for Western Asia (UNESCWA) and Arab Institute for Training and Research in Statistics (AITRS) organised the Regional Workshop on 'Revision 3 of Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses and Census Data Evaluation' in Amman, Jordan from 19 to 23 October 2014 with the participation of 20 national experts from 15 Arab countries including Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tunisia, UAE, and Yemen, and international experts.
Adopted in 2012, the Strategy Document of the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation (COMCEC) is the first vision document for the COMCEC for six main cooperation areas including tourism. To achieve strategic objectives defined in the COMCEC Strategy, COMCEC Coordination Office launched the COMCEC Project Cycle Management (PCM) Programme in 2013. Carried out under the support of COMCEC PCM Programme and coordinated by SESRIC, the project titled “2013-SESRIC-0111 Improving Statistical Capacities of Tourism Sector” aims at building statistical capacity in tourism statistics and overall contributing to the National Statistical Systems (NSS) of the member countries of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) through capacity building programs including short-term trainings.
Adopted in 2012, the Strategy Document of the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation (COMCEC) is the first vision document for the COMCEC for six main cooperation areas including tourism. To achieve strategic objectives defined in the COMCEC Strategy, COMCEC Coordination Office launched the COMCEC Project Cycle Management (PCM) Programme in 2013. Carried out under the support of COMCEC PCM Programme and coordinated by SESRIC, the project titled “2013-SESRIC-0111 Improving Statistical Capacities of Tourism Sector” aims at building statistical capacity in tourism statistics and overall contributing to the National Statistical Systems (NSS) of the member countries of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) through capacity building programs including short-term trainings.
SESRIC Partners with the State Statistical Committee of Republic of Azerbaijan in Building Capacities in Health Statistics
Date :
13 October 2014
Venue :
Baku Azerbaijan
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) and State Statistical Committee (SSC) of Republic of Azerbaijan agreed on a partnership to facilitate collaboration and cooperation between both institutions within the framework of the project titled “Integration of the ‘Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS)’ into the National Surveys in OIC Member States”.
Building Capacities in Health Statistics: SESRIC and National Agency of Statistics and Demography (ANSD) of Senegal sign MoA
Date :
25 September 2014
Venue :
Dakar Senegal
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) and National Agency of Statistics and Demography (ANSD) of Senegal have signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to facilitate collaboration and cooperation between both institutions within the framework of the “Integration of the ‘Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS)’ into the National Surveys in OIC Member States” project. The MoA was signed on 25 September 2014 by Prof. Savaş Alpay, Director General of SESRIC, and Mr. Aboubacar Beye, Director General of ANSD of Senegal.
Training Course on 'Price Statistics' in Afghanistan
Date :
15-17 September 2014
Venue :
Kabul Afghanistan
In accordance with its 2014 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the Training Course on 'Price Statistics' at the Central Statistics Organization (CSO) of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in Kabul on 15-17 September 2014 within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The Course was conducted by Dr. Mohammad Sadegh Alipour, an expert of the Statistical Centre of Iran (SCI) with participation of relevant officials of CSO of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.
Twenty-Fourth Session of the Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities (CCSA)
Date :
11-12 September 2014
Venue :
Rome - Italy
The Twenty-Fourth Session of the Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities (CCSA) was held in Rome, Italy on 11-12 September 2014. Being the co-chair of the Committee, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) hosted the session.
Training Course on 'Science, Technology and Innovation Statistics' in Kazakhstan
Date :
10-12 September 2014
Venue :
Astana Kazakhstan
In accordance with its 2014 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the Training Course on 'Science, Technology and Innovation Statistics' at the Agency on Statistics (AoS) in Astana, Republic of Kazakhstan on 10-12 September 2014, within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The Course was provided by Mr. Devrim Yagan, Statistics Expert at the Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT) with the participation of relevant officials of the AoS.
Training Course on 'Data Dissemination and Data Warehousing' in Cote d'Ivoire
Date :
09-11 September 2014
Venue :
Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire
In accordance with its 2014 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the Training Course on 'Data Dissemination and Data Warehousing' at the National Institute of Statistics (INS) of Cote d'Ivoire in Abidjan 9-11 September 2014 within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The Course was conducted by Mr. Baye Demba Diack, an expert of the National Agency of Statistics and Demographics (ANSD) of Senegal with participation of relevant officials of INS of Cote d'Ivoire.
Training Course on 'Metadata and Process Management' in Azerbaijan
Date :
28-29 August 2014
Venue :
Baku Azerbaijan
In accordance with its 2014 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the training course on ‘Metadata and Process Management’ at the State Statistical Committee (SSC) in Baku, Republic of Azerbaijan on 28-29 August 2014, within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The course was provided by Mr. Gökhan Gürgeç, Statistics Expert at Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT) with participation of relevant officials of SCC.
Training Course on 'Business Surveys on Service Sector' in Kazakhstan
Date :
25-27 August 2014
Venue :
Astana Kazakhstan
In accordance with its 2014 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Business Surveys on Service Statistics’ at the Agency on Statistics (AoS) in Astana, Republic of Kazakhstan on 25-27 August 2014. The Course was provided by Mr. Yusuf Kenan Orhan, Statistics Expert at the Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT) with the participation of relevant officials of the AoS.
Training Course on 'Data Dissemination and Data Warehousing' in Azerbaijan
Date :
11-13 August 2014
Venue :
Baku Azerbaijan
In accordance with its 2014 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the Training Programme on 'Data Dissemination and Data Warehousing' at the State Statistical Committee (SSC) in Baku, Republic of Azerbaijan on 11-13 August 2014, within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The Course was provided by Mrs. Medine Akyıldız, Statistics Expert at Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT) with participation of relevant officials of SSC.
Expert Group Meeting on Enhancing National Capacities of OIC Member Countries in Poverty Statistics
Date :
07-08 August 2014
Venue :
Ankara Türkiye
The Expert Group Meeting (EGM) on Enhancing National Capacities of OIC Member Countries in Poverty Statistics was held on 7-8 August 2014 at SESRIC Headquarters in Ankara, Turkey. The EGM was organized within the general framework of SESRIC poverty project which is among the successful final projects selected for the Project Cycle Management (PCM) Programme of the OIC Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation (COMCEC). The meeting was attended by delegates from 15 member countries, namely Azerbaijan, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Gambia, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Niger, Pakistan, Senegal, Sudan, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey and Yemen. Representatives of Islamic Solidarity Fund for Development (ISFD) of Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Group, Ministry of Family and Social Policies of Republic of Turkey and related NGOs also participated in the meeting.
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) and the Economic and Statistical Observatory for Sub-Saharan Africa (AFRISTAT) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to initiate and facilitate collaboration and cooperation between both institutions in matters of common interest and to establish the necessary arrangements for their implementation. The MoU was signed on 23 July 2014 by Prof. Savaş Alpay, Director General of SESRIC, and Mr. Cosme Vodounou, PhD, Director General of AFRISTAT.
High-level Meeting of the Multidimensional Poverty Peer Network (MPPN)
Date :
07-08 July 2014
Venue :
Berlin-Germany
Ministers from over 20 countriesbelonging to the Multidimensional Poverty Peer Network (MPPN) gathered in Berlin between 7-8 July 2014 to endorse multidimensional poverty as an overall goal of the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and endorse the establishment of a new MPI 2015+ measure of extreme poverty in the post-2015 development context. The network and its participants endorsed Multidimensional Poverty Indices (MPIs) as a powerful policy tool for enhanced poverty reduction at the regional, national and subnational level, with the ability to illuminate the state and progress of marginalised groups.
Training Course on 'Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries Statistics' in Uganda
Date :
17-18 June 2014
Venue :
Kampala Uganda
In accordance with its 2014 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the Training Course on 'Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries Statistics' at the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) in Kampala, Republic of Uganda on 17-18 June 2014 within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The Course was provided by Ms. Tugba Gocmen, Statistics Expert at Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT) with participation of relevant officials of UBOS.
Training Course on 'Social Accounting Matrices (SAMs)' in Mauritania
Date :
17-19 June 2014
Venue :
Nouakchott Mauritania
In accordance with its 2014 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the Training Course on 'Social Accounting Matrices' at the National Statistical Office (ONS) Islamic Republic of Mauritania in Nouakchott on 17-19 June 2014 within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The Course was provided by Ms. Bahija Nali, Statistics Expert at HCP of Kingdom of Morocco with participation of relevant officials of ONS.
Training Course on 'Environment Statistics' in Albania
Date :
27-28 May 2014
Venue :
Tirana Albania
In accordance with its 2014 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Environment Statistics’ at the Institute of Statistics (INSTAT) in Tirana, Republic of Albania on 27-28 May 2014 within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The Course was provided by Ms. Semiha Nurdan Gedik, Statistics Expert at Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT) with participation of relevant officials of INSTAT.
Fourth Session of OIC Statistical Commission (OIC-StatCom)
Date :
21-23 April 2014
Venue :
Ankara Türkiye
The Fourth Session of the Statistical Commission of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC-StatCom) was co-organised by the Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) and the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) at SESRIC Headquarters on 21-23 April 2014 in Ankara, Republic of Turkey.
Training Course on 'Data Dissemination and Data Warehousing' in Oman
Date :
30 March - 01 April 2014
Venue :
Muscat Oman
In accordance with its 2014 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the Training Course on 'Data Dissemination and Data Warehousing' at the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI) in Muscat, Oman from 30 March to 1 April 2014. Ms. Medine Akyıldız, an expert of the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat), conducted the training.
OIC – StatCom Expert Group Meeting on Islamic Banking and Finance Statistics
Date :
25-26 March 2014
Venue :
Ankara Türkiye
In accordance with the Resolutions of the Third Session of the OIC Statistical Commission (OIC-StatCom), the Members of the OIC-StatCom called for an Expert Group Meeting (EGM) on Islamic Banking and Finance Statistics (IBFStat). The EGM on IBFStat was co-organized by Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) and the Islamic Research and Training Institute (IRTI) of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Group on 25 – 26 March 2014 at the SESRIC Headquarters in Ankara, Turkey. The meeting was attended by delegates from 13 member countries, namely Bangladesh, Cameroon, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Malaysia, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Turkey and Yemen. Representatives of Borsa Istanbul (Istanbul Stock Exchange), International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance (INCEIF) and Participation Banks Association of Turkey (TKBB) also participated in the meeting.
Training Course on 'Construction Statistics' in Yemen
Date :
24-26 March 2014
Venue :
Sana’a Yemen
In accordance with its 2014 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the Training Course on 'Construction Statistics' at the Central Statistical Organization (CSO) in Sana’a, Republic of Yemen on 24-26 March 2014 within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The course was provided by Mr. Bünyamin Emirosman, Head of Short Term Business Statistics at Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT) with participation of relevant officials of Central Statistical Organization (CSO) of Yemen.
Training Course on 'Balance of Payments and International Trade Statistics' in Bangladesh
Date :
18-20 March 2014
Venue :
Dhaka Bangladesh
In accordance with its 2014 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the training course on 'Balance of Payments and International Trade Statistics' on 18-20 March 2014 at the premises of the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) in Dhaka, Bangladesh within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The course was provided by Mr. Eyüp Mehmet Dinç, an expert of Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT), and attended by 21 relevant officials of the BBS.
In accordance with its 2014 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the Training Course on 'Classifications' at the Central Statistical Organization (CSO) in Baghdad, Republic of Iraq on 10-11 March 2014 within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The course was provided by Mrs. Asmaa Abdelrasoul Mohamed Mourad, senior specialist at Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) of Arab Republic of Egypt with participation of relevant officials of CSO of Iraq.
Training Course on 'Price Statistics' in United Arab Emirates
Date :
10-12 March 2014
Venue :
Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates
In accordance with its 2014 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the training course on 'Price Statistics' at the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on 10-12 March 2014. The training was attended by 11 experts from the NBS of UAE, Statistics Centre of Abu Dhabi (SCAD), Dubai Statistics Centre (DSC), and Central Department of Statistics and Information (CDSI) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Dr. Cem Bas, an expert of the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat), was the trainer for the training programme.
Meeting with the Delegates of National Statistical Offices of OIC Member Countries
Date :
06 March 2014
Venue :
New York - USA
SESRIC, in its capacity as the Secretariat of the OIC Statistical Commission (OIC-StatCom), organized the annual Meeting with the Delegates of National Statistical Offices of OIC Member Countries on 6 March 2014 between 14:00 and 16:00 in Conference Room A of the UN Conference Building as a side event meeting of the 45th Session of the United Nations Statistical Commission in New York. 37 delegates from member countries attended the meeting. Additionally, UNSD and GCC-Stat were represented thereat.
The twenty third session of the Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities (CCSA) was held at United Nations Headquarters in New York, USA on 3 March 2014. 41 delegates from international and supranational organizations participated in the Twenty Third Session of the CCSA. The Centre was represented by Prof. Savas Alpay, Director General and Mrs. Zehra Zumrut Selcuk, Senior Researcher.
Training Course on 'Science, Technology and Innovation Statistics' in Qatar
Date :
25-27 February 2014
Venue :
Doha Qatar
In accordance with its 2014 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the training course on 'Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Statistics' on 25-27 February 2014 at the premises of the Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics in Doha, Qatar within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The course was provided by Mr. Salim Gürbüz, an expert of Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT), and attended by 17 relevant officials of the Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics of Qatar.
Training Course on 'Information Society Statistics' in Niger
Date :
14-15 January 2014
Venue :
Niamey Niger
In accordance with its 2014 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the Training Course on 'Information Society Statistics' at the National Institute of Statistics (INS) in Niamey, Niger on 14-15 January 2014. The training was attended by 20 experts from the INS, AJSN, ANP, CSC, DS Communication, IFTIC, MCT/EN, ONEP, and ORTN (Télé Sahel and Voix du Sahel). Mr. Bouazza Bouchkhar, an expert of the Directorate of Statistics at the High Commission for Planning of Morocco, was the trainer for the training programme.
Training Course on 'Transport and Communication Statistics' in United Arab Emirates
Date :
24-26 December 2013
Venue :
Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates
Within its 2013 annual work plan, SESRIC organised the training course on 'Transport and Communication Statistics' at the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in Abu Dhabi, UAE on 24-26 December 2013. The course was provided by Mr. Bouazza Bouchkhar, an expert from the Direction de la Statistique, Morocco.
Training Programme on 'Statistical Database Design and Visualization Tools Development'
Date :
11-12 December 2013
Venue :
Ankara Türkiye
The Third Session of the Statistical Commission of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC-StatCom), held on 10-12 April 2013 in Ankara-Turkey, has welcomed the initiative of the Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) in offering the National Statistical Offices (NSO) of OIC Member Countries its Motion Chart Module (SMC) to enable them present their data in a visual way so as to improve the analytical capabilities and effective use of data in evidence based policy making. In accordance with the relevant resolution of the OIC-StatCom, SESRIC and Islamic Development Bank (IDB) jointly organized the Training Programme on “Statistical Database Design and Visualization Tools Development” on 11-12 December 2013 at SESRIC Headquarters in Ankara, Republic of Turkey.
Training Course on 'Transport and Communication Statistics' in Senegal
Date :
06-08 November 2013
Venue :
Dakar Senegal
Within its 2013 annual work plan, SESRIC organised the training course on 'Transport and Communication Statistics' at the Agence Nationale de la Statistique et de la Démographie (ANSD) in Dakar, Senegal on 6-8 Novermber 2013. The course was provided by Mr. Bouazza Bouchkhar, an expert from the Direction de la Statistique, Morocco.
CountrySTAT Regional Basic Administrator Training for ECO Member Countries
Date :
21-25 October 2013
Venue :
Ankara Türkiye
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC), in collaboration with Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Economic Cooperation Organization Secretariat (ECO) jointly organized CountrySTAT Regional Basic Administrator Training for ECO Member Countries on 21-25 October 2013. The event was held at SESRIC headquarters in Ankara, Turkey.
Training Course on 'Statistical Data Analysis' in Saudi Arabia
Date :
16-19 September 2013
Venue :
Riyadh Saudi Arabia
The Centre organised a training course on 'Statistical Data Analysis' at the Central Department of Statistics and Information in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on 16-19 September 2013. The course was provided by Dr. Ali Said, an expert from the BPS-Statistics, Indonesia.
Regional Seminar on 'Developing a Programme for the Implementation of the 2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics for ECO Member Countries'
Date :
11-13 September 2013
Venue :
Ankara Türkiye
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC), in collaboration with United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) and the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) jointly organized the Regional Seminar on “Developing a Programme for the Implementation of the 2008 System of National Accounts (SNA) and Supporting Statistics for ECO Member Countries” on 11-13 September 2013. The Seminar was hosted by SESRIC at its headquarters in Ankara, Turkey. Seventy-four participants from national statistical offices (NSO), central banks (CB), and relevant government offices of Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Pakistan, Tajikistan, and Turkey; and from international organisations including ECO, UNSD, UNECE, and UNESCAP attended the Seminar. Additionally, representatives of Germany (Destatis and GIZ) and Norway (SSB-Statistics Norway) took part in the Seminar. The Centre was represented by Mr. Atilla Karaman, Acting Director of Statistics and Information Department; Ms. Zehra Zümrüt Selçuk, Senior Researcher; Mr. Syed Tahir Mahmud, Researcher, Mr. Abdulhamit Öztürk, Research Assistant, and Mr. Abdullah Al Mamoun, Intern.
Training Course on 'Metadata Preparation and Management' in United Arab Emirates
Date :
09-11 September 2013
Venue :
Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates
The Centre organized a training course on “Metadata Preparation and Management” at the National Bureau of Statistics, United Arab Emirates on 9-11 September 2013. The course was provided by Ms. Nalan Eviren, an expert from the Turkish Statistical Institute with the participation of relevant staff members of National Bureau of Statistics, United Arab Emirates.
Training Course on 'Census Survey Design and Sampling Techniques' in Yemen
Date :
04-06 September 2013
Venue :
Sana’a Yemen
The Centre organised a training course on 'Census Survey Design and Sampling Techniques' at the Central Statistical Organization in Sana'a, Yemen on 4-6 September 2013. The course was provided by Mr. Arif Cheema, an expert from the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
Training Course on 'Transport and Communication Statistics' in Cameroon
Date :
26-28 August 2013
Venue :
Yaounde Cameroon
The Centre organised a training course on 'Transport and Communication Statistics' at the Institut National de la Statistique in Yaoundé, Cameroon on 26-28 August 2013. The course was provided by Mr. Bouazza Bouchkhar, an expert from the Direction de la Statistique, Morocco.
Training Course on 'Consumer Price Index (CPI)' in Indonesia
Date :
13-15 August 2013
Venue :
Jakarta Indonesia
The Centre organized a training course on “Consumer Price Index (CPI)” at the Statistics Indonesia, on 13-15 August 2013. The course was provided by Mr. Cem Baş, an expert from the Turkish Statistical Institute and was attended by 50 staff members of the Statistics Indonesia.
Third Session of OIC Statistical Commission (OIC-StatCom)
Date :
10-12 April 2013
Venue :
Ankara Türkiye
The Third Session of the Statistical Commission of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC-StatCom) was co-organised by the Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) and the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) on 10-12 April 2013 in Ankara, Turkey.
Seminar on Population and Housing Census Practices of OIC Member Countries
Date :
06-08 March 2013
Venue :
Ankara Türkiye
In accordance with the Resolutions of the Second Session of the OIC-StatCom, the members of the OIC-StatCom called for an Expert Group Meeting (EGM) to define the structure of a comprehensive profile that will include all the relevant phases of censuses and to compile the different country experiences and practices from OIC Member Countries.
5th Meeting of the Delegates of the National Statistical Offices of the OIC Member Countries
Date :
28 February 2013
Venue :
New York - USA
SESRIC, in its capacity as the Secretariat of OIC-StatCom, organised the Fifth Meeting of the Delegates of the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of the OIC Member Countries on 28 February 2013 in New York, United States of America as a side event in the margins of the 44th Session of the United Nations Statistical Commission (UNSC). The delegates of the NSOs of the OIC Member Countries attended the meeting that aimed to get their comments and feedback on the tentative agenda of the Third Session of the OIC Statistical Commission.
OIC-StatCom Technical Committee of Experts Meeting on Gender Related Issues
Date :
21-22 January 2013
Venue :
Ankara Türkiye
In its capacity as the Secretariat of the Statistical Commission of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC-StatCom), the Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) organised the OIC-StatCom Technical Committee of Experts (TCE) Meeting on Gender Related Issues on 21 – 22 January 2013 at the SESRIC Headquarters in Ankara, Turkey.
Training Course on 'Income and Consumption' in Qatar
Date :
19-20 December 2012
Venue :
Doha Qatar
The Centre organised training course on “Income and Consumption” at the Qatar Statistics Authority (QSA), on 19-20 December 2012. The course was provided by Ms. Fidaa Abtli, an expert from the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) and was attended by relevant staff members of the Qatar Statistics Authority (QSA).
Training Course on 'Quarterly National Accounts' in Maldives
Date :
26-28 November 2012
Venue :
Male Maldives
The Centre organised training course on “Quarterly National Accounts” at the Department of National Planning, Maldives, on 26-28 November 2012. The course was provided by Ms. Siti Asiah Ahmad an expert from the Department of Statistics, Malaysia and was attended by relevant staff members of the Department of National Planning, Maldives.
Study Visit by the Delegation of Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Date :
20 November 2012
Venue :
Ankara Türkiye
Under the framework of a German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) project on “Support to Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS)’ Study Visits to Strengthen the Process of Establishing a Training Centre for PBS”, a delegation of 7 participants from the Islamic Republic of Pakistan paid a study visit to SESRIC. The delegation was headed by Mr. Munir Ahmad Aslam, Director General of PBS, and accompanied by Dr. Michael Wild, Advisor to GIZ in Pakistan, and Mr. Marcus Delacor, Managing Director of euphorum GmbH, implementing agency of the study visit. As the Government of Pakistan decided to establish a statistical training centre to satisfy the demand for capacities in the field of statistics, the focus of the study visit was to gain a better understanding on the statistical training activities of SESRIC implemented under the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) initiative and impact of StatCaB trainings at large.
Training Course on 'Short-term Business Statistics' in Maldives
Date :
19-20 November 2012
Venue :
Male Maldives
The Centre organized a training course on “Short-term Business Statistics” at the Department of National Planning, Maldives, on 19-20 November 2012. The course was provided by Mr. Abd. Latib Talib, an expert from the Department of Statistics (DOS) Malaysia, and was attended by the related staff members of the Department of National Planning, Maldives.
Training Course on 'Price Statistics and Indices' in Afghanistan
Date :
18-21 November 2012
Venue :
Kabul Afghanistan
The Centre organised training course on “Price Statistics and Indices” at the Central Statistics Organization (CSO) Afghanistan, on 18-21 November 2012. The course was provided by Ms. Sa'adiah Ahmad, an expert from the Department of Statistics, Malaysia and was attended by the relevant staff members of the Central Statistics Organization Afghanistan.
Workshop on 'Conducting and Analysing Labour Force Surveys for Monitoring of the Labour Market for the Arab Countries'
Date :
18-22 November 2012
Venue :
Amman Jordan
The Workshop on “Conducting and Analysing Labour Force Surveys for Monitoring of the Labour Market for the Arab Countries” was held on 18-22 November 2012 in Amman, Jordan. The workshop was co-organised with the Arab Institute for Training and Research in Statistics (AITRS) in collaboration with the International Labour Organisation (ILO), United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UNESCWA) and Department of Statistics (DOS) Jordan.
The Centre organised training course on “Business Registers” at the Central Bureau of Statistics, (CBS) Sudan, on 12-14 November 2012. The course was provided by Mr. Hassen Aurouri, an expert from the Institut National de la Statistique, Tunisie, and was attended by 35 staff members of CBS, Sudan.
Training Course on 'Price Statistics and Indices' in Oman
Date :
10-13 November 2012
Venue :
Muscat Oman
The Centre organised training course on “Price Statistics and Indices” at the Ministry of National Economy Oman, on 12-14 November 2012. The course was provided by Mr. Cem Baş, an expert from the Turkish Statistical Institute and was attended by 20 staff members of Ministry of National Economy Oman.
Training Course on 'Short-term Business Statistics' in Pakistan
Date :
05-07 November 2012
Venue :
Islamabad Pakistan
The Centre organised training course on "Short-term Business Statistics" at the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS), on 5-7 November 2012. The course was provided by Mr. Abd. Latib Talib, an expert from the Department of Statistics (DOS) Malaysia, and was attended by the related staff members of the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS).
Training Course on 'Labour Force Statistics' in Afghanistan
Date :
22-24 October 2012
Venue :
Kabul Afghanistan
The Centre organised training course on “Labour Force Statistics” at the Central Statistics Organization (CSO) Afghanistan, on 22-24 October 2012. The course was provided by Ms. Saidah Hashim, an expert from the Department of Statistics (DOS) Malaysia, and was attended by the related staff members of the Central Statistics Organization (CSO) Afghanistan.
Training Course on 'Supply-Use and Input-Output Tables' in Malaysia
Date :
17-19 October 2012
Venue :
Putrajaya Malaysia
The Centre organised training course on “Supply - Use and Input-Output Tables” at the Department of Statistics (DOS) Malaysia, on 17-19 October 2012. The course was provided by Mr. Mehmet Kula, an expert from the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat), and was attended by 37 staff members of the Department of Statistics (DOS) and other agencies.
Training Course on 'Demography and Population' in Niger
Date :
15-17 October 2012
Venue :
Niamey Niger
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) organised a training course on “Demography and Population” at the National Institute of Statistics (INS) of Niger in Niamey on 15-17 October 2012. The course was provided by Mr. Achref Mrabet, an expert from the Statistics Tunisia, and was attended by relevant INS staff members.
Task Force Meeting on Implementation of OSTAT Programme
Date :
12 October 2012
Venue :
Ankara Türkiye
The Task Force Meeting on Implementation of Accreditation Program for Statistical Professionals in OIC Member States (OSTAT) Programme was held on 12 October 2012 at the SESRIC Headquarters in Ankara, Turkey. The meeting was hosted by SESRIC and attended by Dr. Nabeel Mohammed Shams, Director General of the Statistics Department at the Central Informatics Organisation (CIO) of the Kingdom of Bahrain; Mr. Abu Camara, Statistician at the Data Resources and Statistics Department of the Islamic Development Bank; Mr. Hüseyin Hakan Eryetli, Director of Training and Technical Cooperation Department, SESRIC; Mrs. Münevver Nilgün Egemen, Senior Researcher at the Statistics and Information Department, SESRIC; Mr. Atilla Karaman, Researcher at the Statistics and Information Department, SESRIC; Mrs. Zehra Zümrüt Selçuk, Researcher at the Statistics and Information Department, SESRIC; and Mr. Syed Tahir Mahmud, Researcher at the Statistics and Information Department, SESRIC. The objective of the meeting was to gather the basic stakeholders including the CIO of Bahrain, IDB and SESRIC to discuss the roles and responsibilities of the relevant organisations and other vital issues to be considered during the operationalization of proposed programme.
20th Session of the Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities (CCSA)
Date :
17-19 September 2012
Venue :
Frankfurt - Germany
The Twentieth Session of the Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities (CCSA) was held in Frankfurt am Main on 17-19 September 2012. Being the co-chair of the Committee for the term 2012-2012, European Central Bank (ECB) hosted the Session where Mrs. Zehra Zümrüt Selçuk, researcher, represented the Centre thereat.
Regional Seminar on 'International Trade Statistics' in Jordan
Date :
12-14 June 2012
Venue :
Amman Jordan
The Regional Seminar on "International Trade Statistics" was held on 12-14 June 2012 in Amman, Jordan. The workshop was co-organised with the Arab Institute for Training and Research in Statistics (AITRS) in collaboration with the United Nations Statistical Division (UNSD), United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UNESCWA) and Department of Statistics (DOS) Jordan.
Second Session of OIC Statistical Commission (OIC-StatCom)
Date :
13-15 May 2012
Venue :
Izmir Türkiye
The Second Session of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Statistical Commission (OIC-StatCom) was co-organised by the Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) and the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) on 13-15 May 2012 in Izmir, Turkey.
Dr. Savaş Alpay, Director General of SESRIC, Visited TurkStat
Date :
17 April 2012
Venue :
Ankara Türkiye
Dr. Savaş Alpay, Director General of SESRIC, paid a courtesy visit to Mr. Birol Aydemir, President of the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat), in Ankara, Turkey on 17 April 2012.
Dr. Savaş Alpay, Director General of SESRIC, Visited BPS-Statistics Indonesia
Date :
15 March 2012
Venue :
Jakarta Indonesia
Dr. Savaş Alpay, Director General of SESRIC, paid a courtesy visit to Dr. Suryamin, Chief Statistician of BPS-Statistics Indonesia, in Jakarta, Indonesia on 15 March 2012.
Training Course on 'Management of Archives and Documents' in Kuwait
Date :
12-15 March 2012
Venue :
Kuwait City Kuwait
The Centre organised training course on “Management of Archives and Documents” at the Central Statistical Office (CSO), Kuwait, on 12-15 March 2012. The course was provided by Mr. Amjad Abdulraheem al-Magableh an expert from the Department of Statistics (DOS) Jordan, and was attended by the relevant staff members of the Central Statistical Office (CSO), Kuwait.
Training Course on 'Agriculture Statistics' in Malaysia
Date :
21-22 November 2011
Venue :
Putrajaya Malaysia
The Centre organised a training course on “Agriculture Statistics” at the Department of Statistics Malaysia on 21-22 November 2011. The course was provided by Mr. Bahrawar Jan, expert at the Federal Bureau of Statistics, Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
Dr. Savaş Alpay, Director General of SESRIC, paid a visit to Department of Statistics of Malaysia
Date :
17 November 2011
Venue :
Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
During his visit to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to participate in the Meeting of the Central Banks and Monetary Authorities of the OIC Member Countries, Dr. Savas Alpay, Director General of SESRIC, visited the Department of Statistics of Malaysia on 17 November 2011. Dr. Alpay has been received by H.E. Dr. Haji Abdul Rahman Bin Hasan, the Chief Statistician of Malaysia, at his office.
Training Course on 'Quarterly National Accounts' in Kazakhstan
Date :
31 October - 02 November 2011
Venue :
Astana Kazakhstan
The Centre organised a training course on “Quarterly National Accounts” at Agency of Statistics of the Republic of Kazakhstan on 31 October-2 November 2011. The course was provided by Mr. Buyung Airlangga, an expert at the Badan Pusat Statistik (BPS), Republic of Indonesia.
Training Course on 'Quarterly National Accounts' in Azerbaijan
Date :
19-21 October 2011
Venue :
Baku Azerbaijan
The Centre organised a training course on “Quarterly National Accounts” at the State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan on 19-21 October 2011. The Course was provided by Ms. Dilek Ozsoy, Head of National Accounts Group at TürkStat and was attended by 7 staff members of the State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
Training Course on 'Tourism Satellite Accounts' in Senegal
Date :
10-12 October 2011
Venue :
Dakar Senegal
The Centre organised a training course on “Tourism Satellite Accounts” at National Agency of Statistics and Demography of Senegal on 10-12 October 2011. The course was provided by Ms. Nezha Elmrabet, an expert at the Direction de la Statistique, Morocco.
Training Course on 'Transport and Communication Statistics' in Egypt
Date :
09-11 October 2011
Venue :
Cairo Egypt
The Centre organised a training course on “Transport and Communication Statistics” at Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) of Egypt on 9-11 October 2011. The course was provided by Mr. Bouazza BOUCHKHAR, an expert at the Direction de la Statistique- Morocco.
Dr. Savaş Alpay, Director General of SESRIC, visited BPS District and Provincial Offices in Bandung
Date :
15 September 2011
Venue :
Bandung Indonesia
Dr. Savaş Alpay, Director General of SESRIC, and Mr. Atilla Karaman, Researcher, visited the BPS-Statistics Indonesia’s Cimahi District and West Java Provincial Offices in Bandung on 15 September 2011.
Dr. Savaş Alpay, Director General of SESRIC, visited STIS
Date :
14 September 2011
Venue :
Jakarta Indonesia
Dr. Savaş Alpay, Director General of SESRIC, and Mr. Atilla Karaman, Researcher, visited Mr. Muchlis Husin, Acting Director of the Institute of Statistics (STIS), in Jakarta, Indonesia on 14 September 2011. Ms. Dewita Nasution, Vice Director for Student Affairs; Dr. Dedi Walujadi, Vice Director for Administration Affairs; Mr. Rifa Rufiadi, Head of General Administration Division; Mr. Sairi Hasbullah, Director of Public Relations and Legal Affairs Department at the BPS-Statistics Indonesia; Ms. Tias Tanjung Wilis, International Relations and Cooperation Division at the BPS-Statistics Indonesia were also present during the meeting.
Preparatory Meeting for the OIC-StatCom Strategic Vision
Date :
13 September 2011
Venue :
Jakarta Indonesia
BPS-Statistics Indonesia hosted a preparatory meeting to exchange views on the development of a draft outline for the Strategic Vision of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Statistical Commission (OIC-StatCom). The participants of BPS-Statistics Indonesia were Mr. Arizal Ahnaf, Principal Inspector; Mr. Sairi Hasbullah, Director of Public Relations and Legal Affairs Department; Dr. Kecuk Suhariyanto, Director of Statistical Analysis and Development Department; Ms. Katiti Wulansari, Director of International Relations and Cooperation Division; and Ms. Tias Tanjung Wilis, International Relations and Cooperation Division. Dr. Savas Alpay, Director General, and Mr. Atilla Karaman, Researcher, represented the Centre thereat.
Training Course on 'Statistical Data Analysis' in Burkina Faso
Date :
01-03 August 2011
Venue :
Ouagadougou Burkina Faso
The Centre organised a training course on “Statistical Data Analysis” at the National Institute of Statistics and Demography Burkina Faso on 01-03 August 2011. The Course was provided by Mr. Guindo Sidiki, an expert at the Senegal National Agency of Statistics and Demography.
Training Course on 'MDGs Related Statistics' in Sierra Leone
Date :
27-30 July 2011
Venue :
Freetown Sierra Leone
The Centre organised a training course on “MDGs Related Statistics” at Statistics Sierra Leone on 27-30 July 2011. The Course was provided by Ms. Lydia Tuhaise, a Senior Statician at the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), and was attended by 28 staff members of the Statistics Sierra Leone.
Training Course on 'Statistical Data Analysis' in Kazakhstan
Date :
18-21 July 2011
Venue :
Astana Kazakhstan
The Centre organised a training course on “Statistical Data Analysis” at the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Statistics on 18-21 July 2011. The Course was provided by Ms. Afsaneh Yazdani, Director General of Office of Statistical Methodology & Sample Surveys at the Statistical Centre of Iran, and was attended by 14 staff members of the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Statistics.
The Centre organised a training Course on “Price Statistics” at Jordan Department of Statistics on 3-5 July 2011. The Course was provided by Mr. Ashraf Samarah, an expert from the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, and was attended by 14 staff members from Department of Statistics in Jordan.
Training Course on 'National Accounts: Supply and Use Tables' in Egypt
Date :
06-08 June 2011
Venue :
Cairo Egypt
The Centre organised training on “National Accounts: Supply and Use Tables” at the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) of the Arab Republic of Egypt, on 6-8 June 2011. The Course was provided by Mr. Mehmet Kula, an expert from the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat), and was attended by 22 staff members of the CAPMAS.
Training Course on 'Geographic Information Systems (GIS)' in Kuwait
Date :
05-07 June 2011
Venue :
Kuwait City Kuwait
The Centre organised training on “Geographic Information Systems (GIS)” at the Central Statistical Bureau of State of Kuwait, on 5-7 June 2011. The Course was provided by Mr. Mohamed Montaser Mohsen Hussin Mohamed, an expert from the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS), and was attended by five staff members of the Central Statistical Bureau of State of Kuwait.
Annual Meeting of the Directors of the NSIs of the Mediterranean ENP Countries
Date :
13 April 2011
Venue :
Istanbul Türkiye
The 2011 joint Eurostat-Medstat Meeting of the Directors of the National Statistical Institutes (NSIs) of the Mediterranean European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) Countries was held on 13 April 2011 in Istanbul,Turkey following the First Session of the OIC-Statistical Commission. This meeting was organised by Eurostat within the Medstat III Programme a regional statistical cooperation programme of the Mediterranean Countries and the European Union. Mediterranean partners of the Programme are: Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Syria and Tunisia. All partners of the Programme except Lebanon were represented in the Meeting. The EuropeAid, UN-ESCWA, the World Bank, the Arab Institute for Training and Research in Statistics (AITRS) and the Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) were also participated in the meeting. SESRIC was represented at the meeting by Ms.Münevver Nilgün Egemen, Senior Researcher at the Centre. Main objectives of the meeting were to discuss the work programme prepared at the latest Task Force Meeting and to develop regional strategy for statistical cooperation post-Medstat III.
First Session of the OIC Statistical Commission (OIC-StatCom)
Date :
11-12 April 2011
Venue :
Istanbul Türkiye
The First Session of the OIC Statistical Commission (OIC-StatCom), organized jointly by Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) and the Islamic Development Bank (IDB), was held in Istanbul, Turkey on 11-12 April 2011.
Training Course on 'Quarterly National Accounts and Short-Term Indicators' in Jordan
Date :
06-10 October 2010
Venue :
Amman Jordan
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) in Collaboration with the Arab Institute for Training and Research in Statistics (AITRS) organized a “Training Course on Quarterly National Accounts and Short-Term Indicators” on 6-10 October 2010, in Amman, Jordan. The course was attended by 20 participants representing 12 Arab states such as, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, UAE and Yemen.
The First Arab Statistical Conference (FASC) was organized by the Arab Institute for Training and Research in Statistics (AITRS) in cooperation with the Department of Statistics in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, and held in Amman, Jordan between November 12 and November 13, 2007.
Training Course on 'Statistical Data Analysis' in Bangladesh
Date :
03-05 September 2007
Venue :
Dhaka Bangladesh
In accordance with the response of the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics to the Centre’s questionnaire on statistical capacity building, the Centre has organised this course at the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. The course has been provided by the experts from the Statistic Division Government of Pakistan.
Training Course on 'Population and Demography' in Jordan
Date :
19-21 August 2007
Venue :
Amman Jordan
In accordance with the response of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Department of Statistics to the Centre’s questionnaire on statistical capacity building, the Centre has organised this course at the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Department of Statistics. The course has been provided by the experts from the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics of Egypt.
Training Course on 'General Statistics' in Maldives
Date :
16-19 July 2007
Venue :
Male Maldives
In accordance with the response of the Maldives to the Centre’s questionnaire on statistical capacity building, the Centre has organised this course at the Statistics Division of the Ministry of Planning and National Development of Maldives. The course has been provided by the experts from the Department of Statistics Malaysia.
Training Course on 'National Accounts' in Indonesia
Date :
09-10 July 2007
Venue :
Jakarta Indonesia
In accordance with the response of the Statistics Indonesia of the Republic of Indonesia to the Centre’s questionnaire on statistical capacity building, the Centre has organised this course at the Statistics Indonesia. The course has been provided by the experts from the Department of Statistics Malaysia.
In accordance with the response of the Statistics Directorate of Morocco to the Centre’s questionnaire on statistical capacity building, the Centre organised this course at the Statistics Directorate of Morocco. The course has been provided by an expert from the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics.
Experts Group Meeting on Statistical Capacity Building
Date :
29 April 2007
Venue :
Jeddah Saudi Arabia
The objectives of the EGM are primarily to identify gaps in statistical capacity building across institutions in member countries and at the OIC level, and to find ways and means to coordinate data collection activities so as to harmonize and streamline statistical information for translating, monitoring and evaluating the goals and targets set in all the OIC/IDB initiatives. Additionally, it is also to develop a common framework for statistical capacity program.
Dr. Sıdıka Başçı, Seniour Researcher at the Statistical Department of the Center attended the meeting and made a presentation titled " Statistical Capacity Building Activities for OIC Member Countries":
Presentation titled "Statistical Capacity Building Activities for OIC Member Countries" (.doc version) : scb_oic.doc
Presentation titled "Statistical Capacity Building Activities for OIC Member Countries" (.ppt version) : scb_oic.ppt
Regional Meeting on Statistical Training in Africa
Date :
12-13 March 2007
Venue :
Kampala Uganda
A regional meeting on statistical training in Africa was organised on 12-13 March 2007 in Kampala, Uganda within the framework of the PARIS21 Task Team on Statistical Training and Human Resources. The meeting was organised jointly by the PARIS21 Secretariat, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Makerere University’s Institute of Statistics and Applied Economics with the logistical support of the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS).
Thirty-eighth Session of the UN Statistical Commission
Date :
27 February - 02 March 2007
Venue :
New York - USA
The Thirty-eighth Session of the UN Statistical Commission was held at the United Nations headquarters in New York on 27 February-2 March 2007. The Session, which marks the 60th Anniversary of the Committee, was attended by representatives from the 24 Member States of the Commission as well as observers from other Member States of the UN, representatives of organisations of the UN system and observers from inter-governmental, non-governmental and other organisations active in international statistical work. Dr. Sıdıka Başçı, Senior Researcher represented the Centre thereat.
Ninth Session of the Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities (CCSA)
Date :
26 February 2007
Venue :
New York - USA
The Ninth Session of the Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities (CCSA) was held in New York on 26 February 2007. Dr. Sıdıka Başçı, Senior Researcher represented the Centre thereat.
Training Course on 'Web-based Data Compilation Techniques' in Azerbaijan
Date :
26-28 February 2007
Venue :
Baku Azerbaijan
In accordance with the response of the State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the Centre’s questionnaire on statistical capacity building, the Centre organised this course at the State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The course was provided by an expert from the Turkish Statistical Institute in Turkey.
Training Course on 'Labour Statistics and Data Analysis' in Yemen
Date :
18-21 February 2007
Venue :
Sanaa Yemen
SESRTCIC ORGANISES A TRAINING COURSE ON LABOUR STATISTICS AND DATA ANALYSIS IN YEMEN
Within the framework of statistical capacity building for the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) in the OIC member countries, the SESRTCIC has organised a training course on “Labour Statistics and Statistical Data Analysis” on 18-21 February 2007 in Sanaa, Republic of Yemen. Training was supervised by an expert from the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics and the course was attended by 15 participants from the Yemeni Central Statistics Organisation.
Meeting with National Statistical Offices In OIC African Countries
Date :
17 January 2007
Venue :
Kigali - Rwanda
SESRTCIC ORGANIZES A MEETING WITH NATIONAL STATISTICAL OFFICES IN OIC AFRICAN COUNTRIES
The SESRTCIC organized on 17 January 2007 a special meeting for the delegates of the African OIC member countries on the sidelines of the 2007 Africa Symposium on Statistical Development, which was held in Kigali, Rwanda, on 15-19 January 2007. Representatives of 16 member countries, namely Cameroon, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Gabon, Gambia, Niger, Nigeria, Mali, Morocco, Mozambique, Somalia, Sudan, Togo and Tunisia, and the UN Economic commission for Africa (UNECA) attended the Meeting. Dr. Savaş Alpay, Director General, and Ms. Sevgi Reçberoğlu, researcher represented the Centre thereat.
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, the National Institute for Statistics in Rwanda, and Statistics South Africa co-organised the 2007 Africa Symposium on Statistical Development: Africa Counts: “Towards a Complete Enumeration of the African Population during the 2010 Round of Population and Housing Censuses”. The Symposium was held in Kigali, Rwanda, on 15-19 January 2007 and attended by heads of National Statistical Offices in Africa, heads of Census Offices in African NSOs, and regional and international organisations. Dr. Savaş Alpay, Director General, and Ms. Sevgi Reçberoğlu, researcher represented the Centre thereat.
SESRTCIC CO-ORGANIZES THE OECD WORLD FORUM’S REGIONAL CONFERENCE FOR AFRICA
The SESRTCIC has co-organised the OECD World Forum’s Regional Conference for Africa: Building Capacity to Measure and Forster the Progress of Societies on 14 January 2007 in Kigali, Rwanda. The Conference, which was attended by almost 50 delegates from African countries and international organizations, constitutes one of the regional pre-conferences of the OECD World Forum on Statistics, Knowledge and Policy, to be held in Istanbul on 27-30 June 2007. Dr. Savaş Alpay, Director General, and Ms. Sevgi Reçberoğlu, researcher represented the Centre thereat.
The Seventh Session of the Statistical Committee of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN-ESCWA)
Date :
07-09 November 2006
Venue :
Beirut Lebanon
The Seventh Session of the Statistical Committee of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN-ESCWA) was held in Beirut on 7-9 November 2006. Representatives from 11 of the 13 UN-ESCWA member countries (Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates and Yemen), governmental and non-governmental organisations, and UN organisations and agencies attended the Session. Dr. Savas Alpay, Director General, was invited to represent the Centre thereat.
The SESRTCIC has been selected as the newest member of the Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities (CCSA), at its eighth session, held in Montreal, Canada, on 4-5 September, 2006. Dr. Savas Alpay, Director General, represented the Centre thereat.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Study Visit on “Geospatial Data” on 4-5 November 2025 in Ankara, Republic of Türkiye, for the benefit of two delegates from the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS).
SESRIC participated in the Training on “Big Data and Data Science for Gender Statistics in Asia and the Pacific”, held on 27 –30 October 2025 at the United Nations Conference Centre (UNCC) in Bangkok, Thailand.
A SESRIC delegation participated in the First Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Agreement on Promotion, Protection and Guarantee of Investments among the Member States of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), held on 26-28 October 2025 at the OIC General Secretariat in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
SESRIC, in its capacity as the Secretariat of the OIC Statistical Commission (OIC-StatCom) and in line with the relevant resolution of its 13th Session of OIC-StatCom, organised a Workshop on “Safeguarding Data in Crises” on 22-23 October 2025, in collaboration with the Arab Institute for Training and Research in Statistics (AITRS), the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), and the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB).
SESRIC participated in the Second General Assembly and Steering Group (SG) Meetings as well as the first Statistical Working Group (SWG) Meeting of the International Forum on TOSSD (IFT) held on 21-24 October 2025 in a hybrid format, hosted by the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation in Madrid, Spain.
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC), in its capacity as the Secretariat of the 
As part of the 14th Session of the OIC Statistical Commission (OIC-StatCom), Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) hosted a side event focusing on the “National Statistical System of Türkiye” on 3 October 2025 at TurkStat Headquarters in Ankara, Republic of Türkiye.
On the sidelines of the 14th Session of the OIC Statistical Commission (OIC-StatCom), SESRIC and the Department of Statistics Malaysia (StatsMalaysia) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at SESRIC Headquarters in Ankara.
SESRIC, in its capacity as the Secretariat of the OIC Statistical Commission (OIC-StatCom), jointly convened the 14th Session of the OIC-StatCom with the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group on 1-3 October 2025 in a hybrid format at SESRIC Headquarters in Ankara.
Within the framework of the 14th Session of the OIC Statistical Commission (OIC-StatCom), SESRIC, in collaboration with the Secretariat of the International Forum on TOSSD (IFT) and the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), organised a side event on “The First Five Years of TOSSD: Tracking Support for the SDGs and Helping Monitor International Development Co-operation in All Its Forms” on 1 October 2025 at SESRIC Headquarters in Ankara, Türkiye.
SESRIC participated in the Third CIS International Statistical Forum “Prospects of Statistics: International Projects” held on 24-26 September 2025 hosted by the State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan in Baku.
H.E. Zehra Zümrüt SELÇUK addressed the Third Arab Forum on Tourism Statistics, held in Baghdad, Republic of Iraq, on 21-23 September 2025.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Training Course on “Sustainable Development Statistics” on 16–17 September 2025. The course brought together 39 statisticians and experts from National Statistical Offices (NSOs) and line Ministries responsible for sustainable development statistics of 19 OIC countries.
The Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) and Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), in collaboration with SESRIC, United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), Arab Institute for Training and Research in Statistics (AITRS), and International Monetary Fund (IMF), organised a Regional Workshop on “Implementing 2025 SNA and Compiling Digital Supply and Use Tables” on 9-11 September 2025 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Statistical Training Course on “SDG 6 (Clean Water and Sanitation) Indicators” on 2-3 September 2025. The course gathered 78 experts from National Statistical Offices (NSOs) and relevant institutions of 26 OIC Member Countries.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Statistical Training Course on “Balance of Payments and International Investment Position” on 26–27 August 2025. The course brought together statisticians and experts from the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics and other national authorities of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Training Course on “Labour Statistics” on 25-26 August 2025 in Bakau, The Gambia. The course was attended by 18 participants from the Gambia Bureau of Statistics (GBOS).
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Training Course on “SDG 1 (No Poverty) Indicators” on 5-6 August 2025, with the participation of 81 experts from National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 28 OIC countries.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Training Course on "Environment Statistics" with the attendance of 24 participants from the General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on 15–17 July 2025 in Riyadh.
As part of its continued efforts to support the advancement of statistical quality assurance practices among OIC countries, SESRIC will host a high-level Round Table Discussion on “Future Directions and Concrete Steps for Quality Assurance Efforts in the Context of the New Data Ecosystem” on 3 July 2025 at its headquarters in Ankara, Türkiye.
SESRIC co-hosted a side event on 2 July 2025 in collaboration with the Members and Secretariat of the International Forum on TOSSD (IFT), regional institutions, and international partners. The event took place on 2 July 2025 on the margins of the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development, held during 30 June-3 July 2025 in Seville, Spain.
SESRIC, in collaboration with the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), Statistical Centre for the Cooperation Council for the Arab Countries of the Gulf (GCC-Stat), Arab Institute for Training and Research in Statistics (AITRS) and the Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT), organized a Training Workshop on “Quality Assurance for Countries of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation” on 1-3 July 2025 at its headquarters in Ankara, Türkiye.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Training Course on “Data Dissemination and Communication Strategies” for the benefit of National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of the OIC countries on 18-19 June 2025 through an online video conferencing platform. The course brought together 93 participants from the NSOs of 32 OIC member countries.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Statistical Training Course on “Quality Management in Statistical Processes” on 11-12 June 2025. The course brought together 130 statisticians and experts from National Statistical Offices (NSOs) and relevant authorities of 40 OIC countries.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Training Course on “International Trade Statistics” on 14-15 May 2025. The course brought together 47 statisticians and experts from National Statistical Offices (NSOs) and responsible authorities for the foreign trade statistics of 14 French-speaking OIC countries.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organized an online Training Course on “Environment Statistics” on 29-30 April 2025. The course brought together 120 statisticians and experts from National Statistical Offices (NSOs) and relevant ministries of 14 Arabic-speaking OIC countries.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Training Course on “Information Society and Digitalization” on 29-30 April 2025. The course brought together 61 statisticians and experts from National Statistical Offices (NSOs) and relevant ministries of 18 OIC countries.
H.E. Zehra Zümrüt SELÇUK held a productive bilateral meeting with H.E. Dr. Fahad ALDOSSARI, President of the General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, on the side-lines of the Saudi Statistics Forum on 28 April 2025.
Under the patronage of H.E. Faisal bin Fadhel Al-Ibrahim, Minister of Economy and Planning and Chairman of GASTAT’s Board of Directors, the General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has successfully organised the first-ever Saudi Statistics Forum on 27-28 April 2025, in Riyadh, under the theme “Statistics for Sustainable Opportunities”. The Forum brought together high-level participants, including ministers, leaders and representatives of international organizations, statistical office experts, and both local and international specialists working in the field of statistical development.
SESRIC, in collaboration with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), successfully organized a Technical Workshop on “Marriage and Divorce Registration and Vital Statistics Production in Central Asia” on 18 April 2025 at SESRIC Headquarters in Ankara, Republic of Türkiye.
SESRIC, in collaboration with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), organized the Meeting of Central Asian Civil Registrars from 15 to 17 April 2025 at its Headquarters in Ankara, Republic of Türkiye.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Training Course on “Forecast Modelling” for the benefit of the 19 statisticians, financial analysts, accountants and HR specialists working at the Agency for Sustainable and Operative Social Provision (DOST Agency) of Republic of Azerbaijan on 11-13 March 2025 through an online video conferencing platform.
SESRIC participated in the 3rd Steering Group Meeting of the International Forum on TOSSD held on 10-12 March 2025 in hybrid format - in Paris at the OECD Boulogne premises and online.
SESRIC, in collaboration with the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), and the Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT), organized a side event titled “Harnessing Technological Developments for Modernizing National Statistical Systems in OIC and ESCWA Member Countries” on 6 March 2025 in the margins of the 56th Session of the United Nations Statistical Commission (UNSC) at the Turkish Mission (Türkevi Centre) in New York.
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The 56th Session of the United Nations Statistical Commission (UNSC) took place from 4-7 March 2025 in New York, bringing together representatives from National Statistical Offices (NSOs) and international organizations.
SESRIC participated in the 45th Session of the Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities (CCSA), held on 3 March 2025 in New York, in the margins of the 56th Session of the United Nations Statistical Commission (UNSC). The meeting brought together representatives from international and supranational organizations to enhance inter-agency coordination and cooperation on statistics.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Training Course on “SDG 8 (Decent work and economic growth) Indicators” with the attendance of 56 participants from 26 National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of the OIC countries on 25-26 February 2025 through an online video conferencing platform.
In collaboration with AITRS, ESCWA, IEA, TURKSTAT, and UNSD, SESRIC organised a virtual side event titled “Accelerating Data-Driven Energy Transitions through Collaborative Data Ecosystems” in the margins of the 56th Session of the United Nations Statistical Commission (UNSC).
SESRIC took part in the Annual Meeting of the Global Network of Institutions for Statistical Training (GIST) hosted virtually on 10 February 2025 from New York. The meeting brought together GIST members, the Stakeholder Advisory Board (SAG), and National Statistical Offices (NSOs) to review the progress made over the past year and set strategic priorities for 2025.
SESRIC and the National Institute of Statistics (INS) of the Republic of Guinea have formalized their collaboration by signing a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) as part of the project titled “Integration of Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS) into the National Surveys in Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member Countries”. The MoA was signed by H.E. Zehra Zümrüt SELÇUK, Director General of SESRIC, and H.E. Dr. Makan DOUMBOUYA, Director General of INS of Guinea.
SESRIC, in collaboration with the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN ESCWA), the International Energy Agency (IEA), and the Arab Institute for Training and Research in Statistics (AITRS), organized a workshop titled “Energy Statistics, Balances, and Accounts for Informed Energy and Climate Policies”. The event was held from 10-12 December 2024 at SESRIC Headquarters in Ankara, Türkiye, with the participation of 38 experts from National Statistical Offices (NSOs) and Energy Ministries of 18 OIC Member Countries.
The SDMX Regional Training Workshop was organised by the OECD, SESRIC, SDMX, ILO, BIS, and the Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye. The workshop took place at the OECD Istanbul Centre in Istanbul, Türkiye, from 4 to 6 December 2024. UN ESCWA, UNICEF, UN ESCAP, and the UNSD have provided additional support for the training workshop.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Training Course on “Migration and Refugee Statistics” with the participation of 19 experts from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) and other relevant national institutions of 11 Arabic-speaking OIC countries through an online video conferencing platform.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC will organise a Training Course on “Transport Statistics” in collaboration with the National Institute of Statistics (INS) and the Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Cameroon for the benefit of National Statistical Offices (NSOs) and Ministries of Transport of the French-speaking OIC countries on 26-27 November 2024 through an online video conferencing platform.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Training Course on “SDG 3 (Good Health and Well-Being) Indicators” with the participation of 35 experts from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) and other relevant national institutions of 7 Arabic-speaking OIC countries through an online video conferencing platform.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC, in collaboration with the Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT), organised a Training Course on “System of National Accounts” on 20-21 November 2024.
SESRIC participated in the 11th Meeting of the Technical Committee of the Arab Statistics (ArabStat) Initiative, organised by the Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on 13-14 November 2024. The event was attended by the representatives of the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) and financial authorities of the Fund’s member countries and other relevant international organisations. SESRIC was represented by Mr. Seyid Tahir MHAMUD, Senior Statistics Officer.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC, in collaboration with the Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye (CBRT), organised a Training Course on “Monetary and Financial Statistics” on 07-08 November 2024.
SESRIC and the Bureau of National Statistics of the Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms of the Republic of Kazakhstan (QAZSTAT) formalized their longstanding partnership by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the sidelines of the 13th Session of the OIC Statistical Commission (OIC-StatCom), which was held on 15-16 October 2024 at SESRIC headquarters in Ankara.
SESRIC participated in the Second Arab Forum for Tourism Statistics, held on 14-16 October 2024 in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman. The event gathered regional and international experts to discuss tourism statistics, with SESRIC presenting its latest findings on Islamic tourism.
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Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC, in collaboration with the Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT), organised a Training Course on “Agriculture Statistics” on 25-26 September 2024.
SESRIC, in collaboration with the International Forum on TOSSD (IFT) Secretariat and the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), organized a Capacity Building Webinar on TOSSD for Middle East and North Africa (MENA) on 10 September 2024.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC, in collaboration with the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat), organised a Training Course on “National Statistical Coordination” with the participation of 87 participants from the National Statistical Offices and other governmental organizations of 30 OIC countries through an online video conferencing platform.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Training Course on “Price Statistics” on 13-14 August 2024 with the participation of 88 experts from the National Statistical Offices and other governmental organizations of 31 OIC countries through an online video conferencing platform.
SESRIC participated in the Training on “The Development of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in the Agricultural Sector of the OIC Countries”, organised by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Gambia in collaboration with and support of the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation of the Organisation of the Islamic Cooperation (COMCEC) on 29 July – 1 August 2024 in Banjul, the Gambia.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC, in collaboration with the Badan Pusat Statistik (BPS - Statistics Indonesia), organised a Training Course on “Social Protection Statistics” on 23-25 July 2024.
SESRIC, the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) held a virtual meeting on 16 July 2024 to discuss organizing a joint workshop on “Energy Statistics, Balance, and Accounts for Informed Energy and Climate Policies”.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Workshop on “Business Demography and Entrepreneurship Statistics” on 16-17 July 2024 with the attendance of 54 participants from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 20 OIC countries. The Workshop was conducted in collaboration with the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC), the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), and the United Nations Statistical Division (UNSD) through an online video conferencing platform.
SESRIC participated in the OIC International Youth Forum on 27-28 June 2024, hosted by the Youth Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan in Samarkand. The forum aimed to provide a platform for exchanging innovative ideas and engaging in meaningful discussions, fostering unity among youth from OIC countries in pursuit of common goals for peace, brotherhood, and progress.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Training Course on “SDG 1 (No Poverty) Indicators” on 25-27 June 2024 with the participation of 14 experts from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) and relevant national authorities of 10 Arabic-speaking countries of the OIC through an online video conferencing platform.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC, in collaboration with the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) of the Arab Republic of Egypt, organised a Training Course on “Population and Housing Censuses” on 11-13 June 2024 with the participation of 23 experts from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 8 Arabic speaking OIC countries through an online video conferencing platform.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC, in collaboration with the Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye (CBRT), organised a Training Course on “Banking, Insurance and Financial Market Statistics” on 10-11 June 2024, in Baku, Republic of Azerbaijan.
SESRIC participated in the Second Inter-Regional Expert Meeting on Measuring South-South Cooperation virtually. The meeting was organized as a hybrid event by the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the UN Regional Commissions for West Asia (ESCWA), Africa (ECA), Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the UN Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC), and the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB).
SESRIC, the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) held a virtual technical meeting to advance the Collaborative on Administrative Data (CAD) initiative. The meeting aimed to establish new priorities for CAD, identifying potential collaborations, and initiate joint efforts to enhance the integration of administrative data into statistical production within the OIC region.
SESRIC participated in the first meetings of the General Assembly and Steering Group of the International Forum on TOSSD (IFT), hosted by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD) in Oslo.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC, in collaboration with the National Health Institute (INSP) of the Ministry of Health of Tunisia, organised a Training Course on “Health Statistics” with the participation of 10 experts from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) and Ministries of Health of 6 French speaking OIC countries through an online video conferencing platform.
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Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC, in collaboration with the Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT), organised a Training Course on “Labour Statistics” on 20-21 May 2024.
On the margins of the High-Level Regional Seminar on Promoting Cancer Awareness and Advocacy Programme in Abuja, H.E. Zehra Zümrüt SELÇUK met with H.E. Prince Adeyemi ADENIRAN, the Statistician General of the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The meeting aimed to strengthen and expand the collaborative efforts between the NBS and SESRIC.
Within the framework of its Webinar Series on Statistical Experience Sharing, SESRIC organized a Webinar on “Monitoring Health for SDGs in the Post-COVID-19 Era” on 30 April 2024. The webinar was conducted in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), World Bank (WB), the BPS Statistics of Indonesia, Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) and Ministry of Health of Türkiye.
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SESRIC and the Agency on Statistics under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to facilitate the collaboration and cooperation between both institutions within the framework of the project titled “Integration of Tobacco Questions for Surveys of Youth (TQS-Youth) into the National Surveys in Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member Countries”. The MoA was signed by H.E. Mrs. Zehra Zümrüt SELÇUK, and H.E. Mr. Nurmahmadzoda JAMSHED, Director of the Agency on Statistics under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC, in collaboration with the Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT), organised a Training Course on “Statistical Business Registers” on 1-2 April 2024 through an online video conferencing platform.
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Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Training Workshop on “SDG 2 (Zero Hunger) Indicators” on 26-27 March 2024 through an online video conferencing platform.
SESRIC participated in the Meeting of the Regional Coordination Group (RCG) on Data and Statistics on 22 March 2024, virtually hosted by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) in Geneva.
SESRIC participated in the Special Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities (CCSA) Meeting on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) monitoring on 22 March 2024, virtually hosted by the United Nations Statistical Division (UNSD) in New York.
SESRIC and the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) held a virtual coordination meeting on 21 March 2024 as a preparatory stage of the Webinar on “Renewable Energy Statistics” which will be organized by SESRIC in collaboration with the IRENA on 28 March 2024.
SESRIC participated in a virtual coordination meeting with the OIC General Secretariat on 13 March 2024. The meeting focused on the preparatory stages for the final report on the implementation of the OIC-2025 Programme of Action (POA).
SESRIC participated in the expert meeting on statistics on children organised by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia on 4–6 March 2024 in Geneva, Switzerland.
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SESRIC and Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) of the Republic of Türkiye signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to formalize their longstanding partnership in order to strengthen national statistical systems of the OIC member countries. The ceremony took place at the SESRIC Headquarters in Ankara, Türkiye.
The SESRIC delegation headed by Dr. Atilla Karaman, Chief of Cabinet and Mr. Onur Cağlar, Director of Statistics and Information Department, participated in the 
SESRIC attended the Meeting of the Interim Governing Body of the International Forum on TOSSD (IFT), which was held on 20 and 22 February 2024, virtually hosted by OECD from Paris. The meeting brought together members of the Forum to review the transition process into the International Forum on TOSSD (IFT), elaborating on the workplan communications and outreach outcomes, insights and revisions in the recipient profiles and TOSSD statistical standard and methodology among others.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC, in collaboration with the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM), organised a Training Course on “Tourism Statistics” with the participation of 48 experts from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) and Ministries of Tourism of 19 countries of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on 21-22 February 2024 through an online video conferencing platform. The course marked the 500th Statistical Activity of SESRIC since 2007, highlighting a significant milestone in SESRIC’s commitment to enhancing statistical capacities across the OIC region.
SESRIC hosted a technical meeting with the OECD Istanbul Centre to explore partnership opportunities in areas of common interest. The meeting took place at SESRIC Headquarters in Ankara, Türkiye, on 20 February 2024.
SESRIC particiapted in the Annual Meeting of the Global Network of Institutions for Statistical Training (GIST) on 12 February 2024, virtually hosted from New York. The meeting brought together GIST members, the Stakeholder Advisory Board, and National Statistical Offices (NSOs) to review the achievements of the past year and to set the strategic directions and priorities for 2024, emphasizing the collective ambition to strengthen global statistical capacities.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Training Course on “SDG 6 (Clean Water and Sanitation) Indicators” with the participation of 97 experts from National Statistical Offices (NSOs) and Ministries responsible for Water of 23 OIC countries on 12-13 February 2024 through an online video conferencing platform.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Training Course on “SDG 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy) Indicators” for the benefit of 28 experts from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 9 Arabic speaking OIC countries on 22-23 January 2024 through an online video conferencing platform.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Training Course on 'Information Society Statistics' for the benefit of National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of the OIC countries on 27-28 December 2023 through an online video conferencing platform.
SESRIC, under its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, conducted a virtual Training Course on ‘SDG 13 (Climate Action) Indicators’ on 19-20 December 2023, in collaboration with the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) and the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO). 35 participants from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) and relevant Ministries of 20 OIC member countries actively participated in the training course.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Training Course on `SDG 9 (Industry, Innovation, Infrastructure) Indicators' for the benefit of 22 experts of National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 9 Arabic speaking OIC countries on 18-19 December 2023 through an online video conferencing platform.
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SESRIC hosted the Workshop on “Supporting Evidence-Based Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Reporting: Data and Statistics Innovations” in collaboration with the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) at SESRIC Headquarters on 6-7 December 2023 in Ankara, Republic of Türkiye. 18 experts from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of selected 6 OIC and other VNR reporting countries participated in the Workshop.
SESRIC took part in the International Expert Roundtable Discussion on the “Preparation of Guiding Document for the Promotion and Implementation of Islamic Values and Ethics to Enhance Women, Children and Family Moral Wellbeing in Member Countries” from 4 to 6 December 2023 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The meeting was organised by the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization of the International Islamic University Malaysia (ISTAC-IIUM) in collaboration with the General Secretariat of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Training Course on ‘Migration and Refugee Statistics’ for the benefit of 43 experts from National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 21 OIC countries on 27-28 November 2023 through an online video conferencing platform.
SESRIC hosted a bilateral discussion with MEDSTAT V (Euro Mediterranean Statistical Cooperation) on possible partnership programmes at its Headquarters in Ankara, Türkiye on 22 November 2023.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Training Course on ' SDG 4 (Quality Education) Indicators' with the attendance of 13 participants from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 9 Arabic speaking OIC countries on 20-22 November 2023 through an online video conferencing platform.
SESRIC participated in the 8th Meeting of the Sub-Group on Gender Statistics Training (SGGST), which was organised by the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific and the United Nations Statistical Institute of Asia and the Pacific (UNSIAP). 
The 10th Meeting of the Technical Committee of the Arab Statistics (ArabStat) Initiative was organised by the Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates) on 8-9 November 2023. The Meeting was attended by the representatives of the National Statistical Offices and financial authorities of the Fund’s member countries and other relevant international organisations. Dr. Atilla KARAMAN, Director of Statistics and Information, represented SESRIC thereat.
SESRIC participated in the First Doha Data Forum for Inclusive Data Ecosystems and Effective Decision Making which was organized under the patronage of H.E. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of State of Qatar, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani and by the Planning and Statistics Authority (PSA) of State of Qatar on 29-30 October 2023 in Doha, Qatar. The Forum was participated by the representatives of ministries, government agencies, universities, research centres of State of Qatar, and international and regional organisations including SESRIC.
SESRIC and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) jointly organised a Session on ‘Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Statistics in OIC Countries’ in OIC countries on 16 October 2023 on the margins of the 8th World Investment Forum (WIF8) held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
The 42nd Session of the Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities (CCSA) was held at the World Health Organisation (WHO) Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland on 12-13 October 2023. Dr. Atilla KARAMAN, Director of Statistics and Information represented the Centre thereat.
SESRIC, in its capacity as the Secretariat of the 
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Training Course on ‘Implementation Framework and Monitoring System for SDG 3 and Other Health Goals in the SDGs’ with the attendance of 10 participants from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 4 French speaking OIC countries on 25-26 September 2023 through an online video conferencing platform.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Training Course on ‘Generic Statistical Business Process Model (GSBPM)’ with the attendance of 30 participants from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 8 French speaking OIC countries on 05-06 September 2023 through an online video conferencing platform.
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Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Training Course on 'Social Protection and SDGs Indicators' for the benefit of National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of French speaking OIC countries on 16-17 August 2023 through an online video conferencing platform with the attendance of 21 participants from 11 member countries.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Training Course on 'Social Protection Statistics' with the attendance of 19 participants from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 10 Arabic speaking OIC countries on 09-10 August 2023 through an online video conferencing platform.
The Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) featured the population characteristics of Türkiye on the occasion of World Population Day, observed annually on 11 July 2023.
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Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme and the UN-OIC Cooperation Matrix for 2022-2024, SESRIC organised a Training Course on ‘International Trade Statistics and Balance of Payments’ in collaboration with the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), and World Trade Organization (WTO) with the attendance of 44 participants from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 16 OIC countries on 20-22 June 2023 through an online video conferencing platform.
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), UN Statistics Division (UNSD), and Arab Institute for Training and Research in Statistics (AITRS) organized the Arab Regional Statistical Conference with the theme “Agility and Resilience of National Statistical Systems” in response to the calls of the 75th Session of the General Assembly and the 15th Session of the ESCWA Statistical Committee. The Conference was held on 13-15 June 2023 in Amman, Jordan.
SESRIC participated in the Capacity Building on Data Collection, Analysis and Reporting in the Agricultural Sector of the OIC Countries, organised by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Gambia in collaboration with and support of the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation of the Organisation of the Islamic Cooperation (COMCEC) on 12-15 June 2023 in Banjul, The Gambia.
Within the framework of the 2020 World Population and Housing Census Programme, SESRIC hosted the Regional Training Workshop on “Transition to Register-Based approaches for Population and Housing Censuses” in collaboration with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), and Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) at SESRIC Headquarters on 12-15 June 2023 in Ankara, Republic of Türkiye. 27 census experts from the National Statistical Offices of 8 OIC member countries participated in the Workshop.
SESRIC participated in the 6th Meeting of the Sub-Group on Gender Statistics Training (SGGST), organised by the United Nations Statistical Institute of Asia and the Pacific (UNSIAP) and the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. The meeting was held on 5 – 7 June 2023 in Chiba, Japan.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme and the UN-OIC Cooperation Matrix for 2022-2024, SESRIC organised a Training Course on ‘Agriculture Statistics and Food Security Analysis’ with the attendance of 52 experts from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 18 OIC countries on 29-30 May 2023 through an online video conferencing platform.
SESRIC and the Institute of Statistics (INSTAT) of the Republic of Albania signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to facilitate the collaboration and cooperation between both institutions within the framework of the project titled “Integration of Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS) into the National Surveys in Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member Countries”.
SESRIC, in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the CDC Foundation, organised the Orientation Workshop on “Tobacco Questions for Surveys of Youth (TQS-Youth)” on 09-10 May 2023 at SESRIC Headquarters in Ankara, Republic of Türkiye. The Workshop was participated by 43 delegates from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs), Ministries of Health, and Ministry of Youth of 18 OIC member countries. The representatives of the CDC, CDC Foundation, World Health Organization (WHO) Türkiye Country Office, and Turkish Green Crescent also participated in the Workshop. The objective of the Workshop was to provide additional information and technical support to the participants in integrating TQS-Youth into the ongoing youth-related national surveys in their respective countries.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Training Course on ‘Transport Statistics’ with the attendance of 38 participants from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 16 OIC countries on 3-4 May 2023 through an online video conferencing platform.
SESRIC participated in the 5th Meeting of the Subgroup on Gender Statistics Training (SGGST) organised in a virtual format by the UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. The purpose of the meeting was to review and approve the updated Terms of Reference (ToR) of the SGGST, as well as to reach consensus on the 2023 priority activities and draft the work plan.
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Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Training Course on ‘SDG 1 (No Poverty) Indicators’ with the attendance of 26 participants from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 16 OIC countries on 17-18 January 2023 through an online video conferencing platform.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Training Course on ‘Government Finance, Fiscal and Public Sector Statistics’ with the attendance of 17 participants from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 9 Arabic speaking OIC countries on 10-12 January 2023 through an online video conferencing platform.
The SESRIC delegation headed by HE Mr. Nebil Dabur, Director General of SESRIC, participated in the 4th Session of the Committee on Technology for Development and 15th Session of the Statistical Committee, organised by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for West Asia (UNESCWA) on 14-17 November 2022 in Beirut, Lebanon. The two Meetings were attended by the representatives of UNESCWA member countries, and regional and international organisations.
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SESRIC participated in the Annual Meeting of 
The Planning and Statistics Authority (PSA) celebrated the Qatar Population Day under the theme "Five Years since the Implementation of Qatar's Second Population Policy 2017-2022” on 25 October 2022.
The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution on 3 June 2010 officially designating 20 October 2010 as the first ever World Statistics Day to raise awareness of the many achievements of official statistics premised on the core value of service, professionalism and integrity. In 2015, the United Nations General Assembly adopted another resolution for the celebration of World Statistics Day on 20 October every five years. Since its inception in 2010, World Statistics Day has been celebrated in Malaysia with various engaging activities involving individuals from all walks of life.
SESRIC, in its capacity as the Secretariat of the 
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Training Course on 'Price Statistics' with the attendance of 57 participants from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 14 Arabic speaking OIC countries on 10-12 October 2022 through an online video conferencing platform.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Training Course on 'Usage of Administrative Registries in Producing Economic Statistics' through an online video conferencing platform with the attendance of 50 participants from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 18 OIC countries on 26-28 September 2022.
SESRIC participated in the Regional Workshop on the “Changing Role of Official Statistics in the State of Qatar: Why Data Culture Matters” organised by the Planning and Statistics Authority (PSA) of Qatar in partnership with Qatar Charity, Qatar Computing Research Institute, and United Nations Economic and Social Commission for West Asia (UNESCWA) on 21-22 September 2022 in Doha, Qatar. The Workshop was attended by representatives of national, regional and international organisations.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Training Course on 'Usage of Administrative Registries in Producing Demographic and Social Statistics' through an online video conferencing platform with the attendance of 85 participants from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 22 OIC countries on 19-25 September 2022.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised an Experience Sharing Programme on ‘Statistical Onboarding and Capacity Building for NSO Officials’ through an online video conferencing platform for the benefit of General Authority of Statistics (GASTAT) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Training Course on ‘International Trade Statistics’ in collaboration with Arab Institute for Training and Research in Statistics (AITRS) through an online video conferencing platform with the attendance of 33 participants from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 14 Arabic speaking OIC countries on 13-15 September 2022 through an online video conferencing platform.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Training Course on 'Sustainable Tourism Indicators' through an online video conferencing platform with the attendance of 49 participants from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 20 OIC countries on 12-14 September 2022.
Within the framework of its 
SESRIC participated in the 8th Session of the ESCAP Committee on Statistics organised in a hybrid format by the Secretariat of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) at the UN Conference Centre in Bangkok, Thailand and online on 23-25 August 2022.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Training Course on ‘Transport Statistics’ through an online video conferencing platform with the attendance of 24 participants from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 9 Arabic speaking OIC countries on 26-28 July 2022.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Training Course on ‘Conducting a Census Based on Administrative Records’ through an online video conferencing platform with the attendance of 105 participants from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 14 OIC countries on 4-5 July 2022.
SESRIC participated in the 6th Meeting of the Heads of ECO National Statistical Offices (NSOs) organised virtually by the Secretariat of the Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO) on 29 June 2022. The meeting was chaired by the Bureau of National Statistics (BNS) of the Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms of the Republic of Kazakhstan with participation from the representatives of the NSOs of 8 ECO member countries and the international organisations, namely SESRIC, UNFPA, and UNICEF.
The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) released the Jerusalem Statistical Yearbook 2022 in Arabic and English on 28 June 2022.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘SDG 4 (Quality Education) Indicators’ through an online video conferencing platform with the attendance of 45 participants from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 11 French speaking OIC countries on 22-23 June 2022.
The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) and the Palestinian Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) issued a joint press release on the Preliminary Results of Palestinian Agriculture Census 2021 on 16 June 2022.
Within the framework of its 
Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) has launched the ‘Dashboard Kawasanku’ for evidence-based decision-making on 15 June 2022. The new platform among others developed by DOSM will serve the increasing demand for information by data users.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Big Data Applications on Price Intelligence’ in collaboration with the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) and the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) through an online video conferencing platform on 14-16 June 2022.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘SDG 5 (Gender Equality) Indicators’ through an online video conferencing platform with the attendance of 29 participants from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 14 OIC countries on 7-8 June 2022.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Tourism Statistics’ through an online video conferencing platform with the attendance of 17 participants from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 4 French-speaking OIC countries on 6-8 June 2022.
SESRIC, in its capacity as the Secretariat of 
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘SDG 2 (Zero Hunger) Indicators’ through an online video conferencing platform with the attendance of 22 participants from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 11 OIC countries on 25-26 May 2022.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Survey Methods and Sampling’ through an online video conferencing platform with the attendance of 74 participants from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 22 OIC countries on 23-26 May 2022.
SESRIC and Bureau of Statistics of Guyana signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to facilitate collaboration and cooperation between both institutions within the framework of the project titled “Integration of the Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS) into the National Surveys in Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member Countries”. The MoA was signed on 11 April 2022 by HE. Mr. Nebil DABUR, Director General of SESRIC, and HE. Mr. Errol LaCRUEZ, Chief Statistician of Bureau of Statistics of Guyana.
SESRIC organised a Technical Consultation on “2021 Smoking and Tobacco Consumption Survey conducted by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS)” on 31 March 2022. The Technical Consultation was organised for the benefit of PCBS in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), CDC Foundation, World Health Organization (WHO), and Ministry of Health of Palestine within the framework of ‘Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS) Integration Project’ through a video conferencing platform.
Within the framework of its Webinar Series on Statistical Experience Sharing, SESRIC organised a Webinar on ‘Use of Business Registers for Business Demography and Entrepreneurship Statistics’ on 28 March 2022 in collaboration with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) with the participation of 61 official statisticians from the NSOs of 24 OIC countries.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised an Online Training Course on ‘SDG 13 (Climate Action) Indicators’ with the attendance of 11 participants from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 6 OIC countries on 14-16 March 2022.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised an Online Training Course on ‘Government Finance, Fiscal and Public Sector Statistics’ with the attendance of 27 participants from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 13 OIC countries and the OIC General Secretariat on 7-8 March 2022.
H.E. Mr. Faisal bin Fadhil Alibrahim, Minister of Economy and Planning of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) announced that Saudi Arabia’s upcoming fifth housing and population census to commence on 9 May 2022.
The delegation of SESRIC headed by HE Mr. Nebil Dabur, Director General, and composed of Mr. Fadi Farasin, Assistant Director General; and Dr. Atilla Karaman, Director of Statistics and Information Department, participated in the 
In its capacity as the Secretariat of the OIC Statistical Commission (OIC-StatCom), SESRIC organised, through a video-conferencing platform, the Follow-up Meeting of the 10th Session of the OIC-StatCom on 17 February 2022 as a side event of the 53rd Session of the United Nations Statistical Commission. In addition to the representatives of the OIC General Secretariat and Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), 40 delegates from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 26 OIC member countries attended the meeting.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised an Online Training Course on ‘Labour Cost Statistics’ with the attendance of 13 participants from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 7 OIC countries on 15-16 February 2022.
HE Dato’ Sri Ismail Sabri bin Yaakob, Prime Minister of Malaysia, has officiated the Launching of Key Findings of the Population and Housing Census of Malaysia 2020 (MyCensus 2020) Report at the Management & Science University (MSU) in Shah Alam on 14 February 2022.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised an Online Training Course on ‘Culture Statistics’ with the attendance of 10 participants from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 7 OIC countries on 07 – 09 February 2022.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC will organise an Online Training Course on ‘SDG 1 (No Poverty) Indicators’ for the benefit of General Directorate of Statistics (DGS) and other National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of OIC countries on 19-21 January 2022.
SESRIC participated as a panellist in the Webinar on “Statistical Treatment of Islamic Finance in the National and International Accounts” organised virtually by United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UNESCWA) in coordination with the Joint Task Team on Islamic Finance (IFTT) and United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) on 16 December 2021.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised an Online Training Course on ‘Industrial Production Index’ with the attendance of 45 participants from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 14 OIC countries on 15 December 2021.
SESRIC, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Office on Smoking and Health, and CDC Foundation launched the Report on ‘Implementation of the Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS) in Selected OIC Member Countries: Evidence for Action’ on 8 December 2021.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised an Online Training Course on ‘Use of New Technologies in Statistical Surveys: New Collection Approach and Collaborative Management Technology’ with the participation of 27 attendees from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 8 OIC countries on 29-30 November 2021.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised an Online Training Course on ‘SDG 8.9 (Sustainable Tourism) Indicators’ with the participation of 15 attendees from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 7 OIC countries on 16-18 November 2021.
Within the framework of its Webinar Series on Statistical Experience Sharing, SESRIC organised a Webinar on ‘Energy Statistics for the SDG 7 Indicators’ on 09 November 2021 in collaboration with the International Energy Agency (IEA) with the participation of 43 attendees from the NSOs of 16 OIC countries as well as the Statistical Centre for the Cooperation Council for the Arab Countries of the Gulf (GCC-Stat).
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Study Visit on Population and Housing Census with the participation of 2 officials from the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) on 8 November 2021.
SESRIC and National Institute of Statistics (INS) of Republic of Niger signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to facilitate collaboration and cooperation between both institutions within the framework of the project titled “Integration of Tobacco Questions for Surveys of Youth (TQS-Youth) into the National Surveys in Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member Countries”. The MoA was signed by HE. Mr. Nebil DABUR, Director General of SESRIC and HE. Mr. Idrissa ALICHINA KOURGUENI, Director General of INS of Republic of Niger on 4 November 2021.
SESRIC participated in the Symposium on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Statistics and Development Impact as a panellist on 19 October 2021 in the margins of the 7th World Investment Forum organised by UNCTAD.
SESRIC organised a Virtual Training Workshop on ‘Compilation and Analysis of National Food Balance Sheets in OIC Countries’ in collaboration with the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (COMCEC) and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on 18-20 October 2021.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme and the OIC Vocational Education and Training (OIC-VET) Programme, SESRIC organised an Online Experience Sharing Programme on Vocational Qualifications System with the participation of 6 officials from the General Authority of Statistics (GASTAT) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
In its capacity as the Secretariat of the 
SESRIC participated in the Consultative Group of Experts (CGE) Regional Webinar on “Embedding Climate Reporting in National Statistics” for the Africa and the Eastern Europe regions organised virtually by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) on 30 September 2021. SESRIC made a presentation on its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme with a focus on its statistical capacity development activities related to SDG 13 (Climate Action) indicators during the Webinar.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised an Online Training Course on 'Price Statistics' with the participation of 67 attendees from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 19 OIC countries on 20-22 September 2021.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised an Online Training Course on ‘Labour Supply, Demand and Productivity Statistics’ with the participation of 12 attendees from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 6 OIC countries on 13-15 September 2021.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised an Online Training Course on 'Social Protection Statistics' with the participation of 24 attendees from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) and Ministries of Health of 3 OIC countries on 13-17 September 2021.
SESRIC and Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to facilitate collaboration and cooperation between both institutions within the framework of the project titled “Integration of the Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS) into the National Surveys in Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member Countries”. The MoA was signed on 19 August 2021 by HE. Mr. Nebil DABUR, Director General of SESRIC, and HE. Dr. Ola AWAD, President of PCBS.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised an Online Training Course on ‘Banking, Insurance and Financial Statistics’ with the participation of 34 attendees from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 11 OIC countries on 17-19 August 2021.
SESRIC and National Institute of Statistics (INSTAT) of Republic of Mali signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to facilitate collaboration and cooperation between both institutions within the framework of the project titled “Integration of Tobacco Questions for Surveys of Youth (TQS-Youth) into the National Surveys in Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member Countries”. The MoA was signed by HE. Mr. Nebil DABUR, Director General of SESRIC and HE. Dr. Arouna SOUGANE, Director General of INSTAT of Republic of Mali on 8 July 2021.
Within the framework of its Webinar Series on Statistical Experience Sharing, SESRIC organised a webinar on ‘Remote Data Collection Methods to Overcome the Challenges Faced by the NSOs During the COVID-19 Pandemic’ in collaboration with National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of Indonesia, Malaysia, Palestine, Senegal, and Turkey on 6 July 2021 with the participation of 57 attendees from the NSOs of 17 OIC countries.
SESRIC, in collaboration with the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), organised a Workshop on ‘Use of Administrative Registers for Population and Housing Censuses’ on 29-30 June 2021 through a video conferencing platform with the participation of 126 attendees from the NSOs of 32 OIC member countries and representatives of United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and US Census Bureau.
Within the framework of its Webinar Series on Statistical Experience Sharing, SESRIC organised a Webinar on ‘Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Statistics in OIC Countries’ on 28 June 2021 in collaboration with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) with the participation of 81 official statisticians working in National Statistical Offices (NSOs) and Central Banks of 32 OIC countries as well as the representatives of the Statistical Centre for the Cooperation Council for the Arab Countries of the Gulf (GCC-Stat).
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised an Online Training Course on 'SDG 13 (Climate Action) Indicators' with the participation of 41 attendees from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 10 OIC countries on 22-25 June 2021.
SESRIC, in its capacity as the Secretariat of OIC Statistical Commission (OIC-StatCom), organised a Workshop on ‘Coordination within the National Statistical Systems (NSSs)’ in collaboration with the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) – with additional contributions of Partnership in Statistics for Development in the 21st Century (PARIS21), United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UNESCWA), and United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) – on 15-17 June 2021 through a video conferencing platform with the participation of 84 attendees for the NSOs of 31 OIC countries and 5 international organisations.
Within the framework of its Webinar Series on Statistical Experience Sharing, SESRIC organised a webinar on ‘Big Data Applications and Utilising Non-Traditional Data Sources and Methods for Official Statistics’ in collaboration with National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of Indonesia, Jordan, Malaysia, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and the Statistics Division of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UNESCWA) on 10 June 2021 with the participation of 60 attendees from the NSOs of 17 OIC countries and 2 international organisations.
Within the framework of its Webinar Series on Statistical Experience Sharing, SESRIC organised a webinar on ‘Motor Vehicles, Traffic Volume and Road Traffic Accidents Statistics’ on 3 June 2021 with the participation of 30 attendees from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 21 OIC member countries.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised an Online Training Course on 'SDG 3 (Good Health and Well-Being) Indicators' with the participation of 30 attendees from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 7 OIC countries on 01-04 June 2021.
Within the framework of its Webinar Series on Statistical Experience Sharing, SESRIC organised a webinar on ‘Measurement Methods for SDG 11 and the New Urban Agenda (NUA) in the OIC Countries’ on 31 May 2021 in collaboration with the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) and United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UNESCWA) with the participation of 47 attendees from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 18 OIC member countries.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised an Online Training Course on ‘SDG 1 (No Poverty) Indicators’ with the participation of 12 attendees from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 7 OIC countries on 25-27 May 2021.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised an Online Training Course on ‘Information Society Statistics’ with the participation of 30 attendees from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 10 OIC countries on 24-25 and 27 May 2021.
Within the framework of its Webinar Series on Statistical Experience Sharing, SESRIC organised a webinar on ‘International Trade in Services Statistics’ on 13 April 2021 with the participation of 28 attendees from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 13 OIC member countries.
Within the framework of its Webinar Series on Statistical Experience Sharing, SESRIC organised a webinar on ‘International Trade in Goods Statistics’ on 6 April 2021 with the participation of 28 attendees from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 15 OIC member countries.
SESRIC in collaboration with Islamic Centre for Development of Trade (ICDT) and Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group organised the “Virtual Training Workshop on Data Collection and Analysis of Trade-in-Services among the OIC Member States” on 23-25 March 2021. Around 200 participants from the National Statistical Offices, Central Banks, and Ministries of Trade of 36 OIC Member Countries as well as representatives of international organisations including Islamic Organisation for Food Security (IOFS), International Trade Centre (ITC), United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), and World Trade Organisation (WTO) attended the workshop.
Within the framework of its Webinar Series on Statistical Experience Sharing, SESRIC organised a webinar on ‘SDG 9 Indicators’ on 18 March 2021 with the participation of 43 attendees from 18 OIC member countries, namely Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Benin, Egypt, Guyana, Indonesia, Jordan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Mozambique, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Suriname and Turkey.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised an Online Training Course on ‘Gender and Special Population Groups Statistics’ with the participation of 9 attendees from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 2 OIC countries on 18-19 March 2021.
Within the framework of its Webinar Series on Statistical Experience Sharing, SESRIC organised a webinar on ‘SDG 6 Indicators’ on 17 March 2021 with the participation of 37 attendees from 19 OIC member countries, namely Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Benin, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Jordan, Malaysia, Morocco, Mozambique, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Somalia, Sudan, Suriname, Turkey, UAE, and Yemen.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised an Online Training Course on ‘Transport Statistics’ with the participation of 52 attendees from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) and Ministries of Transport of 8 OIC countries on 15-18 March 2021.
The delegation of SESRIC headed by HE Mr. Nebil Dabur, Director General, and composed of Mr. Fadi Farasin, Assistant Director General; Dr. Atilla Karaman, Director of Statistics and Information Department; and Ms. Nenden Octavarulia Shanty, Researcher, participated in the 
In its capacity as the 
Within its recently initiated Webinar Series on Statistical Experience Sharing, SESRIC organised a webinar on “Tourism Statistics” on 24 February 2021 with the participation of 70 attendees from 17 OIC member countries, namely Albania, Algeria, Bangladesh, Benin, Brunei, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Mozambique, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Suriname, Togo, and Uzbekistan.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised an Online Training Course on ‘Statistical Data Analysis’ with the participation of 44 attendees from the Regional Educational Centre of the Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO) in Chad and National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 5 OIC countries on 17-19 February 2021. The training course was provided by an expert from the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) for the benefit of 27 educational mentors and Arab school principals in Chad and additionally attended by 17 experts from the NSOs of five OIC countries; namely, Iraq, Jordan, Qatar, Tunisia, and UAE.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised an Online Training Course on ‘International Trade Statistics and Balance of Payments’ with the participation of 23 attendees from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) and relevant Ministries of 6 OIC countries on 08-11 February 2021.
Within its recently initiated Webinar Series on Statistical Experience Sharing, SESRIC organised a webinar on 'Innovation Statistics' on 21 January 2021 in collaboration with the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) with the participation of 56 attendees from 21 OIC member countries (Algeria, Azerbaijan, Burkina Faso, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Mozambique, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Suriname, Togo, Turkey, UAE, Uganda, and Uzbekistan).
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised an Online Training Course on ‘Tourism Statistics’ with the participation of 17 attendees from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 7 OIC countries on 18-21 January 2021.
In conjunction with the Malaysia Population & Housing Census 2020, the Department of Statistics, Malaysia (DOSM) is organising the MyCensus World Stats Run Virtual Edition 2021. The inaugural virtual run was officiated by Dato’ Sri Dr. Mohd Uzir Mahidin, Chief Statistician Malaysia on 31 December 2020. The running period is take place from 16 January – 15 February 2021.
Within its recently initiated Webinar Series on Statistical Experience Sharing, SESRIC organised a webinar on ‘Research and Experimental Development (R&D) Statistics’ on 7 January 2021 in collaboration with the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat), with the participation of 71 attendees from 17 OIC member countries (Afghanistan, Albania, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea, Indonesia, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Mozambique, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, UAE, and Uganda).
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised an Online Training Course on ‘SDG 3 Indicators’ for the benefit of the Gambia Bureau of Statistics (GBOS) on 28-30 December 2020.
Within its recently initiated Webinar Series on Statistical Experience Sharing, SESRIC organised its fifth webinar on “Survey on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Usage in Enterprises” on 17 December 2020 in collaboration with the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) with the participation of 35 attendees from 17 OIC member countries (Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Brunei, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Morocco, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Suriname, Tunisia, Turkey, and Uzbekistan).
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised an Online Training Course on ‘Tourism Statistics’ for the benefit of the Central Statistical Organization (CSO) of Iraq on 13-15 December 2020. 34 experts from the NSOs of 11 OIC countries in the OIC-Arab group including Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen participated in the online training course.
Within its recently initiated Webinar Series on Statistical Experience Sharing, SESRIC organised its fourth webinar titled “Survey on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Usage in Households and Individuals” on 10 December 2020 in collaboration with the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) with the participation of 34 attendees from 17 OIC member countries (Afghanistan, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Egypt, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Mozambique, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Togo, Turkey, and Uzbekistan).
Within its recently initiated Webinar Series on Statistical Experience Sharing, SESRIC organised its third webinar titled “Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS) and Tobacco Questions for Surveys of Youth (TQS-Youth)” on 9 December 2020 in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and CDC Foundation with the participation of 47 attendees from 19 OIC member countries (Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Benin, Egypt, Gabon, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Togo, Turkey, and UAE).
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised on 8-9 December 2020 an Online Training Course on ‘Living Conditions and Poverty Statistics’ for the benefit of the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS).
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised an online training course on ‘SDG 5 Indicators’ for the benefit of the Central Statistical Bureau (CSB) of Kuwait on 08-10 December 2020.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised an online training course on ‘Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Statistics’ for the benefit of the National Institute of Statistics (INS) of Cote d'Ivoire on 30 November – 04 December 2020.
Within its recently initiated Webinar Series on Statistical Experience Sharing, SESRIC organised its second webinar titled “Enhancing Food Security in OIC Countries: An Overview of the Food Balance Sheets” on 24 November 2020 in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) with the participation of 44 attendees from 19 OIC member countries (Azerbaijan, Brunei, Egypt, Gabon, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Morocco, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Suriname, Turkey, UAE, Uzbekistan, and Yemen) and two international organisations (Islamic Organization for Food Security (IOFS) and Economic Cooperation Organization Regional Coordination Centre for Food Security (ECO-RCC)).
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised an online training course on ‘Banking, Insurance and Financial Statistics’ for the benefit of the Department of Economic Planning and Statistics (JPES) under the Ministry of Finance and Economy of Brunei on 17-19 November 2020.
Within its recently initiated Webinar Series on Statistical Experience Sharing, SESRIC organised its first webinar titled “Collection & Dissemination of SDGs Indicators: Experience of Uzbekistan” on 12 November 2020 in collaboration with the State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Statistics (UzStat) with the participation of representatives of the National Statistical Offices of Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised an Online Training Course on ‘SDG 13 (Climate Action) Indicators’ on 19-22 October 2020 for the benefit of the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) of Egypt. Besides Egypt, experts from the NSOs of 6 OIC countries including Algeria, Iraq, Morocco, Oman, Palestine and UAE took part in the online training course.
SESRIC, in its capacity as the Secretariat of the OIC Statistical Commission (OIC-StatCom), organised the 9th Session of the OIC-StatCom on 28 September – 1 October 2020 in collaboration with Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group through a video-conferencing platform due to the current COVID-19 outbreak. 95 participants from NSOs of 39 OIC countries joined the 9th Session of OIC-StatCom. Representatives of 9 international and regional organizations, namely Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) General Secretariat, Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group, Islamic Organisation for Food Security (IOFS), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative (OPHI), Partnership in Statistics for Development in the 21st Century (PARIS21), Statistical Centre for the Cooperation Council for the Arab Countries of the Gulf (GCC-Stat), United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UNESCWA), and United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) also attended and participated in the Session.
SESRIC participated in the Virtual Meeting of the Subgroup on Gender Statistics Training (SGGST) organised by the UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific on 22 September 2020. Representatives from BPS-Statistics Indonesia, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS), School of Data Kyrgyzstan, Hongkong Baptist University, Philipine Statistical Research and Training Institute (PSRTI), UN Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific (SIAP), and UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) also took part in the said virtual meeting.
SESRIC participated in the series of Virtual Meetings of the UN Global Network of Institutions for Statistical Training (GIST) Task Team on ‘Adressing NSO Needs’ held between 30 April – 12 August 2020. The African Institute for Economic Development and Planning (IDEP), International Labour Organization (ILO), International Statistical Institute (ISI), United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), SESRIC, Statistics Norway, University of Queensland-Australia, and U.S. Census Bureau took part in the virtual meetings.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised an Online Consultative Meeting on SDG 4 Quality Education Indicators for the benefit of the Planning and Statistics Authority (PSA) of Qatar on 27-29 July 2020.
Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised on 21-24 July 2020 an Online Training Course on ‘Transport Statistics’ for the benefit of the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Analysis (INSAE) of Benin.
SESRIC will participate in the Regional Training of Trainers on the Curriculum on Gender Statistics for Monitoring the SDGs that will be organised by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), United Nations Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific (SIAP) and United Nations for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women). The training of trainers is scheduled to take place on 11-15 May 2020 in Chiba, Japan.
SESRIC participated in two extraordinary sessions of the Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities (CCSA) held virtually on 4 May and 18 June 2020. Dr. Atilla Karaman, Director of Statistics and Information of SESRIC, and Ms. Nenden Octavarulia Shanty, Researcher, represented SESRIC in the sessions.
SESRIC, in its capacity as the 
The delegation of SESRIC headed by HE Mr. Nebil Dabur, Director General, and composed of Dr. Atilla Karaman, Director of Statistics and Information Department, and Ms. Nenden Octavarulia Shanty, Researcher, participated in the 
SESRIC participated in the 3rd Meeting of the Subgroup on Gender Statistics Training (SGGST) organised by the UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific on 4-6 December 2019 in Tokyo, Japan.
The Regional Workshop on Modernisation of Official Statistics was organized by the Planning and Statistics Authority of Qatar (PSA) on 4-5 November 2019 in Doha, State of Qatar.
In its capacity as the Secretariat of the OIC Statistical Commission (OIC-StatCom), SESRIC, in collaboration with Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group, organised the 8th Session of the OIC-StatCom at its Headquarters in Ankara on 23-25 October 2019.
SESRIC participated in the 1st Meeting of the OIC-COMCEC Central Banks Forum hosted by the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey on 22-24 September 2019 in Bodrum, Turkey. High-level officials, including Governors from the Central Banks and Monetary Authorities of 18 OIC countries also participated in the Meeting.
HE Mr. Nebil Dabur, Director General of SESRIC, participated in the 62nd International Statistical Institute World Statistics Congress (ISI WSC) 2019 organized by the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM), Bank Negara Malaysia BNM) and Malaysia Institute of Statistics (ISM) on 18-23 August 2019 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
SESRIC organised a Study Visit on “Education Statistics” on 24-25 July 2019 in Ankara, Turkey within the framework of OIC Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme.
SESRIC organised a Study Visit on ‘IT Security in National Statistical Office Setting’ on 22-25 July 2019 in Ankara, Turkey within the framework of OIC Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme.
SESRIC participated in the Second Meeting of the Subgroup on Gender Statistics Training (SGGST) organised by the UN Women’s Regional Office for Asia on 15-17 July 2019 in Bangkok, Thailand.
SESRIC organised a Statistics Course on ‘Science, Technology and Innovation Statistics’ on 13-15 May 2019 at the BPS-Statistics Indonesia within the framework of OIC Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme.
SESRIC participated in the International Workshop on “Water and Energy Nexus in Central Asia and the Caucasus” organised by Cappadocia University in Nevşehir, Turkey on 02-03 May 2019.
SESRIC participated in the Eighth Meeting of the Forum of Euro-Mediterranean Statisticians on 29-30 April 2019 in Barcelona, Spain.
SESRIC organised a Statistics Course on ‘Living Conditions, Poverty and Cross-Cutting Social Issues’ on 28-30 April 2019 at the Planning and Statistics Authority (PSA) of Qatar within the framework of OIC Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme.
SESRIC organised a Technical Mission on 'Government Finance Statistics' on 22-24 April 2019 at the Department of Economic Planning and Development (JPKE) of Brunei within the framework of OIC Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme.
SESRIC participated in the international conference on “Migration and Education” organised by the Ministry of National Education of the Republic of Turkey on 18-19 April 2019 in Istanbul, Turkey.
SESRIC organised a Study Visit on ‘Consumer Price Index’ for the benefit of a delegate from the Department of Statistics (DoS) of Jordan on 16-18 April 2019 in Cairo, Arab Republic of Egypt.
SESRIC organised a Statistics Course on 'Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Statistics' on 11-12 April 2019 at the State Statistical Committee (SSC) of the Republic of Azerbaijan within the framework of OIC Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme.
SESRIC organised a Statistics Course on 'Household Surveys' on 10-12 April 2019 at the Committee on Statistics of the Ministry of National Economics of Kazakhstan within the framework of OIC Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme.
SESRIC organised a Statistics Course on ‘Methodologies and Best International Practices for Conducting Household Expenditure Survey’ on 8-10 April 2019 at the Department of Economic Planning and Development (JPKE) of Brunei within the framework of OIC Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme.
SESRIC organised a Study Visit on ‘Living Conditions, Poverty and Cross-Cutting Social Issues’ on 2-3 April 2019 in Niamey, Niger for the benefit of two delegates from the National Institute of Statistics, Economic and Demographic Studies (INSEED) of Chad.
SESRIC organised a Study Visit on ‘Mortality Statistics’ for the benefit of two delegates from the State Statistical Committee (SSC) of the Republic of Azerbaijan on 27-29 March 2019 in Ankara, Republic of Turkey.
SESRIC organised a Professional Skills for Official Statisticians Course on ‘Effective Written Communication Techniques’ on 18-19 March 2019 at the Institute of Statistics (INSTAT) of the Republic of Albania within the framework of OIC Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme.
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) and United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) jointly organised the ‘Regional Workshop on the 2020 World Programme on Population and Housing Censuses: International Standards and Contemporary Technologies’ on 12-15 March 2019 at SESRIC Headquarters in Ankara, Turkey.
SESRIC, in its capacity as the Secretariat of the OIC Statistical Commission (OIC-StatCom), organised the Meeting with the Delegates of National Statistical Offices of OIC Member Countries on 7 March 2019 as a side event meeting of the 50th Session of the United Nations Statistical Commission in New York, USA. Thirty-one delegates from 19 OIC member countries including Albania, Algeria, Burkina Faso, Egypt, Gambia, Guyana, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mali, Mozambique, Oman, Palestine, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Suriname, Tunisia, Uganda and UAE, as well as two international organisations including United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) and United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UNESCWA) attended the meeting.
The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) has been ranked the fourth among 16 countries in Western Asia and the Middle East in openness of official statistics, according to a statement released by the PCBS this Tuesday.
HE Amb. Musa Kulaklıkaya, Director General of SESRIC participated as a panellist in the side event on Total Official Support for Sustainable Development (TOSSD) organised by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on 5 March 2019 on the margins of 50th Session of the UN Statistical Commission in New York.
In accordance with its 2018 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Statistics Course on ‘Sustainable Development Statistics’ at the Directorate of National Statistics (DNS), Ministry of Planning, Investment and Economic Development of Somalia on 4-6 March 2019, with the participation of 42 officials of DNS of Somalia.
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) and the General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia signed today a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen the collaboration in the field of official statistics.
SESRIC organized a Study Visit on ‘Classifications’ for the benefit of two delegates from the Directorate of National Statistics (DNS) under the Ministry of Planning, Investment and Economic Development of the Federal Republic of Somalia. The visit took place on 26-27 February 2019 in Serrekunda, Republic of The Gambia, and hosted by the Gambia Bureau of Statistics (GBOS).
SESRIC hosted the Third Global Meeting of the Expert Group on Refugee and Internally Displaced Persons Statistics (EGRIS) at its Headquarters in Ankara, Turkey between 12 and 14 February 2019. Eighty-one officials from EGRIS members, including representatives of national statistical offices and other relevant governmental bodies from 19 OIC member countries, along with experts from 15 non-OIC countries, and 17 different regional and international organisations attended the meeting. A meeting on Stateless Persons Statistics was also hosted on 15 February 2019 as well as the 10th Regional Workshop on the Experiences and Tools under MED-HIMS (Households International Migration Surveys in the Mediterranean countries - a programme initiated by European Union) took place between 14 and 16 February 2019 at SESRIC Headquarters.
In accordance with its 2018 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Statistics Course on ‘Living Conditions, Poverty and Cross-Cutting Social Issues’ at the State Statistical Committee (SSC) of the Republic of Azerbaijan on 04-06 February 2019.
The Seventh Meeting of the Total Official Support for Sustainable Development (TOSSD) Task Force was organised by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) between 30 January and 01 February 2019 in Paris, France. H.E. Amb. Musa Kulaklıkaya, Director General of SESRIC and Dr. Atilla Karaman, Acting Director of Statistics and Information Department of SESRIC, attended to the meeting on behalf of the Centre.
SESRIC participated in the First Meeting of the Subgroup on Gender Statistics Training organised by the UN Women’s Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific on 16-18 January 2019 in Bangkok, Thailand.
In accordance with its 2018 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Statistics Course on ‘Education Statistics’ at the Gambia Bureau of Statistics (GBoS) on 7-9 January 2019.
Within the framework of the OIC Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Technical Mission on ‘Sustainable Development Statistics’ on 24-26 December 2018 at the Agency on Statistics under President of the Republic of Tajikistan, which is the central statistical office of the country.
SESRIC organised a Study Visit on ‘Metadata’ on 12-13 December 2018 in Astana, Republic of Kazakhstan within the framework of OIC Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The Committee on Statistics under the Ministry of National Economy of Kazakhstan hosted the study visit for the benefit of two delegates from the Agency on Statistics under President of the Republic of Tajikistan.
SESRIC organised a Technical Mission on ‘Community Outreach through Social Media for National Statistics Offices’ on 11-12 December 2018 to the Department of Economic Planning and Development (JPKE) of Brunei Darussalam within the framework of OIC Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme.
SESRIC organised a Statistics Course on ‘Price Statistics' on 10-12 December 2018 at the Ministry of Development Planning & Statistics (MDPS) of State of Qatar within the framework of OIC Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme.
SESRIC organised a Statistics Course on ‘Environment Statistics' on 10-12 December 2018 at the State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan (SSC) within the framework of OIC Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme.
SESRIC will participate in two side events, in conjunction with the 33rd Council Meeting of the Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB), which will be held in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on 5 December 2018, hosted by the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB).
In accordance with its 2018 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Statistics Course on ‘Tourism Statistics’ at the Department of Economic Planning and Development (JPKE) of Brunei Darussalam on 4-6 December 2018.
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) launched the 2018 Edition of its Statistical Yearbook (SYB) on OIC Member Countries at the Fourth Session of the Annual Coordination Meeting of OIC Institutions (ACMOI) on 3 December 2018 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
SESRIC organised a Statistics Course on ‘Manufacturing and Construction Statistics’ on 3-4 December 2018 at the Ministry of Development Planning & Statistics (MDPS) of State of Qatar within the framework of OIC Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme.
SESRIC organised a Study Visit on ‘Justice and Crime Statistics’ on 28-30 November 2018 in Baku, Republic of Azerbaijan within the framework of OIC Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The State Statistical Committee (SSC) of the Republic of Azerbaijan hosted the study visit for the benefit of two delegates from the Committee on Statistics under the Ministry of National Economy of Kazakhstan.
In accordance with its 2018 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Statistics Course on ‘Human Settlements and Housing Statistics’ on 27-29 November 2018 at the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Analysis (INSAE) of Republic of Benin.
SESRIC organised a Statistics Course on ‘Statistical Marketing and Dealing with the Social Media’ on 26-28 November 2018 at the Central Statistical Bureau (CSB) of State of Kuwait within the framework of OIC Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme.
SESRIC organised a Statistics Course on ‘Sustainable Development Statistics’ on 26-28 November 2018 at the State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan (SSC) within the framework of OIC Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme.
SESRIC organised a Statistics Course on ‘Banking, Insurance and Financial Statistics’ on 26-28 November 2018 at the Department of Statistics (DOS) of Jordan within the framework of OIC Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme.
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) and the Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB) signed today a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to reinforce the collaboration on the field of Islamic finance statistics.
SESRIC has become a formal member of the Subgroup on Gender Statistics Training (SGGST) of the Network for the Coordination of Statistical Training in Asia and the Pacific coordinated by the UN Women (the secretariat of the subgroup) and the Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific (SIAP) (the secretariat of the Network) on 15 November 2018.
SESRIC organised the Study Visit on ‘Income and Consumption Statistics’ on 13-15 November 2018 in Cairo, Egypt within the framework of OIC Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) of Egypt hosted the study visit for the benefit of one delegate from General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) of Saudi Arabia.
SESRIC organised a Statistics Course on ‘Statistical Marketing and Dealing with the Social Media’ on 26-28 November 2018 at the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) of Sudan within the framework of OIC Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme.
SESRIC organised a Study Visit on 'Community Outreach through Social Media for National Statistics Offices' on 12-14 November 2018 in Putrajaya, Malaysia within the framework of OIC Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The Department of Statistics (DoS) of Malaysia hosted the study visit for the benefit of two delegates from the Central Statistical Organization (CSO) of the Republic of Iraq.
SESRIC organised a Study Visit on 'Education Statistics' on 12-14 November 2018 in Kampala, Uganda within the framework of OIC Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) hosted the study visit for the benefit of three delegates from the Office for National Statistics (INE) of Mozambique.
In accordance with its 2018 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Statistics Course on ‘Statistical Records of Economic Establishments’ at the Central Statistical Organization (CSO) of Republic of Iraq on 12-14 November 2018.
SESRIC, in collaboration with the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and CDC Foundation organised the Workshop on ‘Transforming Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS) Data to Action’ on 12-15 November 2018 in Ankara, Republic of Turkey.
SESRIC attended the Sixth Meeting of the Total Official Support for Sustainable Development (TOSSD) Task Force which was organized by the Development Co-operation Directorate (DCD) of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in collaboration with the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) on 5-8 November 2018 in Stockholm, Sweden.
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC), Statistics Division of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), and United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) jointly organized the Workshop on ‘Islamic Finance in the National Accounts’ between 31 October and 02 November 2018 in Ankara, Turkey. The workshop was hosted by SESRIC at its Headquarters in Ankara and was attended by experts who are directly involved in the compilation of Islamic finance statistics for the national accounts in their countries.
SESRIC organised the Study Visit on ‘Labour Statistics’ on 31 October - 02 November 2018 in Cairo, Egypt within the framework of OIC Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) of Egypt hosted the study visit with the participation of two statisticians from Libyan Bureau of Statistics and Census (LBSC).
In accordance with its 2018 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Technical Mission on ‘Business Censuses and Registers’ to the Department of Economic Planning and Development (JPKE) of Brunei Darussalam on 29-31 October 2018.
In accordance with its 2018 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Statistics Course on ‘Economic Accounts’ at the Department of Statistics (DoS) of Malaysia on 23-25 October 2018.
In accordance with its 2018 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Technical Mission on ‘Tourism Statistics’ to the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) on 22-24 October 2018.
In accordance with its 2018 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Statistics Course on ‘Business Statistics’ at the Directorate of National Statistics (DNS), Ministry of Planning, Investment and Economic Development of Somalia on 22-24 October 2018.
SESRIC participated in the special session on “Capacity development - Coordination, harmonisation and innovative approaches to capacity building from a partner and a donor perspective” as one of the panelists on 22 October 2018 in Dubai, UAE. The panel was organised under the main theme “New approaches to capacity development for better data: Supporting broad data ecosystems in countries” allocated within the programme of United Nations World Data Forum 2018.
SESRIC organized a Study Visit on ‘International Trade and Balance of Payments' on 17-19 October 2018 in Baku Republic of Azerbaijan within the framework of OIC Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan hosted the study visit for the benefit of two delegates from the Agency on Statistics under President of the Republic of Tajikistan.
The International Labour Organization (ILO), a specialized agency of the United Nations, organized the 20th International Conference of Labour Statisticians (ICLS) on 10 - 19 October 2018 at the ILO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.
The Central Bank of Republic of Turkey (CBRT) organised a Statistical Seminar on “Survey Design and Implementation” on 8 - 12 October 2018 in Istanbul.
SESRIC organised a Study Visit on ‘Income and Consumption Statistics’ on 8-10 October 2018 in Tunis, Tunisia within the framework of OIC Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. National Institute of Statistics (INS) of Tunisia hosted the study visit with the participation of two statisticians from Department of Statistics (DOS) of Jordan.
SESRIC organised the Study Visit on ‘Classifications’ on 02-04 October 2018 in Amman, Jordan within the framework of OIC Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. Department of Statistics (DOS) of Jordan hosted the study visit with the participation of two statisticians of General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) of Saudi Arabia.
SESRIC participated in the Second Workshop on Modernization of Official Statistics in the State of Qatar organised by the Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics (MDPS) in Doha, Qatar on 25-26 September 2018.
In accordance with its 2018 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Study Visit on ‘Metadata’ for the benefit of the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) on 16-18 September 2018. The Study Visit was hosted by the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) of Arab Republic of Egypt.
In accordance with its 2018 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Technical Mission on ‘Labour Statistics’ to the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) of Egypt on 4-6 September 2018.
SESRIC has become a member of the Expert Group on Refugee and Internally Displaced Persons Statistics (EGRIS) on 4 September 2018.
In accordance with its 2018 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Statistics Course on ‘Analytical and Critical Thinking’ at the Institute of Statistics (INSTAT) of Republic of Albania on 3-4 September 2018.
In accordance with its 2018 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Statistics Course on ‘Analytical and Critical Thinking’ at the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) on 03-04 September 2018.
In accordance with its 2018 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Statistics Course on ‘Examination of International Education Reports and Monitoring of Educational Indicators’’ at the Turkish Maarif Foundation (TMF) in Istanbul on 06 August 2018. The statistics course was organized as a part of the ‘Specialist Assistant Training Programme’ of the TMF being held between 21 May and 8 October of 2018. The Statistics Course was conducted by Mr. Davron ISHNAZAROV of the Statistics and Information Department of SESRIC.
In accordance with its 2018 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Study Visit on ‘Understanding the Business of Statistics and Project Management’ for the benefit of the Institute of Statistics (INSTAT) of Republic of Albania on 26 – 27 July 2018. The Study Visit was hosted by the BPS-Statistics Indonesia.
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the High Commission for Planning (HCP) of Kingdom of Morocco to further strengthen collaboration and cooperation between two institutions in the area of statistics.
Though it is observed by the international community, Israeli occupation settlers have increased their activities to take control of Palestinian properties within neighbourhoods of East Jerusalem (Al-Quds) and West Bank. These illegal efforts have led to restrictions on residential rights and freedom of movement for Palestinians. Settler occupation of the Palestinian properties worsens the current environment facing Palestinians and increases the risk of displacement. As stated by UN Security Council resolutions, all legislative and administrative measures taken by Israeli occupation to alter the character and status of Al-Quds are invalid and cannot change the status. (See; inter alia, 
In accordance with its 2018 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Study Visit on ‘Metadata’ to Jordan for the benefit of the General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) of Saudi Arabia on 7-9 May 2018. The study visit was hosted by the Department of Statistics (DOS) of Jordan with the participation of Mr. Khaled FAQIHI, Expert on Statistical Methodologies at GASTAT of Saudi Arabia.
The Seventh Session of the Statistical Commission of 
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Arab Institute for Training and Research in Statistics (AITRS) to initiate and facilitate collaboration and cooperation between two institutions in the area of statistics. 
In accordance with its 2018 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Statistics Course on ‘Gender Statistics’ at National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) of Maldives on 23 –25 April 2018.
The 21st Meeting of Coordinating Council of the Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (COMSATS) was held on 3-4 April 2018 and hosted by the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, a COMSATS’ Centre of Excellence in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Dr. Atilla KARAMAN, Researcher, represented the SESRIC thereat.
Under the auspices of H.E. President of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud ABBAS, Announcement Conference of the Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census 2017 was held on 28 March 2018 at Muqata’a, the Presidential Headquarters in Ramallah, State of Palestine.
In accordance with its 2018 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Statistics Course on ‘Infographics’ at Kuwait Central Statistical Bureau (CSB) on 27-28 March 2018.
In accordance with its 2018 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Statistics Course on ‘International Trade Statistics' at Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) of Sudan on 18-20 March 2018.
In accordance with its 2018 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Statistics Course on ‘Income and Consumption Statistics’ at the Department of Statistics (DoS) of Malaysia on 20-22 March 2018.
In accordance with its 2018 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Statistics Course on ‘Income and Consumption Statistics’ at the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Analysis (INSAE) of Benin on 20 –22 March 2018.
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) participated in the First Meeting of the Global Network of Institutions for Statistical Training (GIST) organised by the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) in United Nations Headquarters, New York, USA on 8 March 2018.
In accordance with its 2018 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC will organise the Statistical Course on ‘Quality Frameworks and Measurement of Performance of Statistical Systems and Offices’ at Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) on 6 – 7 March 2018. 
In accordance with its 2018 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Statistics Course on 'Data Analysis' at National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI) of the Sultanate of Oman on 13-15 February 2018.
In accordance with its 2018 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Study Visit on ‘Metadata’ to Turkey for the benefit of the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI) of Sultanate of Oman on 7-8 February 2018. The study visit was hosted by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) of Republic of Turkey.
In accordance with its 2018 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Statistics Course on ‘Labour Statistics’ at National Statistical Office (ONS) of Islamic Republic Mauritania on 6-8 February 2018.
In accordance with its 2018 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Statistics Course on ‘Energy Statistics’ at State Statistical Committee (SSC) of the Republic of Azerbaijan on 5-7 February 2018.
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Study Visit on ‘Population and Migration Statistics’ to Malaysia for the benefit of the General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) of Saudi Arabia on 29-30 January 2018. The study visit was hosted by the Department of Statistics (DOS) Malaysia with the participation of senior officials of GASTAT of Saudi Arabia.
In accordance with its 2018 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Statistics Course on 'Data Analysis' at General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on 28-30 January 2018.
The Third Meeting of the Total Official Support for Sustainable Development (TOSSD) Task Force was organized by the Development Co-operation Directorate (DCD) of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in collaboration with the Global Affairs Canada on 24-25 January 2018 in Ottawa, Canada. SESRIC was represented thereat by Dr. Atilla KARAMAN, Researcher.
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Study Visit on ‘Labour Statistics’ to Brunei Darussalam for the benefit of the General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) on 23-24 January 2018. The study visit was hosted by the Department of Economic Planning and Development (JPKE) of Brunei Darussalam with the participation of senior officials of GASTAT of Saudi Arabia.
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Study Visit on ‘Population and Housing Censuses; Registers of Population, Dwellings and Buildings’ to Jordan for the benefit of the Libyan Bureau of Statistics and Census (LBSC) on 26-28 December 2017. 
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on 'Construction Statistics' at Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) of Republic of the Sudan on 25-27 December 2017.
SESRIC in collaboration with the Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat) and the Partnership in Statistics for Development in the 21st Century (PARIS21) organised the Workshop on ‘Peer Review Mechanisms for National Statistical Offices in OIC Member Countries’ on 19-20 December 2017 at SESRIC Headquarters in Ankara, Republic of Turkey.
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC will organise the Study Visit on ‘Energy Statistics’ to Egypt for the benefit of the Libyan Bureau of Statistics and Census (LBSC) on 19-21 December 2017. 
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Geographic Information Systems (GIS)’ at the Institute of Statistics (INSTAT) of Republic of Albania on 19-21 December 2017.
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Economic Accounts’ at Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) on 18 – 20 December 2017.
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Coordination of International Statistical Work’ at Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) on 13 – 15 December 2017. 
Islamic Development Bank (IDB) together with the Tunisian Agency for Technical Cooperation (ATCT) organized the Second Dialogue Meeting of the IDB MCs Technical Cooperation Agencies (TCAs) of IDB Member Countries (MCs) on 12-13 December 2017 in Tunisia. Dr. Atilla KARAMAN, Researcher, and Mr. Onur CAGLAR, Technical Cooperation Specialist, represented the Centre thereat.
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on 'Development of Dissemination Methods' at the Central Statistical Bureau (CSB) of State of Kuwait on 11-13 December 2017.
The Statistical, Economic, Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Cooperation (SESRIC) participated in the Workshop on New Approaches to Statistical Capacity Development organised by PARIS21 and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Boulogne-Billancourt, France on 11-12 December 2017.
SESRIC in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) organised the Second Workshop on Monitoring Food Security in the Context of 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda on 14-15 November 2017 in Ankara, Republic of Turkey. 25 participants from National Statistical Offices (NSOs) and Ministries of Agriculture of 10 OIC member countries including Benin, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Egypt, Gabon, Iraq, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Sudan and 5 international organisations including FAO Statistics Division, FAO Sub-regional Office for Central Asia (FAO-SEC), Statistical Centre for the Cooperation Council for the Arab Countries of the Gulf (GCC-STAT), Islamic Organisation for Food Security (IOFS) and SESRIC attended the Workshop.
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Price Statistics’ at the Agency on Statistics under President of the Republic of Tajikistan on 13 – 15 November 2017.
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Study Visit on ‘Classifications’ for the benefit of Statistical Center of Iran (SCI) on 25 – 27 October 2017. The Study Visit was hosted by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat).
The Workshop on Islamic Finance in the National Accounts was held on 24-26 October 2017 in Beirut, Lebanon. The workshop was jointly organised by the Statistics Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNSD) and the Statistics Division of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA). Mrs. Zehra Zümrüt SELÇUK, Director of Statistics and Information Department, represented the Centre thereat.
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Household Surveys’ at the General Bureau of Statistics (GBS) of Republic of Suriname on 23 – 25 October 2017.
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Agricultural Censuses and Registers’ at National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) of Maldives on 10 – 12 October 2017.
The ‘Regional Meeting of Labour Statisticians in Preparation for the 20th International Conference on Labour Statisticians (ICLS)’ was organised by the International Labour Organization (ILO) in collaboration with SESRIC and GCC-STAT on 9 - 11 October 2017 in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman.
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘International Trade Statistics’ at Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) on 9 – 11 October 2017.
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Business Surveys’ at the General Bureau of Statistics (GBS) of Republic of Suriname on 5 – 6 October 2017.
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Transport Statistics’ at State Statistical Committee (SSC) of the Republic of Azerbaijan on 03-05 October 2017.
Hosted by the Statistical Centre for the Cooperation Council for the Arab Countries of the Gulf (GCC-Stat), the Thirtieth Session of the Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities (CCSA) was held in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman. The Session was attended by representatives of international and supranational agencies including AfDB, AITRS, Eurostat, FAO, GCCStat, IMF, OECD, PARIS21, SESRIC, UNCTAD, UNECA African Centre for Statistics, UNECE, UNEP, UNESCAP, UNESCWA, UNFPA, UN-Habitat, UNHCR, UNICEF, UNIDO, UNODC, UNPD, UNSD, UNWTO, and World Bank. H.E. Amb. Musa KULAKLIKAYA, Director General, and Dr. Atilla KARAMAN, Researcher, represented the Centre thereat.
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Metadata’ at National Institute of Statistics and Economic Analysis (INSAE) of Benin on 26 – 28 September 2017.
SESRIC organised the Consultative Meeting (CM) on Developing Islamic Finance Industry Database for OIC Member Countries on 24 September 2017 in Muğla, Republic of Turkey.
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Study Visit on ‘Income and Consumption Statistics’ to Tunisia for the benefit of the Libyan Bureau of Statistics and Census (LBSC) on 19-21 September 2017. The study visit was hosted by the National Institute of Statistics (INS) of Tunisia.
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Entrepreneurship Statistics’ at Committee on Statistics of the Ministry of National Economics of Kazakhstan on 18-20 September 2017.
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Health Statistics’ at Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) on 18 – 20 September 2017.
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘International Standard Classification of Occupations’ at the Information and eGovernment Authority (IGA) of Kingdom of Bahrain on 13-14 September 2017.
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘International Statistical Classifications’ at the Information and eGovernment Authority (IGA) of Kingdom of Bahrain on 11-12 September 2017.
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Education Statistics’ at Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) on 11 – 13 September 2017.
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘International Trade Statistics’ at the BPS-Statistics Indonesia on 28 – 29 August 2017.
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Population and Housing Censuses; Registers of Population, Dwellings and Buildings’ at the Department of Economic Planning and Development (JPKE) of Brunei Darussalam on 22-24 August 2017.
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Health Statistics’ at the Department of Statistics (DoS) of Malaysia on 22-24 August 2017.
The Human Development Report Office of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP HDRO) announced its “Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Statistical Briefing Based on the 2016 Human Development Report” on 12 July 2017 in New York, USA.
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) and the General Directorate of Statistics and Economic Studies (DGSEE) of Gabonese Republic signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to facilitate collaboration and cooperation between both institutions within the framework of the project titled “Integration of the ‘Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS)’ into the National Surveys in Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member States”.
The Workshop on ‘Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS): Data Analysis and Dissemination’ was organised by SESRIC in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and CDC Foundation on 16-17 August 2017 in Ankara, Republic of Turkey.
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Business Statistics’ at the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) on 15-17 August 2017.
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Study Visit on ‘Agriculture Statistics’ for the benefit of the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) on 14-17 August 2017. The Study Visit was hosted by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat).
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Transport Statistics’ at the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) on 9-10 August 2017.
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Population and Migration Statistics’ at Statistical Centre of Iran (SCI) on 7 – 9 August 2017.
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Study Visit on ‘Government Finance, Fiscal and Public Sector Statistics’ for the benefit of Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) on 1 – 3 August 2017. The Study Visit was hosted by the Turkish Statistical Institute.
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘International Trade Statistics’ at National Institute of Statistics (INS) of Cote d'Ivoire on 1 – 3 August 2017.
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Social Protection Statistics’ at National Institute of Statistics (INS) of Cote d'Ivoire on 25 – 27 July 2017.
HE Amb. Musa KULAKLIKAYA, Director General of SESRIC, attended to the Special Event on ‘The Data Revolution for the Sustainable Development Goals’ as a pannelist on 19 July 2017 which was hosted by the High Commission for Planning of the Kingdom of Morocco and the Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics of the State of Qatar in the margins of the 61st ISI World Statistics Congress (WSC).
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the World Bank to initiate and facilitate statistical collaboration and cooperation between the two institutions.
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Price Statistics’ at the Department of Economic Planning and Development (JPKE) of Brunei Darussalam on 18-20 July 2017.
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Gender Statistics’ at National Institute of Statistics and Economic Analysis (INSAE) of Republic of Benin on 18 – 20 July 2017.
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Health Statistics’ at the National Statistical Office (ONS) of Islamic Republic of Mauritania on 18-20 July 2017.
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Study Visit on ‘Price Statistics’ for the benefit of Central Statistical Organization (CSO) of Republic of Iraq on 17 – 19 July 2017. The Study Visit was hosted by the Department of Statistics (DoS) of Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Study Visit on ‘Banking, Insurance, and Financial Statistics’ for the benefit of BPS-Statistics Indonesia on 17 – 19 July 2017. The Study Visit was hosted by the Turkish Statistical Institute.
SESRIC in collaboration with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) organised the Workshop on Development Finance Statistics on 12-13 July 2017 in Ankara, Republic of Turkey.
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Study Visit on ‘Agricultural Censuses’ for the benefit of the Ministry of Agriculture, Water Resources and Fisheries of Republic of Tunisia on 10 – 12 July 2017. The Study Visit was hosted by the Department of Statistics (DoS) of Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Health Statistics’ at the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) of Republic of Maldives on 9-10 July 2017.
The First Meeting of the Total Official Support for Sustainable Development (TOSSD) Task Force was organized by the Development Co-operation Directorate (DCD) of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in collaboration with the OECD Statistics Directorate and with the support of the United Nations (UN) Statistics Division and UN Inter-Agency Task Force on Financing for Development (IATF) on 6 July 2017 at OECD Conference Centre in Paris, France. The Meeting was attended by the National Statistics Offices (NSOs) of Colombia, France, Mexico, Philippines, Senegal, South Africa, and United Kingdom; OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) and non-DAC providers from Canada, Costa Rica, Denmark, European Union (EU), France, Japan, and United States of America (USA); and partner country development policy makers from Bangladesh, Ghana, and Timor Leste. The Centre was represented by HE Amb. Musa KULAKLIKAYA, Director General, and Dr. Atilla KARAMAN, Researcher.
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) in partnership with Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) organised the OPHI Summer School on ‘Multidimensional Poverty Measurement & Analysis’ in Marrakesh, Kingdom of Morocco on 3 – 15 July 2017.
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Energy Statistics’ at the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) of Republic of the Sudan on 02-04 July 2017.
The United Nations Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific (UNSIAP) in collaboration with the State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan organised the Subregional Workshop on Data and Statistics for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for High-Level Official Statisticians on 30-31 May 2017 in Baku, Azerbaijan. Dr. Atilla Karaman, Researcher at Statistics and Information Department of SESRIC, represented the Centre thereat.
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Living Conditions and Poverty Statistics’ at National Institute of Statistics and Economic Analysis (INSAE) of Republic of Benin on 16 – 18 May 2017.
HE Amb. Musa Kulaklıkaya, Director General of SESRIC, paid a courtesy visit to Mr. Tahir Yagub Budagov, Chairman of the State Statistical Committee (SSC) of the Republic of Azerbaijan on 11 May 2017 in Baku, Azerbaijan.
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Education Statistics’ at Educational Center of Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) in Republic of Chad on 2 – 4 May 2017.
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Agricultural Censuses’ at the Ministry of Agriculture, Water Resource and Fisheries of Republic of Tunisia on 2-4 May 2017.
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Study Visit on ‘Environment Statistics’ for the benefit of Department of Statistics (HCP) of Kingdom of Morocco on 24-26 April 2017. The Study Visit was hosted by the Department of Statistics (DoS) of Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Agriculture Statistics’ at National Statistics Office (ONS) of People's Democratic Republic of Algeria on 18-20 April 2017.
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) in collaboration with the United Nations Statistical Division (UNSD) organised the Workshop on the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Indicator Framework on 5-6 April 2017 in Beirut, Republic of Lebanon with the participation of 13 ESCWA member countries including Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Mauritania, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, and Yemen and regional and international agencies including GCCStat, ILO, SESRIC, UNDP, UNEP, UNESCO, UNFPA, UN HABITAT, UNICEF, UN Resident Coordinator’s Office, UN Women, and WHO. Dr. Atilla Karaman, Researcher at Statistics and Information Department of SESRIC, represented the Centre thereat.
Organised by the ESCWA Statistics Division, the 12th Session of ESCWA Statistical Committee was held on 4-5 April 2017 in Beirut, Lebanon with the participation of 13 ESCWA member countries including Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Mauritania, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, and Yemen and regional and international agencies including GCCStat, ILO, SESRIC, UNDP, UNEP, UNESCO, UNFPA, UN HABITAT, UNICEF, UN Resident Coordinator’s Office, UNSD, UN Women, and WHO. Dr. Atilla Karaman, Researcher at Statistics and Information Department, represented the Centre thereat.
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Population and Migration Statistics’ at National Institute of Statistics and Economic Analysis (INSAE) of Republic of Benin on 28 March – 30 March 2017.
The First GCC Statistical Forum was held on 20-22 March 2017 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The Saudi Government General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) and the Statistical Centre of the GCC Countries (GCC-Stat) co-organized the Forum under the theme of “Enhancing Statistical Partnerships to Support Economic Policies and Sustainable Development in the GCC Region”. The Session was attended by representatives of national and international agencies. H.E. Amb. Musa KULAKLIKAYA, Director General of SESRIC, was chairman of the session titled "Strategic Drivers in National Statistical Systems" at the Forum.
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Environment Statistics’ at Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics (MDPS) of State of Qatar on 20-22 March 2017.
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Community Outreach through Social Media for National Statistics Offices’ at General Directorate of Statistics and Economic Studies (DGSEE) of Gabonese Republic on 13–14 March 2017.
SESRIC, in its capacity as the Secretariat of the OIC Statistical Commission (OIC-StatCom), organised the annual 
The Forty-Eighth Session of the UN Statistical Commission (UNSC) was held at the United Nations Headquarters on 7-10 March 2017 in New York, USA. The Session was attended by representatives of national and international agencies. H.E. Amb. Musa KULAKLIKAYA, Director General, and Dr. Atilla KARAMAN, Researcher at Statistics and Information Department, represented the Centre thereat.
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Labour Cost Statistics’ at BPS-Statistics Indonesia on 6 – 7 March 2017.
The Statistical, Economic, Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Cooperation (SESRIC) participated in the Conference on Soundness Indicators for Conventional and Islamic Finance jointly organised by the Arab Monetray Fund (AMF), the International Fund (IMF), and the Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB) on 1-2 March 2017 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Agriculture Statistics’ at National Institute of Statistics, Economic, and Demographic Studies (INSEED) of Republic of Chad on 27 February – 1 March 2017.
SESRIC in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) organised the Workshop on Monitoring Food Security in the Context of 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda on 22-23 February 2017 in Ankara, Republic of Turkey. 40 participants from National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 19 OIC member countries including Afghanistan, Albania, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Gambia, Indonesia, Iran, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Maldives, Mozambique, Pakistan, Palestine, Somalia, Tajikistan, Turkey, and Uganda and 7 international organisations including Economic Cooperation Organization Regional Coordination Centre for Food Security (ECO-RCC-FS), FAO Statistics Division, FAO Sub-regional Office for Central Asia (FAO-SEC), Islamic Organisation for Food Security (IOFS), UN Resident Coordinator’s Office in Turkey, World Food Programme (WFP) and SESRIC attended the Workshop.
In accordance with its 2016 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC has organised the Training Course on ‘Tourism Satellite Account’ at Suriname Tourism Foundation of Republic of Suriname on 14-16 February 2017.
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Agriculture Statistics’ at National Institute of Statistics and Economic Analysis (INSAE) of Republic of Benin on 31 January – 3 February 2017.
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC has organised the Training Course on ‘Gender Statistics’ at the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) on 29-31 January 2017.
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC has organised the Training Course on 'Gender Statistics' at Department of Statistics and Demographic Studies (DISED) of Republic of Djibouti on 17-18 of January 2017.
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC has organised the Training Course on 'International Trade Statistics' at Central Statistics Organization (CSO) of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan on 8-10 January 2017.
In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC has organised the Training Course on ‘Banking, Insurance, and Financial Statistics' at Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) of People's Republic of Bangladesh on 8-11 January 2017.
In accordance with its 2016 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on 'Health Statistics' at Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) of Republic of the Sudan on 25-29 December 2016.
The 15th Conference of the the International Association for Official Statistics (2016 IAOS) was hosted by the Statistics Centre of Abu Dhabi (SCAD) in Abu Dhabi, UAE on 6-8 December 2016.
In accordance with its 2016 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC has organised the Training Course on ‘Government Finance, Fiscal and Public Sector Statistics’ at Department of Economic Planning and Development (JPKE) of Brunei Darussalam on 6-8 December 2016.
In accordance with its 2016 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the training course on ‘International Trade Statistics' at National Institute of Statistics and Economic Analysis (INSAE) of Republic of Benin on 29 November-02 December 2016
SESRIC in collaboration with the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) organised the Workshop on 'The Impact of Post-2015 Development Agenda on Education Statistics' in Ankara, Republic of Turkey on 29-30 November 2016.
In accordance with its 2016 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC has organised the Training Course on ‘Transport Statistics’ at Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) of Sudan on 28 November-01 December 2016.
In accordance with its 2016 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on 'Information Society Statistics' at the Committee on Statistics of the Ministry of National Economics of the Republic of Kazakhstan on 28-30 November 2016.
In accordance with its 2016 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC has organized the Training Course on ‘Government Finance, Fiscal, and Public Sector Statistics' at Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) of People’s Republic of Bangladesh on 28-30 November 2016.
In accordance with its 2016 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC has organised the Training Course on 'Outbound Tourism Statistics' at the State Statistical Committee (SSC) of the Republic of Azerbaijan on 23-24 November 2016.
In accordance with its 2016 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on 'Inbound Tourism Statistics' at the State Statistical Committee (SSC) of the Republic of Azerbaijan on 21-22 November 2016.
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Statistical Centre for the Cooperation of the Arab Countries of the Gulf (GCC-STAT) to initiate and facilitate collaboration and cooperation between two institutions in the area of statistics.
The Sixth Session of the Statistical Commission of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC-StatCom) was organised by SESRIC in collaboration with the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) on 5-6 November 2016 in Konya, Republic of Turkey with the participation of 65 delegates from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 34 OIC Member Countries, including Afghanistan, Albania, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Cote d'Ivoire, Egypt, Gabon, Gambia, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Sudan, Suriname, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, and Uganda, and regional, supranational and international organizations including OIC General Secretariat, SESRIC, IDB, Data Documentation Initiative (DDI) Alliance, Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO), Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat), Statistical Centre for the Cooperation Council for the Arab Countries of the Gulf (GCCStat), International Labour Organisation (ILO), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), and United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UNESCWA).
The Expert Group Meeting (EGM) on ‘Peer Reviews for National Statistical Offices in the OIC Member Countries (OIC-Peer)' was organised by SESRIC on 3 November 2016 in Konya, Republic of Turkey. The Meeting has the objectives to introduce the Peer Reviews mechanisms in the world including the methodology of different methods, to receive recommendations and inputs on the OIC-Peer project, and to discuss the way forward.
The 3rd meeting of the Steering Committee of the “Arabstat” Initiative was organised by the Arab Monetary Fund (AMF ) in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates ) on 2-3 November 2016. Mr. Syed Tahir Mahmud, Researcher at Statistics and Information Department represented SESRIC thereat.
In accordance with its 2016 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC has organised the Study Visit on ‘Agriculture Statistics’ for the benefit of the National Statistical Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic (NSC) on 2-4 November 2016. The study visit was hosted by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat).
In accordance with its 2016 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on 'Gender Statistics' at National Institute of Statistics and Economic and Demographic Studies (INSEED) of Togo on 26-28 October 2016.
In accordance with its 2016 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on 'Agricultural Statistics' at Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) of Sudan on 23-27 October 2016.
In accordance with its 2016 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Eurotrace Software’ at Information and eGovernment Authority of Kingdom of Bahrain on 23-27 October 2016.
The Arab industrial Development and Mining Organization (AIDMO) in collaboration with the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) and National Center for Statistics and Information (NCSI) of the Sultanate Oman organised the Forum for Industrial Information and Statistics in the Arab Countries (FIISAC) in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman on 17-19 October 2016. Inaugurated at the Majlis Oman by H.E. Sultan bin Salim Al Habsi, Secretary-General, Supreme Council for Planning of the Sultanate of Oman, the Forum was attended by 80 participants from the Arab countries.
In accordance with its 2016 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Study Visit on ‘Living Conditions and Poverty Statistics’ for the benefit of the Libyan Bureau of Statistics and Census (BSC) on 17-20 October 2016. The study visit was hosted by the Department of Statistics of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
In accordance with its 2016 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Study Visit on ‘Agricultural Censuses and Registers’ for the benefit of the Libyan Bureau of Statistics and Census (BSC) on 17-20 October 2016. The study visit was hosted by the Department of Statistics of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
In accordance with its 2016 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC will organise the Training Course on 'Information Society Statistics' at National Statistical Office (ONS) of Mauritania on 10-13 October 2016.
The Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics of the State of Qatar in collaboration with the Partnership in Statistics for Development in the 21st Century (PARIS21) and the Statistical Centre for the Cooperation Council for the Arab Countries of the Gulf (GCC-Stat) organised the Arab Forum on Building Statistical Capacity for a Data Revolution on 10-11 October 2016 in Doha, State of Qatar. Inaugurated by HE Dr. Saleh al-Nabit, Minister of Development Planning and Statistics of the State of Qatar, the Forum was attended by more than 150 representatives from international and regional institutions national statistical offices (NSOs), academia, research institutes and business community.
The Stakeholders Meeting on SESRIC Project titled ‘Developing Islamic Financial Industry Database of OIC Member Countries’ was organised by SESRIC in collaboration with the World Bank Global Islamic Finance Development Center on 9 October 2016 in the margins of the 
The Twenty Eighth Session of the Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities (CCSA), a forum with 45 members that promotes inter-agency coordination and cooperation on statistical programmes and consistency in statistical practices and development, was held at OECD in Paris, France on 29 - 30 September 2016. H.E. Amb. Musa KULAKLIKAYA, Director General, and Mrs. Zehra Zümrüt SELÇUK, Director of Statistics and Information Department represented the Centre thereat.
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC), signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the International Labour Organization (ILO) to initiate and facilitate collaboration and cooperation between two institutions in matters of common interest and to establish the necessary arrangements for implementation by providing an operational framework. The MoU was signed by H.E. Ambassador Musa Kulaklıkaya, Director General of SESRIC, and Rafael Diez de Medina, Director of Department Statistics of ILO in Paris, France on 29 September 2016.
In accordance with its 2016 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on 'Science, Technology, and Innovation Statistics' at the State Statistical Committee (SSC) of the Republic of Azerbaijan on 27-28 September 2016.
In accordance with its 2016 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Technical Mission on 'Transport Statistics' to the Committee on Statistics of the Ministry of National Economics of the Republic of Kazakhstan on 26-30 September 2016.
In accordance with its 2016 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Study Visit on ‘Health Statistics’ at the National Institute of Statistics (INS) of the Republic of Tunisia on 26-29 September 2016.
In accordance with its 2016 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC has organised the Training Course on ‘International Trade Statistics’ at Department of Economic Planning and Development (JPKE) of Brunei Darussalam on 20-22 September 2016.
In accordance with its 2016 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC has organised the Training Course on ‘Agricultural Surveys’ at Gambia Bureau of Statistics on 20-22 September 2016.
In accordance with its 2016 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Agricultural Surveys' at Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) of Islamic Republic of Pakistan on 20-22 September 2016.
In accordance with its 2016 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on 'Labour Statistics' at National Institute of Statistics and Economic and Demographic Studies (INSEED) of the Republic of Togo on 13-15 September 2016.
The Certification Advisory Board (CAB) Meeting of the 
In accordance with its 2016 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC has organised the Training Course on ‘Labour Statistics’ at Department of Economic Planning and Development (JPKE) of Brunei Darussalam on 6-8 September 2016.
In accordance with its 2016 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC has organised the Training Course on ‘Transport Statistics' at National Statistical Office (ONS) of Islamic Republic of Mauritania on 5-8 September 2016.
In accordance with its 2016 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC has organised the Training Course on ‘Living Conditions and Poverty Statistics’ at Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics (MDPS) of State of Qatar on 4-8 September 2016.
In accordance with its 2016 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC has organised the Training Course on ‘Agriculture Statistics’ at Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) of Arab Republic of Egypt on 29-31 August 2016.
In accordance with its 2016 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC has organised the Training Course on ‘Tourism Statistics’ at Gambia Bureau of Statistics on 24-26 August 2016.
In accordance with its 2016 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Labour Statistics’ at State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Statistics on 16-19 August 2016.
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) and Statistics Sierra Leone (SSL) of the Republic of Sierra Leone signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to facilitate collaboration and cooperation between both institutions within the framework of the project titled “Integration of the ‘Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS)’ into the National Surveys in Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member States”.
In accordance with its 2016 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC has organised the Training Course on ‘Tourism Statistics’ at Suriname Tourism Foundation of Republic of Suriname on 9-11 August 2016.
The Third Meeting of the MEDSTAT IV Working Group on Statistical Business Registers (SBR) was organised by Eurostat in collaboration with Expertise Française in Istanbul, Turkey on 26-28 July 2016. 17 official statisticians and experts from Algeria, Egypt, France, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Tunisia, and Turkey participated in the Working Group Meeting. Dr. Atilla Karaman, Researcher at the Statistics and Information Department, represented SESRIC at the Meeting.
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) and National Institute of Statistics, Economic and Demographic Studies (INSEED) of the Republic of Chad signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to facilitate collaboration and cooperation between both institutions within the framework of the project titled “Integration of the ‘Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS)’ into the National Surveys in Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member States”.
SESRIC participated in the 4th Annual Focal Points Meeting of the COMCEC Working Groups organised by the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (COMCEC) in Ankara, Republic of Turkey on 1-2 June 2016.
The Statistical, Economic, Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Cooperation (SESRIC) participated in the 4th Meeting of the Interagency and Expert Group on Gender Statistics for the Arab Countries organised by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN-ESCWA) on 9-10 May 2016 in Dead Sea, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
SESRIC organised a study visit on ’Global Adult Tobacco Survey and Turkish Health Survey’ on 5 May 2016 in Ankara, Republic of Turkey with the participation of two officials of Agency on Statistics under President of the Republic of Tajikistan (TAJSTAT) to the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) under the scope of the project on the ‘Integration of TQS into Ongoing National Surveys in Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member States’ in collaboration with the Central for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and CDC Foundation.
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) and National Institute of Statistics (INS) of the Republic of Niger signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to facilitate collaboration and cooperation between both institutions within the framework of the project titled “Integration of the ‘Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS)’ into the National Surveys in Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member States”. The MoA was signed on 4 May 2016 by H.E. Amb. Musa KULAKLIKAYA, Director General of SESRIC, during the 
The Orientation Workshop on ‘Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS)’ was organised and hosted by SESRIC in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and CDC Foundation on 3-4 May 2016 at SESRIC Headquarters, Ankara, Republic of Turkey. The said Workshop had the objective to provide additional information and technical support to the OIC Member Countries in integrating TQS into their on-going surveys.
SESRIC organised a study visit on ’Global Adult Tobacco Survey and Turkish Health Survey’ on 25-26 April 2016 in Turkey with the participation of three officials of BPS-Statistics Indonesia to the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) under the scope of the project on the “Integration of TQS into Ongoing National Surveys in Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member States” in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) and National Institute of Statistics (INS) of the Republic of Cote d’Ivoire signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) .
The Arab Conference on a Transformative Agenda for Official Statistics was organised and hosted by SESRIC in collaboration and partnership with the United Nations Economic Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), Islamic Development Bank (IDB), Statistical Centre for the Cooperation Council for the Arab Countries of the Gulf (GCC-STAT), and Arab Institute for Training and Research in Statistics (AITRS) at SESRIC Headquarters in Ankara, Turkey on 5-7 April 2016.
The Third Meeting of the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on Sustainable Development Goal Indicators (IAEG-SDGs), was held in Mexico City, Mexico from 30 March to 1 April 2016.
The Statistical, Economic, Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Cooperation (SESRIC) participated in the OIC Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (COMCEC) Project Funding Training Programme 2016 in Ankara, Turkey on 29-30 March 2016. The Centre was represented by Ms. Nenden Octavarulia Shanty, Researcher at Statistics and Information Department. The training was attended by the delegates from Gambia, Malaysia, Palestine, Turkey, and Uganda. Representatives of Development Bank of Turkey and Department of International Programs and Projects of Ministry of Development of Turkey also participated in the meeting.
The Statistical, Economic, Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Cooperation (SESRIC) participated in the 6th Meeting of the COMCEC Financial Cooperation Working Group organised by the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (COMCEC) in Ankara, Turkey on 17-18 March 2016.
SESRIC, in its capacity as the Secretariat of the OIC Statistical Commission (OIC-StatCom), organised the annual 
The Forty-Seventh Session of the UN Statistical Commission (UNSC) took place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, USA on 8-11 March 2016. The Session was attended by representatives of national and international agencies. H.E. Amb. Musa KULAKLIKAYA, Director General, and Ms. Zehra Zümrüt SELÇUK, Director of Statistics and Information Department,l represented SESRIC thereat.
The Participation Banks Association of Turkey organized the Meeting on Action #78 within the Framework of Istanbul International Finance Centre Programme on 26 February 2016 at its headquarters in Istanbul, Turkey. Dr. Atilla Karaman from the Statistics and Information Department represented the SESRIC at the Meeting.
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the training course on ‘Professional Skills for Official Statisticians: Time Management’ at Agency on Statistics under President of the Republic of Tajikistan (AoS) on 22-23 February 2016, within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The course was conducted by Mr. Nijat Akhmedov, Expert at DemirBank of Azerbaijan with participation of relevant officials of AoS.
Carried out under the support of COMCEC PCM Programme and coordinated by SESRIC, the project titled “Improving Statistical Capacities of OIC Member Countries in Poverty Statistics” aims at building statistical capacity in poverty statistics and overall contributing to the National Statistical Systems of the member countries of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) through capacity building programs including short-term trainings.
The 7th Meeting of the COMCEC Poverty Alleviation Working Group was held on 11 February 2016 in Ankara, Turkey under the "Accessibility of Vulnerable Groups to Social Protection Programmes in the OIC Member Countries" theme. Dr. Atilla Karaman from the Statistics and Information Department and Mr. Mazhar Hussain from the Economic and Social Research Department attended to the Meeting on behalf of the SESRIC.
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the technical mission on ‘Module 2: Quarterly National Accounts’ at the Central Statistics Organization (CSO) on 23 January - 12 February 2016, within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The mission was conducted by Mr. Kourosh Javadi Pashaki, Expert at the Statistical Centre of the Islamic Republic of Iran with participation of relevant officials of CSO.
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) and National Institute of Statistics (INSTAT) of Republic of Mali signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to facilitate collaboration and cooperation between both institutions within the framework of the project titled “Integration of the ‘Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS)’ into the National Surveys in Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member States”. The MoA was signed on 14 January 2016 by HE. Amb. Musa KULAKLIKAYA, Director General of SESRIC, and Mr. Seydou Moussa TRAORE, Director General of INSTAT of Republic of Mali.
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) and Gambia Bureau of Statistics (GBOS) of Republic of The Gambia signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to facilitate collaboration and cooperation between both institutions within the framework of the project titled “Integration of the ‘Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS)’ into the National Surveys in Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member States”. The MoA was signed on 11 January 2016 by HE. Amb. Musa KULAKLIKAYA, Director General of SESRIC, and Mr. Nyakassi M. B. SANYANG, Statistician General of GBOS of Republic of The Gambia.
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) and National Institute of Statistics and Economic and Demographic Studies (INSEED) of Republic of Togo signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to facilitate collaboration and cooperation between both institutions within the framework of the project titled “Integration of the ‘Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS)’ into the National Surveys in Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member States”. The MoA was signed on 06 January 2016 by H.E. Amb. Musa KULAKLIKAYA, Director General of SESRIC, and Mr. Kokou Yao N’GUISSAN, Director General of INSEED of Republic of Togo.
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organized the training course on ‘Professional Skills for Official Statisticians: Effective Written Communication Techniques’ at the State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Statistics on 21-22 December 2015, within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The course was conducted by Mr. Nijat Akhmedov, Expert at DemirBank of Azerbaijan with participation of relevant officials.
To encourage more young statisticians to take an active interest in official statistics, the International Association for Official Statistics (IAOS) – an association under the International Statistical Institute (ISI) – has announced its next annual competition for the best paper in the field of official statistics written by a young statistician. In addition to the monetary prizes, the first place winner will receive travel funds to present the paper at one of the sessions of the next IAOS Conference to be held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on 6-8 December 2016.
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organized the training course on ‘Classifications’ at Kuwait Central Statistical Bureau (CSB) on 15-17 December 2015, within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The course was conducted by Mrs. Asmaa Abdelrasoul Mohamed, Expert at Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAMPAS) of Egypt with participation of relevant officials of CSB.
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the training course on ‘Professional Skills for Official Statisticians: Effective Written Communication Techniques’ at the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) of Republic of Sudan on 7-9 December 2015, within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The course was conducted by Mrs. Hagar Ali, Expert at Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAMPAS) of Egypt with participation of relevant officials of CBS.
The Regional Workshop on ‘Tourism Satellite Accounts (TSA)’ was organised by SESRIC in collaboration with the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) and hosted by the Committee on Statistics of the Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan on 30 November-3 December 2015 in Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan.
The Workshop on ‘Multidimensional Poverty Measurement (MPM)’ was organised by SESRIC in collaboration with the OIC Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation of the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (COMCEC), Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) and the Islamic Solidarity Fund for Development (ISFD) on 30 November – 6 December 2015 in Dakar, Republic of Senegal.
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the training course on “Labour Statistics” at the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Ministry of Finance and Treasury of Maldives on 24-26 November 2015. The course was conducted by Mr. Kabir Uddin Ahmed, Joint Director, Industry and Labour Wing of Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), with the participation of 20 officials of the NBS of Maldives.
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the training course on ‘Informal Sector Statistics’ at the Department of Statistics (DoS) of Malaysia on 18-20 November 2015, within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The course was conducted by Mr. Toto Silitonga, Expert at BPS Provincial Office of South East Sulawesi with participation of relevant officials of DoS.
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the training course on “Effective Written Communication Techniques" at the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in Abuja, Federal Republic of Nigeria on 11-13 November 2015. The course was conducted by Mr. Godfrey Nabongo, Manager of Communication and Public Relations Department at the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), with the participation of relevant officials of the NBS of Nigeria.
SESRIC organised a further technical mission on ‘Integration of Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS) – Sampling Methods’ on 10-13 November 2015 in Baku with the participation of eight officials of State Statistical Committee (SSC) of the Republic of Azerbaijan in collaboration with the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) under the scope of the project initiated by SESRIC on the ‘Integration of TQS into Ongoing National Surveys in Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member States’. The technical mission conducted by Mr. Yılmaz Erşahin, Expert at Sampling and Analysis Techniques Department of TurkStat.
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the training course on ‘Population and Housing Censuses; Registers of Population; Dwellings and Buildings’ at the Directorate of Statistics under the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation of Somalia on 08-13 November 2015, within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The course was conducted by Mr. Abdellaziz Ben Hadj Abdullatif, Expert at African Development Bank (ADB) with participation of relevant officials.
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the training course on “Business Registers” at the Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics (MDPS) of Qatar on 3-5 November 2015. The course was conducted by Ms. Siti Haslinda Mohd Din, Director of Methodology & Research Division at Department of Statistics (DOS) of Malaysia, with the participation of 24 officials of the MDPS of Qatar.
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the training course on ‘Tourism Statistics’ at the Department of Statistics (DoS) of Malaysia on 26-28 October 2015, within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The course was conducted by Mr. Akhmad Tantowi, Expert at BPS-Statistics Indonesia with participation of relevant officials of DoS.
The United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) organized the Second Meeting of the Inter-agency and Expert Group on Sustainable Development Goal Indicators (IAEG-SDGs) on 26-28 October 2015 in Bangkok, Thailand. The meeting was hosted by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP). Dr. Atilla Karaman, Senior Researcher, Statistics and Information Department, represented the Centre thereat.
The Second Meeting of the Technical Committee of the Arab Statistics Initiative “ArabStat” was organized by the Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) on 21-22 October 2015 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates with the participation of the representatives of National Statistical Offices (NSOs), Central Banks (CBs) and Ministries of Finance (MoFs) of Arab states, and international organizations including International Monetary Fund (IMF), Islamic Development Bank (IDB), Statistical Center for the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC- Stat), Statistical Economic and Social Research and Training Center for Islamic Countries (SESRIC), and United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UNESCWA). Dr. Atilla Karaman, Senior Researcher, Statistics and Information Department, represented the Centre thereat.
The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) organized the International Conference on Official Statistics, on 20-22 October 2015 in Ramallah, Palestine with the sponsorship of SESRIC.
HE Ambassador Musa Kulaklıkaya, Director General of Statistical, Economic, Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC), addressed the World Statistics Day Forum on 20 October 2015 in Doha, Qatar. Organized by the Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics (MDPS), the Forum was graced by HE Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al- Thani, Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, and HE Dr. Saleh Mohamed Al-Nabit, Minister of Development Planning and Statistics of the State of Qatar.
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the technical mission on ‘Quarterly National Accounts: Module 1’ at the Central Statistics Organization (CSO) on 17-28 October 2015, within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The course was conducted by Mr. Kourosh Javadi Pashaki, Expert at the Statistical Centre of Iran of the Islamic Republic of Iran with participation of relevant officials of CSO.
The Statistical, Economic, Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) participated in the Peer Review (PR) Information Meeting organized by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) at its Headquarters in Ankara, Turkey on 13 October 2015. The Centre was represented by Mrs. Zehra Zumrut Selcuk, Director of Statistics and Information Department, and Dr. Atilla Karaman, Senior Researcher, Statistics and Information Department.
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the training course on ‘Labour Statistics’ at the Department of Statistics and Demographic Studies (DISED) of Djibouti on 5-7 October 2015, within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The course was conducted by Mr. Moise Georges Enoh, Expert at the National Institute of Statistics (NIS) of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire with participation of relevant officials of DISED.
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the training course on ‘Professional Skills for Official Statisticians: Time Management’ at the National Statistical Committee (NSC) of the Kyrgyz Republic on 28-29 September 2015, within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The course was conducted by Mr. Nijat Akhmedov , Expert at DemirBank of Azerbaijan with participation of relevant officials of NSC.
Adopted in 2012, the Strategy Document of the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation (COMCEC) is the first vision document for the COMCEC for six main cooperation areas including tourism. To achieve strategic objectives defined in the COMCEC Strategy, COMCEC Coordination Office launched the COMCEC Project Cycle Management (PCM) Programme in 2013. Carried out under the support of COMCEC PCM Programme and coordinated by SESRIC, the project titled “2014-SESRIC-016 Improving Statistical Capacities of OIC Member Countries in Poverty Statistics” aims at building statistical capacity in poverty statistics and overall contributing to the National Statistical Systems (NSS) of the member countries of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) through capacity building programs including short-term trainings.
Adopted in 2012, the Strategy Document of the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation (COMCEC) is the first vision document for the COMCEC for six main cooperation areas including poverty. To achieve strategic objectives defined in the COMCEC Strategy, COMCEC Coordination Office launched the COMCEC Project Cycle Management (PCM) Programme in 2013. Carried out under the support of COMCEC PCM Programme and coordinated by SESRIC, the project titled “2014-SESRIC-016 Improving Statistical Capacities of OIC Member Countries in Poverty Statistics” aims at building statistical capacity in poverty statistics and overall contributing to the National Statistical Systems (NSS) of the member countries of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) through capacity building programs including short-term trainings.
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the training course on 'Geographic Information Systems (GIS)' at the National Institute of Statistics (NIS) of Tunisia on 7-9 September 2015, within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The course was conducted by Mrs. Amal Mohamed El Sharnoby, Expert at the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) of the Arab Republic of Egypt with participation of relevant officials of NIS.
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the technical mission on 'Module 2: CPI Re-basing' to the Central Statistics Organization (CSO) of Afghanistan on 29 August – 4 September 2015, within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The mission was conducted by Mr. Mostafa Farrokhfal, Expert at the Statistical Centre of Iran.
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the training course on 'Agricultural Surveys' at the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) on 25-27 August 2015, within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The course was conducted by Mr. Arap Diri, Expert at the Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT) with participation of relevant officials of BBS.
Adopted in 2012, the Strategy Document of the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation (COMCEC) is the first vision document for the COMCEC for six main cooperation areas including poverty. To achieve strategic objectives defined in the COMCEC Strategy, COMCEC Coordination Office launched the COMCEC Project Cycle Management (PCM) Programme in 2013. Carried out under the support of COMCEC PCM Programme and coordinated by SESRIC, the project titled “2014-SESRIC-016 Improving Statistical Capacities of OIC Member Countries in Poverty Statistics” aims at building statistical capacity in poverty statistics and overall contributing to the National Statistical Systems (NSS) of the member countries of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) through capacity building programs including short-term trainings.
Adopted in 2012, the Strategy Document of the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation (COMCEC) is the first vision document for the COMCEC for six main cooperation areas including poverty. To achieve strategic objectives defined in the COMCEC Strategy, COMCEC Coordination Office launched the COMCEC Project Cycle Management (PCM) Programme in 2013. Carried out under the support of COMCEC PCM Programme and coordinated by SESRIC, the project titled “2014-SESRIC-016 Improving Statistical Capacities of OIC Member Countries in Poverty Statistics” aims at building statistical capacity in poverty statistics and overall contributing to the National Statistical Systems (NSS) of the member countries of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) through capacity building programs including short-term trainings.
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the training course on ‘Professional Skills for Official Statisticians: Effective Oral Communication Techniques’ at the Agency of Statistics (AoS) of the Republic of Kazakhstan on 17-19 August 2015, within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The course was conducted by Mr. Sanan Hasanov, Expert at Business Management Group International (BMGI)of Azerbaijan with participation of relevant officials of AoS.
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the training course on 'Health Statistics' at the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) in Dhaka, People’s Republic of Bangladesh on 11-13 August 2015. The course was conducted by Mr. Gantjang Amannullah, Head of Social Statistics Division at the East Java Regional Office of BPS-Statistics Indonesia, with the participation of relevant officials of the BBS.
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the training course on “Wholesale and Retail Trade Statistics” at the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) in Kampala on 10-12 August 2015. The course was conducted by Mr. Abdullah Yuksel, Expert at Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat), with the participation of relevant officials of the UBOS.
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the training course on 'Labour Statistics' at the National Institute of Statistics, Economic and Demographic Studies (INSEED) in N'Djamena, Republic of Chad on 27-29 July 2015, within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The course was conducted by Mr. Jean Rodrigue Malou, expert on Social Statistics at National Agency of Statistics and Demography (ANSD) of Senegal with participation of relevant officials of INSEED.
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the training course on 'Professional Skills for Official Statisticians: Effective Oral Communication Techniques' at the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in Abuja, Federal Republic of Nigeria on 22-24 July 2015. The course was conducted by Mr. Godfrey Nabongo, Manager of Communication and Public Relations Department at the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), with the participation of relevant officials of the NBS of Nigeria.
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) and National Statistical Office (ONS) of Islamic Republic of Mauritania signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to facilitate collaboration and cooperation between both institutions within the framework of the project titled “Integration of the ‘Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS)’ into the National Surveys in Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member States”. The MoA was signed on 10 July 2015 by HE. Amb. Musa KULAKLIKAYA, Director General of SESRIC, and Mr. Mohamed El Moctar Ould AHMAD SIDI, Director General of ONS of Islamic Republic of Mauritania.
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the training course on 'Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Statistics' at the Gambia Bureau of Statistics (GBOS) in Banjul on 16-18 June 2015. The course was conducted by Mr. Victor Uttah, Senior Statistician at the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) of Nigeria, with the participation of relevant officials of the GBOS.
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the training course on 'Financial Statistics and National Accounts Compilations' at the National Statistical Office (ONS) of People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria on 8-11 June 2015. The course was conducted by Mr. Mohamed Adel Souidene, Central Director of National Accounts, National Institute of Statistics (INS) of Republic of Tunisia, with the participation of 19 officials of the ONS of Algeria.
The First Meeting of the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on Sustainable Development Goal Indicators (IAEG-SDGs) took place on 1-2 June 2015 in New York with the attendance of a large spread of representatives from National Statistics Offices (NSOs), international organizations, and civil society entities. Dr. Atilla Karaman, Senior Researcher at the Statistics and Information Department, represented the SESRIC thereat.
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) and Agency on Statistics under President of the Republic of Tajikistan signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to facilitate collaboration and cooperation between both institutions within the framework of the project titled “Integration of the ‘Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS)’ into the National Surveys in Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member States”. The MoA was signed on 01 June 2015 by H.E. Amb. Musa KULAKLIKAYA, Director General of SESRIC, and Mrs. Gulnora HASANZODA, Director of Agency on Statistics under President of the Republic of Tajikistan.
The Fourth Meeting of the Forum of Euro-Mediterranean Statisticians, organized by the Eurostat, was held on 19-20 May 2015 in Luxembourg with the participation of 32 representatives from National Statistics Offices (NSOs) of the Mediterranean Region including Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, and Tunisia as OIC Member Countries, the NSOs of European Union and other European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP)-South Countries, and international organizations including European Free Trade Association (EFTA) and SESRIC. Dr. Atilla Karaman, Senior Researcher at the Statistics and Information Department, represented the Centre thereat
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the training course on 'Tourism Statistics' at the State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan (AZSTAT) on 18-20 May 2015, within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The course was conducted by Mr. Muharrem Ozcelik, Expert at the Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT), with participation of relevant officials of AZSTAT..jpg)
The Fifth Session of the Statistical Commission of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC-StatCom) was co-organised by the Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) and the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) on 12-14 May 2015 at SESRIC Headquarters in Ankara, Republic of Turkey.
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the training course on 'Analysis of Household Income and Expenditure Data' at the Central Statistics Bureau (CSB) in Kuwait City, State of Kuwait on 11-14 May 2015. The course was conducted by Mr. Mehmet Ali Karadag, Expert at the Turkish Statistics Institute (TURKSTAT), with the participation of 14 officials of the CSB of Kuwait.
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the Regional Workshop on 'Spatial Measurements and Statistics, using GIS Technique, for GCC' hosted by National Bureau of Statistics of the United Arab Emirates (NBS) on 10-14 May 2015. The Regional Workshop was conducted by Mr. Birkan Ergüç and Ms. Ayşenur Özcan, Experts at the Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT), with participation of official statisticians from the GCC region..jpg)
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the training course on 'Poverty, Living Conditions and Cross-Cutting Social Issues Statistics' at the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on 3-7 May 2015, within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The course was conducted by Mrs. Maha Dawas, Expert at the Department of Statistics (DoS) of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan with participation of relevant officials of NBS of UAE.
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the training course on "Income and Consumption Statistics" at the National Institute of Statistics (INS) in Abidjan, Republic of Cote d'Ivoire on 28-30 April 2015. The course was conducted by Mr. Joseph Fouoking, Head of Department of Institutional Sector Accounts at the National Institute of Statistics of Cameroon, with the participation of relevant officials of the INS of Cote d'Ivoire.
SESRIC organised a further technical mission on 'Integration of Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS): Module 2 – Sampling Methods' on 27-29 April 2015 in Baku with the participation of relevant officials of State Statistical Committee (SSC) of the Republic of Azerbaijan in collaboration with the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) under the scope of the project initiated by SESRIC on the Integration of TQS into Ongoing National Surveys in Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member States. The technical mission was conducted by Mr. Yılmaz Erşahin, Expert at Sampling and Analysis Techniques Department of TurkStat.
The Coordination Meeting was organized by GCC-Stat on 21 April 2015 in Muscat, Sultane of Oman in order to improve communication and cooperation among regional and international statistical organizations working in the GCC region. The meeting aims to exchange information on upcoming activities, prevent the dublication of efforts related to statistics and statistical capacity building and share experiences to move forward for the development of statistical work in the GCC region. The topics discussed in the meeting included a thorough review of the regional statistical progress and developments, the strategy and action plan of GCC-Stat, and deliberations about possible cooperation opportunities towards establishing a common and harmonized agenda for developing statistical capacities in the GCC region.
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the training course on 'Wholesale and Retail Trade Statistics' at the State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan (AZSTAT) on 20-22 April 2015, within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The course was conducted by Mr. Abdullah Yuksel, Expert at the Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT), with participation of relevant officials of AZSTAT.
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the training course on 'Institutional Sectors' at the General Directorate of Statistics and National Accounting (DGSCN) in Lome, Republic of Togo on 20-22 April 2015. The course was conducted by Mr. Mamadou Ngalgou Kane, Chief of the National Accounts Department at the National Agency of Statistics and Demography (ANSD) of Senegal with the participation of relevant officials of the DGSCN.
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the training course on 'Health Statistics' at the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Analysis (INSAE) in Cotonou, Republic of Benin on 20-22 April 2015. The course was conducted by Dr. Adama Sanogo Pongathié, MD and Director of Information Management, Planning and Evaluation Directorate at the Ministry of Health and Fight Against AIDS of Côte d'Ivoire, with the participation of relevant officials of the INSAE and Ministry of Health of Benin.
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) and Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) of Arab Republic of Egypt signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to facilitate collaboration and cooperation between both institutions within the framework of the project titled “Integration of the ‘Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS)’ into the National Surveys in Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member States”. The MoA was signed on 14 April 2015 by H.E. Amb. Musa KULAKLIKAYA, Director General of SESRIC, and Mr. Abu Bakr Mahmoud Bakr EL-GENDY, President of CAPMAS of Arab Republic of Egypt.
SESRIC organised a technical mission on 'Integration of Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS): Module 1- Survey Design and Methodology' on 13-15 April 2015 in Baku with the participation of seven officials from Household Budget Survey and LSMS Department of State Statistical Committee (SSC) of the Republic of Azerbaijan under the scope of the project initiated by SESRIC on the Integration of TQS into ongoing national surveys in Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member States. The technical mission was facilitated by Mr. Mehmet Günal, Expert at Health Statistics Department of Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat)..jpg)
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the training course on 'Analysis of Labour Market Statistics' at the National Agency of Statistics and Demographics (ANSD) in Dakar, Republic of Senegal on 7-9 April 2015. The course was conducted by Mr. Mustapha Ziroili, Head of Analysis and Design Unit, Department of Employment Survey of Department of Statistics (HCP) of Kingdom of Morocco, with the participation of 21 officials of the ANSD, Ministry of Economic and Finance, Ministry of Vocational Education and Crafts, and Ministry of Youth and Employment.
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the training course on 'Government Finance Statistics' at the Department of Statistics of Malaysia in Putrajaya, Malaysia on 6-8 April 2015. The course was conducted by Ms. Mila Hertinmalyana, Statistician at the BPS-Statistics Indonesia, with the participation of relevant officials of the Department of Statistics of Malaysia.
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the training course on 'Quality Frameworks and Measurement of Performance of Statistical Systems and Offices' at the Agency on Statistics under President of the Republic of Tajikistan (TAJSTAT) on 1-2 April 2015, within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The course was conducted by Mr. Gasim Aliyev, Expert at the State Statistical Committee (SSC) of the Republic of Azerbaijan with participation of relevant officials of TAJSTAT.
The Fourth Session of the UNESCAP Committee on Statistics, organized by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), was held at the United Nations Conference Centre (UNCC) in Bangkok, Thailand on 25-27 March 2015. The Committee Session was attended by delegates from UNESCAP full and associate member countries and representatives from 18 international organisations. 10 out of the attending 33 UNESCAP member countries were also OIC member countries namely Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Maldives and Pakistan. The Centre was represented thereat by Prof. Savas Alpay, Director General, and Mr. Abdulhamit Ozturk, Researcher.
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) and Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics (MDPS) of State of Qatar agreed on a partnership to facilitate collaboration and cooperation between both institutions within the framework of the project titled “Integration of the ‘Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS)’ into the National Surveys in OIC Member States”..jpg)
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the training course on 'National Accounts: Financial Sector' at the Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics (MDPS) in Doha, State of Qatar on 8-11 March 2015. The course was conducted by Mr. Mohamed Adel Souidene, Central Director of National Accounts of National Institute of Statistics (INS) of Republic of Tunisia, with the participation of 34 officials of the MDPS.
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) and National Institute of Statistics of the Republic of Cameroon have signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to facilitate collaboration and cooperation between both institutions within the framework of the project titled “Integration of the ‘Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS)’ into the National Surveys in Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member States”. The MoA was signed on 06 March 2015 by Prof. Savaş Alpay, Director General of SESRIC, and Mr. Joseph Tedou, Director General of National Institute of Statistics of the Republic of Cameroon.
SESRIC, in its capacity as the Secretariat of the OIC Statistical Commission (OIC-StatCom), organized the annual 
The Forty-Sixth Session of the UN Statistical Commission (UNSC) was held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, USA on 03-06 March 2015. The Session, which marks the 68th anniversary of the Commission, was attended by representatives of national and international agencies. Prof. Savas Alpay, Director General, and Dr. Atilla Karaman, Senior Researcher, represented the Centre thereat.
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the training course on 'Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Statistics' at the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) in Khartoum, Republic of Sudan on 02-04 March 2015. The course was conducted by Mr. Bassam Daoud Mostafa Zain, Statistician at the Department of Statistics of Jordan, with the participation of 40 officials of the CBS of Sudan.
The Twenty Fifth Session of the Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities (CCSA), a forum with 45 members that promotes inter-agency coordination and cooperation on statistical programmes and consistency in statistical practices and development, was held at United Nations Headquarters in New York, USA on 2 March 2015. Delegates from international and supranational organizations participated in the Twenty Fifth Session of the CCSA. The Centre was represented by Prof. Savas Alpay, Director General, thereat.
The Expert Group Meeting (EGM) on the Indicator Framework for the Post-2015 Development Agenda, organized by the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), was held on 25-26 February 2015 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, back-to-back with the 46th Session of the United Nations Statistical Commission. The representatives from national statistical systems, supranational, international and regional organizations with expertise in development indicators and monitoring attended and contributed to the EGM. Prof. Savas Alpay, Director General, and Dr. Atilla Karaman, Senior Researcher, represented the SESRIC thereat..jpg)
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the training course on 'Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Statistics' at the Central Statistics Organization (CSO) in Kabul, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan on 23-25 February 2015. The course was conducted by Mr. Vedat Mert, Expert at the Turkish Statistics Institute (TURKSTAT), with the participation of 29 officials of the CSO, Afghan Ministry of Agriculture, Afghan Academy of Science, and Faculty of Agriculture.
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the training course on 'Professional Skills for Official Statisticians: Time Management' at the State Committee of Statistics (Goskomstat) in Tashkent, Republic of Uzbekistan on 16-18 February 2015, within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The course was conducted by Mr. Sanan Hasanov, Expert at Business Management Group International (BMGI), with participation of relevant officials of Goskomstat.
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) and Committee on Statistics (CS) of the Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan have signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to facilitate collaboration and cooperation between both institutions within the framework of the project titled “Integration of the ‘Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS)’ into the National Surveys in Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member States”. The MoA was signed on 13 February 2015 by Prof. Savaş Alpay, Director General of SESRIC, and Mr. Alikhan Smailov, Chairman of CS of the Ministry of National Economy of Kazakhstan.
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the training course on 'Geographic Information Systems' at the National Institute of Statistics and Demography (INSD) in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on 3-5 February 2015. The course was conducted by Ms. Marie-Antoinette Ouattara, Chief of Cartography Division at the National Institute of Statistics (INS) of Cote d’Ivoire, with the participation of 17 officials of the INSD.
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the training course on 'Education Statistics' at the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Analysis (INSAE) in Cotonou, Republic of Benin on 27-29 January 2015. The course was conducted by Mr. Adjibou Oppa Barry, Statistician at the National Agency of Statistics and Demography (ANSD) of Senegal, with the participation of 23 officials of the INSAE.
In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the training course on 'Banking, Insurance and Financial Statistics' at the National Agency of Statistics and Demographics (ANSD) in Dakar, Republic of Senegal on 26-29 January 2015. The course was conducted by Mr. Mohamed Adel Souidene, Central Director of National Accounts of National Institute of Statistics (INS) of Republic of Tunisia, with the participation of relevant officials of the ANSD.
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) and BPS-Statistics Indonesia agreed on a partnership to facilitate collaboration and cooperation between both institutions within the framework of the project titled “Integration of the ‘Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS)’ into the National Surveys in OIC Member States”..jpg)
In accordance with its 2014 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the Training Course on 'Agriculture Statistics (Animal Husbandry)' on 23-24 December 2014 at the premises of the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) in Dhaka, Bangladesh, within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The course was provided by Ms. Hasnizar Nasution, an expert of BPS-Statistics Indonesia, and was attended by relevant officials of the BBS.
In accordance with its 2014 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Classifications’ at the National Office of Statistics (ONS) in Alger, People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria on 21-22 December 2014, within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The course was provided by Mrs. Asmaa Abdelrasoul Mohamed Mourad, senior specialist at Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) of Arab Republic of Egypt with participation of relevant officials of ONS of Algeria.jpg)
In accordance with its 2014 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the Training Course on 'Agriculture Statistics (Food Crop Statistics)' on 21-22 December 2014 at the premises of the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) in Dhaka, Bangladesh, within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The course was provided by Dr. Kadarmanto, an expert of BPS-Statistics Indonesia, and was attended by relevant officials of the BBS..jpg)
The Islamic Countries Society of Statistical Sciences (ISOSS) organized, under the sponsorship of SESRIC, the 13th Islamic Countries Conference on Statistical Sciences (ICCS-13) in Bogor, Indonesia on 18 - 21 December 2014. Prof. Savaş Alpay, Director General of SESRIC, made a welcome speech on 18 December 2014 where he focused on the linkages between National Statistical Offices (NSOs) and academia including higher education institutes and research centres. Citing findings concerning the unstructured relationship between two entities, Prof. Alpay emphasized the need for institutionalising the linkages between NSOs and academia to result in a mutually beneficial outcome based on collaborative work that drives innovation, and high quality data and research output.
The Regional Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts was organised by SESRIC in collaboration with the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) on 2-4 December 2014 at SESRIC Headquarters in Ankara, Turkey within framework of the 2013-SESRIC-0111 Project which is among the successful final projects selected for the Project Cycle Management (PCM) Programme Funding of the OIC Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation (COMCEC)..jpg)
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) in partnership with the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), United Nations Economic Commission for Western Asia (UNESCWA) and Jordan Department of Statistics and within the framework of the Global Gender Statistics Programme, organized the Regional Workshop on 'Integrating a Gender Perspective in the Production of Statistics' for Arabic-speaking countries in Amman, Jordan on 1-4 December 2014.
In accordance with its 2014 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the training course on 'Culture Statistics' at the National Agency of Statistics and Demographics (ANSD ) in Dakar, Republic of Senegal on 25-26 November 2014. The course was conducted by Mr. Kouadio Marcel Kouakou, Assistant Director of Statistics and Informatics Department at the Ministry of Culture and Francophone Affairs of Côte d'Ivoire with the participation of 15 experts of the ANSD.
The Second Expert Group Meeting (EGM-2) on Enhancing National Capacities of OIC Member Countries in Poverty Statistics was held on 19-20 November 2014 at SESRIC Headquarters in Ankara, Turkey. The 
SESRIC organised a study visit on ' ‘Global Adult Tobacco Survey and Turkish Health Survey ' in collaboration with the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) on 18 and 21 November 2014, in Ankara, Turkey with the participation of Mr. Hamid Baghirov, First Deputy Chairman, and Mr. Yashar Pasha, Head of Population Living Standards and Household Budget Survey Statistics Department, State Statistical Committee (SSC) of the Republic of Azerbaijan, under the scope of a recent project initiated by SESRIC regarding the integration of TQS into ongoing national surveys in OIC Member States.
Adopted in 2012, the Strategy Document of the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation (COMCEC) is the first vision document for the COMCEC for six main cooperation areas including tourism. To achieve strategic objectives defined in the COMCEC Strategy, COMCEC Coordination Office launched the COMCEC Project Cycle Management (PCM) Programme in 2013. Carried out under the support of COMCEC PCM Programme and coordinated by SESRIC, the project titled “2013-SESRIC-0111 Improving Statistical Capacities of Tourism Sector” aims at building statistical capacity in tourism statistics and overall contributing to the National Statistical Systems (NSS) of the member countries of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) through capacity building programs including short-term trainings.
The International Statistical Institute Regional Statistics Conference 2014 (ISI-RSC 2014) organized by International Statistical Institute South East Asia Regional Network (ISI-SEA Network) was held at Sasana Kijang (Bank Negara Malaysia's Centre for Knowledge and Learning Excellence) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 16-19 November 2014..jpg)
In accordance with its 2014 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC in collaboration with AFRISTAT co-organised the training course on 'Poverty, Living Conditions and Cross-Cutting Social Issues' at the National Agency of Statistics and Demographics (ANSD) in Dakar, Republic of Senegal on 10-14 November 2014. The course was conducted by Mr. Siriky Coulibaly, Poverty Analysis Expert of AFRISTAT, with the participation of relevant officials of the ANSD.
In accordance with its 2014 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the Training Course on “Informal Sector” at the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) in Kampala on 05-07 November 2014, within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The Course was provided by Mr. Ahmed Sanusi, Statistics Expert at National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) of Nigeria with the participation of relevant officials of UBOS.
Adopted in 2012, the Strategy Document of the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation (COMCEC) is the first vision document for the COMCEC for six main cooperation areas including tourism. To achieve strategic objectives defined in the COMCEC Strategy, COMCEC Coordination Office launched the COMCEC Project Cycle Management (PCM) Programme in 2013. Carried out under the support of COMCEC PCM Programme and coordinated by SESRIC, the project titled “2013-SESRIC-0111 Improving Statistical Capacities of Tourism Sector” aims at building statistical capacity in tourism statistics and overall contributing to the National Statistical Systems (NSS) of the member countries of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) through capacity building programs including short-term trainings.
In accordance with its 2014 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Programme on 'Information Society Statistics' at the General Bureau of Statistics (GBS) in Paramaribo, Republic of Suriname on 27-28 October 2014. The Course was provided by Mr. Bouazza Bouchkhar, Statistics Expert at the Directorate of Statistics-HCP with the participation of relevant officials of the GBS.
Adopted in 2012, the Strategy Document of the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation (COMCEC) is the first vision document for the COMCEC for six main cooperation areas including tourism. To achieve strategic objectives defined in the COMCEC Strategy, COMCEC Coordination Office launched the COMCEC Project Cycle Management (PCM) Programme in 2013. Carried out under the support of COMCEC PCM Programme and coordinated by SESRIC, the project titled “2013-SESRIC-0111 Improving Statistical Capacities of Tourism Sector” aims at building statistical capacity in tourism statistics and overall contributing to the National Statistical Systems (NSS) of the member countries of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) through capacity building programs including short-term trainings.
Adopted in 2012, the Strategy Document of the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation (COMCEC) is the first vision document for the COMCEC for six main cooperation areas including tourism. To achieve strategic objectives defined in the COMCEC Strategy, COMCEC Coordination Office launched the COMCEC Project Cycle Management (PCM) Programme in 2013. Carried out under the support of COMCEC PCM Programme and coordinated by SESRIC, the project titled “2013-SESRIC-0111 Improving Statistical Capacities of Tourism Sector” aims at building statistical capacity in tourism statistics and overall contributing to the National Statistical Systems (NSS) of the member countries of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) through capacity building programs including short-term trainings.
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) in partnership with United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), United Nations Economic Commission for Western Asia (UNESCWA) and Arab Institute for Training and Research in Statistics (AITRS) organised the Regional Workshop on 'Revision 3 of Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses and Census Data Evaluation' in Amman, Jordan from 19 to 23 October 2014 with the participation of 20 national experts from 15 Arab countries including Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tunisia, UAE, and Yemen, and international experts.
Adopted in 2012, the Strategy Document of the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation (COMCEC) is the first vision document for the COMCEC for six main cooperation areas including tourism. To achieve strategic objectives defined in the COMCEC Strategy, COMCEC Coordination Office launched the COMCEC Project Cycle Management (PCM) Programme in 2013. Carried out under the support of COMCEC PCM Programme and coordinated by SESRIC, the project titled “2013-SESRIC-0111 Improving Statistical Capacities of Tourism Sector” aims at building statistical capacity in tourism statistics and overall contributing to the National Statistical Systems (NSS) of the member countries of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) through capacity building programs including short-term trainings.
Adopted in 2012, the Strategy Document of the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation (COMCEC) is the first vision document for the COMCEC for six main cooperation areas including tourism. To achieve strategic objectives defined in the COMCEC Strategy, COMCEC Coordination Office launched the COMCEC Project Cycle Management (PCM) Programme in 2013. Carried out under the support of COMCEC PCM Programme and coordinated by SESRIC, the project titled “2013-SESRIC-0111 Improving Statistical Capacities of Tourism Sector” aims at building statistical capacity in tourism statistics and overall contributing to the National Statistical Systems (NSS) of the member countries of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) through capacity building programs including short-term trainings.
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) and State Statistical Committee (SSC) of Republic of Azerbaijan agreed on a partnership to facilitate collaboration and cooperation between both institutions within the framework of the project titled “Integration of the ‘Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS)’ into the National Surveys in OIC Member States”.
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) and National Agency of Statistics and Demography (ANSD) of Senegal have signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to facilitate collaboration and cooperation between both institutions within the framework of the “Integration of the ‘Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS)’ into the National Surveys in OIC Member States” project. The MoA was signed on 25 September 2014 by Prof. Savaş Alpay, Director General of SESRIC, and Mr. Aboubacar Beye, Director General of ANSD of Senegal.
In accordance with its 2014 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the Training Course on 'Price Statistics' at the Central Statistics Organization (CSO) of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in Kabul on 15-17 September 2014 within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The Course was conducted by Dr. Mohammad Sadegh Alipour, an expert of the Statistical Centre of Iran (SCI) with participation of relevant officials of CSO of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.
The Twenty-Fourth Session of the Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities (CCSA) was held in Rome, Italy on 11-12 September 2014. Being the co-chair of the Committee, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) hosted the session.
In accordance with its 2014 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the Training Course on 'Science, Technology and Innovation Statistics' at the Agency on Statistics (AoS) in Astana, Republic of Kazakhstan on 10-12 September 2014, within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The Course was provided by Mr. Devrim Yagan, Statistics Expert at the Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT) with the participation of relevant officials of the AoS.
In accordance with its 2014 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the Training Course on 'Data Dissemination and Data Warehousing' at the National Institute of Statistics (INS) of Cote d'Ivoire in Abidjan 9-11 September 2014 within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The Course was conducted by Mr. Baye Demba Diack, an expert of the National Agency of Statistics and Demographics (ANSD) of Senegal with participation of relevant officials of INS of Cote d'Ivoire.
In accordance with its 2014 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the training course on ‘Metadata and Process Management’ at the State Statistical Committee (SSC) in Baku, Republic of Azerbaijan on 28-29 August 2014, within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The course was provided by Mr. Gökhan Gürgeç, Statistics Expert at Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT) with participation of relevant officials of SCC.
In accordance with its 2014 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Business Surveys on Service Statistics’ at the Agency on Statistics (AoS) in Astana, Republic of Kazakhstan on 25-27 August 2014. The Course was provided by Mr. Yusuf Kenan Orhan, Statistics Expert at the Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT) with the participation of relevant officials of the AoS.
In accordance with its 2014 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the Training Programme on 'Data Dissemination and Data Warehousing' at the State Statistical Committee (SSC) in Baku, Republic of Azerbaijan on 11-13 August 2014, within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The Course was provided by Mrs. Medine Akyıldız, Statistics Expert at Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT) with participation of relevant officials of SSC.
The Expert Group Meeting (EGM) on Enhancing National Capacities of OIC Member Countries in Poverty Statistics was held on 7-8 August 2014 at SESRIC Headquarters in Ankara, Turkey. The EGM was organized within the general framework of SESRIC poverty project which is among the successful final projects selected for the Project Cycle Management (PCM) Programme of the OIC Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation (COMCEC). The meeting was attended by delegates from 15 member countries, namely Azerbaijan, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Gambia, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Niger, Pakistan, Senegal, Sudan, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey and Yemen. Representatives of Islamic Solidarity Fund for Development (ISFD) of Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Group, Ministry of Family and Social Policies of Republic of Turkey and related NGOs also participated in the meeting.
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) and the Economic and Statistical Observatory for Sub-Saharan Africa (AFRISTAT) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to initiate and facilitate collaboration and cooperation between both institutions in matters of common interest and to establish the necessary arrangements for their implementation. The MoU was signed on 23 July 2014 by Prof. Savaş Alpay, Director General of SESRIC, and Mr. Cosme Vodounou, PhD, Director General of AFRISTAT.
Ministers from over 20 countries belonging to the Multidimensional Poverty Peer Network (MPPN) gathered in Berlin between 7-8 July 2014 to endorse multidimensional poverty as an overall goal of the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and endorse the establishment of a new MPI 2015+ measure of extreme poverty in the post-2015 development context. The network and its participants endorsed Multidimensional Poverty Indices (MPIs) as a powerful policy tool for enhanced poverty reduction at the regional, national and subnational level, with the ability to illuminate the state and progress of marginalised groups.
In accordance with its 2014 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the Training Course on 'Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries Statistics' at the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) in Kampala, Republic of Uganda on 17-18 June 2014 within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The Course was provided by Ms. Tugba Gocmen, Statistics Expert at Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT) with participation of relevant officials of UBOS.
In accordance with its 2014 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the Training Course on 'Social Accounting Matrices' at the National Statistical Office (ONS) Islamic Republic of Mauritania in Nouakchott on 17-19 June 2014 within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The Course was provided by Ms. Bahija Nali, Statistics Expert at HCP of Kingdom of Morocco with participation of relevant officials of ONS.
In accordance with its 2014 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the Training Course on ‘Environment Statistics’ at the Institute of Statistics (INSTAT) in Tirana, Republic of Albania on 27-28 May 2014 within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The Course was provided by Ms. Semiha Nurdan Gedik, Statistics Expert at Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT) with participation of relevant officials of INSTAT.
The Fourth Session of the Statistical Commission of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC-StatCom) was co-organised by the Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) and the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) at SESRIC Headquarters on 21-23 April 2014 in Ankara, Republic of Turkey.
In accordance with its 2014 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the Training Course on 'Data Dissemination and Data Warehousing' at the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI) in Muscat, Oman from 30 March to 1 April 2014. Ms. Medine Akyıldız, an expert of the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat), conducted the training.
In accordance with the Resolutions of the Third Session of the OIC Statistical Commission (OIC-StatCom), the Members of the OIC-StatCom called for an Expert Group Meeting (EGM) on Islamic Banking and Finance Statistics (IBFStat). The EGM on IBFStat was co-organized by Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) and the Islamic Research and Training Institute (IRTI) of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Group on 25 – 26 March 2014 at the SESRIC Headquarters in Ankara, Turkey. The meeting was attended by delegates from 13 member countries, namely Bangladesh, Cameroon, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Malaysia, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Turkey and Yemen. Representatives of Borsa Istanbul (Istanbul Stock Exchange), International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance (INCEIF) and Participation Banks Association of Turkey (TKBB) also participated in the meeting.
In accordance with its 2014 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the Training Course on 'Construction Statistics' at the Central Statistical Organization (CSO) in Sana’a, Republic of Yemen on 24-26 March 2014 within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The course was provided by Mr. Bünyamin Emirosman, Head of Short Term Business Statistics at Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT) with participation of relevant officials of Central Statistical Organization (CSO) of Yemen.
In accordance with its 2014 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the training course on 'Balance of Payments and International Trade Statistics' on 18-20 March 2014 at the premises of the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) in Dhaka, Bangladesh within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The course was provided by Mr. Eyüp Mehmet Dinç, an expert of Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT), and attended by 21 relevant officials of the BBS.
In accordance with its 2014 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the Training Course on 'Classifications' at the Central Statistical Organization (CSO) in Baghdad, Republic of Iraq on 10-11 March 2014 within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The course was provided by Mrs. Asmaa Abdelrasoul Mohamed Mourad, senior specialist at Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) of Arab Republic of Egypt with participation of relevant officials of CSO of Iraq.
In accordance with its 2014 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the training course on 'Price Statistics' at the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on 10-12 March 2014. The training was attended by 11 experts from the NBS of UAE, Statistics Centre of Abu Dhabi (SCAD), Dubai Statistics Centre (DSC), and Central Department of Statistics and Information (CDSI) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Dr. Cem Bas, an expert of the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat), was the trainer for the training programme.
SESRIC, in its capacity as the Secretariat of the OIC Statistical Commission (OIC-StatCom), organized the annual 
The twenty third session of the Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities (CCSA) was held at United Nations Headquarters in New York, USA on 3 March 2014. 41 delegates from international and supranational organizations participated in the Twenty Third Session of the CCSA. The Centre was represented by Prof. Savas Alpay, Director General and Mrs. Zehra Zumrut Selcuk, Senior Researcher.
In accordance with its 2014 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the training course on 'Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Statistics' on 25-27 February 2014 at the premises of the Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics in Doha, Qatar within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The course was provided by Mr. Salim Gürbüz, an expert of Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT), and attended by 17 relevant officials of the Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics of Qatar.
In accordance with its 2014 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the Training Course on 'Information Society Statistics' at the National Institute of Statistics (INS) in Niamey, Niger on 14-15 January 2014. The training was attended by 20 experts from the INS, AJSN, ANP, CSC, DS Communication, IFTIC, MCT/EN, ONEP, and ORTN (Télé Sahel and Voix du Sahel). Mr. Bouazza Bouchkhar, an expert of the Directorate of Statistics at the High Commission for Planning of Morocco, was the trainer for the training programme.
Within its 2013 annual work plan, SESRIC organised the training course on 'Transport and Communication Statistics' at the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in Abu Dhabi, UAE on 24-26 December 2013. The course was provided by Mr. Bouazza Bouchkhar, an expert from the Direction de la Statistique, Morocco.
The Third Session of the Statistical Commission of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC-StatCom), held on 10-12 April 2013 in Ankara-Turkey, has welcomed the initiative of the Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) in offering the National Statistical Offices (NSO) of OIC Member Countries its 
Within its 2013 annual work plan, SESRIC organised the training course on 'Transport and Communication Statistics' at the Agence Nationale de la Statistique et de la Démographie (ANSD) in Dakar, Senegal on 6-8 Novermber 2013. The course was provided by Mr. Bouazza Bouchkhar, an expert from the Direction de la Statistique, Morocco.
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC), in collaboration with Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Economic Cooperation Organization Secretariat (ECO) jointly organized CountrySTAT Regional Basic Administrator Training for ECO Member Countries on 21-25 October 2013. The event was held at SESRIC headquarters in Ankara, Turkey.
The Centre organised a training course on 'Statistical Data Analysis' at the Central Department of Statistics and Information in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on 16-19 September 2013. The course was provided by Dr. Ali Said, an expert from the BPS-Statistics, Indonesia.
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC), in collaboration with United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) and the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) jointly organized the Regional Seminar on “Developing a Programme for the Implementation of the 2008 System of National Accounts (SNA) and Supporting Statistics for ECO Member Countries” on 11-13 September 2013. The Seminar was hosted by SESRIC at its headquarters in Ankara, Turkey. Seventy-four participants from national statistical offices (NSO), central banks (CB), and relevant government offices of Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Pakistan, Tajikistan, and Turkey; and from international organisations including ECO, UNSD, UNECE, and UNESCAP attended the Seminar. Additionally, representatives of Germany (Destatis and GIZ) and Norway (SSB-Statistics Norway) took part in the Seminar. The Centre was represented by Mr. Atilla Karaman, Acting Director of Statistics and Information Department; Ms. Zehra Zümrüt Selçuk, Senior Researcher; Mr. Syed Tahir Mahmud, Researcher, Mr. Abdulhamit Öztürk, Research Assistant, and Mr. Abdullah Al Mamoun, Intern.
The Centre organized a training course on “Metadata Preparation and Management” at the National Bureau of Statistics, United Arab Emirates on 9-11 September 2013. The course was provided by Ms. Nalan Eviren, an expert from the Turkish Statistical Institute with the participation of relevant staff members of National Bureau of Statistics, United Arab Emirates.
The Centre organised a training course on 'Census Survey Design and Sampling Techniques' at the Central Statistical Organization in Sana'a, Yemen on 4-6 September 2013. The course was provided by Mr. Arif Cheema, an expert from the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
The Centre organised a training course on 'Transport and Communication Statistics' at the Institut National de la Statistique in Yaoundé, Cameroon on 26-28 August 2013. The course was provided by Mr. Bouazza Bouchkhar, an expert from the Direction de la Statistique, Morocco.
The Centre organized a training course on “Consumer Price Index (CPI)” at the Statistics Indonesia, on 13-15 August 2013. The course was provided by Mr. Cem Baş, an expert from the Turkish Statistical Institute and was attended by 50 staff members of the Statistics Indonesia.
The Third Session of the Statistical Commission of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC-StatCom) was co-organised by the Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) and the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) on 10-12 April 2013 in Ankara, Turkey.
In accordance with the Resolutions of the Second Session of the OIC-StatCom, the members of the OIC-StatCom called for an Expert Group Meeting (EGM) to define the structure of a comprehensive profile that will include all the relevant phases of censuses and to compile the different country experiences and practices from OIC Member Countries.
SESRIC, in its capacity as the Secretariat of OIC-StatCom, organised the Fifth Meeting of the Delegates of the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of the OIC Member Countries on 28 February 2013 in New York, United States of America as a side event in the margins of the 44th Session of the United Nations Statistical Commission (UNSC). The delegates of the NSOs of the OIC Member Countries attended the meeting that aimed to get their comments and feedback on the tentative agenda of the Third Session of the OIC Statistical Commission.
In its capacity as the Secretariat of the Statistical Commission of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC-StatCom), the Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) organised the OIC-StatCom Technical Committee of Experts (TCE) Meeting on Gender Related Issues on 21 – 22 January 2013 at the SESRIC Headquarters in Ankara, Turkey.
The Centre organised training course on “Income and Consumption” at the Qatar Statistics Authority (QSA), on 19-20 December 2012. The course was provided by Ms. Fidaa Abtli, an expert from the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) and was attended by relevant staff members of the Qatar Statistics Authority (QSA).
The Centre organised training course on “Quarterly National Accounts” at the Department of National Planning, Maldives, on 26-28 November 2012. The course was provided by Ms. Siti Asiah Ahmad an expert from the Department of Statistics, Malaysia and was attended by relevant staff members of the Department of National Planning, Maldives.
Under the framework of a German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) project on “Support to Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS)’ Study Visits to Strengthen the Process of Establishing a Training Centre for PBS”, a delegation of 7 participants from the Islamic Republic of Pakistan paid a study visit to SESRIC. The delegation was headed by Mr. Munir Ahmad Aslam, Director General of PBS, and accompanied by Dr. Michael Wild, Advisor to GIZ in Pakistan, and Mr. Marcus Delacor, Managing Director of euphorum GmbH, implementing agency of the study visit. As the Government of Pakistan decided to establish a statistical training centre to satisfy the demand for capacities in the field of statistics, the focus of the study visit was to gain a better understanding on the statistical training activities of SESRIC implemented under the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) initiative and impact of StatCaB trainings at large.
The Centre organized a training course on “Short-term Business Statistics” at the Department of National Planning, Maldives, on 19-20 November 2012. The course was provided by Mr. Abd. Latib Talib, an expert from the Department of Statistics (DOS) Malaysia, and was attended by the related staff members of the Department of National Planning, Maldives.
The Centre organised training course on “Price Statistics and Indices” at the Central Statistics Organization (CSO) Afghanistan, on 18-21 November 2012. The course was provided by Ms. Sa'adiah Ahmad, an expert from the Department of Statistics, Malaysia and was attended by the relevant staff members of the Central Statistics Organization Afghanistan.
The Workshop on “Conducting and Analysing Labour Force Surveys for Monitoring of the Labour Market for the Arab Countries” was held on 18-22 November 2012 in Amman, Jordan. The workshop was co-organised with the Arab Institute for Training and Research in Statistics (AITRS) in collaboration with the International Labour Organisation (ILO), United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UNESCWA) and Department of Statistics (DOS) Jordan.
The Centre organised training course on “Business Registers” at the Central Bureau of Statistics, (CBS) Sudan, on 12-14 November 2012. The course was provided by Mr. Hassen Aurouri, an expert from the Institut National de la Statistique, Tunisie, and was attended by 35 staff members of CBS, Sudan.
The Centre organised training course on “Price Statistics and Indices” at the Ministry of National Economy Oman, on 12-14 November 2012. The course was provided by Mr. Cem Baş, an expert from the Turkish Statistical Institute and was attended by 20 staff members of Ministry of National Economy Oman.
The Centre organised training course on "Short-term Business Statistics" at the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS), on 5-7 November 2012. The course was provided by Mr. Abd. Latib Talib, an expert from the Department of Statistics (DOS) Malaysia, and was attended by the related staff members of the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS).
The Centre organised training course on “Labour Force Statistics” at the Central Statistics Organization (CSO) Afghanistan, on 22-24 October 2012. The course was provided by Ms. Saidah Hashim, an expert from the Department of Statistics (DOS) Malaysia, and was attended by the related staff members of the Central Statistics Organization (CSO) Afghanistan.
The Centre organised training course on “Supply - Use and Input-Output Tables” at the Department of Statistics (DOS) Malaysia, on 17-19 October 2012. The course was provided by Mr. Mehmet Kula, an expert from the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat), and was attended by 37 staff members of the Department of Statistics (DOS) and other agencies.
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) organised a training course on “Demography and Population” at the National Institute of Statistics (INS) of Niger in Niamey on 15-17 October 2012. The course was provided by Mr. Achref Mrabet, an expert from the Statistics Tunisia, and was attended by relevant INS staff members.
The Task Force Meeting on Implementation of Accreditation Program for Statistical Professionals in OIC Member States (OSTAT) Programme was held on 12 October 2012 at the SESRIC Headquarters in Ankara, Turkey. The meeting was hosted by SESRIC and attended by Dr. Nabeel Mohammed Shams, Director General of the Statistics Department at the Central Informatics Organisation (CIO) of the Kingdom of Bahrain; Mr. Abu Camara, Statistician at the Data Resources and Statistics Department of the Islamic Development Bank; Mr. Hüseyin Hakan Eryetli, Director of Training and Technical Cooperation Department, SESRIC; Mrs. Münevver Nilgün Egemen, Senior Researcher at the Statistics and Information Department, SESRIC; Mr. Atilla Karaman, Researcher at the Statistics and Information Department, SESRIC; Mrs. Zehra Zümrüt Selçuk, Researcher at the Statistics and Information Department, SESRIC; and Mr. Syed Tahir Mahmud, Researcher at the Statistics and Information Department, SESRIC. The objective of the meeting was to gather the basic stakeholders including the CIO of Bahrain, IDB and SESRIC to discuss the roles and responsibilities of the relevant organisations and other vital issues to be considered during the operationalization of proposed programme.
The Twentieth Session of the Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities (CCSA) was held in Frankfurt am Main on 17-19 September 2012. Being the co-chair of the Committee for the term 2012-2012, European Central Bank (ECB) hosted the Session where Mrs. Zehra Zümrüt Selçuk, researcher, represented the Centre thereat.
The Regional Seminar on "International Trade Statistics" was held on 12-14 June 2012 in Amman, Jordan. The workshop was co-organised with the Arab Institute for Training and Research in Statistics (AITRS) in collaboration with the United Nations Statistical Division (UNSD), United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UNESCWA) and Department of Statistics (DOS) Jordan.
The Second Session of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Statistical Commission (OIC-StatCom) was co-organised by the Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) and the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) on 13-15 May 2012 in Izmir, Turkey.
Dr. Savaş Alpay, Director General of SESRIC, paid a courtesy visit to Mr. Birol Aydemir, President of the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat), in Ankara, Turkey on 17 April 2012.
Dr. Savaş Alpay, Director General of SESRIC, paid a courtesy visit to Dr. Suryamin, Chief Statistician of BPS-Statistics Indonesia, in Jakarta, Indonesia on 15 March 2012.
The Centre organised training course on “Management of Archives and Documents” at the Central Statistical Office (CSO), Kuwait, on 12-15 March 2012. The course was provided by Mr. Amjad Abdulraheem al-Magableh an expert from the Department of Statistics (DOS) Jordan, and was attended by the relevant staff members of the Central Statistical Office (CSO), Kuwait.
The Centre organised a training course on “Agriculture Statistics” at the Department of Statistics Malaysia on 21-22 November 2011. The course was provided by Mr. Bahrawar Jan, expert at the Federal Bureau of Statistics, Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
During his visit to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to participate in the Meeting of the Central Banks and Monetary Authorities of the OIC Member Countries, Dr. Savas Alpay, Director General of SESRIC, visited the Department of Statistics of Malaysia on 17 November 2011. Dr. Alpay has been received by H.E. Dr. Haji Abdul Rahman Bin Hasan, the Chief Statistician of Malaysia, at his office.
The Centre organised a training course on “Quarterly National Accounts” at Agency of Statistics of the Republic of Kazakhstan on 31 October-2 November 2011. The course was provided by Mr. Buyung Airlangga, an expert at the Badan Pusat Statistik (BPS), Republic of Indonesia.
The Centre organised a training course on “Quarterly National Accounts” at the State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan on 19-21 October 2011. The Course was provided by Ms. Dilek Ozsoy, Head of National Accounts Group at TürkStat and was attended by 7 staff members of the State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
The Centre organised a training course on “Tourism Satellite Accounts” at National Agency of Statistics and Demography of Senegal on 10-12 October 2011. The course was provided by Ms. Nezha Elmrabet, an expert at the Direction de la Statistique, Morocco.
The Centre organised a training course on “Transport and Communication Statistics” at Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) of Egypt on 9-11 October 2011. The course was provided by Mr. Bouazza BOUCHKHAR, an expert at the Direction de la Statistique- Morocco.
Dr. Savaş Alpay, Director General of SESRIC, and Mr. Atilla Karaman, Researcher, visited the BPS-Statistics Indonesia’s Cimahi District and West Java Provincial Offices in Bandung on 15 September 2011.
Dr. Savaş Alpay, Director General of SESRIC, and Mr. Atilla Karaman, Researcher, visited Mr. Muchlis Husin, Acting Director of the Institute of Statistics (STIS), in Jakarta, Indonesia on 14 September 2011. Ms. Dewita Nasution, Vice Director for Student Affairs; Dr. Dedi Walujadi, Vice Director for Administration Affairs; Mr. Rifa Rufiadi, Head of General Administration Division; Mr. Sairi Hasbullah, Director of Public Relations and Legal Affairs Department at the BPS-Statistics Indonesia; Ms. Tias Tanjung Wilis, International Relations and Cooperation Division at the BPS-Statistics Indonesia were also present during the meeting.
BPS-Statistics Indonesia hosted a preparatory meeting to exchange views on the development of a draft outline for the Strategic Vision of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Statistical Commission (OIC-StatCom). The participants of BPS-Statistics Indonesia were Mr. Arizal Ahnaf, Principal Inspector; Mr. Sairi Hasbullah, Director of Public Relations and Legal Affairs Department; Dr. Kecuk Suhariyanto, Director of Statistical Analysis and Development Department; Ms. Katiti Wulansari, Director of International Relations and Cooperation Division; and Ms. Tias Tanjung Wilis, International Relations and Cooperation Division. Dr. Savas Alpay, Director General, and Mr. Atilla Karaman, Researcher, represented the Centre thereat.
The Centre organised a training course on “Statistical Data Analysis” at the National Institute of Statistics and Demography Burkina Faso on 01-03 August 2011. The Course was provided by Mr. Guindo Sidiki, an expert at the Senegal National Agency of Statistics and Demography.
The Centre organised a training course on “MDGs Related Statistics” at Statistics Sierra Leone on 27-30 July 2011. The Course was provided by Ms. Lydia Tuhaise, a Senior Statician at the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), and was attended by 28 staff members of the Statistics Sierra Leone.
The Centre organised a training course on “Statistical Data Analysis” at the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Statistics on 18-21 July 2011. The Course was provided by Ms. Afsaneh Yazdani, Director General of Office of Statistical Methodology & Sample Surveys at the Statistical Centre of Iran, and was attended by 14 staff members of the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Statistics.
The Centre organised a training Course on “Price Statistics” at Jordan Department of Statistics on 3-5 July 2011. The Course was provided by Mr. Ashraf Samarah, an expert from the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, and was attended by 14 staff members from Department of Statistics in Jordan.
The Centre organised training on “National Accounts: Supply and Use Tables” at the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) of the Arab Republic of Egypt, on 6-8 June 2011. The Course was provided by Mr. Mehmet Kula, an expert from the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat), and was attended by 22 staff members of the CAPMAS.
The Centre organised training on “Geographic Information Systems (GIS)” at the Central Statistical Bureau of State of Kuwait, on 5-7 June 2011. The Course was provided by Mr. Mohamed Montaser Mohsen Hussin Mohamed, an expert from the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS), and was attended by five staff members of the Central Statistical Bureau of State of Kuwait.
The 2011 joint Eurostat-Medstat Meeting of the Directors of the National Statistical Institutes (NSIs) of the Mediterranean European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) Countries was held on 13 April 2011 in Istanbul,Turkey following the 
The First Session of the OIC Statistical Commission (OIC-StatCom), organized jointly by Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) and the Islamic Development Bank (IDB), was held in Istanbul, Turkey on 11-12 April 2011.
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) in Collaboration with the Arab Institute for Training and Research in Statistics (AITRS) organized a “Training Course on Quarterly National Accounts and Short-Term Indicators” on 6-10 October 2010, in Amman, Jordan. The course was attended by 20 participants representing 12 Arab states such as, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, UAE and Yemen.
The First Arab Statistical Conference (FASC) was organized by the Arab Institute for Training and Research in Statistics (AITRS) in cooperation with the Department of Statistics in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, and held in Amman, Jordan between November 12 and November 13, 2007.
In accordance with the response of the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics to the Centre’s questionnaire on statistical capacity building, the Centre has organised this course at the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. The course has been provided by the experts from the Statistic Division Government of Pakistan.
In accordance with the response of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Department of Statistics to the Centre’s questionnaire on statistical capacity building, the Centre has organised this course at the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Department of Statistics. The course has been provided by the experts from the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics of Egypt.
In accordance with the response of the Maldives to the Centre’s questionnaire on statistical capacity building, the Centre has organised this course at the Statistics Division of the Ministry of Planning and National Development of Maldives. The course has been provided by the experts from the Department of Statistics Malaysia.
In accordance with the response of the Statistics Indonesia of the Republic of Indonesia to the Centre’s questionnaire on statistical capacity building, the Centre has organised this course at the Statistics Indonesia. The course has been provided by the experts from the Department of Statistics Malaysia.
SESRTCIC has partnered with OECD, SPO and TURKSTAT in
A regional meeting on statistical training in Africa was organised on 12-13 March 2007 in Kampala, Uganda within the framework of the PARIS21 Task Team on Statistical Training and Human Resources. The meeting was organised jointly by the PARIS21 Secretariat, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Makerere University’s Institute of Statistics and Applied Economics with the logistical support of the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS).
The Thirty-eighth Session of the UN Statistical Commission was held at the United Nations headquarters in New York on 27 February-2 March 2007. The Session, which marks the 60th Anniversary of the Committee, was attended by representatives from the 24 Member States of the Commission as well as observers from other Member States of the UN, representatives of organisations of the UN system and observers from inter-governmental, non-governmental and other organisations active in international statistical work. Dr. Sıdıka Başçı, Senior Researcher represented the Centre thereat.