National Strategies for the Development of Statistics (NSDS):
Statistical Planning at the Service of Dynamic Development

The African Statistics Day (ASD) is a yearly advocacy tool aimed at raising awareness of the importance of Statistics in the economic and social development of Africa. Celebrated every year on 18 November, the event was initiated by a former Subsidiary Body of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), the Joint African Conference of Planners, Statisticians, and Demographers. The 2006 celebration is devoted to raising awareness on the importance of National Strategies for the Development of Statistics (NSDS) as new benchmarks in statistical planning aimed at facilitating the development of statistics in a coordinated manner using modern management principles such as free flow of information and ideas, participation, teamwork, innovation, creativity, and initiative. >>more