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‘Guide to statistics in European Commission development cooperation’ 2023

The ‘Guide to statistics in European Commission development cooperation’ provides extensive information on statistics in development cooperation, presenting key international initiatives supporting partner countries in building sustainable statistical systems that produce quality statistics. Acacia Consulting contributed to the 2023 edition of Eurostat’s ‘Guide to statistics in European Commission development cooperation’.  The ‘Guide’ remains an essential reference for statistics cooperation in developing countries.  Acacia Consulting has been associated with the ‘Guide’ since its beginnings.  The update of the ‘Guide’ was led… Read More »

INSTAD 'Rapport Statistique National 2022" / "Programme Statistique National 2023-2034"

De retour à Djibouti en mars et septembre 2023, un effectif d’Acacia Consulting a rédigé le « Rapport statistique national 2022 » ainsi que le « Programme statistique national 2023 – 2024 ». Ce dernier était l’objet d’une présentation aux représentants du système statistique national de Djibouti.  Les deux documents, les premiers de leurs types, étaient préparés en réponse aux recommandations de l’évaluation préalable de la « Stratégie nationale du développement de la statistique II » (SNDS-II).  La mission a également conseillé l’Institut national de la… Read More »

European Neighbourhood Policy East countries – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine

A report prepared by Acacia Consulting examined how the European Neighbourhood Policy East countries – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine – have approached and implemented the recommendations of the European Statistics System’s Global Assessments / Peer Reviews.  The report summarises and analyses the countries’ implementation status, based on monitoring questionnaires sent out and collected by Eurostat. It was prepared to inform the countries concerned and Eurostat. Global Assessments evaluate how far national statistical systems conform to European Statistical System… Read More »

The ‘Regional Workshop on National Strategy for the Development of Statistics’ (NSDS) was held in Lusaka, Zambia in March 2022, organised by COMESA Secretariat.  Its purpose was to strengthen the capacity of African national statistical systems to support development goals through implementing well-designed, sector inclusive NSDSs.  37 African Development Fund countries participated, as well as regional and global organisations. The workshop covered the following subjects: Understanding emerging data requirements in the context of new development agendas National statistics systems as… Read More »

Acacia Consulting contributed to the ‘Guide to Statistics in European Commission Development Cooperation’, 2021 edition.  This publication, available from the Eurostat website, ‘provides extensive information on statistics in development cooperation, presenting key international initiatives supporting developing countries in building sustainable statistical systems that produce quality statistics. It provides information on how to identify and develop actions in support of key statistics and how to use data and indicators to define and follow-up cooperation programmes.’  It can also be used as… Read More »