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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 »

The project “Cross-cutting: Targeted support for agricultural statistical innovation at FAO” was implemented by the UN Food and Agricultural Agency between the end of 2016 and November 2021. Funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, it aimed at improving effective evidence-based decision-making, policy uptake and influence, and Sustainable Development Goals accountability through high-quality, open, accessible, interoperable, timely and more disaggregated agriculture, food security and investment data. The purpose of the evaluation was to assess the quality and relevance of… 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 »