DoS, UNSD sign cooperation agreement

The Department of Statistics (DoS) and the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) signed an agreement on Sunday to develop the capabilities of specialists in the DoS by using innovative sources, technologies, and methods. Signed by Director General of the DoS Haidar Fraihat and Chief of the Sustainable Development Goals Monitoring Section of the UNSD Yongyi Min, the agreement aims to promptly provide high-quality, classified, and certified data to policymakers, decision-makers, researchers, and all data users. The ultimate goal is to spread the benefits of this data and facilitate the development of effective strategies and policies for sustainable development. According to a statement issued Sunday, Fraihat said this agreement comes at a crucial time in the DoS's efforts to build an interactive data center, which will be in line with the global trend of using cost-effective and efficient methods to collect, analyze, and distribute data to a large number of users. The department is committed to strengt hening cooperation with all relevant parties. As part of this commitment, the department has signed several memoranda of understanding with the most influential stakeholders involved in developing an integrated statistical system, added Fraihat. This agreement serves as an introduction to a four-day workshop, which includes technical meetings with the department and other partner institutions, to develop an appropriate work plan for the project. During the opening of a relevant workshop with the United Nations team, Yongyi explained the importance of this agreement in support of the DoS, which enhances bilateral cooperation, activates mutual benefit, and defines the relevant future stages and plans. Source: Jordan News Agency