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 10^th Session of the OIC-StatCom on 17 February 2022 as a side event of the 53^rd 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.

The meeting started with an opening remarks delivered by H.E. Mr. Nebil DABUR, Director General of SESRIC, and H.E. Mr. Adnen LASSOUED, Director General, National Institute of Statistics (INS) of Tunisia and Chair of the 10^th Session of OIC-StatCom, which was delivered by Mr. Hajjej Mohsen, Deputy Director in charge of Statistical Coordination and International Cooperation of the INS of Tunisia. In its capacity as the Secretariat of the OIC-StatCom, SESRIC made a presentation on the follow-up of the implementation of the Resolutions adopted at the 10^th Session of the OIC-StatCom, which was held virtually in October 2021 and the preparations for the upcoming 11^th Session.

The participants discussed and agreed on the following issues:

• The composition of the Bureau Members of the upcoming 11^th Session of the OIC-StatCom, which reflects the geographical distribution of the three official groups of the OIC; namely, the Arab, the African and the Asian groups as follows: Chair: Pakistan (OIC Asia Group); Vice-Chair: Cameroon (OIC Africa Group); Vice-Chair: Qatar (OIC Arab Group); Vice-Chair: Palestine (permanent); and Rapporteur: SESRIC (permanent).
• The agenda items of the upcoming 11^th Session of OIC-StatCom as follows:
  • Transforming Population and Housing Censuses to Mitigate Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic
  • Monitoring and Reporting Manufacturing and Industrial Statistics Related SDG 9 (Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure) Indicators
  • Monitoring and Reporting Research and Scientific Development Statistics Related SDG 9 Indicators
• The date and the venue of the upcoming 11^th Session of the OIC-StatCom as follows: Physical meeting at SESRIC Headquarters, Ankara-Turkey, on 18-19 October 2022.

Document

• Concept Note (English) (Arabic) (French)
• Presentation on the Follow-up of the 10^th Session Resolutions and Preparations for the 11^th Session of OIC-StatCom (English)

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