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“Human capital is probably one of the essential factors in the perspective of the modernization of statistics” 1 Statistical production requires specialized knowledge on subject matter statistics Continuous staff training and development are therefore essential to maintaining and enhancing the capacity of a National Statistics Office (NSO) 1 Concept note- Regional/Sub-regional conferences on transformative agenda for official statistics 2 Statistical capacity building still remains a challenge in the region despite assistance from International Development Partners 3 Adequate training is available in economic statistics in areas such as national accounts, prices, balance of payments, government financial statistics, tourism as well as in labour force statistics Designated international agencies see these areas as critical to their work and so give priority to training 4 Areas in need of support: Social statistics, statistical infrastructure such as sampling, data analysis, survey management Non-technical Management & leadership Communication Report writing & presentation skills Project management 5 Small size of statistical offices limits the pool of knowledge in the organization- especially in specialised areas such as sampling limits the available time for training High staff turnover especially among technical staff including information technology Difficult to compete with private sector or other high income countries in the region Lack of succession planning 6
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