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The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat has launched a competition to design the official logo for the Standing Committee of Caribbean Statisticians (SCCS). The competition to create the SCCS logo is one of the activities to mark the Year of Statistics, which is being observed in 2025 under the theme ‘Improving Lives through Statistics, Strengthening and Improving Together’.
Regional statisticians and agriculture stakeholders are participating in a workshop in Trinidad and Tobago aimed at building capacity to measure and monitor food security and nutrition (FSN).
Directors of Statistics and other stakeholders in the field have made recommendations to create a more efficient process for the conduct of censuses.
The recommendations to improve the mammoth undertaking – a complete count of the population - include initiating the planning process earlier; shortening the census questionnaire and employing different modes of enumeration such as self-enumeration through computer-assisted, web interviewing techniques; and ensuring robust public relations campaigns are executed.
It is my great privilege to welcome each and every one of you to this morning’s Opening Ceremony for the Fourth High-Level Advocacy Forum on Statistics and to the 2024 round of CARICOM Statistics Meetings.
On behalf of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), it is my pleasure and honor to participate in the opening of the Fourth High-Level Advocacy Forum on Statistics. This gathering presents a valuable opportunity to strengthen our ties and foster a sustained exchange of expertise, ideas, and best practices with the countries of the Caribbean.
“I know that I am speaking to the converted when I say that there has never been a time when data has been so widely recognised as one of the most valuable resources available to our countries.
The Government of Belize, in partnership with the Statistical Institute of Belize, the CARICOM Secretariat, the United Nations Population Fund, the European Union, and the Commonwealth Secretariat, will host the 2024 CARICOM Statistics Meetings in Placencia, Belize. The Meetings began on 31 October and will conclude on 8 November 2024.
“The theme selected for Caribbean Statistics Day 2024, 'Improving Lives through Statistics: Strengthening and Innovating Together' underscores the critical role that statistics play in enhancing the welfare of CARICOM citizens.