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FAO Statistical Programme of Work 2016-2017

Year of publication 2017

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 72 p.

Author Statistics Division

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Document

Category Other document

Edition 1

The FAO Statistical Programme of Work (SPW) is a collaborative effort that is overseen by the Chief Statistician and supported by the Inter-Departmental Working Group on Statistics. These two mechanisms ensure strengthened coordination and cooperation on statistical matters and guarantee the high quality of FAO data.

The SPW provides a summary of all of the principal statistical activities at FAO, and a detailed description of all the individual statistical activities carried out by FA O Divisions active in the field of statistics.

It is an important tool for improving effective coordination, reducing duplication in data collection and methodological work, and for stimulating joint efforts among international organizations in many areas.

Key features of the SPW 2016-17

  • organized around five statistical functions:
    • - Data output – from data collection to dissemination
    - Analytical publications
    - Statistica l standards
    - Statistical capacity development
    - Statistical coordination and governance
  • activities coded according to the Classification of Statistical Activities (CSA) to facilitate information exchange with other international organizations
  • information collected through the Quality Assurance and Planning Survey (QAPS), the new FAO tool designed to gather information on all of FAO’s statistical activities and to increase compliance with the FAO Statistics Quality Assurance Framework (SQAF)

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