National Statistics Council 2021: The 20th session of the work was held in Yaoundé

Chaired by MINEPAT Alamine Ousmane Mey, this^20th meeting of the Council aims to achieve an action plan related to the SND30 and the SNDS 30.

The National Statistical Council (CNS) is holding its^20th ordinary session on Tuesday, November 16, 2021 at the Mont-Fébé Hotel in Yaoundé. The work chaired by the Minister of Economy, Planning and Regional Development (MINEPAT), Alamine Ousmane Mey, invited all the main actors of the National Statistical Information System (SNIS).

In his opening speech, the President of the Council stressed that the SNIS is strongly expected to make available to all stakeholders the statistical data necessary for decision-making; while specifying that the work of the CNS is continuing in order to achieve the 2021-2025 action plan related to the SND 30 and the SNDS 30. According to Alamine Ousmane Mey, the success of any national development program depends on the legal and institutional framework that frames it and the NSDS that understands it. As a result, he urged the members of the Council to immerse themselves in these instruments in order to contribute to the success of the SNIS, in support of the development process.

Five items are on the agenda. After a brief presentation of the state of implementation of the 10 recommendations made during the19th session of the CNS in 2020 by Mrs. Adèle NGAH, Mr. Sédric TIOBO’O’s presentation focused on the presentation for validation of the state of implementation of the SNDS 30. Concerning the3rd and4th points on the agenda of these meetings, they respectively allow to make a presentation of the nomenclature of crafts trades in Cameroon and the guidelines for the dissemination of data, micro data and metadata in Cameroon. Before the end of the work, the participants will discuss the various points for the information of the members of the Council.