Caribbean statisticians meet in Dominica

The 35th Meeting of the Standing Committee of Caribbean Statisticians (SCCS) opens today at the Fort Young Hotel here in Dominica and concludes tomorrow.

Today the statisticians will see a status report on national accounts data submitted to the CARICOM Secretariat, the developmental work in the area of environmental statistics and the proposed work plan for 2011/2012 along with progress reports on other areas of economic statistics.

It will also look at the implementation of the 2008 System of National Accounts in the CARICOM region; execute a preliminary review of data quality in member countries; examine the progress on the compilation and dissemination of merchandise trade statistics and the regional initiative on promoting food security and look at a regional policy formulation on agricultural statistics.

Meanwhile, the opening of the two-day 19th Meeting of the Regional Census Coordinating Committee (RCCC) will follow the SCCS event on Wednesday at the same venue.

The RCCC meeting will examine a status report on the implementation of a regional strategy of support to the conduct of the 2010 Round of Population and Housing Censuses in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).

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1 Comment

  1. mouth of the south
    November 8, 2010

    well well after all we might know how much people d.a have,,,,cuz i surely not seeing much woman eh,,,,i was by whitchurch,,,i saw a fine chick i holla @ the chica,,,,talked to her like a gentleman that i am,,,,,,20 mins later i by independence street by kairi f.m dere,,,,i seeing another fine chick again,,,i holla unknowing to me is the same girl wii,,,dat was emberassing,,,,i had to make a fast excuse n tell her i forgot to ask 4 her number n i make her add me on facebook,,,,yah i had my black berry so u know i had to flash dat,,,,yah dat was b4 all cats n dogs had one,,,,,,now e’re one wanna flash b.b by juniors lol,,,yah i checking d spot doh have woman eh,,,,if d.a have more dan 50000 people i kissing a cow for 5 mins lol!!!!!

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