1. Group Facilitator Name: Group’s Rapporteur
Reporting back
Group 2
Group’s Members
Name: :
Group Facilitator
Name:
Group’s Rapporteur

2. Sustainable Funding for National Statistical Systems
Three main challenges :
Lack of funding: the additional burden of the preparation of development indicators and economic conditions experienced by the Arab countries, which influence funding of statistical indicators agencies
Weak interest in statistics by leaders
Weak conviction in the outcome of spending on statistics

3. Sustainable Funding for National Statistical Systems
Three proposed solutions:
Distributing roles among countries according to their experience
Allocating part of the national income for Statistics

4. Governance Mechanisms to Fuel the Data Revolution
Three main challenges :
Absence of adequate and up to date legislations
Shortage of human resources

5. Governance Mechanisms to Fuel the Data Revolution
Three proposed solutions:
Giving responsibility and independence to statistical agencies (empowering )
Developing and aligning legislation
Supporting coordination between stakeholders involved in the production and use of data, training and rehabilitating human resources , and building needed capacities

6. Tools and Technologies to Accelerate Data Revolution in the Region
Three main challenges :
Poor interactive databases and poor infrastructure

7. Tools and Technologies to Accelerate Data Revolution in the Region
Three proposed solutions:
The need for a major shift in statistical system in terms of structures and mechanisms
Use of big data
Use of internet in Data capturing