The AFRISTAT Newsletter 13
The Director General and all the staff of AFRISTAT wish a happy new year 2025 to all readers of information magazine. They wish each of them health, peace and success.
in all their endeavors.
The second half of 2024 was characterized by the organization of traditional AFRISTAT statutory meetings, the carrying out of statistical coordination missions and the mobilization of resources with or for the benefit of Member States, participation in coordination between statistical support institutions, the strengthening of statistical capacities and the development of partnerships.
The 29th meeting of the Scientific Council and the 48th meeting of the Steering Committee held respectively in October and December 2024 assessed the level of execution of the AFRISTAT action plan from 2024 to June 30 and allowed the adoption of the AFRISTAT action plan from 2025 and the related budget. These bodies also continued the recruitment process of the Deputy Director General of AFRISTAT for the period 2026-2029 which should end in 2025 and they defined the main points of deliberation of the 32nd Session of the Council of Ministers. These should include at least the adoptions of the revision of the Treaty establishing AFRISTAT and the distribution of the AFRISTAT Fund 2026-2035.
