Tutelian member in the steering Committee of PARIS 21

 The General Director of the Central Administration of Statistics (CAS), Dr. Maral Tutélian, was nominated as a member in the Steering Committee for the Partnership of PARIS 21 in order to represent the Middle East countries. The partnership of PARIS 21 was established by the European Commission, OECD, UN and World Bank after an international meeting in November 1999.

The regulatory body of PARIS 21 is composed of 9 seats representing: Middle and South Africa, East Africa, South Africa, North Africa, Middle East, South Asia, South-East Asia and Central America.

The tasks of the Steering Committee consist of providing guidelines to the Secretariat of PARIS 21 in the field of its strategic direction and work program.

The statement stated also that the intensive participation of CAS in Arab, regional and international forums of statistics proved the existence of CAS in these forums and its efficient role and that CAS role would not be that obvious without the great support of the Prime Minister, Mr. Fouad Sinora, in this field.

 



 
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Presidency of the Council of Ministers

Law of 22/2/1979


Law implemented through the decree n° 1793
issued on February 22, 1979 (official journal N°9)

Creation of a public administration called "Central 
administration of statistics at the presidency of the
Council of Ministers


The president of the Republic

  • By virtue of the constitution, especially its' article 58,

  • Whereas the government has referred to the parliament, through the decree
    n° 1078, dated on 18/3/1978, an urgent draft law aiming at the creation of a public administration called " administration of central statistics ".

  • Whereas more than 40 days have elapsed since the submission of the foresaid urgent draft law to the parliament, without deciding on it.

  • According to the proposal of the prime minister.

  • After the approval of the council of ministers on 3/1/1979

Decrees the following :

Article 1: The urgent draft law, referred to the parliament through the decree N° 1078, dated on 18/3/1978, aiming at the creation of a public administration called "Central Administration of Statistics " shall be enforced, Its text is the following :

  • Article 1 : A public administration called " Central Administration of statistics, is created at the presidency of the council of ministers.

  • Article 2 : The word administration in the law is intended to mean the public administrations, the public institutions, the municipalities and the other moral entities in the public sector.

Article 3 : The Central administration of Statistics assumes the following functions :

  1. To assume itself or in cooperation with the involved administrations to set forth all statistics related to the economical and social life of the country.

  2. To unify the data bases related to institutions or individuals used in the administrations to extract the statistical data from it, and to supervise technically the statistics that the administrations lay down and to centralize and coordinate it.

  3. To set up the internal economical accountings (the national accounts), the balance of payments, and the other annual statement regarding the economical and social activities of the country.

  4. To carry out the statistics, investigations, and studies requested by the Council of Development and Reconstruction, and the other economical studies requested by the other administrations.

  5. To carry out mandatory statistical surveying , should be considered as mandatory any statistical survey carried out by the central administrations of statistics directly, or through another institution, and published in the official journal.

  6. Analysis and publication of the statistics that are laid down.

  7. To contribute, with the Civil Service Council, to the preparation and training of the employees working with statistical units related to the administrations.

Article 4 :

  1. The Central administration of statistics is composed of administrative and technical units, created and cancelled by decrees enacted in the Council of ministers, after the approval of the civil service Council, in compliance with the provisions of clause 2 of this article.

  2. The government within one year of the inured date of this law should, determine through decrees enacted in the council of ministers, after the approval of the civil service council, the cadre of the central administration of statistics , the designation of the functions of this cadre, the special conditions of appointment, the hierarchy of its grades and salaries, the special indemnities of the employees working in said administration, and the conditions of the classification of the employees for the central statistics directorate at the cancelled general plan ministry of the created jobs.

  3. The units of the central administration of statistics shall be organized, and the functions and the powers of their functionaries shall be determined through decrees to be enacted in the council of ministers, after the approval of the Council of civil service.

Article 5 : All the administrations shall put at the disposal of the central administration central of statistics the documents, instruments and information it needs so as to set out the statistics; The physical and moral entities of the private sector shall respond to the statements and application forms related to mandatory investigations carried out by the central administration central of statistics provided that this matter would not prejudice the secret of the professi