About PARIS21: The Partnership in Statistics for Development in the 21st Century (PARIS21) was founded in November 1999 by the United Nations, the European Commission, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the International Monetary Fund, and the World Bank, in response to the UN Economic and Social Council resolution on the goals of the UN Conference on Development. The PARIS21 Consortium was set up -- at a meeting hosted by the OECD Development Assistance Committee -- as a global partnership of national, regional and international statisticians, analysts, policy-makers, development professionals and other users of statistics. It is a forum and network to promote, influence and facilitate statistical capacity development and the better use of statistics.
PARIS21's goal is to develop a culture of Management for Development Results (MfDR). PARIS21 pursues this goal primarily by encouraging and assisting low-income and lower middle income countries to design, implement, and monitor a National Strategy for the Development of Statistics (NSDS).
The PARIS21 Secretariat -- hosted within the OECD's Development Co-operation Directorate -- has benefitted from the generous financial contributions of the following donors:
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AUSTRALIA, Australian Agency for International Development http://www.ausaid.gov.au/ |
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BELGIUM, Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://www.diplomatie.be/ |
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CANADA, CIDA http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/ |
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EFTA http://www.efta.int/ |
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EUROPEAN COMMISSION http://ec.europa.eu/ |
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EUROSTAT http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ |
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FINLAND, Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://formin.finland.fi/ |
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FRANCE, Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/ |
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GERMANY, GTZ http://www.gtz.de/en/index.htm |
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GREECE, Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://www.mfa.gr/www.mfa.gr/en-US |
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IRELAND, Ireland Aid - Department of Foreign Affairs http://www.irishaid.gov.ie/ |
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ITALY, Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://www.esteri.it/MAE/EN |
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JAPAN, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) http://www.jica.go.jp/english/ |
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KOREA, Statistics Korea http://kostat.go.kr/eng/ |
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NETHERLANDS, Ministry for Development Co-operation http://www.minbuza.nl/en/home |
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NORWAY, NORAD http://www.norad.no/ |
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SPAIN, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation http://www.aecid.es/ |
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SWEDEN, SIDA http://www.sida.se/English/ |
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SWITZERLAND, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) http://www.deza.admin.ch/en/Home |
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UNITED KINGDOM, DFID http://www.dfid.gov.uk/ |
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WORLD BANK ORGANIZATION http://www.worldbank.org/ |