Public statistics: the FNDS officially launched

At the beginning of August, Abidjan welcomed the installation of the Management Committee of the National Fund for the Development of Statistics (FNDS). The ceremony was led by Professor Loesse Jacques Esso, Director of Cabinet, on behalf of the Minister of Planning and Development, Dr Souleymane Diarrassouba. This new body completes the reform of the Ivorian national statistical system. Its mission is to collect, mobilize and secure the financing necessary for the production of public data. Housed at the National Investment Bank, the Fund brings together in its committee representatives of the Ministry of Planning, Finance and Budget, the State Portfolio, as well as the National Statistics Council (CNStat) and the National Statistics Agency (ANStat), with which it now forms a complete institutional trio.The ambition is to guarantee, over time, the availability of reliable and up-to-date statistics. This data should enable the authorities to guide their choices, measure the execution of public policies and assess the concrete results, in a context where the reliability of the figures conditions the credibility of government action.