From December 5 to 7, the new Galiasgar Kamal Theater in Kazan will host the architecture and construction forum “Kazanysh,” featuring over 250 experts in architecture and urban planning from Russia, China, Japan, Brazil, India, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Iran, Egypt, Ethiopia, and other countries. This year, the forum will continue the legacy of the BRICS+ summit.

The “Kazanysh” forum initiated by Kazan’s Mayor Ilsur would take place in Kazan  December 5 to 7, marking the largest urban development event involving international participants, Metshin. During these three days, the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan will welcome over 5,000 guests and experts from more than 20 countries, including mayors and chief architects from BRICS nations.

Africa should urgently invest in robust data and statistical systems to accelerate sustainable development, the Director of the Africa Centre for Statistics at the Economic Commission for Africa, (ECA), Oliver Chinganya has urged.

Opening the Eleventh Forum on African Statistical Development (FASDEV X), as part of the series of events by the community of African statisticians, including Statistical Commission for Africa (STATCOM),   Mr. Chingaya, stressed the importance of data and statistics in supporting informed decision-making and planning.

FASDev initiated in 2004 by the ECA, the African Development Bank, the Partnership in Statistics for Development in the 21st Century (PARIS21) and the World Bank, brings together representatives of national statistical offices, statistical training centres, international, regional and subregional institutions, bilateral agencies, international donors to deliberate on supporting statistical development in Africa.

The eleventh Forum on Statistical Development in Africa (FASDev) kicked off in Addis Ababa under the theme: “Strengthening the Mobilization of Technical and Financial Resources to Support Innovation in Statistical Development in Africa.”

The meeting aims to foster connections between countries, partners, and institutions that support statistics, in order to address the needs of national statistical systems for technical and financial resources to accelerate the transformation and modernization of these systems.

The meeting will also provide an overview of the challenges faced by countries and identify the needs of national statistical systems to develop and implement transformation and modernization programs. There will also be discussions on the opportunities and mechanisms offered by institutions, partners, and pan-African organizations to support countries in their statistical development.

“Over the years, FASDev which is being held back to back with STATCOM, has established links between producers of official statistics, statistical training centers, and partners supporting statistical development on our continent. These meetings have played a crucial role in contributing to the creation of partnerships for the development of statistics in Africa, leveraging the opportunity for more actors to support African countries in this area,” according to Oliver Chinganya, Director of the African Statistics Center of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA).