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Statistics and information are some of the principal and essential parts of planning, decision-making, and evaluation of performances at different managerial levels. The policy-makers, planners, and experts need statistical data for developing strategies, policy-making, and determining policies, planning, monitoring, coordinating, and handling plans, and also economic activists require the statistics to identify the economic status and situation of the country. Moreover providing a vivid depiction from the past to present, prediction of the future situation, and eliminating existing weak points in different economic, social, and cultural sectors involve the availability of accurate, inclusive, and updated statistical data.
In general, statistical data are the most fundamental principle of planning, and planning, itself, is regarded as the most important characteristic of the management. Statistics and information, planning and management are three factors of development and the level of the countries’ development has a close relationship with the quality of the statistics and timeliness of the produced statistics.
Therefore, with respect to the importance of statistics at micro and micro levels, and the necessity of introducing statistics standing among the public and the authorizes and also raising statistical literacy, awareness and culture throughout the society, The first of Aban[1] (22 October) was proclaimed Statistics and Planning Day.
Proclaiming this special day in the first of Aban is due to the beginning of the implementation of the National Population and Housing Census on this date. Aiming at introducing this subject that the statistics “is the principle and base of planning, development, and advancement”, to the society, the Statistical Centre of Iran (SCI) has been carrying out many efforts up to now.
Since 1999, the SCI has celebrated this important Day by doing different activities such as holding an annual meeting on the occasion of Statistics and Planning Day annually as an approach for realizing objectives and strategies of the National Statistical System, shedding a light upon the significance of statistics role, informing managers of government agencies of the necessity of statistics in their planning and decision-making and raising of statistical literacy at different social levels. Statistics Day is an opportunity for appreciating and commemorating the share of statistics science and statisticians in the development of society.
Approving the matter that production of statistics, reliable and timely indices and indicators on the development of the countries are necessary for well-informed decision-making on policy, and monitoring the implementation of development objectives, the UN General Assembly has designated October 20 as World Statistics Day with the theme of “Service, Professionalism and Honesty” which coincides with Statistics Day in Iran. Every five years, many countries and international and regional organizations celebrate World Statistics Day. Up to now, two rounds of this day have been celebrated (2010 & 2015). The theme of the 2015 World Statistics Day was “Better data, Better lives”. October 20, 2020, coinciding roughly with Aban, 1st, Statistics and Planning Day in Iran, is going to be celebrated with the theme of “Connecting the world with the statistics we can trust”.
[1] . The second Iranian autumn month
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