OFFICIAL VISIT BY
THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL OF PAKISTAN, BUREAU OF STATISTICS
TO THE STATISTICAL CENTRE OF IRAN
Dr. Bahrawar Jan, Deputy Director General of Pakistan Bureau
of Statistics (PBS) paid an official visit to the Statistical Centre of Iran (SCI)
from 13 to 16 June 2015. This visit was arranged within the framework of the MoU
signed on statistical cooperation between the Statistical Centre of Iran and
the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
At the start of the bilateral
meetings of this visit, Dr. Adel Azar, Head of the SCI welcomed the esteemed
Pakistani delegate and reiterated on the SCI intention for expansion of ties
and cooperation with the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of the neighbouring
states as well as the ECO and OIC member countries. He referred to the Pakistan's
strengths in theoretical aspects of sciences and said that Iran had also valuable
experiences and achievements in applied sciences and collaboration between the
SCI & the PBS and sharing technical knowledge and experiences in these fields
could pave the way for further developments of national statistical systems in both
neigbouring countries.
Dr. Jan gave his words of
thanks for hospitality arrangements made by the SCI and extended the invitation
of Chief Statistician of PBS to Dr. Adel Azar for visiting the PBS in near
future. He added that Iran had a very strong National Statistical System; and
as an indication of this strength, Dr. Jan referred to uninterrupted process of
censuses and surveys in I.R. Iran even during the period of Imposed War. During the visit, a short review on the
history of statistical activities and censuses in Iran, dating back to Ancient
Iran and Achaemenid era was delivered by In-charge, Office of the Head, Public
Relations and International Cooperation which followed by an introduction to
activities of the Office of the Head,Public Relations and International
Cooperation as well as presentations on the activities of the Statistical
Research and Training Center of the SCI and Office of Planning, Performance
Monitoring and Secretariat of High Council of Statistics. Introduction to the activities
of the other Offices of the SCI, including activities of the offices under the ICT
Centre of the SCI, and the offices affiliated to the Deputy for Statistical
Surveys and Administrative Registers, and the Deputy for Economy and National
Accounts were also parts of bilateral meetings during 13 and 14 June 2015, all
followed by extensive technical discussions and question and answer sessions.
These sessions were very productive for both parties in giving a better
understanding of their NSOs.
On Monday, a provincial visit to the Office of
Statistics, Information and GIS of the Management and Planning Organization of
the Alborz Province was arranged for the visiting delegate to make him familiar
with the activities. A field visit was also planned to provide him with detailed
information and hands –on experience
on statistical surveys in Iran.
Dr. Bahrawar Jan left Iran
on Tuesday 16 June 2015.