Istanbul Declaration: Enhancing Role of Statistics

Jousairi Hasbullah
Quoted from presentation of Enrico Geovannini. September 2008.
1. A culture of evidence-based decision making has to be promote at all levels of government, to increase the welfare of societies.
2. It should be a global commitment to measuring and fostering the progress of societies in all their dimensions and to supporting initiatives at the country level.
3.We do urge Statistical Offices, Public and Private organization, and academic expert to work alongside representstives of their communities to produce high quality, fact based information that can be used by all societies to form a shared view of societal well-being and its evolution over time.
To take this work forward it is a need:
1. Encourage communities to consider for themselves  what progress means.
2. Share best practices and increase the awareness of the need to do so using sound and reliable methodologies.
3.Stimulate international debate based on solid statistical data and indicators on both global issues of societal progress and comparison of such progress.
4.Produce a broader , shared, public understanding of changing conditions, while highlightening areas of significan change or inadequate knowledge.
5.advocate appropriate investment in building statistical capacity especially in developing countries.
Jousairi Hasbullah
Yogyakarta. 17 June 2018