On May 22-24, 2023, the 66th Meeting of the Council of the Heads of National Statistical Services of CIS member countries and the International Forum on “Population censuses: Challenges and Opportunities” was held by the Interstate Statistical Committee of the CIS in Almaty (Republic of Kazakhstan), in cooperation with the National Bureau of Statistics of the Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).

On April 14, a group of employees of the State Statistical Committee visited the Heydar Aliyev Center in connection with the 100th anniversary of the Great Leader Heydar Aliyev.

On May-July 2023, the Multi-Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) will be undertaken in the Republic of Azerbaijan to collect internationally comparable statistical data for assessing the social well-being of mothers and children, human development, and measuring the progress towards the targets underpinning Sustainable Development Goals.

Chairman of the State Statistical Committee, Tahir Budagov met with acting Resident Representative of the United Nations (UN) Development Program in the Republic of Azerbaijan, Nuno Queiros on March 31.

The 54th Session of the UN Statistical Commission and High-Level Forum on official statistics was held from February 27 to March 3, 2023 in New York, United States.

On February 10 large board meeting devoted to activities of statistical bodies in 2022 and forthcoming duties for 2023 was held with participation of the departments of the Administration of the State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan, top management of the State Statistical Committee of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic and local and regional statistical offices.

The staff of the State Statistical Committee visited the Alley of Martyrs on the occasion of the 33rd anniversary of the 20 January tragedy.

In view of implementation of the tasks arising from the “National Action Plan for Strengthening the Fight Against Corruption for 2022-2026” at the State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the training on the fight against corruption has been conducted for employees of the Administration and local statistical office by the Department of Human Resources and Law.

On 8 December Mr. Tahir Budagov, Chairman of the State Statistical Committee has met with Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt to Azerbaijan Mr. Hisham Mohamed Nagy Abdel Hamid.