Chairman of the State Statistical Committee Mr Tahir Budagov met with the UN Resident Coordinator in Azerbaijan Mr Ghulam Isaczai

On June 17 Chairman of the State Statistical Committee Mr Tahir Budagov met with the UN Resident Coordinator in Azerbaijan Mr Ghulam Isaczai.

In the meeting, the sides discussed cooperation between the State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the UN agencies during recent years, it was noted that the action taken within this cooperation, in particular the establishment of the National Information Portal on Sustainable Development Goals of the Republic of Azerbaijan, “United Nations and State Statistical Committee Joint Working Group on National SDG Monitoring System”, organization of the International Seminar on “Disaggregation of data on Sustainable Development Goals in the context of Azerbaijan” are important steps towards the development of country statistics.

At the event, the presentation of practical guidelines titled “Disaggregation of data for SDG” developed within the cooperation between the United Nations Country Team (UNCT) and the State Statistical Committee was also made.