1. Group 3 Reporting back Group Facilitator Group’s Rapporteur
Group’s Members
Name: :
Group Facilitator
Name: Abdullah al-Mihrizi
Group’s Rapporteur
Name: Raymond Nabeeh

2. Sustainable Funding for National Statistical Systems
Three main challenges :
Lack of political stability in some Arab countries
Unstable and non- permanent resources.
Limited use of statistics in decision-making
Three proposed solutions:
Emphasizing the importance of statistics in decision-making
Establishing an Arab fund to support statistical activities in the Arab region
Seeking support from private sector

3. Governance Mechanisms to Fuel the Data Revolution
Three main challenges:
Deficiencies in the statistical legislation
Politicization of statistics
Limited awareness of the role and mechanisms of statistical work
Three proposed solutions:
Application of the basic principles of official statistics
Creation of an adequate environment leading to the independence of the statistical work
Inclusion of the entire statistical system in statistical laws

4. Tools and Technologies to Accelerate Data Revolution in the Region
Three main challenges :
Limited resources for the purchase of advanced technology
Shortage of trained cadres
Shortage of training
Three proposed solutions:
The use of big data resources and the internet in the data capturing
The use of administrative records in statistical data production
The use of GIS in statistical processes