Law to sets up Abu Dhabi statistics cent

posted on 01/05/2008: 183 views

President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has issued, in his capacity as Ruler of Abu Dhabi, Law No. 7 for 2008, setting up the Statistics Centre - Abu Dhabi as an autonomous body which enjoys financial and administrative independence and legal competence as the sole agency for official statistics in the emirate. The centre shall be based in Abu Dhabi and may open branches or affiliate offices across the emirate.

According to the law, the centre aims at developing and organising statistical work in the emirate and providing accurate and reliable information on the social, economic and environmental state to the decision and policy makers, as well as to the public, media, businesses, research centres and the international community, without prejudice to the non-disclosure policy of the centre's board of directors.

The centre shall develop statistical plans and programmes to serve economic, social and environmental development programmes. It shall also conduct emirate-wide statistical surveys which will not contradict with the country's interests in collecting, indexing, filing, analyzing and publishing official statistics, including those related to population and social, demographic, economic, environmental and cultural areas.

The centre shall be run by a board of directors headed by the Chairman of Planning & Economy Department with members whose number shall range between 4 and 8. The board members shall be appointed through a resolution by HH the Chairman of the Executive Council. The resolution shall also stipulate members' remunerations. The board's term shall be for three renewable years.

The law sets out the board's duties in drawing up the centre's policy, endorsing its plans, setting priorities for statistical work, participating in strategic planning for statistics in the emirate, endorsing the centre's annual budget, approving the annual report and developing the organisation structure. The centre shall have a director general who will be appointed by means of a resolution issued by the Chairman of executive Council. The law shall repeal Emiri decree no. 13 for 1975 on statistical non-disclosure and any other relevant provisions. – Emirates News Agency, WAM

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