To raise
recognition and strengthen the public awareness and trust in official
statistic, the United
Nations Statistical Commission endorsed October 20 as the World Statistics
Day, to be observed by national, sub-regional, regional and international
statistical offices and entities.
The Search
was launched to emphasize the core values of service, integrity and
professionalism of the celebration and recognize outstanding achievements
of statisticians behind the generation of reliable and timely official
statistics
and serve as an advocacy to further support the work of statisticians
across different settings and domains. The award will be given during the
celebration of the World
Statistics Day on October 20, 2011...(more details)