Establishment of South Sudan Statistical Society (SSSS)

National Bureau of Statistics

National Strategy for the Development of Statistics

Establishment of South Sudan Statistical Society (SSSS)

Introduction

With the ongoing initiative aimed at strengthening the national statistical system (NSS) through the NSDS project from the government of the Republic of South Sudan,the government cannot sufficiently achieve this alone, it requires support from other bodies to ensure future statisticians are properly developed and coached with professional skills.To achieve this, SSSS is at the centre of it to ensure it happens.

Why form SSSS,

The SSSS will be the national “umbrella” organisation to support and encourage the development and use of statistics and probability.

Strategic objectives of SSSS

• Ensure statistics are used effectively in the public interest;

• Ensure society become more statistically literate;

• Ensure future statisticians develop the skills of the statistical profession;

• Ensure statistics as the disciplines is strengthened;

• Help to develop a public awareness of the value of statistical thinking and the importance of statistics and statisticians in SSSS;

• Work to ensure that decisions affecting SSSS are based on appropriate data and valid statistical interpretation;

• Promote the highest possible standards for statistical education and practice in SSSS;

• Promote the development of statistical methodology;

• Promote a sense of community among all statisticians in SSSS and

• Provide a forum for the exchange of ideas between theoreticians and practitioners of statistics.

Targeted Professionals

SSSS is informing interesting professionals or Individuals who are willing to becomes members of SSS. The first meeting will discuss the constitution. The membership registration is now opened for qualified Statisticians, Mathematicians, Actuals, Operation Researchers, Economics, Anthropologists, Sociologists, Demographists etc  and students of the above mentioned fields.

Benefits to the Members

By joining SSSS, you are guaranteed to have joined:

• A society that will keep you up to date with the latest developments in statistics and data;

• Forum for the exchange of statistical information and ideas with statistical workers active in applications, consulting, teaching and research within government, commerce and industry;

• An organisation that will give you opportunities through meetings and workshops to keep abreast of the latest developments in your field;

• An organisation that boost your network of contacts, both national and international, throughout government, industry, business and academia.

We are inviting all the interesting individuals (Statisticians, Mathematicians, Economists, Anthropologists, Demographists, and Sociologists etc for a meeting to discuss the Constitution of the South Sudan Statistics Society.

Therefore, kindly confirm your attendance for the meeting through the contact given below.

All Interesting individuals should come and register with the NBS – NSDS unit before the meeting date.

Meeting Venue: National Bureau of Statistics meeting Hall

Date: 4th May 2016

Time: 9:00 am – 12:00 Noon

For details on how to join: please contact Mr. Atem Bul - +211956055890 or David Nak on 0955671649, or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.