ECOBUSAF and SOCSTAF are two components of the Pan-African Statistics Programme II (PAS II) funded by the EU. International consortia are formed by European statistical offices (France, Denmark, Spain, Finland, Norway and Poland). These components aim at supporting African integration through the reinforcement of national, regional and continental statistical systems. SOCSTAF concerns the development of social statistics in the national statistical offices of the African Union countries, and ECOBUSAF focuses on economic statistics.

The area of activity for Statistics Poland concerns the social statistics component (SOCSTAF) and focuses on sharing knowledge and experience in conducting censuses. The consortium for this component is formed by Denmark (coordinator), Finland, France, Spain and Poland.

This is the first issue of an annual newsletter highlighting the major events organised as part of the ECOBUSAF and SOCSTAF projects.

This edition features the flagship activities implemented in 2023; it provides the list of African countries involved in the project ; it also announces some events that will take place in 2024.

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It is available here: https://www.insee.fr/en/information/6324029