Statistical Capacity Development
One of the key missions of FAO is to support member countries develop the capacity of their statistical systems and enable them to collect, analyze, disseminate and use relevant, reliable and timely data. By strengthening countries’ capacity in this area, FAO contributes to make available key analytical and decision-making support tools for national, regional and global evidence-based actions.
How can national governments request capacity development assistance?
National governments should discuss on an ongoing basis their statistical capacity development needs and priorities directly with their FAO country office. These needs and priorities will usually be reflected in the Country programming framework (CPF) and support will be planned in consultation with the relevant technical units and regional or sub-regional statisticians. If assistance requests are raised, the FAO country office will contact the relevant technical divisions and regional or sub-regional statisticians to analyze how the support can be provided.
FAO statistical capacity development activities are funded through:
- Technical Cooperation Programme (TCP)
- Regular programme funds allocated to technical divisions
- Extra-budgetary programmes that support statistical development.
For specific information and inquiries on FAO capacity development programmes, national governments are also encouraged to contact these programmes directly.
Statistical capacity development programmes
Environment indicators
FAO supports national experts in the development of core agri-environmental statistics, as part of the SDG process and including statistics on land use and land cover, information on inputs to agricultural production such as fertilizers and pesticides, on environmental-economic accounting, and on environmental impacts via climate-change relevant information in support of country reporting under the United Nations climate convention.
Related capacity development resources
- E-learning course | System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA) (available in Arabic, English, French, Russian and Spanish)
- E-learning course | Sustainable Agriculture (available in English, French, Russian and Spanish)
- Accelerating FAO support on SDG monitoring | Resources available
- FAO Statistics Working Papers on Environment
- Resources on the Use of Earth Observation Data (EOSTAT)
- Hands-on training workshops and webinars (calendar of events available on FAO SDG indicators webpages)
- Methodological documents and guidelines (available on FAO SDG indicators webpages and FAO Methods and standards subpage)