Senior Regional Advisor (Statistics).

Organizational context

Overview of the functions of the post

Established in 1999, the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) is the statistical office of UNESCO and serves as the United Nations depository for cross-nationally comparable statistics in the fields of education, science, technology, culture, and communication and information for its 193 Member States and 12 Associate Members. The UIS agenda is focused on the delivery of cross-national comparable data for global, regional and development agendas, structured around three pillars: standards and methodologies; data production; and brokering and outreach. As articulated in its 2022–2029 Medium-Term Strategy, the UIS aims to ensure that countries’ policies and decision-making are informed by sound statistical information, that they can benchmark progress towards national and international goals, and that they can learn from the experience of others.

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