Governor Nicholl Welcomes Steps in the Implementation of the Law on Statistics

The Governor of the Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina (CBBH) Peter Nicholl welcomes publishing of vacancy announcement for the positions of Director and Deputy Director of State Agency for Statistics in the "Official Gazette of BiH" dated June 25, 2003.

The appointees to these positions will have a crucial role in providing leadership for the much-needed improvements to BH statistics, especially macroeconomic statistics such as the national accounts.

The Governor indicated that, following appointments to those positions, the next significant step in implementing the Law on Statistics will be the establishment of the Statistical Council. This Council will guide the development of a new program for much better statistics for BH to meet the needs of state and entity governments, foreign investors, local businesses and all other users.

Governor Nicholl also welcomes a pilot test which will commence this week, coordinated by the State Agency for Statistics and will represent the basis for the household budget survey. That survey, being funded by the Italian and BH governments, will provide valuable data for improving the national accounts and consumer price statistics.