CAPMAS
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Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) is the official statistical agency of Egypt
that collects, processes, analyzes, and disseminates all statistical data and the Census.
CAPMAS was established by a Presidential Decree 2915 in 1964. It is the official provider of data, statistics, and reports. Other sources provide data including Ministries, agencies, authorities, universities, research and information centers, and international organizations.
CAPMAS functions support state planning, decision making policy assessing.
It employs highly trained human resources with outstanding technical expertise, and currently with modern computer equipment.
In the Arab region, CAPMAS is considered among the most advanced statistical agency.
Heads of the Agency have always come from the Army Staff including:
CAPMAS recently came under criticism for both acting as information regulator and information provider.
Among the wide range of legislative reforms being implemented by the Government of Egypt, a "Freedom of Information Act" is currently under preparation for consideration by the People's Parliament
. It is hoped that the Act will ensure high level of transparency and disclosure in line with international best practices.
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
that collects, processes, analyzes, and disseminates all statistical data and the Census.
CAPMAS was established by a Presidential Decree 2915 in 1964. It is the official provider of data, statistics, and reports. Other sources provide data including Ministries, agencies, authorities, universities, research and information centers, and international organizations.
CAPMAS functions support state planning, decision making policy assessing.
It employs highly trained human resources with outstanding technical expertise, and currently with modern computer equipment.
In the Arab region, CAPMAS is considered among the most advanced statistical agency.
Heads of the Agency have always come from the Army Staff including:
- Major General (Staff) Awad Mukhtar Halodeh 1981-1991
- Major General (Staff) Farouk Said Abdel Azim 1991-1995
- Major General (Staff) Mustafa Alaoui 1995 - 2005
- Major General (Staff) Abu Bakr Al-Guindi 2005 -
CAPMAS recently came under criticism for both acting as information regulator and information provider.
Among the wide range of legislative reforms being implemented by the Government of Egypt, a "Freedom of Information Act" is currently under preparation for consideration by the People's Parliament
People's Parliament
The People's Seimas was a puppet legislature organized in order to legitimate the occupation and annexation of Lithuania by the Soviet Union. After the Soviet ultimatum in June 1940, a new pro-Soviet government was formed, known as the People's Government. The new government dismissed the Fourth...
. It is hoped that the Act will ensure high level of transparency and disclosure in line with international best practices.