[Sdi-latinamericacaribbean] new system in place to track Saint Lucia's progress on the MDGs

[Kate Lance]

http://www.caricomstats.org/DevInfo.htm
New System in place to track Saint Lucia’s Progress on the MDGs
The Government of St. Lucia has launched HelenInfo, its adaptation of DevInfo 5.0, a mechanism to monitor statistics and indicators. HelenInfo, was launched on 13 April 2007 under a joint collaborative arrangement instituted primarily by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat and UNICEF to strengthen statistical capacity in the area of Social Statistics in the Region, a critical factor being access to data by users for decision-making, policy formulation and research. The development of HelenInfo also benefited from substantial assistance from the European Commission and the UNDP.
DevInfo is a statistical tool that allows tracking of baseline data relating to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) which was initially introduced by UNICEF and for which a number of training sessions have been organized in the region by UNICEF and UNDP under the leadership of CARICOM.
HelenInfo includes a small publication and an installation CD that also provides statistics on inter-census demographic trends, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the local socio-economic environment. The package uses the DevInfo mapping technology to geographically reference a large number of the indicators by sub-national administrative districts.


       
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