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1- Technical Affairs Office
1-1 Agricultural Statistics Directorate
The Agricultural Statistics Directorate carries out periodic surveys to estimate
cultivated area, the average of productivity all of agricultural crops according
to seasonal and geographical distribution, and the means of irrigation in
accordance with the parties of implementation, In addition to areas of orchards
and numbers of trees with its productivity according to types of fruits. It
estimates numbers of the livestock and its products, fish farms and agricultural
mechanization, also calculates field prices of agricultural products, the
preparation of water resources indicators, survey poultry and livestock
projects, in addition to the Directorate in 2001 achieved the comprehensive
agricultural census that carries out every ten years in accordance with
international recommendations.
1-2 Industrial Statistics Directorate
The Industrial Statistics Directorate provides data on industrial activities in
Iraq, which includes annually data on large, medium and small industrial
establishments; it also provides annually data on water and electricity
activities. It carries out some periodic surveys such as surveys of household
and rural industries which was implemented for the first time in 1979/1980 and
carried out again in 1989. Through the mentioned surveys and statistics has been
provided indicators on the value and quantity of production, production
requirements, capital and the number of workers and their wages in addition to
other economic financial indicators.
The Directorate carried a comprehensive industrial survey in the fourth quarter
in 2001, and then carried out a survey of mining and quarrying for the private
sector in 2003, as well as the surveying of productive capacities for the year
2004 and issuance of quarterly industrial indicators for the year 2004.
1-3 Building & Construction Statistics Directorate
The Building & Construction Statistics Directorate prepares a statistics
data about building and construction activity in the country through the
implementation of the following periodic statistics:
- Buildings and
construction of public sector.
- Building and
construction contracts that are allocated from public sector institutions.
- Statistics numbers of
building permits issued for new construction and building repair for
private sector.
- Statistics of private sector
buildings.
- Statistics of Arabic and
Foreign investments projects.
These statistics
provide indicators, the most prominent one is the number of employees according
to their skills and wages that paid to them, the quantity of construction
materials that have been used and its value, numbers of buildings that used and
the number of buildings and construction projects that have been completed
already through the year as economic sectors and other important indicators, it
also implements the periodic surveys about the activity of building and
construction sector.
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1-4 Trade Statistics Directorate
The Trade Statistics Directorate provides statistics data about Iraqi external
and internal trade and the tourism. In the external trade field, it collects and
classifies data of exports; imports and the transit through customs data
statements which are sent to COSIT from Iraqi customs directorates, it prepares
and publishes classified reports according to international recommendations in
this matter, while in the internal trade, the directorate interests is divided
into three domains:
- Internal trade of public
sector.
- Internal trade of
private sector.
- Internal trade for mixed
sector ( cooperative consumption societies)
The data of public
and mixed sectors has been collected annually while the private sector subjected
to periodic surveys. The directorate also provides annual data about hotels and
tourist resorts.
1-5 Transport & Communications Statistics Directorate
This Directorate provides statistical data about ground, air and water
transportation in its two branches (goods and passengers), besides the providing
of data about numbers and specification of vehicles in public, private and mix
sectors, the cost of operating productive trucks in private sector, also data of
goods transport activity by vehicles of states entities as well as public and
private sectors vehicles, the activity of post, telegraph and telephone sector,
Internet cafes, tourism and travel companies Activity, In addition to providing
comprehensive and detailed annual statistical data about traffic accidents have
been registered with the police stations.
1-6 Educational & Social Statistics Directorate
This Directorate provides periodically educational and social statistics for
its various sides such as health, social care, and social reform. It also covers
the educational statistics for each level beginning with the kindergartens
ending with higher education studies in Iraq Including vocational training
institutes, teachers' education institutes, parallel education and the
vocational training and development. The Directorate implements non-periodic
surveys on activities of personal services, project sector, libraries and
medical laboratories…etc. as well as carrying out specialized surveys using
sample style like employment and unemployment survey, and multi-indicators
surveys (MICS). The Directorate is also in charge of supervision on the work of
the Mother and Child Unit which interests the collection and analysis of data
and indicators related to mother and child.
This Directorate provides educational and social statistics periodically for
various areas such as health, social care, and social reform. It also covers
educational statistics beginning with pre-school and ending with higher
education in Iraq. This includes technical education, teacher’s education,
parallel education, and technical training.
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1-7 Population & Manpower Statistics Directorate
The Population & Manpower Statistics Directorate carries out population
censuses to provide comprehensive statistical indicators about the population,
social, economic and housing variables at the level of the smallest
administrative units for both urban and rural areas as well as the
implementation of demographic sample surveys between censuses such as life
phenomena survey, a survey of fertility, migration survey ... It also meant by
analyzing results of censuses and surveys and the preparation of population
projections.
A preliminary plan has been prepared alternative to the census which planned to
implementation in 2004 but has been postponed until further notice with a focus
on the following steps:
1. To set an appointment for the commencement of the numbering and counting
operation that
completed all its requirements in 2004.
2. Identify training plan for all levels of workers in the census.
3. Preparation of a plan to count Iraqi communities abroad.
4. Prepare counting plan and its requirements to determine the method of
counting, forms designing,
preparation of instructions, output schedules, the final
results tables, and instructions for workers in
the census of all levels.
5. Preparation of a plan for counting Bedouins.
6. Preparation of a plan for data processing and extraction results according to
timing schedules
established in the substitution plan.
Also, the Directorate provides data about employees in the various sectors where
such data are essential for manpower planning and exploitation of all available
capacities serving Iraqi economy, including the calculation and distribution of
employees by socio-economic activities, scientific qualifications and their
competences, through continuing of update a database of survey workers of all
State entities, and such data is the basic rule for the databank career.
1-8 National Accounts Directorate
The National Accounts directorate counts and estimates the most important
economic indicators on the national level, including following:
1-9 Living Conditions Statistics Directorate
This Directorate carries out important and essential statistical surveys
because it provides economic indicators about Iraqi households concerning with
the level of their domestic expenditure on one hand and their income which
receive from different sources on the other, in addition to other
characteristics related to health, environment, residential conditions,
education and other social and economic characteristics of the individual and
the household. The survey indicators are used to measure standard of living,
make expectations, facilities of demand for commodities and services, and the
composition of the CPI and identify the different sources of income. In
addition, the directorate provides some indicators of the demographic
characteristics of individuals with providing basic household appliances of
housing, also this Directorate interests in preparing food balance sheet
quarterly and annual reports, these surveys are carried out regularly every four
years, Also it was added to the Directorate tasks of preparation measuring
poverty indicators in Iraq depending on the results of expenditure and
households income surveys.
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1-10 Environmental Statistics Directorate
The Environment statistics directorate provides environmental statistical
data through the cooperation with entities that related with environmental side
or through the implementation of environmental surveys to help decision makers,
planners and researchers in this field.
The plan of Environment statistics Directorate for the year 2006 consists of the
following: -
1. The directorate Works to issue the environmental report for the year 2005
which presenting data that
will be collected by the directorate from the relevant
authorities.
2. Carrying out environmental pollutants Survey in Iraq.
3. Analysis of the results of environmental pollutants Survey in Iraq by experts
specializing in the
environmental field.
1-11 Index Numbers Directorate
Index Number Directorate issues monthly and annual reports for the consumer
price index numbers for measuring inflation and index numbers of imports and
exports in addition to accounts index numbers of the industry, agriculture and
construction activities. It also assumes the task of update bases of measured
index numbers and the installation of new index numbers according to the
requirements of calculate national accounts indicators and other sectoral
offices.
1-12 Human Development Statistics Directorate
The new structure of COSIT is included The Directorate of human development
Statistics. It carries out the collection of data and indicators for the
development of different sectors such as (the education sector, health sector
.... etc.) depending on the availability of such data from the concerned
departments and ministries.
The Directorate is also preparing national indicators about human development
annually similar to reports that adopted regionally and internationally, in
addition to prepares the report of observation acquired progress of Millennium
Development goals, and it works on updating the data periodically to ensure
correspondence with the data at the regional and international levels.
In addition to, the preparation of a periodic report on the social gender
indicators, the Directorate analyzes data with methodological measurement in
high reliability, and enhances the quality of data and indicators to be suit for
holding the international comparisons.
2- Information Technology Office
The main tasks of
the Information Technology office is to compliance COSIT requirements through
six associated directorates (database management, engineering of systems,
maintenance & networking, programming and analysis, computer operations and
geographic information systems).
1. Programming new systems which are related to surveys and statistical
activities included in COSIT
Technology offices work plans, In addition to implementing
the pre prepared systems to find out
statistical reports and tables.
2. Preparing of input programs for new systems, input statistical data and bring
out reports.
3. Designing information Banks for saving and presentation of data as category.
4. Broadcasting, publishing and exchange information via the Internet.
5. Installation of equipments and software related to geographical data system
and making it ready to
carry out the GIS.
6. Coordination with other ministries related to geographic information systems
for draw joint future
plans in order to develop the GIS staff.
7. Designing and implementation of networks for all computers and terminals of
the ministry of
planning as well as other ministries.
8. Supervising on internet system of ministry.
9. Upgrading the old system to new system compatible with network systems to
facilitate the
transmission of data.
10. Carrying out all maintenance works and precautionary maintenance for all
computers and its
terminals at the ministry.
11. Maintenance operation systems of computers and updating the anti-virus
periodically for all
computers of ministry.
12. Train office staffs in different fields relating to information technology
and continuity upgrading new
technologies from micro computers with
applied software.
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3- Financial and Administrative Affairs Office
This office carrying out the task of
ensuring administrative services for COSIT offices and employees, management of
financial and accounting affairs, employees and workers affairs in addition to
statistical directorates in the governorates with regard to administrative
matters, through its directorates:
3-1 Employee affairs Directorate
This directorate tasks are counting salaries, wages, upgrading, allowances,
rewards and writes appreciate letters, it also carries out procedures of
calculating the years of service and experience.
3-2 Administrative affairs Directorate
This Directorate is responsible of ensuring administrative services for COSIT
offices and management employees and workers affairs in Baghdad and governorates
in addition to the internal supervision.
3-3 Accounting Directorate
It prepares the current balance sheet and the expenses of investment plan and
prepares lists of salaries and wages of employees as well as the preparation of
official accounting records and the use of all official audited balances and its
attachments.
3-4 Publication and Public Relations Directorate
This directorate periodically prepares and issues the annual statistical group,
COSIT publications manual and any other print or publication, this Directorate
also provides data and statistical information to the departments,
establishments and different state entities, Arabian and international entities
and organizations, in addition to providing researchers and graduate students
and university students with the required information according to conditions of
issuance information and statistical data published in this respect ... It is
also perform informational activities through the available media with the aim
of deepening the statistical awareness of people.
4. The Departments which are related to the Office of Chairman of Central Org.
for Statistics and Information Technology
4-1 Training and Statistical Researches Center
Training has a special importance in raising skills of employees in sectors,
whether public or mixed. One of the training and statistical research centre
tasks is create those skills in the statistical field through various
activities, including employees of COSIT and employees of Statistical sector in
different State offices.
Moreover, this center training includes summer and methodical training for Iraqi
universities and institutions students. The implementation of all relation to
the preparation of statistical research, seminars and symposium is another task
of this center.
4-2 Legality Department
It achieves and follow-up legal cases of COSIT and the arrangement of
contracts. This department represents COSIT in the courts and different types or
levels of judicial authorities in COSIT or governorates, and be responsible for
preparing the guarantees, commitments and legal advices inside COSIT, and
oversee, the implementation of the effective Statistics Law and its internal
rules and regulations.
4-3 Auditing Department
This department carries out the task of auditing all accountings transactions
that achieved and prepared by accounting Directorate in order to ensure their
safety and suitability by the effective laws, regulations and financial
instructions.
4-4 Following and coordination Department
This Department is tasked with coordinating the activities of COSIT annual
work plan and preparation of periodic reports about levels of achievement. It is
also coordinating the relations with the Arab, regional and international
organizations and bodies as well as companies and institutions of public sector
and mixed.
4-5 Analysis Unit
A new unit has been built for
statistical analysis, which is working on gathering and preparing COSIT
directorate’s data of indicators and statistics, as well as providing
comprehensive accurate data about the reality of society in the past and present
to facilitate planer work in making his plans .
Currently, this unit working on two main tasks which are:
1. Contributing, supporting in achieving the goals of Iraq Household
Socio-economic Survey 2006/7 and
calculating the indicators of this survey as well through
extracting 265 agenda.
2. Tasks assigned to Analysis Unit team by COSIT Chairman the head of as well as
Technical Affairs
Office, with the analysis unit timing.
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