ISLP country coordinators as ambassadors of statistical literacy

Abstract

The ISLP (International Statistical Literacy Project) was established in 1994 by the ISI. The project operates under the IASE. In 2009, the project was strengthened by setting up a three- person executive team and a network of country coordinators for the project. At the moment, the ISLP has over 90 country coordinators on all continents. Their duty is to be promoters of statistical literacy in their countries. The aim of this presentation is to describe and analyse the activity of country coordinators and ways of advancing statistical literacy in each country. In 2016, the ISLP asked for reports from country coordinators on their activity and received almost 50 responses. Over one-half of the reports came from developing countries and a significant part from Africa. The paper presents a summary of the country coordinators’ reports.