The producers of culture statistics discussed the development of culture statistics at the first meeting of the Statistics of Culture held at the Centre on Monday (November 6). The participants reviewed the presentation of the national framework for culture statistics.

The participants also discussed the framework of culture statistics of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), which seeks to organize cultural statistics at the international and national levels. Cultural concepts and terms have been studied through the framework of UNESCO. The concerns of international organizations on culture statistics and the uses of these statistics have been dealt with in the annual statistical book issued by the NCSI in addition to the statistics of mosques and religious schools.

Mechanisms for discussion of the metadata of cultural statistics were also developed and the scope of these data was expanded to include the geographic information system (GIS) coordinates for archaeological, historical, religious and natural heritage sites.During the next phase and within the framework of the national culture all concepts and terminology related to cultural statistics are expected to be reviewed and updated to be able to determine what has not been included as cultural objects and determine the GIS coordinates of archaeological, historical and religious sites in the Sultanate.

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