H.E. Dr. Saleh bin Mohammad Al-Nabit, Minister of Development Planning and Statistics of the State of Qatar, has been chosen to be a member of Paris21 Board, and its Executive Committee.   Paris21 was founded in November 1999 in response to the UN Economic and Social Council directives which call on the international community to strengthen statistical capacities in the developing countries, aiming to enable them to improve their planning competencies, and to give them the opportunity to formulate policies based on reliable statistical data. Paris21 has set targets to provide assistance to all countries, particularly the developing ones, to enable them to map out the evidence-based policies and monitoring. Paris21 partnership is comprised of numerous countries, regional and global organizations, policy makers, analysts, statistics experts from most of world countries. It centers on proving high quality statistics to make sound policies. In addition, Paris21 focuses on encouraging efficient dialogue among the statistics producers and users. It facilitates the holding of regional and international conferences, and supporting nationwide activities and regional workshops. The Partnership in Statistics for Development in the 21th century is currently concentrating its attention on mobilizing efforts to back up the international post-2015 agenda. It also advises the countries to switch to the information revolution launched by the eminent figures report regarding the aforesaid agenda. Undoubtedly, HE the Minister of Development Planning and Statistics membership of Paris21 Board will be a strong push for statistics in Qatar and the Arab region in general.