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UIS/GB/XIII/3REV. Montreal, November 2011 Issued in English only UNESCO INSTITUTE FOR STATISTICS (UIS) GOVERNING BOARD Thirteenth Ordinary Session (Montreal, 17-18 November 2011) Item 7 of the provisional agenda REPORT ON THE ACTIVITIES OF THE INSTITUTE IN 2011 (41 pages) UIS/GB/XIII/3REV. - 2 - CONTENTS I. МESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR3 II. DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATION INDICATORS AND PROMOTION OF DATA USE AND ANALYSIS 4 III. DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNATIONAL STATISTICS ON EDUCATION OUTCOMES 10 IV. DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNATIONAL STATISTICS ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION; AND CULTURE 13 V. REINFORCEMENT OF CROSS-CUTTING STATISTICAL ACTIVITIES 17 VI. REPORTING ITEMS 19 VII. APPENDICES 24 UIS/GB/XIII/3REV. - 3 - I. МESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR The UIS is in a delicate situation in terms of financing. As indicated in previous Board reports, the Institute launched a very successful fundraising campaign in 2008 which led to the signing of several multi-year funding agreements for the support of core activities. This type of arrangement was made with the Governments of Canada, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom. In addition, the Institute has received regular contributions for core activities from the Governments of Denmark, Finland, Norway, Spain and the World Bank. However, almost all of the multi-year agreements have come to an end or will expire in the near future. The timing is, in many ways, very unfortun