The Law on the National System of Statistical and Geographical Information (SNIEG) mandates that international statistical standards (ISS) should be taken into account to produce the national official statistical Information. The mission of SNIEG considers the adoption of national and international statistical standards.

At the international level, principle No. 9, ("International Co-ordination") of the "Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics" of the United Nations establishes that: "The use by statistical agencies in each country of international concepts, classifications and methods promotes the consistency and efficiency of statistical systems at all official levels".

Under this framework, the Inventory of ISS is developed for:

• To compile standards recommended by the main International Organizations, in one database, systematized by types of standard and by statistical or geographical themes and subthemes of national interest.
• To provide basic information about the standard, such as; objective, the international organization that recommends it, version, description of the standard and the URL to the original information source from which the standard is obtained (see: Metadata Model ).
• To make clear the network of international organizations involved in the development and dissemination of ISS.

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