Thursday, a seminar was held at RJNDC entitled "The Role of Department of Statistics in Supporting Decision-Makers, Drawing Development Policies and Facing Crises" for scholars in Defense Course/19, in presence of head and members of directing staff. The symposium, in which Dr. Shaher Al-Shawabkeh, Director of Department of General Statistics, Dr. Hadhram Al-Fayez, Director of Policy and Studies Department at the Ministry of Planning, and Dr. Ahmed Al-Naimat, media spokesperson at Crisis Management Center, participated in, aimed to identify the role of public statistics in monitoring the demographic reality and department’s strategy in facing the challenges of Corona pandemic, In addition to explaining the importance of statistical data in forecasting, assessing the situation, and strengthening horizontal linkage and coordination during the crisis. The participants discussed the topics of statistical numbers and their importance in building comprehensive development plans and programs, economic and social modeling and statistical data, in addition to the importance of the statistical number in the evaluation and review processes, identifying risks, improving the geographic and demographic crisis decision. At the end of the symposium, an extensive discussion took place, during which the participants answered questions and inquiries from the audience.