eCISTAR – A new approach to statistical capacity building for the Caribbean
eCISTAR – Electronic Caribbean Institute for Statistical Training and Research– is an idea whose time has come. The concept of eCISTAR as a mechanism for the sustainable statistical capacity-building has been around for a long time. Its genesis originated in the early 1980’s as CISTAR – efforts by the Standing Committee of Caribbean Statisticians (SCCS) to establish a physical Caribbean Institute for Statistical Training and Research.