Programme of Work

- a skills framework for agricultural and rural statisticians and

- training needs assessment tools and process implementation for assessing training needs for agricultural and rural statistics.

The Bureau is establishing the Network in line with Decision 3/8 of the ESCAP Committee on Statistics (the Committee). The decision endorsed a strategy for improving regional coordination of statistical training prepared by the Working Group of the Regional Coordination of Statistical Training and requested the Bureau to establish an advisory group to implement the recommendations of the Working Group , with the Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific (SIAP) as its secretariat.