News 2014

09 to 12 December 2014 | Chiba, Japan

The training course is geared towards apprising participants on the new NSDS guidelines developed by PARIS21 specifically on the design and implementation processes, permanent steps and the sequenced steps in the design process, and links to existing norms, tools and good practices. The course will likewise provide an overview of the survey planning and costing tool designed to aid in financing the implementation of the NSDS.

24 November to 05 December 2014 | Dili, Timor-Leste

05 September 2014 | Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan

- 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.

02 to 04 September 2014 | Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan

The workshop aims to organize a network of training partners for agricultural and rural statistics as a sub-group of the Asia-Pacific Network for the Coordination of Statistical Training (the Network) which is mandated by the ESCAP Committee on Statistics and was established in April 2014 with 24 members.

22 to 24 April 2014 | Chiba, Japan

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.