Issue highlight (Statistical Newsletter – Third Quarter, 2009)

• 14th Session of the Committee for Coordination of Statistical Activities, Bangkok, 9-11 September 2009
• Voices of the Region - Interview with Mr Rusman Heriawan, Chief Statistician, BPS-Statistics Indonesia and the Chairperson of the Bureau, ESCAP Committee on Statistics
• Capacity Building
  • Statistics Division Meetings / Training Workshops
    • Expert Group Meeting on the Development of Economic Statistics in the Asian and Pacific Region, Bangkok, 17-18 September 2009
    • ESCAP/WHO Meeting on the Improvement of Vital Statistics and Vital Registration in Asia-Pacific, Bangkok, 15-16 September 2009
    • In-Country Training Workshops on the Improvement of Disability Measurement and Statistics, June-August 2009
  • Training Workshops by the Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific
    • Distance-Learning Training Course on ‘Introduction to Stata’, Bangladesh, China, Ghana, Lao PDR, Mongolia, the Philippines, Vanuatu, 21, 24 and 25 August 2009
    • Area-Focused Training Course on the Collection and Analysis of Official Economic Statistics for Central Asian Countries, Chiba, Japan, 21 July-18 September 2009
    • Country Course on Multivariate Statistics, Colombo, 21-25 July 2009
    • Country Course on the System of National Accounts (SNA), Manila, 15-19 July 2009
    • Fifth Group Training Course on Analysis, Interpretation and Dissemination of Official Statistics, Chiba, Japan, 13 July-11 September 2009
    • Country Course on Sampling Designs for Household and Enterprise / Establishment Surveys, Kuala Lumpur, 6-10 July 2009
    • Third Regional Course on Integrated Economic Accounts, Manila, 22 June – 3 July 2009
    • Distance-Learning Training Course on Introduction to the System of National Accounts (SNA), Bangladesh, China, Islamic Republic of Iran, Lao PDR, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Tanzania, 16 June 2009
  • Calendar of forthcoming Meetings:
    • Meetings and Training Courses of ESCAP Statistics Division and SIAP
    • Other forthcoming Statistical Meetings in the ESCAP Region
• Special Assignment to Myanmar: Post-Nargis Periodic Review II
• Missions undertaken by Staff

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