Issue highlight (Statistical Newsletter – Fourth Quarter, 2009)

·         The Fifth Session of the Governing Council of SIAP meeting, Phuket, Thailand, 16-17 November 2009

·         Capacity Building

·         Statistics Division Meetings / Training Workshops

·       Count us in: Towards better disability measurement and statistics in Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok, 8-10 December 2009.

·       Workshop to Develop a Regional Programme for the Improvement of Economic Statistics in Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok, 9-11 December 2009

·       Workshop on Interregional Cooperation on the Measurement of Informal Sector and Informal Employment, Bangkok, 3-4 December 2009

·       Regional Workshop on the Measurement of Informal Sector and Informal Employment, Bangkok, 30 November—2 December, 2009

·       Workshop on Asian and Pacific City Census Data Analysis, Bangkok, 30 November - 3 December 2009

·         Training Workshops by the Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific

·       Regional Course on REDATAM software, Chiba, Japan, 7 – 11 December 2009

·       Participation of SIAP in JICA-funded seminar for “Promotion of Gender Equality”, Chiba, Japan, 3 December 2009

·       Workshop on Examining Training Materials Prepared for Self-learning Purposes, Chiba, Japan, 30 November - 2 December 2009

·       Workshop on Forging Partnerships in Statistical Training in Asia and the Pacific, Phuket, Thailand, 18 – 19 November 2009

·       Country Course on Small Area Estimation, Paro, Bhutan, 16-20 November 2009

·       Eighth Management Seminar for the Heads of National Statistical Offices in Asia and the Pacific, New Delhi, 3 - 5 November 2009

·       Sub-regional course on 2010 Round Population Census Data Quality, Macao, China, 19-23 October 2009

·       Country Training Course on Analysis, Interpretation and Research in Statistics, Maldives, 12-22 October 2009

·       Fifth Regional Course on Poverty measurements, Jakarta, 29 September - 9 October 2009

·       Research-based Country Training Course, Ulaanbaatar, 28 September - 2 October 2009

·       Workshop on Meeting the Statistical Information Needs for Policy, Daejeon, Republic of Korea, 21 - 25 September 2009

·          Calendar of forthcoming Statistical Meetings in the ESCAP Region

·         Publications and data releases, October – December 2009

·         Missions undertaken by Staff

·         Staff movement