Issue highlight (Statistical Newletter - First Quarter, 2012)

• Feature: Statistics division and CAPSA work together to strengthen evidenced based agricultural research
• Intergovernmental and expert dialogue
• Interim Session of the Governing Council of SIAP, 26 February 2012, New York, USA
• Meeting of the Bureau of the ESCAP Committee on Statistics, New York, 26 February 2012
• Training
• Second Group Training Course in Production and Development of Official Statistics in Support for National Development Including the Achievement of MDGs, 22 August - 22 December 2011, Chiba, Japan
• SIAP Completes Its First e-Learning Course
• Country Training Course on Sampling Design in Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, 19-23 December 2011
• Enhancing Knowledge and Skills of Government Statisticians in Analysis, Interpretation and Use of Social Statistics, Chiba, Japan, 16 January - 16 March 2012
• Training on Integrated Economic Statistics, including 2008 SNA, for Central Asian Countries, Chiba, Japan, 23 January - 23 March 2012
• Collaboration
• Twenty-First Meeting of the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on MDG indicators, New York, 22-23 February 2012
• Third Meeting of Partners for Statistical Development in Asia-Pacific, New York, 26 February 2012
• Launch Meeting of the Assessment of the Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems of Indonesia, Jakarta, 6-8 March 2012
• New releases
• ESCAP Online Database
• Results of the Testing of the ESCAP/WG Extended Question Set on Disability
• The Asia Pacific Regional MDG Report
• Calendar of forthcoming meetings
• Staff Movement: Margarita Guerrero is new Director of SIAP
• New faces in Statistics Division
• Visitors to ESCAP Statistics Division