ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC

First Workshop for Improving Disability Statistics and Measurement
24-28 May 2004

1. Opening of the Workshop.
2. Overview of United Nations work on disability standards and statistics.
3. United Nations Statistics Division draft questionnaire on disability statistics.
4. Overview of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) as a framework for disability measurement.
5. Operationalization and applications of ICF.
6. Data collection methods and instruments.
7. Designing a disability survey or census measure.
8. Action plan for the improvement of disability statistics.
9. Plans for the second workshop and future work.
10. Closing of the Workshop.