Working Party on Application of  New Technology to Population Data
First Meeting
24-26 September 1997
Bangkok

1. Opening of the meeting.
2. Election of officers.
3. Adoption of the agenda.
4. Introduction to the project.
5. Terms of reference of the Working Party.
6. Recent developments in the application of information technology (IT) to population data collection, processing and dissemination.
7. Development and implementation of applications for population data: 
   1. Selection of three countries to develop and implement three separate fields of IT applications.
   2. Criteria for selecting consultants for each field of IT application.
8. Work plan of the Working Party:
   1. Guidelines, training packages, newsletter and reports on each application;
   2. Meetings.
9. Recommendations for the secretariat and member countries.
10. Other matters.
11. Adoption of major recommendations.