Tuesday May 15

08:30-09:00 REGISTRATION

09:00-09:30 OPENING

Opening remarks: 

• Mr. Antonio Prado, ECLAC Deputy Executive Secretary
• Objectives of the meeting. The DA inter-regional project
• Mr. Luis Beccaria, Director of the Statistics Division, ECLAC
• Mr. Juan Carlos Feres, Chief of the Social Statistics Unit, Statistics Division, ECLAC

UN STATISTICAL WORK ON MDGs

09:30-10:30  SESSION 1.

Regional MDG Statistical Programmes

Chair: Mr. Ahmad Hussein. ESCWA

09:30-09:50 ECLAC MDG Statistical Programme, Mr. Daniel Taccari. ECLAC (English) (Spanish)

09:50-10:10 UNECA MDG Statistical Programme, Ms. Fatouma Sissoko. UNECA

10:10-10:30 UNECE MDG Statistical Programme, Mr. Taeke Gjaltema. UNECE

11:00-11:20 ESCWA MDG Statistical Programme, Ms. Neda Jafar. ESCWA

11:20-11:40 ESCAP MDG Statistical Programme, Ms. Harumi Shibata. ESCAP

11:40-12:00 Discussion

 

COUNTRY BEST PRACTICES IN MONITORING AND REPORTING MDGs

12:00-13:00 SESSION 2.

PRODUCTION, COMPILATION and DISSEMINATION of MDG DATA and METADATA

Chair: Ms. Jessica Gardner. UNECE.

Introduction: Handbook on metadata for MDGs (20 min)

12:10-12:30 Presentation of Armenia (Europe), Ms. Anahit Safyan. National Statistical Service of Armenia

12:30-12:50 Presentation of México (Latin America and the Caribbean),  Mr. Gabriel Maldonado Lee. Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI) de México

12:50-13:00 Discussion

13:00-14:30 Lunch

14:30-16:00 SESSION 2. (Continuation)

Chair: Mr. Stepan Mnatsakanyan. National Statistical Service of Armenia

14:30-14:50 Presentation of Zimbabwe (Africa), Mr. Handrick Chigiji. Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZIMSTAT)

15:10-15:30 Presentation of Republic of Moldova (Europe), Ms. Ala Negruta. National Bureau of Statistics of Moldova

15:30-16:00 Discussion

16:00-16:30 Coffee Break

16:30-18:00 SESSION 3.

Production and reporting of DISAGGREGATED MDG DATA – Sub national MDG reporting

Chair: Mr. David Niculcar. Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) de Chile

16:50-17:10 Presentation of The Gambia (Africa), Ms. Musukuta Komma. Gambia Bureau of Statistics

17:10-17:30 Presentation of Tajikistan (Europe), Mr. Asvat Asoev. Agency on Statistics under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan (Russian) (English)

17:30-18:00 Discussion

 

Wednesday May 16

09:00 - 10:30 SESSION 4.

Implementation of national COORDINATION MECHANISM aiming at improving the monitoring and reporting of the MDG indicators

Chair: Mr. Redhwan Yahya. Central Statistical Organization of Yemen

09:00-09:20 Presentation of Kingdom of Bahrain (Western Asia), Mr. Waleed Baqer Hasan Baqer. Ministry of Human Rights and Social Development of the Kingdom of Bahrain

09:20-09:40 Presentation of Republic of Vanuatu (Asia and the Pacific), Mr. Simil Johnson. Vanuatu National Statistics Office

09:40-10:00Presentation of Argentina (Latin America and the Caribbean), Ms. Laura Rodríguez. Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas y Censos (INDEC) de Argentina

10:00-10:30 Discussion

10:30-11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 – 13:00 SESSION 5.

Supporting the achievement of the MDGs: POLITICAL COMMITMENT and effective USE DATA FOR POLICY analysis and advocacy

Chair: Mr. Oumar Sarr. UNECA

11:00 – 11:20 Presentation of Philippines (Asia and the Pacific), Ms. Erlinda Capones. National Economic and Development Authority of Philippines

11:20 – 11:40 Presentation of Venezuela (Latin America and the Caribbean), Mr. Francisco Durán. HIDROVEN de Venezuela

11:40 – 12:00 Presentation of Benin (Africa), Mr. Adeyemi Tollegbe. Institut National de la Statistique et de L'analyse Economique (INSAE) du Benin

12:00 – 12:30 Discussion

12:30 – 14:30 Lunch

 

DESIGNING THE MDG DEVELOPMENT AGENDA POST 2015

14:30 – 16:00 SESSION 6.

POST 2015 MDG MONITORING framework: Lessons learnt from the field

Chair: Mr. Arukatti De Silva. ESCAP

14:30– 15:15 Towards MDG monitoring framework post 2015: Current scenario and statistical challenges,

Mr. Juan Carlos Feres. ECLAC (English) (Spanish)

15:15 – 16:00 Discussion

16:00 – 16:30 Coffe Breack

16:30 – 16:50 Relevant issues from national perspective: Additional MDG targets and indicators for Egypt (Western Asia),

Mr. Mohamed Alam. Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) of Egypt

16:50 – 17:10 Relevant issues from national perspective: Additional MDG targets and indicators for Chile (Latin America and the Caribbean),

Ms. María Elena Arzola. Ministerio de Desarrollo Social de Chile

15:15 – 16:00 Discussion

Thursday May 17

09:00 - 10:30 SESSION 6. (Continuation)

Chair: Ms. Pauline Stockins, ECLAC

09:30 – 09:20 Presentation of UNECE (Europe), Mr. Taeke. Gjaltema. UNECE

09:20 – 09:40 Presentation of ESCWA (Western Asia), Ms. Neda Jafar. ESCWA

09:40 – 10:00 Sources and Methodologies for Newly Identified Development Indicators that are Customized to the Realities, Needs and Priorities for Monitoring Human and social Development beyond 2015, Ms. Oumar Sarr. UNECA

10:00 – 10:20 Presentation of ESCAP (Asia and the Pacific), Ms. Harumi Shibata. ESCAP

10:20 – 11:00 Discussion

11:00 – 11:30 Coffe Breack

11:30-12:30 Closing

• Conclusions, Mr. Juan Carlos Feres, Chief of the Social Statistics Unit, Statistics Division, ECLAC
• Comments
• Final Remarks, Mr. Luis Beccaria, Director of the Statistics Division, ECLAC