United Nations Statistics Division

Fourth and final meeting of the Steering Committee of the
UNSD-ECOWAS Statistics Project
28 August 2006, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Chairman: Mr. Paul Cheung, Director, UN Statistics Division

Draft work programme

9:30 - 10:00 a.m.

Registration of participants

10:00 - 11:00 a.m.

Opening remarks

Mr. Paul Cheung

Addresses to participants

Representative of Executive Secretary of ECA

Representative of Executive Secretary of ECOWAS

11:00 - 11:30 a.m.

Coffee break (30 minutes)

11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

1. Review and endorsement of publication/documents:

(i) ECOWAS Poverty Profiles

(ii) Framework for Strengthening Capacity in the Development and Institutionalization of Energy Statistics in the ECOWAS Region

(iii) Framework for Strengthening Capacity in the Development and Institutionalization of Environment Statistics in the ECOWAS Region

2. Final report on project activities

ECOWAS Secretariat

 

 

 

 

 

 

UNSD

1:00 – 2:30 p.m.

Lunch break

2:30 – 3:30 p.m.

3. Assessment of project activities: countries perspective

 

Discussion

4 countries (to be announced)

3:30 – 4:00 p.m.

Coffee break (30 minutes)

4:00 – 5:00 p.m.

4. Institutionalization of work started under UNSD-ECOWAS Statistics Project: The way forward

Discussion

ECOWAS Secretariat / UNSD

5:00 p.m

Cocktail courtesy of UN Economic Commission for Africa