United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs/ Statistics Division (UNSD)

Workshop on strategic planning of statistical activities
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 29 August –1 September 2006

Draft Work Programme

Tuesday, 29 August 2006
9:00 – 9:300 a.m.	Registration of participants
9.30 – 10:30 a.m.	Opening remarks …………. Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of UNSD Setting the stage: scope, purpose and approach of the workshop. …………. Mr. Len Cook , Consultant Key attributes of a statistics plan
10:30 – 11:00 a.m.	Coffee break (30 minutes)
11:00 a.m. – 1:00 pm.	Discussions on k ey attributes of a statistics plan
1:00 – 2:30 p.m.	Lunch break
2:30 – 5:00	Statistical planning framework The central place of users in the planning process
	Coffee break (30 minutes)
	Discussions on how to know what statistics are most needed, and how to manage the evolution each year of the statistics programme
5:00 – 5:30 p.m.	Visit to the Central Statistical Authority of Ethiopia
5:30 p.m .	Cocktail courtesy of Central Statistical Authority of Ethiopia
Wednesday, 30 August 2006
9:30 – 10:30 a.m.		Statistical planning framework: Getting to know what measures are now needed
10:30 – 11:00 a.m.		Coffee break (30 minutes)
11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.		Discussions on applying the statistical planning framework to the economic and social fields of statistics
1:00 – 2:30 p.m.		Lunch break
2:30 – 4:00 p.m.		P lanning for continual innovation for improving statistical sources (including integration)
4:00 – 4:30 p.m.		Coffee break (30 minutes)
4:30 – 5:30 p.m.		Discussions on p lanning for developing and extending the surveys and other sources of economic and social statistics

Thursday, 31 August 2006
9:30 – 10:30 a.m.	P lanning for getting information out of the statistics office
10:30 – 11:00 a.m.	Coffee break (30 minutes)
11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.	Discussions on developing and extending the accessibility, relevance and understandability of economic and social statistics
1:00 – 2:30 p.m.	Lunch break
2:30 – 4:00 p.m.	P lanning for Effective adoption of information technology
4:00 – 4:30 p.m.	Coffee break (30 minutes)
4:30 – 5:30 p.m.	Discussions on making the best use of available information technology, and for establishing a development path that fits the financial and other support likely to be available to the national statistics office and the country over the next five years.

Friday, 1 September 2006
9:30 – 10:30 a.m.	Leadership and human resources
10:30 – 11:00 a.m.	Coffee break (30 minutes)
11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.	Discussions
1:00 – 2:30 p.m.	Lunch break
2:30 – 3:30 p.m.	Reference Regional Strategic Framework for statistical development in Africa – briefing by UNECA
3:30 – 4:00 p.m.	Coffee break (30 minutes)
4:30 – 5:00 p.m.	Discussions
5:00 p.m.	Closing