Tuesday 13 June 2006

08:30 – 09:30 Registration

09:30 – 09:45 Opening Ceremony

Welcoming Address

Mr. Agustin Fosu, Director, ESPD, ECA

09:45 – 10:30 Election of officers

Adoption of the agenda

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break

10:00 – 11:00 Report on the Follow-up to the Second Meeting of ABSA

11:00 – 11:30 Discussions

11:30 – 12:00 Report on ECA Statistical activities in 2005-2006

12:00 – 12.30 Discussions

13:00 – 14:30 Lunch

14:30 – 15:30 Information on:

• The Africa Symposium on Statistical Development: The 2010 Round of population and Housing Censuses
• The Forum on African Statistical Development
• The 1993 System of National Accounts Revision
• The Friends of ECA in Statistical development
• Projects: Gender and MDGs statistics

15:30 – 16:30 Discussions

16:30 – 16:45 Coffee break

16:45 – 17:30 Proposal of potential activities for the 2006 African Statistics Day

Wednesday 14 June 2006

09:30 – 10:30 ECA repositioning in the area of statistics

10:30 – 10:45 Discussion

10:45 – 11:30 ECA repositioning in the area of statistics

11:30 – 13:30 Meeting of the Drafting Committee

13:30 – 14:30 Lunch

14:30 – 16:00 Presentation of the recommendations of the third meeting of ABSA

16:00 – 16:30 Coffee break

16:30 – 17:00 Any other business

17:00 – 17:30 Conclusions and recommendations of the third meeting of ABSA