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10th Meeting of the Washington Group on Disability Statistics: Welcome and Opening Remarks

This presentation highlights the importance of the Washington Group for Eurostat and covers organizational issues of the meeting. It emphasizes the collaboration with international organizations and the inclusion of disability questions in statistical surveys.

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10th Meeting of the Washington Group on Disability Statistics: Welcome and Opening Remarks

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  1. Tenth meeting of the Washington Group on Disability StatisticsWelcome and opening remarks

  2. Structure of the presentation • Welcome • Importance of the Washington Group for Eurostat • Organisational issues • Conclusion

  3. 1. Welcome • Welcome in the name of Eurostat • Good collaboration with the Washington Group secretariat (Mr. Cordell Golden) for preparing/organising the meeting • Important event: collaboration of Eurostat with international organisations (OECD, WHO, UNECE), including their presence in our different meetings

  4. 1. Welcome • 10th meeting of the Washington Group • 3rd time in Europe • 2004: 3rd meeting in Brussels • 2007: 7th meeting in Dublin • 61 participants (+ Eurostat) from 42 countries • 18 European countries • 5 American countries • 10 Asian countries • 8 African countries • Australia + UNESCAP, UNECE, Eurostat

  5. 2. Importance of the Washington Group for Eurostat • Participation: • In three meetings • Attendance of at least one member of the European Statistical System in all the others

  6. 2. Importance of the Washington Group for Eurostat • WG questions • Set of census questions on disability (core questions on seeing, hearing, walking and cognition + optional questions on self care and communication) • Extended sets of questions on disability for surveys • Taken on board in ESS Census/Surveys with questions on disability • Housing and population censuses (next round: 2011) • LFS ad-hoc modules on the employment of disabled persons • European Health Interview Survey (EHIS) (2008 and 2014 rounds) • European Survey on Health and Social Integration (ESHSI)

  7. 3. Organisational issues • Lunch/cafeteria • Cocktail • Badges • Internet services

  8. 4. Conclusion • Agenda promissing • Substantial number of topics discussed during these three days • With a lot of sharing of experiences • Jennnifer Madans: Objectives/agenda of the meeting

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