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ESCAP work to improve disability measurement and statistics

ESCAP work to improve disability measurement and statistics. 9 th Washington Group Meeting on Disability Statistics 7-9 October 2009 – Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania Andr és Montes Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific - Statistics Division. Background.

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ESCAP work to improve disability measurement and statistics

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  1. ESCAP work to improve disability measurement and statistics 9th Washington Group Meeting on Disability Statistics 7-9 October 2009 – Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania Andrés Montes Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific - Statistics Division

  2. Background • First Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons (1993-2002) => Biwako Millennium Framework; • Establishment of the Washington Group on Disability Statistics (2001); • Second Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons (2003-2012); • Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

  3. Previous work on disability statistics ESCAP/WHO Project on Improving Disability Statistics and Measurement 2004-06 • Objective: Improve national technical capacity to collect & disseminate ICF-based disability data through censuses in support of BMF. • Target group: national statisticians and health experts. • Partners: WHO, Washington Group, Australian Bureau of Statistics, UNSD, SIAP, project countries.

  4. Current work on disability statistics ESCAP Project on Improvement of Disability Measurement and Statistics through surveys 2008-2009. • Objective: Target countries integrate ICF-based data collection on disability into their regular national statistical systems. • Target group: national statisticians, health experts and DPOs. • Partners: WHO, Washington Group, UNSD, UNECE, SIAP, project countries.

  5. Timeline • First draft of the WG/ESCAP/BI Extended Question Set (EQS) and selection of project countries in Asia-Pacific region (July 2008); • 8th WG meeting (second draft of EQS) and first joint meeting of the project Task-team (October 2008); • Training on cognitive and pilot test on disability (February 2009); • Cognitive test (March/April 2008);

  6. Timeline • Analysis of cognitive test results => revised EQS (May 2009); • In-country trainings and implementation of pilot test (July-September 2009); • 9th WG meeting – review of cognitive test and preliminary field test results (October 2009); • Final regional workshop presenting results and recommendations (December 2009).

  7. Thank you www.unescap.org/stat/disability

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