In addition to the summer workshops, we conduct many other workshops throughout the world in different areas. Some of these workshops are also offered in French or Spanish. The following is a list of the workshops conducted during the past two years:
| Date | Workshop | Country | Description | Organization | Sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 9 to November 22, 2005 |
Census and Survey Processing (CSPro) | Dakar, Senegal |
Regional workshop conducted in French. | Thirty-one participants from: Benin (2), Burkina Faso (2), Cape Vert (3), Congo Brazzaville (2), Democratic Congo (1), Cote d'Ivoire (2), Gabon (2), Guinee (2), Guinee Bissau (2), Madagascar (2), Mauritania (2), Niger (2), Sao Tome & Principe (1), Senegal (4), and Tchad (2) | USAID
|
| November 7 to November 18, 2005 |
Statistical Methods and Sampling | Islamabad, Pakistan |
The course focused on various statistical methods topics such as measures of central tendency, measures of dispersion, expected values, probability distributions, the Central Limit Theorem, simple random sampling, stratified random sampling and cluster sampling, and CENVAR. | Participants from various areas of the Federal Bureau of Statistics of Pakistan | UNFPA
|
| October 17 to October 28, 2005 |
Population Projections with HIV/AIDS Mortality | Entebbe, Uganda |
The workshop provided hands-on use of data and software, ensuring that participants are able to use the tools and techniques presented independently. Software included: the Population Analysis Spreadsheet (PAS) system, which is designed for data evaluation and estimation of census and survey data; the Rural/Urban Projections (RUP) software, which performs cohort-component projections; the RupHivAids module for adding the impact of HIV/AIDS to the RUP population projections; and EPP, a UNAIDS program, which fits a model to observed trends in HIV prevalence. | Participants from the Uganda Bureau of Statistics | DFID
|
| October 10 to October 29, 2005 |
Statistical Methods and Sampling Techniques | Nairobi, Kenya |
Regional workshop | Twenty-three participants from: Eritrea (2), Ethiopia (1),Ghana (2), Kenya (5), Lesotho (3), Liberia (2), Nigeria (2), Sudan (2), Tanzania (1), Uganda (1), Zimbabwe (2) | USAID
|
| September 26 to October 21, 2005 |
Census and Survey Processing (CSPro) | Abuja, Nigeria |
The workshop focused on creating and using the CSPro data dictionary programs, data capture (CSEntry), doing cross tabulations (CrossTab), reviewing data using CSPro’s Frequency Tool, and using CSPro’s batch program (CSBatch) to do data validation and imputations. | Participants from the National Populacion Commission | USAID
|
| August 15 to September 2, 2005 |
Census and Survey Processing (CSPro) | Paramaribo, Suriname |
The workshop was designed to provide participants with the following skills: create and modify data dictionary, data entry screens, the ability to apply logic to control the data entry, and the ability to generate tables and thematic maps from tabulated data. | Participants from the General Bureau of Statistics | IDB (BID)
|
| August 4 to August 27, 2005 |
Statistical Methods and Sampling Techniques | Sana'a, Yemen |
The workshop covered various statistical methods such as measures of central tendency, measures of dispersion, expected values probability distributions, random sampling, cluster sampling, and CENVAR, the variance calculation package developed by IPC. | The participants were selected from the Sampling Department of the Central Statistical Organization. | USAID
|
| July 18 to July 29, 2005 |
Demographic Analysis | Entebbe, Uganda |
Workshop included lectures followed up by hands-on exercises. Lectures included theorical description of techniques for direct versus indirect estimation, census data evaluation, and instructions on the use of IPC and United Nations software programs. | Participants from the Uganda Bureau of Statistics | DFID
|
| July 11 to July 26, 2005 |
Introduction to Data Quality | Cairo, Egypt |
The workshop focused on the different sources and types of errors encountered in censuses and surveys, placing a great emphasis on prevention and control of nonsampling errors. | Participants from various government agencies: CAPMAS, MIC, MALR, MOFTI, and MOP. | USAID
|
| July 18 to July 29, 2005 |
Statistical and Demographic Analysis | Manila, Philippines |
The workshop was application-oriented and provided the participants with hands-on experience in many tools including: logistic regression using STATA; the stover variant of Bongaart's model of the proximate determinants of fertility; the own-children method for fertility estimation; and regression estimation. | Participants from the National Statistics Office | USAID
|
| July 11 to July 29, 2005 |
Census and Survey Processing (CSPro) | Colombo, Sri Lanka |
The workshop focused on the development of a data processing system for a Labor Force Survey | Participants from the Department of Census and Statistics | USAID
|
| June 6 to June 17, 2005 |
Census and Survey Processing (CSPro) | Chiba, Japan |
Regional workshop to participants attending the "First Group Training Course in Application of Information and Communications Technology to Production and Dissemination of Official Statistics." | Regional workshop on CSPro: 20 participants from: Bangladesh (2), Bosnia & Herzegovina (1), Cambodia (1), Cook Islands (1), Ethiopia (1), Fiji (1), India (1), Jamaica (1), Malawi (1), FSM (1), Moldova (2), Nigeria (1), Papua New Guinea (2), Paraguay (1), Thailand (1), Tonga (1), and Uruguay (1). | USAID
|
| May 23 to June 17, 2005 |
Census Planning | Rumbek, Sudan |
Participants concentrated in developing a detailed census plan and budget along with supporting documentation to explain and support the decisions made in the plan. | Staff from the New Sudan Center for Statistics and Evaluation | USAID
|
| April 4 to April 6, 2005 |
National Income and Product Accounting (NIPA) | St Thomas Virgin Islands |
The course covered background theory on benchmark estimation, data preparation, and classroom exercises. The final day of the workshop was set aside to reconcile internal Bureau of Economic Research (BER) estimates of GDP with the value added figures derived from the economic census. | Participants from the Bureau of Economic Research (BER) | DOI/OIA
|
| March 21 to April 15 |
Statistical Methods and Sampling | Lima, Peru |
The course focused on various statistical methods topics such as measures of central tendency, measures of dispersion, expected values, probability distributions, the Central Limit Theorem, simple random sampling, stratified random sampling and cluster sampling, and CENVAR. | Participants from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística(INE) | USAID
|
| January 24 to February 18, 2005 |
Statistical Methods and Sampling | Colombo, Sri Lanka |
The course focused on various statistical methods topics such as measures of central tendency, measures of dispersion, expected values, probability distributions, the Central Limit Theorem, simple random sampling, stratified random sampling and cluster sampling, and CENVAR. | Participants from the Department of Census and Statistics | USAID
|
| January 24 to January 28, 2005 |
CENVAR | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
Workshop focused on calculating estimates and reliability measures for population parameters such as totals, means, ratios, and proportions, in different domains of estimation. | Participants from the National Bureau of Statistics | USAID
|
| January 9 to January 22, 2005 |
Data Editing and Imputation | Managua, Nicaragua |
The workshop focused on how to: create and modify a data dictionary; create and modify screen images to capture the data; enter data using the previously-created images; employ logic to control and validate the captured data; generate tabulations and thematic maps from tabulated data. | Participants from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censo | IDB (BID)
|
| November 28 to December 12, 2004 |
Data Dissemination | Managua, Nicaragua |
The course covered the following topics: creating, organizing, and monitoring a data dissemination program; basic marketing principles; publicity, promotion, and media relations. | Participants from the Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas y Censos (INEC). | IDB (BID)
|
| September 28 to October 16, 2004 |
Data Editing | Sana'a, Yemen |
Workshop focused on editing data using CSPro software. | Participants from the Central Statistical Office. | USAID
|
| September 3 to September 29, 2004 |
Population Projections including AIDS Mortality | Arusha, Tanzania |
The workshop focused on the preparation of population projections incorporating HIV/AIDS mortality at the national, regional and district levels. The workshop covered: demographic methods and techniques used to create population estimates and projections; the modeling of the prevalence of the HIV pandemic; the methods used to create population projections incorporating mortality related to HIV/AIDS; and the software used to create estimates of population components of change, population projections, and HIV/AIDS prevalence. | Participants from government agencies in Tanzania and Zanzibar, the University of Dar es Salaam, and the Institute of Finance Management. | USAID
|
| August 12 to August 13, 2004 |
Gross domestic product (GDP). | Agana, Guam |
The workshop focused on producing a range of 2002 GDP estimates for all sectors of the economy and training local staff in the procedures necessary to develop estimates from the raw data on sales, purchases, and payroll. | Participants from various organizations in Guam | DOI/OIA
|
| August 9 to August 11, 2004 |
Gross domestic product (GDP). | Saipan, CNMI |
The workshop focused on producing a range of 2002 GDP estimates for all sectors of the economy and training local staff in the procedures necessary to develop estimates from the raw data on sales, purchases, and payroll. | Participants from Department of Commerce | DOI/OIA
|
| July 3 to July 23, 2004 |
Data Analysis with SPSS | Dakar, Senegal |
Regional workshop in french where participants were taught to analyze poverty using the SPAD (Solution Pour l'Aide a la Decision) program, and got familiar in the use of Mortpak. The workshop also covered various statistical methods and topics, such as measures of central tendency, measures of dispersion, expected values, probability distributions, the Central Limit Theorem, and regression theory. | Participants from Benin (3), Burkina Faso (2), Cameroun (2), Cap Vert (1), Centrafrique (2), Congo (1), Gabon (2), Guinee (2), Buinee Bissau (1), Mali (1), Madagascar (1), Niger (3), Rep. Dem. Congo (1), Rwanda (2), Tchad (2), Togo (2). | UNFPA
|
| June 23 to June 27, 2004 |
How to Write Statistical Reports | Lima, Peru |
The workshop covered the use of technical terminology to foster clarity, comprehensiveness, and international comparability. Special emphasis was placed in reports from sample surveys so that they contained information on the objectives, methodology, and accuracy. Discussions also centered around the creation of different reports for different users as well as the identification of new users to ensure that the data are fully utilized. | Participants from the Instituto Nacional de Estadistica (INE). | USAID
|
| June 14 to June 17, 2004 |
National Income Product Accounting (NIPA). | St. Thomas, Virgin Islands |
The workshop focused on the procedures and challenges of creating estimates of Gross Territorial Product (GTP) when an Insular Area has constrained staff and funding, and how to create benchmark and annual GTP estimates. | Participants from various organizations in CNMI. | DOI/OIA
|
| June 4 to June 18, 2004 |
Data Analysis with SPSS | Lima, Peru |
The workshop covered various statistical methods and topics, such as measures of central tendency, measures of dispersion, expected values, probability distributions, the Central Limit Theorem, and regression theory. | Participants from the Instituto Nacional de Estadistica (INE). | USAID
|
| June 2 to June 15, 2004 |
Design and Implementation of a Data Processing System | Chiba, Japan |
Regional workshop organized by the Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific (SIAP) as part of a nine-week training course for the "Third group in Application of Information and Communications Technology to Statistical Processes". The presentation focused on the development of processing systems for censuses and surveys using the CSPro software package. | Participants from Bangladesh, China, Cook Islands, Egypt, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritania, Mongolia, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Peru, Philippines, St. Lucis, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, and Vietnam. | SIAP
and USAID
|
| May 26 to June 12, 2004 |
Census Mapping and Geographic Information System (GIS) | Skopje, Macedonia |
The workshop focused on census concepts such as the need for maps, GIS, census geography, delineation of geographic areas, and geographic coding schemes. In addition, the course covered GIS topics that provided a foundation for the technology and how it can be used as a solution for the census and related operations. Exercises included digitizing spatial data to update a GIS database, delineation of geographic areas, several spatial analysis techniques, and map production. | Six participants from the State Statistical Office (SSO) and one from the State Geodetic Administration (SGA). | USAID
|
| May 20 to June 1, 2004 |
Regional Workshop on Population and Census Planning/font> | Amman, Jordan |
The workshop included the following topics: quality assurance; structure, organization, mapping, and logistics; management and workforce structure; form design and testing; publicity and outreach (DOS); software and hardware evaluation and acquisition; procedural history; data processing strategies and technology issues; data processing procedural control and quality assurance; recruitment and enumeration; field staff training; monitoring field operations; and dissemination strategy. | Participants from Syria, Yemen, Sudan, Qatar, Libya, Oman, Iraq, Lebanon, and Jordan | USAID
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| April 30 to May 27, 2004 |
Census and Survey Processing (CSPro)/font> | Sana'a, Yemen |
The workshop focused on how to: create and modify a data dictionary; create and modify screen images to capture the data; enter data using the previously-created images; employ logic to control and validate the captured data; generate tabulations and thematic maps from tabulated data. | Participants from the Central Statistical Organization(CSO) | USAID
|
| April 29 to May 15, 2004 |
Improving Data Quality | Sana'a, Yemen |
The workshop covered the following topics: plan and budget quality assurance programs; how to apply the principles of quality assurance to tasks, processes, and products; identify potential errors in mapping, questionnaire development, staff training, data collection, coding and data processing operations; and how to develop a quality assurance program. | Participants from the Central Statistical Organization(CSO) | USAID
|
| April 19 to May 7, 2004 |
Statistical Methods for Measuring Economic Development and Growth | Washington, DC |
The course covered: principles, systems, methods, and procedures for conducting economic censuses; techniques for design, collection, processing, and dissemination of census results. | Participants from the National Statistical Office of Mongolia | National Statistical Office of Mongolia |
| April 17 to May 15, 2004 |
Regional Workshop on Statistical Methods and Sampling Techniques | Tegucigalpa, Honduras |
The workshop covered various statistical methods topics such as measures of central tendency, measures of dispersion, expected values, probability distributions, and the Central Limit Theorem. During the second and third weeks the following sampling topics were covered: simple random sampling, stratified random sampling and cluster sampling, and variance estimation. The last week of the workshop was reserved for the class project and the actual calculation of variances. | Participants from various government agencies within Honduras, El Salvador, and Nicaragua. | UNFPA
|
| April 12 to April 30, 2004 |
Human Development Resources | Washington, DC |
Participants used its own survey or census data to develop quintiles and other statistics for "measuring" human development resources. They developed CSPro tabulations for trends analysis and thematic maps for interpreting their data. | Participants from thirteen offices in the Pacific and the Virgin Islands. | World Bank
and DOI/OIA
|
| March 6 to March 27, 2004 |
Demographic Analysis | Yerevan, Armenia |
The workshop replicated the complete process of data compilation, demographic estimation, derivation of demographic assumptions, population projection, evaluation of estimates and projection, and the creation of functional projections. | Participants from various government, university, and nongovernmental agencies in Yerevan. | USAID
|
| March 1 to March 3, 2004 |
National Income Product Accounting (NIPA). | Agana, Guam |
The workshop focused on the procedures and challenges of creating estimates of Gross Territorial Product (GTP) when an Insular Area has constrained staff and funding, and how to create benchmark and annual GTP estimates. | Participants from various organizations in Guam. | DOI/OIA
|
| February 25 to February 27, 2004 |
National Income Product Accounting (NIPA). | Saipan, CNMI |
The workshop focused on the procedures and challenges of creating estimates of Gross Territorial Product (GTP) when an Insular Area has constrained staff and funding, and how to create benchmark and annual GTP estimates. | Participants from various organizations in CNMI. | DOI/OIA
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| February 20 to March 24, 2004 |
Statistical Methods and Sampling Technicques | Lima, Peru |
The workshop covered various statistical methods and topics, such as measures of central tendency, measures of dispersion, expected values, probability distributions, the Central Limit Theorem, and regression theory. | Participants from various divisions of the Instituto Nacional de Estadistica (INE) and other government agencies. | USAID
|
| February 4 to February 28, 2004 |
Census Processing System (CSPro) | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
Introduction to the software for programmers and statisticians. | Participants from the Central Statistical Authority (CSA) | USAID
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