Third
Meeting: Strategic Planning Washington Group (WG) on Disability Statistics February 19-20, 2004: Brussels, Belgium Please
note the date change.
A strategic planning meeting has been proposed with an abbreviated
tentative agenda.We are
inviting written commentary for session 2.If you would like to contribute, please contact Beth
Rasch (ERasch@cdc.gov).The deadline for responding
is January
9, 2004.
Day
1
Session
1 - Welcoming
remarks; introduction from the EU Policy Department; review of
developments since last meeting; and review of objectives and agenda.
Session
2 - Based on
the disability measurement matrix, a “position paper” will be
presented proposing the selection of 1-2 purposes that a general
disability measure should address and providing a rationale for the choice
of purpose/s based on relevance across countries with respect to policy
and feasibility of implementation with special attention to international
comparability of data.Presentation
of the proposal will be followed by formal commentary and open discussion.
Day
2
Session
3 – In order to be effective in accomplishing the main objectives
of the WG and in order to produce tangible and useable end products, it
has become increasingly apparent that an organizational plan for the
structure and operation of the WG is needed.These organizational issues reflect group governance. A
plan for governance of the WG will be proposed followed by open
discussion.