WG3.8
Third
Meeting Washington Group on Disability Statistics (WG)
19 –
Version
9.30 – 10.30 h
Session 1 Opening,
welcome, objectives and agenda/program of the meeting
Objective Opening, welcoming remarks, introduction from the EU Policy
Department, review of developments since last (
Documents Reports Ottawa (WG3.10), agenda (WG3.2),
program (WG3.8)
Chair Marleen De Smedt (Eurostat)
Speaker Wallis Goelen (EU)
Discussants --
Rapporteur Herman van Oyen (
10.30 – 11.00 h
Coffee/tea break
11.00 – 12.30 h
Session 2 Selection
of purposes
Objective 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
based on relevance across countries with respect to policy and feasibility of
implementation with special attention to international comparability of data.
The presentation of the paper will be followed by comments prepared by invited
discussants and a plenary discussion with all participants. The final result
has to be the decision upon the selected purposes for the general disability
measure which the WG will develop.
Documents Position paper (WG3.6) prepared by Jennifer Madans, Barbara
Altman and Elizabeth Rasch (USA), Margaret Mbogoni, Malin Synneborn and
Jeremiah Banda (UN), Angela Me (UN ECE), Elena De Palma(Italy) and terminology
paper (WG3.5) prepared by Marijke de Kleijn (Netherlands)
Chair Marijke de Kleijn (Netherlands)
Speaker to be decided by the authors
Discussants Alicia Bercovich (Brazil), V. M. Tamhane (India), Genara Rivera
Araujo (Peru)
Rapporteur Niels Rasmussen (Danmark)
12.30 – 13.30 h
Lunch on your own budget
13.30 – 15.00 h
Session 2 continued
Plenary discussion
15.00 – 15.30 h
Coffee/tea break
15.30 – 17.00 h
Session 2 continued
Plenary discussion, summary and conclusions
9.00 – 10.30 h
Session 3 Strategy
and organization of the WG work
Objective 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 presentations of comments by invited discussants and a plenary
discussion with all participants. The final result of the session has to be the
decision upon the structure and way of operation of the WG.
Documents Governance proposal (WG3.7) prepared by Jennifer Madans,
Barbara Altman and Elisabeth Rasch (USA), Renee Langlois
(Canada), Elena De Palma and Roberta Crialesi (Italy); Proposed World Bank
Grant for Strengthening Disability Statistics (WG3.17)
Chair Gary Catlin (
Speakers presentation of the Governance proposal to be decided by the
authors of the governance paper; Proposed World Bank Grant to be presented by
Daniel Mont (WB)
Discussants Romulo A. Virola (
Rapporteur Jacques Bonte (Partnership Health, EU)
10.30 – 11.00 h
Coffee/tea break
11.00 – 12.30 h
Session 3 continued
Pleanary discussion
12.30 – 13.30 h
Lunch on your own budget
13.30 – 15.00
Session 3 continued
Plenary discussion, summary and conclusions
15.00 – 15.30 h
Coffee/tea break
15.30 – 17.00 h
Session 4 Outline
of next steps
Objective The outcome of sessions 2 and 3 will be summarized and
discussed in the light of the objectives of the WG and the future. The final
result has to be a decision upon the work plan for the WG, including objectives
of the next meeting, planning of the
work for the next steps and organizational issues.
Documents --
Chair Eva Gardos (
Speaker Marleen De Smedt (Eurostat), Jennifer Madans (USA),
Marijke de Kleijn (
Discussants --
Rapporteur Don Lollar (
17.00 h
Closure of the meeting by Marleen De Smedt
(Eurostat)