Agenda (10KB) Annotated Agenda (8KB)

List of Participants (451KB)

Session 1.
Dissemination Practices in the ESCWA Countries

Presenter: Willem de Vries (UNSD) Slides (248KB)

Session 2.
The role of IT in disseminating statistics. Focusing on user needs and expectations

1. Presenter: Abdullilah Dewachi (ESCWA) Slides (232KB)
2. Presenter: Qatar Slides (261KB)
3. Presenter: Saudi-Arabia

Session 3.
Customers: Reaching, Servicing, and Learning

1. Presenter: Ed Spar (USA) Paper (52KB)
2. Presenter: Christine Kormann (Eurostat) Slides (338KB)
3. Presenter: Kuwait
4. Presenter: Egypt

Session 4.
The private sector and the government as users

The government: key user and stakeholder - statistics as a public good
1. Presenter: Willem de Vries (UNSD) Slides (214KB)
2. Presenter: Palestine

The private sector: a market with specific requirements
3. Presenter: Ed Spar (USA)
4. Presenter: Jordan

Session 5.
Media policy

Background paper (20KB)

Development of a Media Policy
1. Presenter: Leon Ostergaard (Denmark) Slides (214KB)
3. Presenter: Kuwait
2. Presenter: Oman

Implementation of a Media Policy
3. Presenter: Leon Ostergaard (Denmark) Slides (214KB)
4. Presenter: Syria

Session 6.
Country specific issues and general discussion

Summary (32KB)