United Nations Regional Meeting on Disability Measurement and Statistics in Support of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the 2020 World Population and Housing Census Programme
Almaty, Kazakhstan
- 6 JUNE 2017 - 8 JUNE 2017
Overview
The UN Statistics Division, in collaboration with the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), organized the meeting with the following objectives: (i) to review and discuss national experiences, including challenges faced and lessons learned, to measure the population with disabilities during censuses of the 2010 round; (ii) to provide an opportunity to discuss strategies for compilation of data on disability for the monitoring of Sustainable Development Goals; and (iii) to foster intra-regional cooperation aimed at enhancing national capacity in disability measurement and improving the quality of data for monitoring the SDGs.
Main documents
Agenda
Tuesday, 6 June 2017
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- ESCAP (SONCA and the Statistics Division)
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- UNSD
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- Overview of the meeting and expected outcomes
This session will provide: (a) some background information on the process for the development of SDGs, and on how disability is reflected in the 2030 Agenda, and also highlight some opportunities and challenges for countries to generate the required data for the SDG framework; (b) overview of disability-related commitments and statistics in the AsiaPacific region
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- Presentation (a) by UNSD
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- Discussion
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- Presentation (b) by ESCAP
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- Discussion
The session will introduce on-going work at international level related to: (a) WHO Model Disability Survey;(b) Washington Group; (c) UNICEF Measurement of Child Disability; and (d) UNSD disability statistics programme
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- Presentation by WHO
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- Presentation by Washington Group
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- Presentation by UNSD
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- Discussion
The session will include two presentations: (a) a review and grouping of questions used to measure disability during censuses of the 2010 round with emphasis on the countries in the region; (b) a categorization of questions that have been used to measure disability during censuses of the 2010 round according to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF); and (c) disability statistics in the CIS countries
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- Presentation (a) by UNSD
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- Discussion
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- Presentation (b) by UNSD
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- Discussion
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- Presentation (c) by CIS-Stat
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- Discussion
The session is aimed at providing information (depending on the source of the data) on national experiences regarding: the questions used (or planned to be used) to measure disability, reasons for the choice of questions, testing of the questions, experience in how the questions worked in the field, use of proxy respondents, translation of questions, use of scaled response categories, topics on which data were (or will be) collected, sample size, geographical level at which results are available, etc.
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- Disability data collection through censuses:
Country presentations
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- Discussion
Wednesday, 7 June 2017
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- Disability data collection through surveys:
Country presentations
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- Discussion
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- Disability data collection through administrative sources:
Country presentations
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- Discussion
The session will cover presentations on data needs for generating disability-related SDG indicators for global monitoring. Country presentations will discuss the extent to which countries are able to produce data for monitoring and reporting for the SDGs, and for national monitoring, including on existence of national policy frameworks, coordination mechanisms for producing and utilizing the statistics on disability, identifying data gaps, as well as on challenges experienced by countries in generating the required data
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- Presentation by UNSD
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- Discussion
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- Country presentations
- Presentation: Georgia: joint presentation by the National Statistics Office of Georgia and the Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs
- Presentation: Kyrgyzstan: joint presentation by the National Statistical Committee of Kyrgyz Republic and the Department of Development of Social Services for people with disabilities and elderly people
- Presentation: Tajikistan: joint presentation by the State Statistical Committee of Tajikistan and the Ministry of Labour and Social Security of the Republic of Tajikistan
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- Discussion
Thursday, 8 June 2017
The session is conducted through group discussions and is aimed at identifying a strategy or steps to be taken to ensure generating reliable and quality data for on disability that are fitfor-purpose and to utilize the data for monitoring progress towards inclusion of persons with disabilities in development programmes. Some of the issues for the discussions and inclusion in the strategy include: (a) a mandate for collection and compilation of data on disability, (b) national frameworks for monitoring the situation of persons with disabilities, (c) identifying main users of disability-related statistics, (d) promoting utilization of disability data for policy purposes, (e) identifying key producers of the data on disability in national statistical systems, (f) coordination mechanisms, (g) strengthening national capacity to produce fit-forpurpose statistics (from diverse sources) for national, regional, and global monitoring and reporting
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9:00 - 9:30: Trigger presentation
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- Discussion (10mins)
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9:30 - 12:30
- Country group discussions to outline set of actions to strengthen disability statistics (including coffee break)
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- Country presentations on outcome of group discussions
The session will make concluding remarks based on the outcome of the discussions on next steps in developing this area of statistics, including on provision of technical support to countries
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- Discussion
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- ESCAP
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- UNSD