By Dr. Steve B. MBOKO IBARA, Director of

Transcript:By Dr. Steve B. MBOKO IBARA, Director of:
By Dr. Steve B. MBOKO IBARA, Director of Demographic and social statistics, National Institute of Statistics, Brazzaville, Republic of CONGO 2020 VIRTUAL MEETING of THE WASHINGTON GROUP ON DISABILITY STATISTICS: ********** BRAZZAVILLE GROUP on DISABILITY STATISTICS AGENDA National institute of Statistics of Congo Core working group for Francophone Africa Terms of Reference of BG work plan expected outcomes Scope of works 3 1. National Institute of Statistics of Congo the NIS is the central body of the nation's statistical system whose mission is to coordinate activities of the system and provide statistical data related to economic, demographic, social, cultural and environmental. The INS has collaborated with the WG since 2016 through meeting’s participation -Africa and around the world. NSI is preparing to conduct several surveys (Pop. Census, DHS, Employment...) with the WG Short-Set with substantial improvement. 3 1. National Institute of Statistics of Congo (2/2) HA1.a: Does [NAME] have difficulty seeing, even if he is wearing glasses? 0. No, no difficulty 1. Yes, some difficulties Degree / _ _ _ __ / 2. Yes, a lot of difficulty 3. Can't (blind) (If HA1.a = 0 skeep to HA2.a) HA1.b age at onset : (Don't know = 98) Age / ____ _ /_ ___ _/ 4 2. Brazzaville group Secretariat (1/2) Following the sub-regional workshops in Dakar (2016, with UNICEF and 2019), the NIS of Congo and WG exchanges led to the setting up of a sub-regional secretariat responsible for preparing all the documentation necessary for the functioning of the Brazzaville Group on disability statistics. - Define the mandate of BG for Francophone Africa. After discussions between members of French-speaking countries and the WG, the BG secretariat was set up, composed as follows: 2 members from NIS (Congo-BZV) 1- Member from Chad (NIS) 1- Member from Togo (NIS) 1- Member from Djibouti (NIS) 1- Member from Congo (National Disability organisation) 5 2. Brazzaville group Secretariat (2/2) The mandate of the secretariat will be 3 years and once renewable. The candidatures for the various posts will be submitted for election by the members of the various countries. To facilitate and speed up exchanges between members of the secretariat, setup small whatsup group 6 3. Terms of Reference-BG- (1/4) The ToRs for the Brazzaville group were prepared by the group secretariat, with the assistance of resource persons from WG and Unicef-Congo. These ToRs specify the mandate of the secretariat as well as the