DOHA - The Qatar Statistics Authority (QSA) will organise a sub-regional workshop on human development indicators for the Gulf Cooperation Council member states from January 21 to January 23 at the Marriott Hotel.
The event is being held in cooperation with UNDP's Human Development Report Office and its regional bureau for the Arab states. The QSA has invited a range of UN and international organisations, which are responsible for indicators or datasets relevant to the measurement of human development issues, to attend the workshop.
The event aims at bringing together senior statisticians and practitioners from the region, who are involved in the production of Human Development Report (HDR), from national statistical offices and relevant government departments and ministries.
The workshop will give an opportunity to the participants to share their latest information about their national human development indicators. It will also allow them to present their national experience in preparing analytical reports.The event is expected to begin with introductory remarks by H E Hamad bin Jabor bin Jassim Al Thani, QSA President, and Alison Kennedy, UNDP Representative.
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