Regional Workshop on Population Characteristics within the SDGs Framework

The Arab Institute for Training and Research in Statistic (AITRS) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Regional Office in Cairo had cooperated with the US Census Bureau, to organize a regional workshop on Population Characteristics within the SDGs Framework 2030 that was held in Amman/Jordan on 22-26 April 2018. The workshop focused on the following:

• Identify the traditional and modern sources that provide accurate data to measure the quantitative indicators of SDGs and report on the progress made towards achieving them. 
• Understand the strengths and limitations in various data sources that will be used to submit reports on the countries’ progress towards achieving the ICPD based SDGs.
• Focus on hands-on identification and extraction of data on various population characteristics. 
• Review the indicators on population characteristics and their different sources according to the SDGs 2030 requirements. 
• Create a template for a base year to help develop a national strategy that ensures the availability of all requirements needed for measuring the quantitative indicators of ICPD based SDGs up to the year 2030.

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