C A R I B B E A N                     C O M M U N I T Y                       S E C R E T A R I A T

THIRTY- FIRST MEETING OF                                                     
THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF
CARIBBEAN STATISTICIANS                                                     SCCS/2006/31/1 Rev. 2

Port-of-Spain, Trinidad                                                                                          
6-8 November 2006                                                                        6 November 2006

AGENDA

1.                  OPENING CEREMONY

2.                  ELECTION OF CHAIRMAN

3.                  ADOPTION OF AGENDA

4.                  PROCEDURAL MATTERS

5.                  ECONOMY, FINANCE AND INVESTMENT STATISTICS:

5.1             Compilation of Regional Database in National Accounts and the Implementation of the 1993 Systems of National Accounts (1993 SNA) -

5.1.1       Status Report - CARICOM Secretariat

5.1.2       Progress Report - National Statistical Offices

5.1.3       Report from the United Nations Statistics Division on the 1993 (SNA) Implementation at the International Level

5.2             The Compilation of Merchandise Trade Statistics -

5.2.1       Status Report - CARICOM Secretariat

5.2.2       Progress Report - National Statistical Offices

5.3             Compilation of Tourism Satellite Account and a System of Tourism Statistics -

5.3.1       Progress Report - CARICOM Secretariat

5.3.2       Progress Report - National Statistical Offices

5.3.3       Collaboration of Organisations in the Development of Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Account

5.4             Development of  Statistics on International Trade in Services -

5.4.1       Progress Report - CARICOM Secretariat

5.4.2       Progress Report -  National Statistical Offices

5.5             Compilation of Statistics on Government Procurement

5.6             Status Reports in Other Areas of Economic Statistics

6.                  POPULATION, DEMOGRAPHIC, SOCIAL AND LIVING CONDITIONS STATISTICS:

6.1             The CARICOM Programme  Social/ Gender Component -

6.1.1       Progress Report on  the CARICOM Programme Social/Gender Component - Eighth Advisory Group Meeting

6.1.2       Status Report - National Statistical Offices -  Progress of Work Social/Gender Statistics in the following areas:

6.1.2.1                Population, Household and Families

6.1.2.2                Health, Education and Labour

6.1.2.3                Poverty, Income Distribution and Crime

6.1.2.4                Decision-making and Migration/Free Movement

6.1.2.5                Child Monitoring and Protection and Disability

6.1.2.6                Other Social/Gender Statistics

6.1.3   Strengthening the Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in Member States

6.1.3.1                Follow-up to the CARICOM Workshop

6.1.3.2                Implementation of an Automated Civil Registry System. The Case of Anguilla

6.2             Improvement in the Measurement of Literacy in the CARICOM Region

6.2.1       Implementation of Literacy Assessment and Monitoring Programme (LAMP)

6.2.2       Implementation of LAMP.  The Case of Bermuda

6.3             Regional Initiatives to Support Social Statistics in the Region

6.3.1   Brief Report on the 2010 Round of Population and Housing Census Initiatives           

6.3.2   Initiative for the Support for the Poverty Assessment and Reduction in the Caribbean

6.3.3   Regional Training in Devinfo 5.1 - Follow-up to this Initiative

6.4             Achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDG)- UNDP Status Report

6.5             Other Regional and International Initiatives in Social Statistics

7.                  STATUS REPORT ON THE COMPILATION OF ENVIRONMENT STATISTICS AT THE NATIONAL STATISTICAL OFFICES

8.                  REGIONAL STATISTICAL WORK PROGRAMME AND THE 9^TH EUROPEAN DEVELOPMENT FUND STATISTICAL COMPONENT

9.                  MODERNISATION AND RESTRUCTURING OF NATIONAL STATISTICAL SYSTEMS IN MEMBER STATES- STATUS REPORTS

10.             STATISTICS DEVELOPMENT PLAN IN THE ORGANISATION OF EASTERN CARIBBEAN STATES (OECS)

11.             STRENGTHENING OF STATISTICAL CAPACITY: ESTABLISHMENT OF  STATISTICAL TRAINING PROGRAMME IN THE REGION IMPLICATIONS FOR EXISTING PROGRAMMES

12.             ANY OTHER BUSINESS

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