The United Nations Population Division organized a technical mission to improve the capacity of the staff of the Institut de Statistiques et d'Etudes économiquees du Burundi (ISTEEBU) in the production and use of population estimates and projections for evidence-based policy making for sustainable development.
The United Nations Population Division organized a technical mission in Niger to improve the capacity of the staff of the Institut National de la Statistique, Minister of Health, Minister of Education, and Minister of Agriculture in the production and use of population estimates and projections for evidence-based policy making for sustainable development.
Technical staff from the Namibia Statistics Agency, government line ministries (Planning, Education, Health, and Immigration), and researchers from higher education institutions were trained in methods for assessing the quality of demographic statistics, projecting the national population, and projecting sub-national (regional) populations.
The Population Division organized a training workshop to improve national capacity in population projections. The workshop was held at GEOSTAT (National Statistics Office of Georgia) in Tbilisi, Georgia, from 20 to 24 May 2019. Participants were trained in methods and software (DAPPS) for national and sub-national population projections.
