Events

The 20th Annual Meeting of the Washington Group on Disability Statistics was held on September 22-24, 2020. This anniversary meeting, originally scheduled to be held in person in Washington DC, was held virtually. A meeting in...

After careful consideration, a decision has been made to postpone the in-person annual meeting of the Washington Group on Disability Statistics that was scheduled to take place 22 - 25 September 2020 in Mombasa, Kenya.  We will...

The Washington Group on Disability Statistics will be holding their 19th Annual Meeting in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 25-27th September 2019.

16 delegates from 14 nations attended the Non-Regional Technical Implementation Meeting in Rome in August 2017.

Note: The video links will take you to the University College London website, where the videos are hosted.

These videos are a live recording of an Introductory training for Non-Government Organisations. At times some of the...

26 delegates from 14 nations attended the Technical Implementation Meeting in Fiji in July 2016. The training provided technical training for the Pacific countries implementing the Washington Group questions in an upcoming national census. The meeting also began the process of creating a formalised Pacific Disability Statistics Working Group to increase the institutional capacity of the region.

WG-18 was co-hosted by the Italian National Institute of Statistics (Istat), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Bank. The meeting was attended by 97 participants, representing over 52 countries as well as representatives from several international, regional and non-governmental organizations.

WG-17 was co-hosted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics and the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. The meeting was attended by 60 participants, representing over 20 countries. One of the key outcomes of the meeting was the announcement of a joint statement issued by the Washington Group and United Nations Statistics Division reaffirming the commitment of both groups to collaborate closely and effectively to achieve further improvements in disability statistics.

WG-16 was hosted by Statistics South Africa and attended by 65 persons. The formal WG meeting was preceded by two pre-meeting sessions, including: a brief orientation for new WG members providing background on the history and the development of the WG’s data collection tools and a session directed to representatives from national statistical offices (NSOs) during which issues related to the implementation of the WG questions and the analysis of the resulting data will be discussed. NSOs currently planning or embarking on data collection or analyses are encouraged to attend to share experiences or seek more directed guidance.