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Technical Implementation Meeting in Fiji, for National Statistical Offices in the Pacific, July 2016

13/07/2016 - 15/07/2016

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.

Represented countries included:

  • Australia
  • Fiji
  • Kiribati
  • Marshall Islands
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Samoa
  • Solomon Islands
  • Tonga
  • Vanuatu
  • Tuvalu

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.

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