Workshop on preparing for the challenges of population ageing in Sub-Saharan Africa
Lilongwe, Malawi
Overview
The Population Division, and the Division of Social Policy and Development of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs in collaboration with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Welfare of the Republic of Malawi are organizing a regional workshop on the production and use of data on ageing to improve evidence-based policy and programme formulation. The workshop will bring together experts from governments and international organizations, researchers and academics, and civil organizations to review and evaluate the survey methodology and tools to assist national and regional policy makers to implement and monitor evidence based policies on ageing in the framework of the United Nations Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (MIPAA), the African Union Policy Framework and Plan of Action on Ageing (AUPFAA) as well as the 2030 Development Agenda. The workshop will be convened in Lilongwe, Malawi, from 19 to 21 July 2016.
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Organization of work
Session 1: Welcoming and opening
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Session 2: Assess the quality of existing knowledge and identify data gaps for improving understanding of the situation of older people
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Session 3: Evidence based policy making on ageing: Countries presentations.
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Session 4: Presentation of the DESA initiative on 鈥淒ata collection methodology and tools for supporting the formulation of evidence-based policies in response to the challenges of population ageing in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Session 5: Methodological issues I: Towards harmonization of methods and instruments
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Session 6: Methodological issues: Group discussions on the questionnaire
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Session 7: Methodological issues II: Group discussions on the questionnaire
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Session 8: Finalizing group discussions on the questionnaire
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Session 9: Planning and implementing survey: Sampling design and sampling issues in the Africa context: Polygamous household and sampling selection of the respondents, proxy respondents
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Session 10: Planning and implementing survey: Manual for survey implementation (interviewer manuals, supervisor and editor鈥檚 manual)
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Session 11: Planning and implementing survey: Manual for survey implementation (interviewer manuals, supervisor and editor鈥檚 manual), cont鈥檇
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Session 12: Planning and implementing survey: Guidelines for survey cost and survey analysis forward
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Session 14: The way forward: Finalizing the survey instrument and implementation of the survey
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Survey tools |
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