# Presentation: 201453

## WG Governance issues

- Beth Rasch, U.S.A.

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## Steering Committee:rotation schedule

- Seven representatives
- Past, present and future meeting hosts
- 4 reps from each major geographical region
- Secretariat is non-rotating ex-officio member
- Rotating body; _<_ 3 members replaced yearly
- Members selected at annual meetings by full WG membership
- 3-year terms with option to complete 2nd term if WG membership agrees

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## Steering Committee:rotation schedule

- First committee will have terms varying from 1-3 years
- When electing new member, a balanced regional representation will be sought
- Africa / Middle East
- North / South America
- Asia / Pacific
- Europe
- Steering committee will select committee chair

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## Steering committee

- Refer to handout (SC rotation schedule)
- The U.S. filled a temporary position for the initial SC (for continuity) and will rotate off
- Brazil will rotate into position of current meeting host
- Canada (past meeting host) will rotate off
***We need to select new SC member, trying to maintain a balanced regional representation***

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## Long-range work plan

- At the 3rd meeting, the steering committee was charged with developing a long-range work plan and timeline for implementation of the work plan to facilitate WG activities
- A draft of the plan was developed by the SC for review at this meeting (refer to handout)

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## Long-range work plan

- In addition to the annual meetings, 5 categories of activity are proposed:
- Develop and implement general disability measure (short set)
- Develop and implement extended measurement sets
- Methodological issues and research
- Regional meetings (WB-DGF)
- Technical Assistance (WB-DGF)

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## Develop and implement general disability measure (short set)

- Ongoing
- Activities proposed through September 2007
- Activities include selecting the short set/s of measures; developing a plan for implementation; pre-testing; developing training materials; preparing translations; enumerator training; implementing the measure in targeted countries; and dissemination of the measure

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## Develop and implement extended measurement sets

- Ongoing
- Activities proposed through September of 2008
- Activities similar to those for developing and implementing the short set/s

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## Methodological issues and research

- This work is concurrent with development of short and extended questions sets
- For this meeting and 2005, discussion of full population coverage has been proposed
- For 2006, discussion of the use of combined survey data and administrative data has been proposed

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## Regional meetings / Technical Assistance (WB-DGF)

- Regional meetings and provision of technical assistance are supported via the World Bank Development Grant Facility
- Planning for the use of these funds for these purposes will take place at this meeting
- Activities proposed through September of 2006 based on time frame of DGF
- There may be an opportunity for renewal of the DGF and extension of these activities

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## Long-range work plan

***Comments***
***Discuss issue of capacity building***

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## Workgroup format

- Workgroups formed each time a major work topic is agreed upon at annual meetings
- Roughly 3-4 workgroups will exist at any point in time
- When the task is completed the group will disband

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## Workgroup format

- Responsible for preparing / presenting position papers at annual meetings
- Leaders will solicit comments on position papers from the full WG membership via the secretariat
- Leaders will provide a brief, semi-annual report of progress to the secretariat

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## Workgroup format: discussion points

***Pros of workgroup format***
***Opportunity for multiple contributors***
***Variety of perspectives***
***Potentially reduces workload***
***Cons of workgroup format***
***Communication difficulties***
***Conflicting time schedules***
***Other commitments***

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## Workgroup format: discussion points

***Size of workgroups***
***Mechanism for input from the full WG membership***
***Establish new workgroups and/or reformulate workgroups based on outcomes of this meeting***

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## Proposal

- 	Should a goal of the WG be to develop the 1st World Compendium of Disability Statistics in conjunction with the UNSD and OECD?

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## Comments on WG governance

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