Regional Workshop on Training of Trainers for Official Statistics
21 March – 24 March, 2017, Chiba, Japan

CONCEPT NOTEI.

BACKGROUND

One of the ESCAP’s objectives is to build institutional capacity in the national statisticalsystems (NSSs) to produce, disseminate and communicate statistical products and services. TheCommittee on Statistics, at its third session, decided to establish a Network for the Coordinationof Statistical Training in Asia and the Pacific (henceforth referred to as the Network) and tasked
SIAP to facilitate its work. As part of its work programme, the Network established a Subgroup on agricultural statistics mandated to develop necessary tools and methods for training
needs assessment on the area of agriculture and rural statistics to be utilized by training
providers in the region to build human capacity on producing agricultural and rural statistics.
To catalyze use of training need assessment tools and enable training providers in theAsia-Pacific region to design and conduct statistical training for official statisticians working
at NSSs in a more harmonized form and with higher quality, SIAP is organizing a Training ofTrainers (ToT) workshop (21 March – 24 March 2017). The ToT workshop aims to bring senior
officials from institutes providing training on official statistics in the Asia-Pacific region toidentify approaches for customising the generic training manuals to fields of official statistics.
The workshop also aims to equip participants with the improved skills in designing, developing
and delivery of training on official statistics with focus on agricultural and rural statistics.
II.

WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES

The main objective of the workshop is to improve institutional capacity of national statisticalsystems (NSSs) in designing, developing and delivering training on official statistics. Theworkshop also aims at piloting a ToT manual, including a generic template that can be utilized
by training providers to develop specialized ToT manuals/guides.

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EXPECTED OUTCOMESAs a result of the workshop, participants will be able to:a) Demonstrate their skills in designing, developing and delivery of technical training on

official statistics;b) Pilot a generic ToT template and guidelines in specific fields related to agriculture
statistics; andc) Examine feasibility of applying the generic template in other statistical fields andpropose a set of recommendations for improving the generic ToT template.
IV.

TARGET PARTICIPANTS

The workshop primarily targets members of the Network who work in the national institutes(including academia) providing training on official statistics at the national, (sub) regional orinternational level. The members of the Network may decide to nominate senior managers fromtheir institutes who lead/oversee training programmes for official statistics. The participants
are expected to have a substantive experience in design and development of statistical training
as well as knowledge on the statistical subject matters.

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DESIGN OF THE WORKSHOPThe workshop consists of a mix of experts’ presentations, small group activities, and plenary
discussions. The participants are expected to be actively engaged in the training activities.
VI.

WORKSHOP TOPICSThe workshop topics are divided into three parts:
Part I: DesignGap analysis
Needs analysis
Writing learning objectives
Evaluation of learning
Part II: Development
Adult learning styles
Active learning methodology
Sequencing learning activities
Part III: Delivery
Presentation skills
Managing interaction
Facilitating learning activities2