Proceedings and outcomes of WG workshops

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Proceedings and outcomes of WG workshops

• Jennifer H. Madans
• U.S.A.

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Participants

• 1st workshop Nairobi, Kenya
• 3 days
• 15 representatives from 13 countries 1
  representative of international disability
  organization
• 7 presenters
• 2nd workshop Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• 2 days
• 31 representatives from 28 countries 1 UN
  affiliate 1 representative of national
  disability organization
• 8 presenters / meeting support staff

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Objectives

• Review the work of the Washington Group,
  introduce the set of questions on disability, and
  explain the rationale for the question set
• Present the implementation protocols and the
  plans for testing
• Review, in depth, the implementation methods,
  including practical sessions
• Complete the UNSD questionnaire on the collection
  of national data on disability
• Review lessons learned from the participating
  countries and plan next steps.

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Agenda

• Day 1
• Opening remarks review of workshop objectives
• Review work of the WG and UNSD
• Introduction to WG questions and rationale
• Present implementation protocols and test plan
• Objectives of the test and evaluation plan
• Question by question specifications
• Translation issues
• Cognitive test plans
• Field test plans
• Enumerator training
• Plan for tabulation, analysis and report writing

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Agenda

• Day 2
• Break-out groups (in-depth discussion of
  implementation methods and country specific
  issues)
• UNSD questionnaire
• Wrap-up (lessons learned and next steps)

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Outcomes

• All 13 countries attending the 1st workshop
  agreed to pre-test
• 15 countries offered funding to conduct pre-tests
  
• Includes the 13 countries that participated in
  the 1st workshop and 2 countries from the
  African/Middle East region that could not attend
  the 1st workshop but attended the 2nd workshop
• 5000.00 for Kenya, Gambia, and Vietnam to
  conduct cognitive and field tests
• 1000.00 for India, Philippines, Seychelles,
  Lesotho, Malawi, Congo, Mauritius, Uganda, Egypt,
  South Africa, Palestine, and Tanzania to conduct
  cognitive portion of the pre-test

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Outcomes

• 7 countries have submitted test plans
• Gambias test plan approved
• South Africa can conduct the full pre-test
  without WG funding
• Funding will also be made available to selected
  countries attending the 2nd workshop