| Roundtable Meeting on Programme for the 2010 Round
of Censuses of Agriculture
Cairo, Egypt, 16 - 20 November 2008
BACKGROUND
The meeting is part of a series of meetings planned to present the World Programme for the Census of Agriculture 2010 to the FAO member countries in different regions.
PURPOSE
The meeting aimed to disseminate among the selected member countries of FAO from near east region the new World Programme for the Census of Agriculture 2010 which will cover the period 2006–2015. The roundtable is organized with the objective of helping the participants gain a deeper understanding of the new strategy of adopting a modular approach to data collection being advocated by FAO through this new Programme. Plans of the countries for implementing the next round of agricultural census and surveys will also be reviewed.
PARTICIPANTS
The participants of the meeting are the professional statisticians and census leaders who are likely to play a role in the planning and execution of agricultural census in their respective countries during the decade to which the Programme pertains (2006–2015). A total of 17 countries and some international organization have been invited to the meeting. The invited countries include Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Morocco, Palestine, Occupied Tr. and Tunisia.
DOCUMENTS
The Information note, Registration form, and Tentative programme are available for the Participants.
The World Programme for the Census of Agriculture (WCA 2010) which be the main source document of the meeting could be down loaded from the link: http://www.fao.org/es/ess/census/default.asp. Arabic translation of the document will be available during the meeting.
CONTACT
For further information, nomination or acceptance of participation, please contact:
Mr Hiek Som
Chief, Surveys and Statistical Development Service
FAO Statistics Division
E-mail: Hiek.Som@fao.org
Tel.: +39 06 570 55070
Fax: +39 06 570 55615
Or
Mr Mohammed Barre
Statistician based in FAO office in Cairo
E-mail: Mohamed.Barre@fao.org
Tel.: +202 37497232
For logistics/travel/accommodation arrangements please contact:
Ms. Heba Tokali
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Regional Office for the Near East, Cairo, Egypt
E-mail: Heba.Tokali@fao.org
Tel: +202 33316000
Mobile: 010 141 0366
Fax: +202 37495981 / 33373419 |