Under the project TCP/INT/3401 "Support for the implementation and development of the CountrySTAT Framework in the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) countries", the training provides an opportunity for members of ECO to work together under the direction of the FAO Headquarters based CountrySTAT team with support from the ECO Secretariat.

The training will be from 21 until 25 October 2013, in Ankara, Turkey.

The objective of the training is to provide participants with skills on how to use the new CountrySTAT system for the upload and dissemination of official food and agriculture data.

Amongst others, participants will learn about the system components, software, international standards, Capacity Development, e-learning, Agricultural Censuses, Food Balance Sheets and the Statistical Yearbook.