United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Statistical Division UNECE projects to improve Gender Statistics Enrico Bisogno SPECA meeting Paris, 13 June 2008

UNECE Statistical Division UNECE technical assistance projects 1. UNECE-World Bank project to improve Gender Statistics in CIS and SEE countries 2. UNECE project on Gender and MDGs

UNECE Statistical Division UNECE-World Bank project  Three years project ( )  Two main components: Development of training material Direct technical assistance to countries

UNECE Statistical Division Training material  Manual ‘Developing Gender Statistics in practice’: a toolkit to ‘make it happen’  Training activities and modules  Multimedia presentations and videos

UNECE Statistical Division Technical assistance  Two regional workshops  On the basis of national workplans, different topics and activities: Kazakhstan: Violence against women and Informal employment Tajikistan: Informal employment and data analysis/communication Kyrgyzstan: Violence against Women

UNECE Statistical Division UNECE project on Gender and MDG  Statistical component: analysis of topics relevant for gender equality (MDG Goal 4) brod assessment of data quality and availability proposal for a set of additional indicators on gender equality