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Recently conducted workshops/Seminars
The
Population Research Centre, ISEC in collaboration with IIASA, Austria
and TIFAC, New Delhi conducted Training Workshop on “Demographic
Computations: Multistate Population Projection” during November
9-13, 2010 at ISEC, Bangalore. The purpose of the training was to
strengthen the basic analytic skills and help gain knowledge of
multistate demography and Excel tools for demographic analysis. The
five-day training included lectures, practical sessions and assignments.
20
candidates were selected for the training among the 50 applicants and 3
candidates from Bhutan were sponsored by UNFPA. The participants
included Ph.D students and researchers below Associate Professor level
from different parts of India. Dr K C Samir from World Population
Program at IIASA, Dr Anne Goujon, also from World Population Program at
IIASA and Dr K S James, ISEC were the resource persons for the workshop.
A two-day Workshop on
`Methodologies for Small Area Estimation’ was organized by Population
Research Centre at ISEC, Bangalore, on April 24-25, 2009 supported by
United Nations Fund for Population Analysis (UNFPA), New Delhi. The
purpose of the workshop was to discuss the available and appropriate
methodologies for the estimation of different parameters at local level.
In the decentralised form of governance and service delivery in India,
there is a larger demand for estimates of different indicators at local
level. This workshop was useful in developing a curriculum on small area
estimation which can be taught in institutes and universities in India.
The workshop brought together 15 experts who had contributed in this
area. The organisers of the workshop were Professor K S James,
Professor, PRC, ISEC and Professor K Srinivasan, Hon.Visiting Professor,
ISEC
In line with the annual
AWP signed between ISEC and UNFPA, two rounds of Orientation Programmes
for senior-level officers on use of data for Planning and Monitoring of
development programmes , the first on September 10-11, 2009 and the
second on September 24-25, 2009 were held at ISEC. The first programme
on September 10th was inaugurated by Smt Sobha Nambisan, IAS, Principal
Secretary, Planning Department, Government of Karnataka. It was then
followed by general sessions on Need for Planning and Monitoring and
Evaluation. It was followed by sectoral presentation of data
availability and its limitations and indicators necessary for promotion
and planning with duration of one and half hours for each session. The
sessions in the first programme held during September 10-11, 2009
indicated the need for planning, monitoring and evaluation and sectoral
sessions on demography, health, income and price, poverty, education,
employment and gender. The second programme on September 24-25, 2009
also followed on nearly similar sessions with certain changes based on
the comments received on the first programme.
A workshop on Sub-National
Estimation of MDG Indicators: An Analysis of Two States with
Differential Quality of Data was held on September 12, 2009 between 9.30
a.m. and 1.00 p.m. This was a project initiation workshop to develop
methods of arriving at reliable data sources at district or sub-district
level based on a case study of 4 districts, two each in Karnataka and
Rajasthan. There were 8 participants including experts on demography and
statistics from different parts of India.
A half-day workshop on Use
of Data for Local Area Planning under the project Sub-National
Estimation of MDG Goals in India: An analysis of two States with
Differential Quality of Data”, funded by UNFPA was held on November 2,
2009 from 9.00 a.m. onwards at ISEC, Bangalore.
In line with the annual
AWP signed between ISEC and UNFPA, four rounds of orientation programmes
for senior-level officers on use of data for planning and monitoring of
development programmes, the first on September 10-11, 2009 and the
second on September 24-25, 2009, the third and the fourth rounds on
December 3-4 and December 10-11, 2009, were held at ISEC. The first
programme on September 10 was inaugurated by Ms Sobha Nambisan, IAS,
Principal Secretary, Planning Department, Government of Karnataka. It
was then followed by general sessions on Need for Planning and
Monitoring and Evaluation. This was followed by sectoral presentation of
data availability and its limitations and indicators necessary for
promotion and planning with duration of one and half hours for each
session. The sessions in the first programme indicated the need for
planning, monitoring and evaluation and sectoral sessions on demography,
health, income and price, poverty, education, employment and gender. The
second programme held on September 24-25, 2009, also had similar
sessions with certain changes based on the comments received on the
first programme.The sessions and other activities of the third and the
fourth rounds were modified on the basis of the suggestions received
from the earlier two rounds. During the third round held on December
3-4, 2009, the inaugural lecture on ‘Use of Data on Planning’ was
delivered by Prof Ravi Kanbur of Cornell University, USA. The fourth
round held on December 10-11, 2009, was inaugurated by Dr N C Saxena. Dr
Nesim Tumkaya, UNFPA Country Director, delivered the Chairperson’s
remarks. As in the case of the earlier two rounds, the subjects covered
in the third and the fourth rounds included Demography and Health,
Education, Gender Budgeting, Poverty, Income and Employment. There was
also a panel discussion session on Monitoring of Programmes. Prof K S
James coordinated the programme.
Indian
Association for the Study of Population (IASP) October 17-19, 2008
A two-day
data-users workshop, facilitated by the International Institute for Population Sciences
(IIPS), was conducted at ISEC to disseminate the third round of the National Family Health
Survey (NFHS) 2005-2006 (January 3 and 4, 2008)
A workshop
was conducted by PRC to discuss the implications of the National Family
Health Survey – 3, Karnataka (NFHS 2005-06) survey findings for Karnataka. There were over a 100
participants including state and district level officials from the Health Department of
the Government of Karnataka, special interest groups, academicians and researchers
(24/2/07).
A seminar on ‘Lives at Risk
– Vulnerable Daughters in a Modernizing Society’ was conducted in
collaboration with Lund University, Sweden during 28-29 September, 2005.
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