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25-29 Oct 2022
The second capacity building workshop for assessing inequalities in CRVS, Lao PDR, 25-29 October 2022
A multi-stakeholder group of 20 participants from Lao Bureau of Statistics, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education etc., convened for the second capacity building workshop for the project on assessing inequalities in civil registration in Vang Vieng, Lao PDR between 25-29 October 2022. The workshop, which was organized in collaboration between UNESCAP, Lao Bureau of Statistics and the UNFPA country office, provided training on demographic indicators for participants involved in using and producing vital statistics. The main aim was to support stakeholders in being able to estimate fertility and mortality but also covered wider demographic concepts to support broader understanding.
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