(FRA) UNECE workshop on measuring poverty during the pandemic
Date of article: 24/03/2021
Daily News of: 24/03/2021
Country: EUROPE
Author: European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
Article language: en
- When:25 March 2021 - 26 March 2021
- UNECE
- Website:
- Workshop on Measuring Poverty in Pandemic Times(link is external)
- External event
UNECE will hold an online workshop on poverty measurement from 25 to 26 March. FRA will present innovative approaches put into practice by various EU Member States. The workshop aims to provide hands-on training and address the capacity-building needs expressed by countries on adapting their surveys.
- It builds on UNECE’s 2020 guide to data disaggregation when measuring poverty(link is external). The workshop targets statisticians, researchers and analysts from national statistical offices, ministries and other government agencies who produce poverty statistics in the countries of Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central. Participants will reflect on general methodological lessons learnt when surveying ethnic minorities.