A Regional Training workshop was held in Tunis, Tunisia on June 13 – 15, 2013 in the context of the launching of the NADA 4.0 by the International Household Survey Network (IHSN). This workshop was jointly organized by PARIS21 with the World Bank and the African Development Bank. The workshop aimed to expose participants to the latest version of the NADA application which was recently released, to upgrade their existing NADAs and implement relevant quality enhancements to their systems and to discuss strategic and technical issues relating to microdata dissemination in general.

The ADP funded and facilitated a DDI production workshop on 3-7 September 2012 in Koudougou, Burkina Faso. The workshop was hosted by the Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie (INSD) and was opened by its Director General, Pr Banza BAYA. 24 INSD staff persons attended and 10 surveys were documented. New INSD staff were trained on standards and tools for microdata management. INSD already has a NADA installed on their website with 10 surveys and is available at http://www.insd.bf/nada/index.php/catalog. INSD has been experiencing some delays in disseminating surveys - which is being addressed now.

The ADP organized with AFRISTAT a sub-regional training on NADA 3.0 in Bamako on 14-16 September. Participants from National Statistics Offices from Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Mali, Morocco, Mauritania, Niger and Senegal attended the sessions. All but Cape Verde, Morocco and Mauritania already maintain a NADA on their websites. This training follows a previous successful joint training on NADA 2.0, organized in 2008. The workshop focused on: - Introducing the new NADA 3.0. - Training in NADA 3.0 installation. - Training in NADA 3.0 administration. - Upgrading from NAD2.0 to NADA3.0. - Getting feedback on functionality.

A new survey catalog (NADA application) was set up at the Institut de Recherche en Science de la Santé (IRSS). The catalog is available at http://www.irss.bf/catalogue/. The Institute is a semi-private organization associated with the Ministry of Health that conducts surveys and research in health related matters. The IRSS was an implementing partner in the Global Fund Evaluation. This activity was implemented in collaboration with the Global Fund Evaluation and the Accelerated data Program.

The Global Fund recently undertook a 5-Year Impact Evaluation (GF5YE) attempting to measure reduction of disease burden of Malaria, HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis. The GF5YE implemented its evaluation through a Consortium of institution including: Marco International, WHO, Hopkins University, Harvard University and the African Population and Health Research Centre (APHRC).