Microdata management training held in Beirut, Lebanon (February 2009)

A Toolkit training was held from Feb. 2-14 in Beirut Lebanon. The training was attended by representative from the Central Agency of Statistics (CAS) and a group of Afghan representatives who were documenting a Household Budget Survey (NRVA 2007). The training was hosted at the new training center, Basil Fuleihin Institute by the Institute of Finance. In addition, the training center was attended by representatives from the World Bank and was co-facilitated with assistance from the UK Department for International Development.

The workshop was officially opened by Ms. Maral Tutelian, Director General of the Lebanese Central Agency for Statistics. The workshop provided exposure to the international standard for microdata archiving (DDI).