In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the training course on ‘Professional Skills for Official Statisticians: Time Management’ at the National Statistical Committee (NSC) of the Kyrgyz Republic on 28-29 September 2015, within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The course was conducted by Mr. Nijat Akhmedov , Expert at DemirBank of Azerbaijan with participation of relevant officials of NSC.

The course included discussion activities and covered the following topics:

• Learning needs assessment
• Time management self-assessment test
• Importance of Managing time
• Case Study (Time wasters)
• Time Management process
• Importance of goals
• Case Study (Goal setting)
• Multitasking
• Scheduling steps
• Case Study (Task management)
• Effective Delegation
• Guidelines for Delegation
• Assigning the work
• Post work review
• Managing E-mails and Facebook
• Handle Paperwork

Sign up for an account at OIC-StatCom Forum (http://forum.sesric.org/) to join the group discussion on the training course on 'Professional Skills for Official Statisticians: Time Management ' in Kyrgyz Republic available at: http://forum.sesric.org/?p=45

For other activities of the Statistics and Information Department within the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, please visit: http://www.oicstatcom.org/statcab.php

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