The Centre organised a training course on “Transport and Communication Statistics” at Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) of Egypt on 9-11 October 2011. The course was provided by Mr. Bouazza BOUCHKHAR, an expert at the Direction de la Statistique- Morocco. The training course on “Transport and Communication Statistics” mainly covered the following subjects:
Part I: Transports statistics
A-Introduction
B-Institutional issues
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Institutional frameworks for transports statistics
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Cooperation and coordination
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Examples
C. Methodological issues
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Conceptual frameworks for transport statistics
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Basic concepts and definitions for transport statistics
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Road transport
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Railway transport
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Inland waterway transport
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Pipeline transport
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Maritime transport
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Air transport
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Other concepts and definitions
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Intermodal freight transport
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Multimodal freight transport
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Statistical standards and measurement topics for transport statistics
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Common questionnaire and glossary for transport statistics (4th edition)
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Measurement topics for transport statistics
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Infrastructure
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Transport equipment
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Enterprises, economic performance and employment
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Traffic
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Transport measurement
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Energy consumption
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Safety and security
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Data sources
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Administrative sources
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Surveys used to collect transport statistics
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Censuses
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Data collection methods
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Data processing
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Basic transport statistics
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Calculating of transport indicators
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Data quality and evaluation
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Errors and obstacles in transport statistical data compilation
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Dissemination and metadata
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Examples
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National example: Morocco
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International example: Common questionnaire developed by the UNECE, ITF and Eurostat
Part II: Communication statistics
A-Introduction
B-Institutional issues
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Institutional frameworks for communication statistics
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Cooperation and coordination
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Examples
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Discussion
C- Methodological issues
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Conceptual frameworks for communication statistics
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Basic concepts and definitions for communication statistics
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Other concepts and definitions
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Statistical standards and measurement topics for communication statistics
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Data sources
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Administrative sources
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Surveys used to collect communication statistics
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Censuses
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Data collection methods
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Data processing
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Basic communication statistics
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Calculating of communication indicators
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Data quality and evaluation
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Errors and obstacles in communication statistical data compilation
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Dissemination and metadata
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Examples
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National example: Morocco
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International example: ITU and UNCTAD
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