In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the training course on ‘Professional Skills for Official Statisticians: Time Management’ at Agency on Statistics under President of the Republic of Tajikistan (AoS) on 22-23 February 2016, 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 AoS.

The course also 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 Tajikistan available at: http://forum.sesric.org/?p=60

The materials used during this type of activity can be accessed on http://www.oicstatcom.org/e-learning.php