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

• Institutional frameworks for transports statistics
• Cooperation and coordination
• Examples

C. Methodological issues

• Conceptual frameworks for transport statistics
  • Basic concepts and definitions for transport statistics
    • Road transport
    • Railway transport
    • Inland waterway transport
    • Pipeline transport
    • Maritime transport
    • Air transport
  • Other concepts and definitions
    • Intermodal freight transport
    • Multimodal freight transport
• Statistical standards and measurement topics for transport statistics
  • Common questionnaire and glossary for transport statistics (4th edition)
  • Measurement topics for transport statistics
    • Infrastructure
    • Transport equipment
    • Enterprises, economic performance and employment
    • Traffic
    • Transport measurement
    • Energy consumption
    • Safety and security

• Data sources

  • Administrative sources
  • Surveys used to collect transport statistics
  • Censuses
• Data collection methods
• Data processing
  • Basic transport statistics
  • Calculating of transport indicators
• Data quality and evaluation
  • Errors and obstacles in transport statistical data compilation
• Dissemination and metadata
• Examples
  • National example: Morocco
  • International example: Common questionnaire developed by the UNECE, ITF and Eurostat

Part II: Communication statistics

A-Introduction

B-Institutional issues

• Institutional frameworks for communication statistics
• Cooperation and coordination
• Examples
• Discussion

C- Methodological issues

• Conceptual frameworks for communication statistics
  • Basic concepts and definitions for communication statistics
  • Other concepts and definitions
• Statistical standards and measurement topics for communication statistics
• Data sources
  • Administrative sources
  • Surveys used to collect communication statistics
  • Censuses
• Data collection methods
• Data processing
  • Basic communication statistics
  • Calculating of communication indicators
• Data quality and evaluation
  • Errors and obstacles in communication statistical data compilation
• Dissemination and metadata
• Examples
  • National example: Morocco
  • International example: ITU and UNCTAD