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Meetings
  
A Global Assembly on Measuring Civil Society and Volunteering
Organized by the Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies
in Cooperation with the
United Nations Volunteers and the United Nations Statistics Division
United Nations Campus ("Langer Eugen")
Bonn, Germany
The Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies, in cooperation with the United Nations Volunteers and the United Nations Statistics Division, is convened a Global Assembly to assess the progress being made in putting the civil society sector, volunteerism, and philanthropy on the economic map of the world through the implementation of the new United Nations Handbook on Nonprofit Institutions in the System of National Accounts (UN NPI Handbook), and to identify the steps needed to extend this process and make maximum use of its products. The Assembly provided a first-ever opportunity for national development organizations, civil society leaders, and others to learn about the progress that has been made in implementing this Handbook, to assess the potentials for extending this work, and to gauge the promise this new tool holds for enhancing the contribution that civil society and volunteering can make to the promotion of the Millennium Development Goals and sustainable development throughout the world.
Measuring Civil Society and Volunteering: Initial Findings from Implementation of the UN Handbook on Nonprofit Institutions
News Release on the Global Assembly
News Release on Initial Findings
Agenda
Participants
Group Photo
Photo Slide Show
Presentations
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Welcoming and Opening Remarks
Ad de Raad, Executive Coordinator, United Nations Volunteers Programme
Herman Smith, United Nations Statistics Division
Keiji Iwatake, Director, Sasakawa Peace Foundation (USA)
Lester M. Salamon, Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies
“The Role of Statistics in Helping Us Understand the World”
Peter Weigl,Vice President, German Federal Statistical Office
Enrico Giovannini, Director, OECD Statistics Division
Sylvester Young, Director, Statistics Bureau, International Labour Org.
“Putting Civil Society on the Economic Map of the World: Current Status and Recent Developments"
Lester M. Salamon
- Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies
“How Better Information Can Help Civil Society and Philanthropy”
Filippo Addarii
- Director, Euclid, European network of third sector leaders
Andrés Thompson, WK Kellogg Foundation, Latin America
Bettina Windau, Bertelsmann Stiftung
Buzz Schmidt, Guidestar International
“The UN NPI Handbook and the update of the 1993 SNA”
Herman Smith, United Nations Statistics Division
Experience from the Field: Reports from the Early Implementers
Claude Mathys: PowerPoint, Comments (French,English),
National Bank of Belgium
Sophie Joyal and Malika Hamdad, Statistics Canada
Ian Mead, Bureau of Economic Analysis, USA
Rajiv Sharma, Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation, Central Statistical Organization, India
Fumikazu Hida, Economic and Social Research Institute,
Cabinet Office, Japan,
Naoto Yamauchi, Osaka School of International Public Policy,
Osaka University, Japan
Jeff Cope, (Presentation, Paper) Principal Statistician,
Statistics New Zealand
Handbook Implementation Status: An Overview-- Milestone Analysis
Latin America
-Daniel Gropper, State Secretary for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and Regional Development,
Argentinean Ministry of Economy
Africa
-Mathews Collins Omondi, Central Bureau of Statistics, Kenya
Asia
-Tony Johnson, Satellite Account Consultant
Europe
-Edith Archambault, University of Paris-Sorbonne
Other
-Michael Hall, Imagine Canada
Comment
Iori Kato, Programme Specialist, Civil Society,
UNDP Regional Bureau for Asia
On behalf of Dr. Hafiz A. Pasha, UN Assistant Secretary-General, UNDP Assistant Administrator and Director Regional Bureau
for Asia and the Pacific
Thursday, September 27
Handbook Implementation:
Issues, Lessons, Recommendations: Reports of Working Groups
Edith Archambault, University of Paris-Sorbonne
Daniel Gropper, State Secretary for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and Regional Development,
Argentinean Ministry of Economy
Tony Johnson, Satellite Account Consultant
Using NPI Handbook Data: Reports of Working Groups
Bev Russel, Social Surveys Ltd, South Africa
Andrés Thompson, WK Kellogg Foundation, Latin America
Mario Roitter, Center for the Study of State and Society, Argentina
Summation and Thanks
Ad de Raad, United Nations Volunteers programme
Herman Smith, United Nations Statistics Division
Lester M. Salamon, Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies
Key Issues and Action Steps
Asia Implementers' Meeting, Bangkok, July 11-12, 2006
Africa Implementers' Meeting, Maputo, March 21-22, 2006
Asia Regional Workshop, Bangkok, September 22-23, 2005
Latin American Implementers' Meeting, Buenos Aires, May 12-13, 2005
Africa Regional Workshop, Nairobi, March 10-11, 2005
Latin American Regional Workshop, Buenos Aires, September 27-28, 2004
Asia Implementers' Meeting, Bangkok, July 11-12, 2006
Africa Implementers' Meeting, Maputo, March 21-22, 2006
Asia Regional Workshop, Bangkok, September 22-23, 2005
Latin American Implementers' Meeting, Buenos Aires, May 12-13, 2005
Africa Regional Workshop, Nairobi, March 10-11, 2005
Latin American Regional Workshop, Buenos Aires, September 27-28, 2004
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