The GCC-Stat Organizes a Workshop to Develop Labour Statistics in Bahrain

The workshop aimed to develop the use of administrative records data for statistical purposes in the GCC countries In collaboration with the International Labor Organization (ILO), the GCC-Stat organized a regional workshop on labour statistics based on administrative records in the GCC countries which was hosted by the Kingdom of Bahrain represented by the Information & e-Government Authority (iGA) and lasted for three days. The workshop aimed to enhance the use of administrative records data for statistical purposes in the GCC countries and to develop the technical capabilities of the employees of both the national statistical offices and the source entities producing labour statistics with regard to how to deal with the data, identify the methodology used to calculate labour statistics indicators derived from the data of administrative records and facilitate the use of such indicators to support decision and policy making. The workshop discussed the GCC strategies and policies of labour statistics, administrative records as a source of labour statistics and the key types of administrative records used in labour statistics in the ILO and the Gulf Cooperation Council.