Dear Colleagues,

The National Statistics Office of Georgia (GEOSTAT) with the support of UN women CO in Georgia is developing the National Strategy for Gender Statistics (NSGS). The NSGS will be aligned with Georgia’s national and international commitments on gender, such as the SDGs, the Istanbul Convention, CEDAW and the Beijing Platform for Action and will complement the 2020-2023 National Statistics Development Strategy (NSDS) and its action plan adopted by the Government of Georgia in 2019.

I have been hired to lead this process. I am currently conducting stakeholder consultations (bilateral and multilateral meetings), engaging development partners, administrative data producers, civil society representatives, research and training institutions, among others, to gain first-hand information on gender data demands/needs and user satisfaction, capacity, and statistical outputs.

I would like to kindly ask you to participate in this process and meet me for an online interview (link to follow). The meeting will last 1 hour maximum and the list of potential questions is attached to this message. Your participation will greatly support NSGS drafting process and will further strengthen production and use of gender statistics in Georgia.

Thank you very much in advance and look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,