What are the areas of assistance that the CST provides?

The CST for South and West Asia is equipped with expertise to provide technical assistance in a wide range of subject areas including but not limited to the following:

• Formulation of population policies;
• Integration of population concerns in development planning;
• Research on fertility, mortality and migration and their relationship to development;
• Assessment of programme needs and development of programme/project proposals;
• Improvement of quality of Reproductive Health and Family Planning Services;
• Designing of information, education and communication (IEC) strategies, developing and pretesting of materials, launching of multi-media campaigns, and introduction/improvement of population education programmes in formal and non-formal educational systems;
• Integration of gender concerns in all aspects of development, and;
• Providing advocacy and information counselling services;
• Capacity building in management of country programmes/projects (including skill building for implementation, monitoring and evaluation);
• Training in related disciplines (including needs assessment, curriculum development, training material development, programme management, attachment training activities, etc.);
• Operations research activities, baseline studies, qualitative research including Focus Group Discussion method), knowledge, attitudes and practice surveys.;
• Estimation of Contraceptive requirements, Logistics Management and Management Information Systems;
• Special programmes concerning women, youth, the aged, AIDS and population and environment.

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