Date: 10 Sep 2023
Venue: Ankara, Türkiye
In April 2014, Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS) was initially presented at the Fourth Session of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Statistical Commission, where the participating OIC countries affirmed their commitment to pursue integration of TQS into their ongoing surveys to monitor key tobacco control indicators among adults. This launched a long-standing partnership between the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the CDC Foundation, and SESRIC. SESRIC enhances regional- and country-level capacity for tobacco surveillance and monitoring, with the goal of sustaining tobacco control efforts in OIC member countries.
Date: 10 May 2023
Venue: Ankara, Türkiye
SESRIC and the Institute of Statistics (INSTAT) of the Republic of Albania signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to facilitate the collaboration and cooperation between both institutions within the framework of the project titled “Integration of Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS) into the National Surveys in Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member Countries”.
Date: 09 - 10 May 2023
Venue: SESRIC Headquarters, Ankara, Türkiye
SESRIC, in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the CDC Foundation, organised the Orientation Workshop on “Tobacco Questions for Surveys of Youth (TQS-Youth)” on 09-10 May 2023 at SESRIC Headquarters in Ankara, Republic of Türkiye. The Workshop was participated by 43 delegates from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs), Ministries of Health, and Ministry of Youth of 18 OIC member countries. The representatives of the CDC, CDC Foundation, World Health Organization (WHO) Türkiye Country Office, and Turkish Green Crescent also participated in the Workshop. The objective of the Workshop was to provide additional information and technical support to the participants in integrating TQS-Youth into the ongoing youth-related national surveys in their respective countries.
Date: 11 Apr 2022
Venue: Georgetown, Guyana
SESRIC and Bureau of Statistics of Guyana signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to facilitate collaboration and cooperation between both institutions within the framework of the project titled “Integration of the Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS) into the National Surveys in Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member Countries”. The MoA was signed on 11 April 2022 by HE. Mr. Nebil DABUR, Director General of SESRIC, and HE. Mr. Errol LaCRUEZ, Chief Statistician of Bureau of Statistics of Guyana.
Date: 31 Mar 2022
Venue: Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara, Türkiye
SESRIC organised a Technical Consultation on “2021 Smoking and Tobacco Consumption Survey conducted by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS)” on 31 March 2022. The Technical Consultation was organised for the benefit of PCBS in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), CDC Foundation, World Health Organization (WHO), and Ministry of Health of Palestine within the framework of ‘Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS) Integration Project’ through a video conferencing platform.
Date: 04 Nov 2021
Venue: Niamey, Niger
SESRIC and National Institute of Statistics (INS) of Republic of Niger signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to facilitate collaboration and cooperation between both institutions within the framework of the project titled “Integration of Tobacco Questions for Surveys of Youth (TQS-Youth) into the National Surveys in Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member Countries”. The MoA was signed by HE. Mr. Nebil DABUR, Director General of SESRIC and HE. Mr. Idrissa ALICHINA KOURGUENI, Director General of INS of Republic of Niger on 4 November 2021.
Date: 08 Jul 2021
Venue: Bamako, Mali
SESRIC and National Institute of Statistics (INSTAT) of Republic of Mali signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to facilitate collaboration and cooperation between both institutions within the framework of the project titled “Integration of Tobacco Questions for Surveys of Youth (TQS-Youth) into the National Surveys in Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member Countries”. The MoA was signed by HE. Mr. Nebil DABUR, Director General of SESRIC and HE. Dr. Arouna SOUGANE, Director General of INSTAT of Republic of Mali on 8 July 2021.
Date: 08 Dec 2021
Venue: Ankara, Türkiye
SESRIC, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Office on Smoking and Health, and CDC Foundation launched the Report on ‘Implementation of the Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS) in Selected OIC Member Countries: Evidence for Action’ on 8 December 2021.
Date: 19 Aug 2021
Venue: Ramallah City, Palestine
SESRIC and Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to facilitate collaboration and cooperation between both institutions within the framework of the project titled “Integration of the Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS) into the National Surveys in Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member Countries”. The MoA was signed on 19 August 2021 by HE. Mr. Nebil DABUR, Director General of SESRIC, and HE. Dr. Ola AWAD, President of PCBS.
Date: 09 Dec 2020
Venue: Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara, Türkiye
Within its recently initiated Webinar Series on Statistical Experience Sharing, SESRIC organised its third webinar titled “Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS) and Tobacco Questions for Surveys of Youth (TQS-Youth)” on 9 December 2020 in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and CDC Foundation with the participation of 47 attendees from 19 OIC member countries (Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Benin, Egypt, Gabon, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Togo, Turkey, and UAE).
Date: 12 - 15 Nov 2018
Venue: Ankara, Türkiye
SESRIC, in collaboration with the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and CDC Foundation organised the Workshop on ‘Transforming Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS) Data to Action’ on 12-15 November 2018 in Ankara, Republic of Turkey.
Date: 16 Aug 2017
Venue: Ankara, Türkiye
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) and the General Directorate of Statistics and Economic Studies (DGSEE) of Gabonese Republic signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to facilitate collaboration and cooperation between both institutions within the framework of the project titled “Integration of the ‘Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS)’ into the National Surveys in Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member States”.
Date: 16 - 17 Aug 2017
Venue: Ankara, Türkiye
The Workshop on ‘Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS): Data Analysis and Dissemination’ was organised by SESRIC in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and CDC Foundation on 16-17 August 2017 in Ankara, Republic of Turkey.
Date: 09 Aug 2016
Venue: Freetown, Sierra Leone
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) and Statistics Sierra Leone (SSL) of the Republic of Sierra Leone signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to facilitate collaboration and cooperation between both institutions within the framework of the project titled “Integration of the ‘Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS)’ into the National Surveys in Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member States”.
Date: 16 Jun 2016
Venue: N’Djamena, Chad
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) and National Institute of Statistics, Economic and Demographic Studies (INSEED) of the Republic of Chad signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to facilitate collaboration and cooperation between both institutions within the framework of the project titled “Integration of the ‘Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS)’ into the National Surveys in Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member States”.
Date: 05 May 2016
Venue: Ankara, Türkiye
SESRIC organised a study visit on ’Global Adult Tobacco Survey and Turkish Health Survey’ on 5 May 2016 in Ankara, Republic of Turkey with the participation of two officials of Agency on Statistics under President of the Republic of Tajikistan (TAJSTAT) to the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) under the scope of the project on the ‘Integration of TQS into Ongoing National Surveys in Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member States’ in collaboration with the Central for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and CDC Foundation.
Date: 04 May 2016
Venue: Ankara, Türkiye
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) and National Institute of Statistics (INS) of the Republic of Niger signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to facilitate collaboration and cooperation between both institutions within the framework of the project titled “Integration of the ‘Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS)’ into the National Surveys in Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member States”. The MoA was signed on 4 May 2016 by H.E. Amb. Musa KULAKLIKAYA, Director General of SESRIC, during the Orientation Workshop on ‘Tobacco Questions for Surveys’ at SESRIC Headquarters, Ankara, Republic of Turkey and signed on 2 May 2016 by Mr. Idrissa Alichina KOURGUENI, Director General of INS of the Republic of Niger, at INS Headquarters, Niamey.
Date: 03 - 04 May 2016
Venue: Ankara, Türkiye
The Orientation Workshop on ‘Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS)’ was organised and hosted by SESRIC in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and CDC Foundation on 3-4 May 2016 at SESRIC Headquarters, Ankara, Republic of Turkey. The said Workshop had the objective to provide additional information and technical support to the OIC Member Countries in integrating TQS into their on-going surveys.
Date: 25 - 26 Apr 2016
Venue: Ankara, Türkiye
SESRIC organised a study visit on ’Global Adult Tobacco Survey and Turkish Health Survey’ on 25-26 April 2016 in Turkey with the participation of three officials of BPS-Statistics Indonesia to the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) under the scope of the project on the “Integration of TQS into Ongoing National Surveys in Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member States” in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Date: 19 Apr 2016
Venue: Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) and National Institute of Statistics (INS) of the Republic of Cote d’Ivoire signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) .
Date: 14 Jan 2016
Venue: Bamako, Mali
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) and National Institute of Statistics (INSTAT) of Republic of Mali signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to facilitate collaboration and cooperation between both institutions within the framework of the project titled “Integration of the ‘Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS)’ into the National Surveys in Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member States”. The MoA was signed on 14 January 2016 by HE. Amb. Musa KULAKLIKAYA, Director General of SESRIC, and Mr. Seydou Moussa TRAORE, Director General of INSTAT of Republic of Mali.
Date: 11 Jan 2016
Venue: Serrekunda, Gambia
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) and Gambia Bureau of Statistics (GBOS) of Republic of The Gambia signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to facilitate collaboration and cooperation between both institutions within the framework of the project titled “Integration of the ‘Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS)’ into the National Surveys in Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member States”. The MoA was signed on 11 January 2016 by HE. Amb. Musa KULAKLIKAYA, Director General of SESRIC, and Mr. Nyakassi M. B. SANYANG, Statistician General of GBOS of Republic of The Gambia.
Date: 06 Jan 2016
Venue: Lomé, Togo
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) and National Institute of Statistics and Economic and Demographic Studies (INSEED) of Republic of Togo signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to facilitate collaboration and cooperation between both institutions within the framework of the project titled “Integration of the ‘Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS)’ into the National Surveys in Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member States”. The MoA was signed on 06 January 2016 by H.E. Amb. Musa KULAKLIKAYA, Director General of SESRIC, and Mr. Kokou Yao N’GUISSAN, Director General of INSEED of Republic of Togo.
Date: 10 - 13 Nov 2015
Venue: Baku, Azerbaijan
SESRIC organised a further technical mission on ‘Integration of Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS) – Sampling Methods’ on 10-13 November 2015 in Baku with the participation of eight officials of State Statistical Committee (SSC) of the Republic of Azerbaijan in collaboration with the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) under the scope of the project initiated by SESRIC on the ‘Integration of TQS into Ongoing National Surveys in Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member States’. The technical mission conducted by Mr. Yılmaz Erşahin, Expert at Sampling and Analysis Techniques Department of TurkStat.
Date: 10 Jul 2015
Venue: Nouakchott, Mauritania
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) and National Statistical Office (ONS) of Islamic Republic of Mauritania signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to facilitate collaboration and cooperation between both institutions within the framework of the project titled “Integration of the ‘Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS)’ into the National Surveys in Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member States”. The MoA was signed on 10 July 2015 by HE. Amb. Musa KULAKLIKAYA, Director General of SESRIC, and Mr. Mohamed El Moctar Ould AHMAD SIDI, Director General of ONS of Islamic Republic of Mauritania.
Date: 01 Jun 2015
Venue: Dushanbe, Tajikistan
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) and Agency on Statistics under President of the Republic of Tajikistan signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to facilitate collaboration and cooperation between both institutions within the framework of the project titled “Integration of the ‘Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS)’ into the National Surveys in Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member States”. The MoA was signed on 01 June 2015 by H.E. Amb. Musa KULAKLIKAYA, Director General of SESRIC, and Mrs. Gulnora HASANZODA, Director of Agency on Statistics under President of the Republic of Tajikistan.
Date: 27 - 29 Apr 2015
Venue: Baku, Azerbaijan
SESRIC organised a further technical mission on 'Integration of Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS): Module 2 – Sampling Methods' on 27-29 April 2015 in Baku with the participation of relevant officials of State Statistical Committee (SSC) of the Republic of Azerbaijan in collaboration with the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) under the scope of the project initiated by SESRIC on the Integration of TQS into Ongoing National Surveys in Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member States. The technical mission was conducted by Mr. Yılmaz Erşahin, Expert at Sampling and Analysis Techniques Department of TurkStat.
Date: 14 Apr 2015
Venue: Cairo, Egypt
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) and Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) of Arab Republic of Egypt signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to facilitate collaboration and cooperation between both institutions within the framework of the project titled “Integration of the ‘Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS)’ into the National Surveys in Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member States”. The MoA was signed on 14 April 2015 by H.E. Amb. Musa KULAKLIKAYA, Director General of SESRIC, and Mr. Abu Bakr Mahmoud Bakr EL-GENDY, President of CAPMAS of Arab Republic of Egypt.
Date: 13 - 15 Apr 2015
Venue: Baku, Azerbaijan
SESRIC organised a technical mission on 'Integration of Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS): Module 1- Survey Design and Methodology' on 13-15 April 2015 in Baku with the participation of seven officials from Household Budget Survey and LSMS Department of State Statistical Committee (SSC) of the Republic of Azerbaijan under the scope of the project initiated by SESRIC on the Integration of TQS into ongoing national surveys in Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member States. The technical mission was facilitated by Mr. Mehmet Günal, Expert at Health Statistics Department of Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat).
Date: 19 Mar 2015
Venue: Doha, Qatar
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) and Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics (MDPS) of State of Qatar agreed on a partnership to facilitate collaboration and cooperation between both institutions within the framework of the project titled “Integration of the ‘Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS)’ into the National Surveys in OIC Member States”.
Date: 06 Mar 2015
Venue: Yaounde, Cameroon
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) and National Institute of Statistics of the Republic of Cameroon have signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to facilitate collaboration and cooperation between both institutions within the framework of the project titled “Integration of the ‘Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS)’ into the National Surveys in Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member States”. The MoA was signed on 06 March 2015 by Prof. Savaş Alpay, Director General of SESRIC, and Mr. Joseph Tedou, Director General of National Institute of Statistics of the Republic of Cameroon.
Date: 13 Feb 2015
Venue: Astana, Kazakhstan
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) and Committee on Statistics (CS) of the Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan have signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to facilitate collaboration and cooperation between both institutions within the framework of the project titled “Integration of the ‘Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS)’ into the National Surveys in Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member States”. The MoA was signed on 13 February 2015 by Prof. Savaş Alpay, Director General of SESRIC, and Mr. Alikhan Smailov, Chairman of CS of the Ministry of National Economy of Kazakhstan.
Date: 29 Dec 2014
Venue: Jakarta, Indonesia
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) and BPS-Statistics Indonesia agreed on a partnership to facilitate collaboration and cooperation between both institutions within the framework of the project titled “Integration of the ‘Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS)’ into the National Surveys in OIC Member States”.
Date: 18 Nov 2014
Venue: Ankara, Türkiye
SESRIC organised a study visit on ' ‘Global Adult Tobacco Survey and Turkish Health Survey ' in collaboration with the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) on 18 and 21 November 2014, in Ankara, Turkey with the participation of Mr. Hamid Baghirov, First Deputy Chairman, and Mr. Yashar Pasha, Head of Population Living Standards and Household Budget Survey Statistics Department, State Statistical Committee (SSC) of the Republic of Azerbaijan, under the scope of a recent project initiated by SESRIC regarding the integration of TQS into ongoing national surveys in OIC Member States.
Date: 13 Oct 2014
Venue: Baku, Azerbaijan
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) and State Statistical Committee (SSC) of Republic of Azerbaijan agreed on a partnership to facilitate collaboration and cooperation between both institutions within the framework of the project titled “Integration of the ‘Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS)’ into the National Surveys in OIC Member States”.
Date: 25 Sep 2014
Venue: Dakar, Senegal
The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) and National Agency of Statistics and Demography (ANSD) of Senegal have signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to facilitate collaboration and cooperation between both institutions within the framework of the “Integration of the ‘Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS)’ into the National Surveys in OIC Member States” project. The MoA was signed on 25 September 2014 by Prof. Savaş Alpay, Director General of SESRIC, and Mr. Aboubacar Beye, Director General of ANSD of Senegal.