{"id":11677,"date":"2018-10-26T09:08:04","date_gmt":"2018-10-26T07:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/?p=11677"},"modified":"2018-10-26T09:08:04","modified_gmt":"2018-10-26T07:08:04","slug":"global-poverty-eradication-initiatives-and-measurement-of-poverty-to-be-reviewed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/?p=11677","title":{"rendered":"Global poverty eradication initiatives and measurement of poverty to be reviewed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>MEDIA ADVISORY \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a025 October 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Global poverty eradication initiatives and measurement of poverty to be reviewed <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ministers, Vice Ministers, Heads of Statistics, policy-makers from national governments as well as regional and international agencies, will gather at the 6<sup>th<\/sup> Annual High-Level Meeting of the Multidimensional Poverty Peer Network (MPPN) to be held from 30 October to 1 November 2018.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This High-Level Meeting which comprises participants from 55 countries and 17 regional and international agencies, will highlight initiatives taken by various governments to measure and reduce multidimensional poverty. The Minister in the Presidency responsible for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, together with Statistics South Africa, will host the meeting alongside the Department of Social Development and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative. The official opening of the gathering will be addressed by Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, followed by a seminar with South African government ministries on Multidimensional Poverty Index. The details of the official opening are as follows:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The media briefing will be held as follows:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Date\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 :<\/strong> Tuesday, 30 October 2018<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lockup\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 :<\/strong> 09H00<\/p>\n<p><strong>Venue\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 :<\/strong> Birchwood Hotel, 14 View Point Rd, Bardene, Boksburg, 1456<\/p>\n<p>GPD coordinates: 26.1755\u00b0 S, 28.2505\u00b0 E<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>RSVP: Media that will attend the opening need to submit accreditation forms attached by 26<sup>th<\/sup> October 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Felicia Sithole Tel: (012) 339 2401 Cell: 0764300693 E-mail <a href=\"mailto:Felicias@statssa.gov.za\">Felicias@statssa.gov.za<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gift Madiega Tel: 012\u00a0406 3404 Email: Giftmad@statssa.gov.za<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Media Enquiries:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ms Lesedi Dibakwane<\/p>\n<p>Tel: (012) 310 8578<\/p>\n<p>Cell: 082 805 7088 <a href=\"mailto:lesedid@statssa.gov.za\">lesedid@statssa.gov.za<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MEDIA ADVISORY \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a025 October 2018 \u00a0 Global poverty eradication initiatives and measurement of poverty to be reviewed &nbsp; Ministers, Vice Ministers, Heads of Statistics, policy-makers from national governments as well as regional and international agencies, will gather at the 6th Annual High-Level Meeting of the Multidimensional Poverty Peer Network (MPPN) to be held from 30&nbsp; &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/?p=11677\" class=\"btn btn-mini btn-info pull-right\" style=\"margin:10px 30px;\">read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-statements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11677"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11677\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11678,"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11677\/revisions\/11678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}