The second issue of our newsletter comes at a time when we are finalizing the new generation of MICS questionnaires and survey tools for the sixth round of MICS. At this point, the global Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicators are almost final. Changes in the standard MICS questionnaires are mostly to align MICS content with the SDGs and beyond. As introduced in this issue, we are about to conduct the global pilot survey of MICS6 in Costa Rica. After a summer of intensive work to finalize the standard questionnaires and related tools, we will start to roll out the programme in October with a series of survey design workshops, beginning in Eastern and Southern Africa. Read More