Introduction: As part of preparation for the field work, a national technical workshop was organized for the development and harmonization of the tools, methodology, work plan and reporting format for the studies. During the workshop, each consulting firm made presentation on the methodology, data
collection tools, reporting format, etc. To ensure quality in the process, a consultant from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) was invited to make a presentation on the standard methodology for sampling and to advice on the source and use of Enumeration Areas (EA) for the study. An interactive and plenary format was adopted for the workshop process with the participants breaking into groups with specific topics assigned to them to develop and subsequently present at plenary. Each group’s presentation at the plenary, were extensively discussed and the agreed outcomes were harmonized and adopted as the appropriate tools for the survey and reporting format for all zonal consulting firms.