SEAFDEC/TD conducted a "Training on Digital Data Collection using Kobo Toolbox" on 23–24 December 2024. The training aimed to enhance the skills of researchers from the Department of Fisheries (DOF), Thailand, and SEAFDEC/TD in creating, coding, and implementing surveys using Kobo Toolbox. A total of 31 participants (11 male, 20 female), The participants comprised 25 onsite representatives, namely, resource person from Michigan University, USA (1), DOF, Thailand (10); SEAFDEC/Secretariat (6); SEAFDEC/TD (8), while SEAFDEC/IFRDMD (6) staff joined via online platform. The objectives of this training were: 1) to provide participants with an understanding of survey design principles in social science research and mobile data collection for both quantitative and qualitative methodologies, 2) to enable participants to code and deploy survey forms using XLS forms and Kobo Toolbox, and 3) to facilitate hands-on experience with mobile data collection on Android devices through Kobo Collect.

Training Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center. (2025). Report of Training on Digital Data Collection Using the Kobo Toolbox Platform.