Workshop on international standards, contemporary technologies and regional cooperation Noumea, New Caledonia, 4 – 8 February World Population and Housing Census Programme United Nations Statistics Division

Workshop on international standards, contemporary technologies and regional cooperation Noumea, New Caledonia, 4 – 8 February World Census Programme  The United Nations Statistical Commission approved in March 2005 the initiation of the 2010 World Programme on Population and Housing Censuses covering the period 2005 to  The three essential goals are: to agree on a set of acceptable international principles and recommendations governing the conduct of a census; to facilitate countries in conducting censuses during the period ; and to assist countries in their efforts to disseminate census results in a timely manner

Workshop on international standards, contemporary technologies and regional cooperation Noumea, New Caledonia, 4 – 8 February World Census Programme  Multi year programme  Supported by the World Bank ($ 1M / year)  In coordination with the UN regional commissions, UNFPA...

Workshop on international standards, contemporary technologies and regional cooperation Noumea, New Caledonia, 4 – 8 February World Census Programme  Obj. 1: Monitor country progress in conducting censuses and their financing needs and disseminate information on census activities: Monitoring of country activities related to census-taking Disseminate information on census activities via the 2010 World Population and Housing Censuses Programme Website and Newsletter Update the country census profiles and questionnaires database

Workshop on international standards, contemporary technologies and regional cooperation Noumea, New Caledonia, 4 – 8 February World Census Programme  Obj. 2: Develop guidelines and technical materials pertaining to different stages of the census: Reference (Handbooks, Guidelines) and training materials on selected topics Document new methodologies and elaborate on preconditions and portability of such methodologies Distribution and promotion of the revised United Nations Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Census and Handbooks

Workshop on international standards, contemporary technologies and regional cooperation Noumea, New Caledonia, 4 – 8 February World Census Programme  Obj. 2: Develop guidelines and technical materials pertaining…: Development and maintenance of a Resource Centre on the internet Development of a software for census dissemination: Census Info Updating UNSD population and housing census data

Workshop on international standards, contemporary technologies and regional cooperation Noumea, New Caledonia, 4 – 8 February World Census Programme  Obj. 3: Assist countries to implement the census in accordance with the Principles and Recommendations and guidelines: Training workshops on Principles and Recommendations and topical technical issues in census-taking Study visits Technical assistance missions Expert group meetings on selected topics in population censuses

Workshop on international standards, contemporary technologies and regional cooperation Noumea, New Caledonia, 4 – 8 February 2008 Work plan  Expert Group Meeting in May on Contemporary Practices in Census Mapping and Use of Geographical Information Systems (GIS)  5 Workshops on this subject in Africa (2), Asia, Pacific, Caribbean  Handbooks : Census mapping (update) Editing (update) Guidelines on Administrative report (new)

Workshop on international standards, contemporary technologies and regional cooperation Noumea, New Caledonia, 4 – 8 February 2008 Work plan and beyond  EGM and Workshops on data processing: Data collection Data capture Outsourcing Data editing Quality assurance  Later: dissemination, evaluation  Develop e-training materials  Develop of a software for census dissemination: Census Info  Handbooks : Dissemination (new) > 2008

Workshop on international standards, contemporary technologies and regional cooperation Noumea, New Caledonia, 4 – 8 February World Census Programme Resource Center

Workshop on international standards, contemporary technologies and regional cooperation Noumea, New Caledonia, 4 – 8 February World Census Programme Resource Center  Provide information on census activities in the world: Census taking in the countries Supporting activities (seminars, workshops...) conducted by different organizations (UNSD, UNFPA, UN Regional Commissions, Eurostat...)  Resource center on methodology and best practices of censuses: Handbooks, guidelines Best practices: papers provided by countries or other experts (seminars or others)

Workshop on international standards, contemporary technologies and regional cooperation Noumea, New Caledonia, 4 – 8 February World Census Programme Resource Center  Motivation: Census takers are very busy and don’t have time to look at colleagues’ websites or don’t know where to look NSO websites are often public oriented and offer little technical documentation Census takers need to be aware of the methodological and practical improvements

Workshop on international standards, contemporary technologies and regional cooperation Noumea, New Caledonia, 4 – 8 February World Census Programme Resource Center  Success factors: Build a network to work in collaboration with all the partners (International and regional organizations and NSOs)  Create a mailing list of participants Pro-active participation of census managers to provide information and documentation

Workshop on international standards, contemporary technologies and regional cooperation Noumea, New Caledonia, 4 – 8 February 2008

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