Overview What is the 2010 World Population and Housing Census Programme? Implementation of Population and Housing Censuses in the 2010 Round UNSD's activities.

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Overview What is the 2010 World Population and Housing Census Programme? Implementation of Population and Housing Censuses in the 2010 Round UNSD's activities to support the World Population and Housing Census Programme

2010 World Population & Housing Census Programme UNSD has implemented the World Population and Housing Census Programme for over the six decades. The current programme (2005-2014) was approved by the Statistical Commission at its 36th session in 2005 and adopted by the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) by its resolution A/2005/13 Recognize population and housing censuses as one of the main sources of data for effective development planning and objective decision-making. 3

Three essential goals of the 2010 World Population and Housing Census Programme To agree on international principles and recommendations to conduct a census To facilitate countries in conducting census at least once during the period 2005-2014 To assist countries to disseminate census results in a timely manner UNSD undertakes various activities under the programme with three essential goals. 4

Implementation of censuses by countries in the 2010 round

Implementation of censuses by countries (1) Number of countries Population enumerated As of 1 May: Since 2005, 141 countries or areas have undertaken a census, enumerating around 5.5 billion people (80% of world population). As of 1 November 2011

Implementation of Censuses by countries (2) 2011 is the peak, with 72 countries conducting censuses. 2010 marked the year with the most people enumerated. By the end of 2014, 99% of the world population will be counted in 229 countries or areas. 5 countries have not yet formally planned a census. ( 2011, this year, is the peak of the round, with 72 countries conducting censuses (around 2.4 billion). - as of 1 May 2011 2010 marked the year with most people enumerated – 2.5 billion people in 54 countries (including China, Indonesia, USA). 5 countries unplanned ( Lebanon, Myanmar, Somalia, Uzbekistan and Western Sahara). This means a significant improvement over the 2000 round, when 27 countries did not conduct a census. As of 1 May 2011 7

New Innovations Use of registers for data collection Use of mordern technologies -Internet for self-enumeration -CATI (Computer Assisted Telephone Interviews) -PDA for data collection -Refined scanning technologies -GIS in support of census activities Innovative use of new technologies has improved the management of field operations and overall quality of census implementation, including speed and accuracy. 8

Challenges and problems encountered Lack of financial resources Political and social instability Shortage of skilled staff New problems and types of error, associated with the adoption of new technolgies Incrased privacy concerns Pressures for faster release of results Others 9

UNSD Activities to Support the 2010 World Census Programme

Development of international census guidelines and technical materials (Goal 1)

Development of international census guidelines and technical materials Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses, Rev. 2 Handbooks and technical reports: Handbook on Geospatial Infrastructure in support of Census activities Handbook on Population and Housing Census Editing, Rev.1 Technical report on Census Data Capture Methodology Post Enumeration Surveys: Operational guidelines Handbook on Measuring the Economically Active in Population Censuses Others

UNSD activities to help countries plan and conduct censuses Training workshops on technical issues in census-taking Expert group meetings Advisory missions Study visits Development and maintenance of a Resource Centre on the Web

UNSD Regional Workshops on Census Activities Since 2005, UNSD has trained over 1000 participants from 140 countries in 33 workshops to enhance technical capacity of NSO. International standards Census management Cartography Technologies for mapping and data processing Data capture and data editing Census Evaluation and Post Enumeration Surveys Census data dissemination and analysis CensusInfo software as a tool for disseminating census data

Regional seminars on dissemination and analysis of data Assist Countries to Disseminate Census Results in a timely manner (Goal 3) Project on strengthening national capacity to analyse, present and disseminate data for evidence-based policy making National Seminars on Census Data Analysis Analytical thematic reports Regional seminars on dissemination and analysis of data 2010: Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia 2011: Arab speaking countries, LA and the Caribbean UNSD undertakes various activities under the programme with three essential goals. 15

UNSD Expert Group Meetings and National Training Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses, Rev. 2 (2 meetings) Census mapping and use of geographical information systems (2 meetings) National training Strengthen technical capacity of countries on data analysis and dissemination Assisting countries on using CensusInfo software, as a tool for data dissemination

2010 World Census Programme Resource Center http://unstats.un.org/unsd/census2010.htm Provide information on census activities in the world: Census Clock Census News Newsletter Announcements Census posters Census methodologies, including questionnaires Census Knowledge Base CensusInfo software .... and more. Provide information on census activities in the world: Monitoring census taking in countries and publishing a monthly “Census Clock” Publishing “Census News” on census activities Publishing a “Newsletter” on recent and upcoming census-related events Supporting activities (seminars, workshops...) conducted by different organizations 17

2010 World Census Programme Resource Center

Census Knowledge Base Repository of documents relevant for the census taking. Including.. Methodological guidelines Census topics Data processing Evaluation Data Dissemination and utilization others The Census Knowledge Base is a fundamental part of the resource centre for the 2010 World Population and Housing Census Programme. It is a repository of documents relevant for the field of population and housing census taking. This includes international census methodological guidelines as well as documents on best practices in census taking

CensusInfo website 20

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