The Population Census Data Dissemination Tools Presented By: Dr. T. Edward Liberty Director - General LISGIS 41st Session of the United Nations Statistical Commission, UNHQ, New York, 19-26 February 2010 Side Events, 22th February 2010 at 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. 11/23/2018 LISGIS

Outline List of Tools Production of Indicators Achievements Lessons Learnt Way Forward Acknowledgement 11/23/2018 LISGIS

List of Tools The list of Tools that are being used to disseminate the 2008 Population and Housing Census data are: 1. Hard print outs for handouts through our customer services center 2. LISGIS Website –www.lisgis.org 3. The LiberiaInfo, a customized version of the DevInfo 4. The Integrated Management Information System (IMIS) and the CensusInfo 11/23/2018 LISGIS

Production of Indicators Using the direct method, have successfully computed 169 indicators Other indicators such as infant and maternal Mortalities, etc. will be calculated indirectly at time of the data analysis. 11/23/2018 LISGIS

Achievements Successfully uploaded the CensusInfo with the 169 indicators Trained about 34 individuals from LISGIS and other line ministries/agencies how to use the CensusInfo Successfully use the IMIS to directly compute 169 indicators Attempts are being made to link the IMIS and CensusInfo 11/23/2018 LISGIS

Lessons Learnt Have learned that the CensusInfo is very useful for the dissemination of the census data as well as a very handy tool for policy decision-makers Have learned that the IMIS and the Censusinfo can be integrated, since they use the Excel to input data 11/23/2018

Way Forward Hand on national and regional training should be held in order to promote the CensusInfo as well as the dissemination of the 2008 census indicators. The IMIS and CensusInfo should be integrated, since the IMIS is used to calculate while the CensusInfo stores and retrieves 11/23/2018 LISGIS

Acknowledgement We acknowledge the UNFPA, UNSD and the DevInfo team for giving us the support to assist us upload the census indicators into the CensusInfo. In particular, I wish to thank Mr. Sameer Thaper of the DevInfo and Ms. Meryem Demic for their wonderful work in Liberia. 11/23/2018 LISGIS

2008 National Population and Housing Census We also thank the UNSD, ECOWAS and the organizers of the 41st Session of the UN Statistical Commission for inviting and supporting us to come and share our experiences 11/23/2018 LISGIS

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION 11/23/2018 LISGIS