2010 World Population and Housing Census Programme United Nations Statistics Division Demographic Statistics Section

Overview of Presentation 2010 World Population and Housing Census Programme Activities to assist countries in planning and conducting censuses Guidelines, technical materials Seminars, workshops, national training and advisory missions 2010 World Census Programme Resource Center CensusInfo software for disseminating census data

2010 World Population & Housing Census Programme 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

2010 World Population & Housing Census Programme Three essential goals are: 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.

2010 World Population & Housing Census Programme Goal 1: Develop international census guidelines and technical material

2010 World Population & Housing Census Programme UNSD activities to develop international census guidelines and technical materials Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses, Rev. 2 Handbooks and technical reports: Handbook on Census Management for Population and Housing Censuses 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

2010 World Population & Housing Census Programme Goal 2: Facilitate countries in conducting censuses during the 2010 round 125 countries will have undertaken a census by the end of 2010 7 countries have not yet planned a census Major problems or needs for assistance: Funding Preparation and planning Cartography Management and quality assurance Data capture, especially scanning Data processing Dissemination and analysis Evaluation, Post enumeration surveys Others, including political problems 7

2010 World Population & Housing Census Programme 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 internet Development of a software for census data dissemination - Census Info

2010 World Population & Housing Census Programme UNSD Regional workshops on census activities 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 21 workshops to strengthen technical capacity of NSOs

2010 World Population & Housing Census Programme UNSD Expert Group Meetings and National Training Expert Group Meetings 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

2010 World Population & Housing Census Programme UNSD advisory missions on: Census planning and management Large-scale national sample surveys related with census Cartography Questionnaire design and instructions for field staff Pretests and pilot census Quality assurance Post enumeration survey Data processing and editing Data evaluation Data dissemination Data analysis

2010 World Population & Housing Census Programme Goal 3:To assist countries to disseminate census results in a timely manner Inadequate data dissemination and analysis was generally a weakness of previous census rounds UNSD undertakes various activities under the programme with three essential goals. 12

2010 World Population & Housing Census Programme UNSD activities to assist countries to disseminate census results 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 Development of a software for census data dissemination: CensusInfo Activities to assist countries for CensusInfo Regional workshops Onsite technical support to assist/improve technical capacity of countries to adopt the CensusInfo software 13

2010 World Census Programme Resource Center http://unstats.un.org/unsd/census2010.htm Disseminating information on census activities via the 2010 World Population and Housing Censuses Programme Website and Newsletter

2010 World Population & Housing Census Programme Resource Center 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

P&R, Handbooks and guidelines 2010 World Population & Housing Census Programme Resource Center (contd.) Resource center on methodology and best practices in censuses: Census Knowledge Base containing - P&R, Handbooks and guidelines Good practices: papers provided by countries or other experts from seminars, etc. Thematic pages on: cartography, data processing, data editing, census evaluation, CensusInfo, etc. Post on web questionnaires used in national censuses

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