United Nations CensusInfo User Application Training Workshop, Cairo, Egypt, October World Population and Housing Census Programme United Nations Statistics Division Demographic Statistics Section

United Nations CensusInfo User Application Training Workshop, Cairo, Egypt, October 2010 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

United Nations CensusInfo User Application Training Workshop, Cairo, Egypt, October World Population & Housing Census Programme  Approved by the Statistical Commission at its 36 th 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

United Nations CensusInfo User Application Training Workshop, Cairo, Egypt, October World Population & Housing Census Programme Three essential goals are: 1.To agree on international principles and recommendations to conduct a census 2.To facilitate countries in conducting census at least once during the period To assist countries to disseminate census results in a timely manner

United Nations CensusInfo User Application Training Workshop, Cairo, Egypt, October World Population & Housing Census Programme Goal 1: Develop international census guidelines and technical material

United Nations CensusInfo User Application Training Workshop, Cairo, Egypt, October 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

United Nations CensusInfo User Application Training Workshop, Cairo, Egypt, October 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

United Nations CensusInfo User Application Training Workshop, Cairo, Egypt, October 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

United Nations CensusInfo User Application Training Workshop, Cairo, Egypt, October 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

United Nations CensusInfo User Application Training Workshop, Cairo, Egypt, October 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

United Nations CensusInfo User Application Training Workshop, Cairo, Egypt, October 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

United Nations CensusInfo User Application Training Workshop, Cairo, Egypt, October 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

United Nations CensusInfo User Application Training Workshop, Cairo, Egypt, October 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

United Nations CensusInfo User Application Training Workshop, Cairo, Egypt, October World Census Programme Resource Center

United Nations CensusInfo User Application Training Workshop, Cairo, Egypt, October 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

United Nations CensusInfo User Application Training Workshop, Cairo, Egypt, October 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

United Nations CensusInfo User Application Training Workshop, Cairo, Egypt, October 2010

United Nations CensusInfo User Application Training Workshop, Cairo, Egypt, October 2010 CensusInfo project  Development of a software for census data dissemination: CensusInfo Developed by UNSD in partnership with UNFPA and UNICEF to disseminate census results Officially launched in February 2009 at the 40 th session of the Statistical Commission Available on-line for free  Activities to assist countries for CensusInfo Regional workshops Onsite technical support to assist/improve technical capacity of countries to adopt the CensusInfo software

United Nations CensusInfo User Application Training Workshop, Cairo, Egypt, October 2010 Main features of CensusInfo  a tool to disseminate population and housing census results on the web and on CD-ROM  presents indicators with map and graph facilities by date of census and different geographic levels up to small geographic area  includes census topics and a suggested list of data and indicators with accompanying metadata  can be customized for country-specific data and indicators  generates user-defined tables, graphs, maps and reports  can import data from other software applications

United Nations CensusInfo User Application Training Workshop, Cairo, Egypt, October 2010 Proposed list of data and indicators for CensusInfo In order to help countries set up their own list for the national CensusInfo  Census tables/indicators with accompanying metadata are derived from the core topics given in “United Nations Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Census, Rev 2.” by UNSD  Proposed tables/indicators can be disseminated at national, regions, provinces, districts and small geographic units

United Nations CensusInfo User Application Training Workshop, Cairo, Egypt, October 2010 Census Topics

United Nations CensusInfo User Application Training Workshop, Cairo, Egypt, October 2010 Metadata for the tables/indicators  Metadata includes descriptive information about the tables/indicators  Categories: Definition Classification Method of computation Geographical breakdown Comments and limitations

United Nations CensusInfo User Application Training Workshop, Cairo, Egypt, October 2010 CensusInfo website  Census topics and a suggested tables/indicators with accompanying metadata  Manuals, materials of regional workshops, technical support,  National applications  Global CensusInfo Available at _PHC/CensusInfo/index.htm

United Nations CensusInfo User Application Training Workshop, Cairo, Egypt, October 2010 CensusInfo website

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