United Nations Statistics Division National CensusInfo Training Department of Census and Statistics, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 19 – 23 September 2011

United Nations Statistics Division National CensusInfo Training Department of Census and Statistics, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 19 – 23 September 2011 Outline of presentation What is CensusInfo? Initiative Objectives Main features of CensusInfo UNSD activities to promote CensusInfo CensusInfo resources

United Nations Statistics Division National CensusInfo Training Department of Census and Statistics, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 19 – 23 September 2011 What is CensusInfo? CensusInfo is a software tool specifically designed for disseminating census data on the web and CD-ROM Developed by UNSD in partnership with UNICEF and UNFPA Officially launched in February 2009 at the 40 th session of the United Nations Statistical Commission

United Nations Statistics Division National CensusInfo Training Department of Census and Statistics, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 19 – 23 September 2011 Census data dissemination is one of three main goals of the 2010 World Programme on Population and Housing Census as approved by the UN Statistical Commission at its 36 th session (March 2005) Initiative UNSD tasked with assisting countries in their efforts to disseminate census results effectively and timely Dissemination has been the weakest phase in population and housing census operations

United Nations Statistics Division National CensusInfo Training Department of Census and Statistics, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 19 – 23 September 2011 Develop a software solution to facilitate the dissemination of census results fulfilling the following minimum criteria: Objectives Easy to implement and easy to use Free to use Dissemination of census data at any geographical level Able to generate census-specific outputs Customization for country-specific requirements Dissemination on the web and CD-ROM

United Nations Statistics Division National CensusInfo Training Department of Census and Statistics, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 19 – 23 September 2011 Main features of CensusInfo CensusInfo is user and administrator friendly software

United Nations Statistics Division National CensusInfo Training Department of Census and Statistics, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 19 – 23 September 2011

United Nations Statistics Division National CensusInfo Training Department of Census and Statistics, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 19 – 23 September 2011 Main features of CensusInfo CensusInfo is user and administrator friendly software Disseminates census results at any geographical level

United Nations Statistics Division National CensusInfo Training Department of Census and Statistics, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 19 – 23 September 2011

United Nations Statistics Division National CensusInfo Training Department of Census and Statistics, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 19 – 23 September 2011

United Nations Statistics Division National CensusInfo Training Department of Census and Statistics, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 19 – 23 September 2011 Main features of CensusInfo CensusInfo is user and administrator friendly software Disseminates census results at any geographical level Disseminates census results for multiple censuses

United Nations Statistics Division National CensusInfo Training Department of Census and Statistics, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 19 – 23 September 2011

United Nations Statistics Division National CensusInfo Training Department of Census and Statistics, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 19 – 23 September 2011 Main features of CensusInfo CensusInfo is user and administrator friendly software Disseminates census results at any geographical level Disseminates census results for multiple censuses Provides a suggested list of census topics, data and indicators with accompanying metadata (based on UN recommendations)

United Nations Statistics Division National CensusInfo Training Department of Census and Statistics, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 19 – 23 September 2011 Main features of CensusInfo CensusInfo is user and administrator friendly software Disseminates census results at any geographical level Disseminates census results for multiple censuses Provides a suggested list of census topics, data and indicators with accompanying metadata (based on UN recommendations) Easy to customize to meet country-specific needs

United Nations Statistics Division National CensusInfo Training Department of Census and Statistics, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 19 – 23 September 2011

United Nations Statistics Division National CensusInfo Training Department of Census and Statistics, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 19 – 23 September 2011 Main features of CensusInfo CensusInfo is user and administrator friendly software Disseminates census results at any geographical level Disseminates census results for multiple censuses Provides a suggested list of census topics, data and indicators with accompanying metadata (based on UN recommendations) Easy to customize to meet country-specific needs Supports dissemination of census data in multiple languages

United Nations Statistics Division National CensusInfo Training Department of Census and Statistics, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 19 – 23 September 2011

United Nations Statistics Division National CensusInfo Training Department of Census and Statistics, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 19 – 23 September 2011 Main features of CensusInfo CensusInfo is user and administrator friendly software Disseminates census results at any geographical level Disseminates census results for multiple censuses Provides a suggested list of census topics, data and indicators with accompanying metadata (based on UN recommendations) Easy to customize to meet country-specific needs Supports to disseminate census data with multiple languages Generates user-defined tables, maps, graphs and reports

United Nations Statistics Division National CensusInfo Training Department of Census and Statistics, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 19 – 23 September 2011

United Nations Statistics Division National CensusInfo Training Department of Census and Statistics, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 19 – 23 September 2011

United Nations Statistics Division National CensusInfo Training Department of Census and Statistics, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 19 – 23 September 2011

United Nations Statistics Division National CensusInfo Training Department of Census and Statistics, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 19 – 23 September 2011

United Nations Statistics Division National CensusInfo Training Department of Census and Statistics, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 19 – 23 September 2011

United Nations Statistics Division National CensusInfo Training Department of Census and Statistics, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 19 – 23 September 2011

United Nations Statistics Division National CensusInfo Training Department of Census and Statistics, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 19 – 23 September 2011 Main features of CensusInfo CensusInfo is user and administrator friendly software Disseminates census results at any geographical level Disseminates census results for multiple censuses Provides a suggested list of census topics, data and indicators with accompanying metadata (based on UN recommendations) Easy to customize to meet country-specific needs Supports to disseminate census data with multiple languages Generates user-defined tables, maps, graphs and reports Provides standard profile reports by geographic units

United Nations Statistics Division National CensusInfo Training Department of Census and Statistics, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 19 – 23 September 2011

United Nations Statistics Division National CensusInfo Training Department of Census and Statistics, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 19 – 23 September 2011 Main features of CensusInfo CensusInfo is user and administrator friendly software Disseminates census results at any geographical level Disseminates census results for multiple censuses Provides a suggested list of census topics, data and indicators with accompanying metadata (based on UN recommendations) Easy to customize to meet country-specific needs Supports to disseminate census data with multiple languages Generates user-defined tables, maps, graphs and reports Provides standard profile reports by geographic units Allows importing data from other software applications such as CSPro, Redatam, SAS and SPSS

United Nations Statistics Division National CensusInfo Training Department of Census and Statistics, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 19 – 23 September 2011

United Nations Statistics Division National CensusInfo Training Department of Census and Statistics, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 19 – 23 September 2011 UNSD activities to promote CensusInfo Regional workshops National training (on site) Basic training Advanced training User Application training

United Nations Statistics Division National CensusInfo Training Department of Census and Statistics, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 19 – 23 September

United Nations Statistics Division National CensusInfo Training Department of Census and Statistics, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 19 – 23 September 2011 unstats.un.org/unsd/census2010.htmunstats.un.org/unsd/census2010.htm

United Nations Statistics Division National CensusInfo Training Department of Census and Statistics, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 19 – 23 September 2011 Thank You