1. Statistics Department African Development Bank
The AfDB’s STATISTICAL CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAM:
with reference to the
2020 ROUND OF POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUSES :
Statistics Department African Development Bank

2. Major goals of the 2020 Africa programme on Population and Housing Censuses
To provide direct technical support necessary for census planning, management, data collection, processing, analysis and dissemination;
To build technical capacity on the different phases of a census operation; and
To support countries in difficult circumstances to prepare to conduct population and housing censuses.

3. Partnership and Coordination
Pan African organizations (AU, AfDB & ECA),
RECs,
UNSD,
UNFPA and
Other international organizations.

4. Opportunities for census taking
Government political commitment
Internationally agreed concepts, methods, standards and guidelines
Internationally and Regional agreed development initiatives i.e SDGs, Africa Agenda 2063, AfDB Ten Year Strategy ( ) & High 5s.
Use of technologies in census operations, ie Global Positioning Systems (GPS)

5. Challenges in census taking
Planning and Management
Sustainable statistical capacity
Use of new technology
Countries emerging from difficult situations

6. Implementation strategy
International concepts, methodologies and standards: Assisting countries to implement the UN P&R and the African Addendum for PHCs and other supplement guidelines, manuals and documents.
The 2020 Africa Programme on Population and Housing Census Decade website
Building sustainable capacity: training workshops: study visits; direct technical assistance to countries; and providing support on the preparation, production and use of advocacy materials
Organizing seminars on priority topical technical subjects

7. Expected Countries Census Dates in the 2020 Round of Censuses
Year
Countries
No.
2015
Equatorial Guinea 1
2016
Burkina Faso, Egypt, Lesotho, Sierra Leone 4
2017
Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Nigeria, Swaziland 7
2018
Algeria, Liberia, Libya, Malawi, Somalia, Sudan 6
2019
Chad, Djibouti, Guinea Bissau, Kenya, Mali, South Sudan
2020
Cape Verde, Ghana, Mauritius, Seychelles, Togo, Zambia
2021
Botswana, Namibia, South Africa 3
2022
Burundi, Niger, Rwanda, Sao Tomé & Principé, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zimbabwe
2023
Benin, Gabon, Gambia, Mauritania, Senegal 5
2024
Angola, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Morocco, Tunisia
No info
Central African Republic, Comoros, Eritrea, Madagascar
Total countries 54

9. Workshops
1. Census mapping and use of new technology 2. Integrating gender perspective into PHC 3. Census data collection using handheld digital devices 4. Census data evaluation using demographic techniques 5. Post enumeration surveys 6. Census data tabulations for different dissemination media 7. National and subnational population projections

10. Workshops
8. Strengthening the collection and use of international migration data 9. Computer assisted coding 10. Census data editing 11. Census data analysis and report writing 12. Census data dissemination and spatial analysis 13. Archiving census data 14. Administrative report

11. Seminar Population and housing census planning and management
Census data dissemination and use
Use of new technologies in censuses

12. Centres of Excellence
UNFPA, ECA and AfDB …. Conversation started in 2014 to promote and facilitate the use of efficient and effective technology in African censuses, in particular the use of handheld devices in census enumeration.
Resolution 8 of the 11th Africa Symposium on Statistical Development (ASSD), held in Libreville, Gabon in Nov 2015, reads “We shall establish a working group to define criteria and scope of centres of excellence in ICT-enabled mapping and data production, analysis, dissemination and management that cater to the specific needs of countries for the successful implementation of the CRVS strategy and the 2020 round of censuses in rollout countries in support of the Africa Agenda 2063 and Sustainable Development Goals consistent with SHaSA priorities”.

13. Centres of Excellence
Reference Centres in Censuses with Electronic Data Collection in Africa -organized by IBGE of Brazil and UNFPA. 
MoU signed between NSOs of Cabo Verde, Sierra Leone, Cote d’Ivoire, South Africa and Brazil and UNFPA in New York. 
It is expected that AfDB and ECA will provide catalytic support to these centres through this work plan

14. Governance Arrangements
Africa Census Coordinating Committee (ACCC) – to be established following the resolution of the 9th meeting of CoDG, Libreville, Gabon, Nov 2015
Membership: ECA, AfDB, UNFPA and census offices of 6 to 8 countries representing the sub-regions in the continent.
ToR of the ACCC will be drafted by ECA, AfDB, UNFPA and ASSD.

15. Asante Sana