1. 2010 World Population and Housing Census Programme
United Nations Statistics Division
2010 World Programme on Population and Housing Censuses:
Subregional Workshop on Census Cartography and Management
22-26 October, 2007, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
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2. 2010 World Census Programme
Importance of Population and Housing Census: essential role in public administration
Marrakech Action Plan (Feb 2004) identified 2010 census round as key to sustainable improvements in national statistical capacities
36th Session of UN Statistical Commission (2005) approved initiation of 2010 World Census Programme covering period
UN Statistics Division requested by UNSC to act as secretariat to 2010 World Programme
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3. 2010 World Census Programme
Multi year programme
Supported by the World Bank ($ 1M / year)
In coordination with the UN regional commissions (ECLAC, ECA, ESCAP, ESCWA, ECE), UNFPA...
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4. 2010 World Census Programme
Three essential goals to programme
Facilitate countries in conducting censuses at least once during
Develop and promote a set of international principles and recommendations governing the conduct of censuses
Assist countries in disseminating census results to both national stakeholders and appropriate intergovernmental organizations in a timely manner
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5. 2010 World Census Programme
Objective 1: Monitor country progress in conducting censuses; disseminate information on recent census activities:
Monitor country activities related to census-taking
Disseminate information on census activities via the 2010 World Population and Housing Censuses Programme Website
Update the country census profiles (metadata) and census questions database
Collect UNSD population and housing census data for DYB + post on web site
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6. 2010 World Census Programme
Objective 2: Develop guidelines and technical materials pertaining to different stages of the census-taking:
Handbooks, guidelines and training materials on selected topics – including most recently, revised Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Census
Development and maintenance of a Resource Centre on the internet
Development of a software for census dissemination: Census Info (DevInfo)
Document new methodologies and elaborate on preconditions and portability of such methodologies from one country to the next
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7. 2010 World Census Programme
Objective 3: Assist countries to implement the census in accordance with the Principles and Recommendations:
Training workshops on topical technical issues in census-taking
Expert group meetings on selected topics in population censuses
Technical assistance missions
Study visits
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Work plan
Expert Group Meeting in May on Contemporary Practices in Census Mapping and Use of Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
5 Workshops on this subject in Africa (2), Asia, Caribbean, Pacific (early 2008)
Handbooks :
GIS and digitial mapping (update)
Editing (update)
Guidelines on Administrative report (new)
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Work plan and beyond
EGM and Workshops on data processing:
Data collection
Data capture
Outsourcing
Data editing
Quality assurance
EGMs and Workshops for subsequent years: dissemination, evaluation
Develop e-training materials
Develop of a software for census dissemination: Census Info (DevInfo)
Handbooks :
Dissemination (new) > 2008
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10. 2010 World Census Programme Resource Center
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11. 2010 World Census Programme Resource Center
Provide information on:
Census dates, questionnaires and data
Census activities and releases in various countries
Supporting activities (seminars, workshops...) conducted by different organizations (UNSD, UNFPA, UN Regional Commissions, Eurostat...)
Knowledge Base on methodology and best practices of censuses:
Best practices: papers provided by countries or other experts (seminars or others)
Handbooks and guidelines (UNSD)
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12. 2010 World Census Programme Resource Center
Motivation:
Census takers are very busy and either don’t have time to look at websites of other NSOs or don’t know where to look
NSO websites are often public oriented and offer little technical documentation
Census takers need to be aware of the methodological and practical improvements
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13. 2010 World Census Programme Resource Center
Critical factors for our success:
Need to build a network to work in collaboration with all the partners (both NSOs as well as international and regional organizations)
Create a mailing list of participants
Require the pro-active participation of census managers to provide information and documentation
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20. 2010 World Census Programme
Thank you
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