1. The 2010 World Population and Housing Census Programme
Activities in the ESCAP region
Ilpo Survo
Chief, Statistical Information Services Section, ESCAP Statistics Division
United Nations Workshop on Census Cartography and Management, Bangkok, October 2007

2. Ongoing technical cooperation projects related to (but not solely focusing on) population and housing censuses:
Disability measurement
Microdata management

3. Ongoing project 1: Disability measurement
UN Development Account project on Improvement of Disability Statistics in Support of Regional Census Programme, implemented by ESCAP in
Integration of ICF-based data collection on disability into regular national statistical systems
Targets national statisticians and health experts in 20 countries
Partnering with the Washington Group, WHO, UNSD, SIAP
Regional workshop on census-based disability data collection
Census provides sampling frame for disability surveys that collect detailed data for policy needs
Developing an extended set of questions for survey-based collection
Country pilot tests and subsequent data analysis

4. Ongoing project 2: Microdata management
Improving access to microdata in the region – World Bank/PARIS21 Project implemented by ESCAP in
Identifying and addressing constraints for microdata dissemination
National policies and plans for dissemination
Documentation of metadata – IHSN Microdata Management Toolkit
Archiving
Anonymization
Working initially with six countries, with sharing of experiences in a regional workshop in Q2/Q3 2008

5. ESCAP Regional Census Programme (proper) for the 2010 round
Expert Group Meetings in 2004 and 2006 to identify priority areas for assistance
United Nations Workshop on Census Cartography and Management, 15–19 October 2007
A survey on census technologies August-September 2007
Expert Group Meeting on effective use of IT for population and housing censuses, December 2007
A programme of three components submitted for donor funding:
Promoting Global Census Principles and Recommendations
Building a migration data system around population censuses
Supporting effective use of information technology in population censuses

6. Regional Census Programme for 2010 round – Modalities
Establish and manage a resource pool
Database? How? Who?
Web-based knowledge sharing
Contribute to the 2010 World Population and Housing Census Programme website
Exchange of expertise, including through South-South cooperation
Workshops
Study tours
Advisory missions
Questions:
Facilitate exchange bilaterally or in a group of countries?
How important is the availability of advice in national languages?

7. Modalities used by ESCAP during the previous round
ESCAP project on Application of New Technology in Population Data Collection, Processing, Dissemination and Presentation,
Funding/continuity provided in a multi-year project setting
Standing working party of experts assessed new technologies
The WP had active members from developed and developing countries
Recommendations were credible and pilot-tested
Results were channelled into
Guidelines on technologies and good practices
Training and exposure workshops