1. Summary of Main Conclusions – The First Two Days United Nations Statistics Division Regional Seminar on Promotion and Utilization of Census Results and on the Revision on the United Nations Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses Pretoria, South Africa, 24 – 26 March 2014

2. Session 1 – Opening In the opening statement, SG SSA focused on the revision of the Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses - Need to emphasize the statistics process, census values - Assess the possibility of re-structuring the text of the P&R AfDB – Strong and continuous support for census programme ECA – African perspective UNSD – Critical importance of dissemination UNFPA – Technical support SSA – Welcome to SA Regional Seminar on Promotion and Utilization of Census Results and on the Revision on the United Nations Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses Pretoria, South Africa, 24 – 26 March 2014

3. Session 2 – Why conducting a census Regional Seminar on Promotion and Utilization of Census Results and on the Revision on the United Nations Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses Pretoria, South Africa, 24 – 26 March 2014 Rationale for census - critical in Africa Value to the society Supply side and demand for census statistics Even more important after the Arab Spring - Tunisia Or in case of recently established states- South Sudan  Challenges – There must be peace  Challenges – Capacity and continuous commitment  Challenges – Allocating resources

4. Session 3 – Identifying users Regional Seminar on Promotion and Utilization of Census Results and on the Revision on the United Nations Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses Pretoria, South Africa, 24 – 26 March 2014 Government and line ministries Bringing in other stakeholders Micro data dilemma - Zambia

5. Session 4 – Strategies for dissemination Regional Seminar on Promotion and Utilization of Census Results and on the Revision on the United Nations Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses Pretoria, South Africa, 24 – 26 March 2014 Strategies – a function of national capacity Mainly centered around traditional approaches – reports, tabulations … Developed early in the process Publication programmes Use of on-line data bases for dissemination

6. Session 5 – Encouriging utilization of census data Regional Seminar on Promotion and Utilization of Census Results and on the Revision on the United Nations Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses Pretoria, South Africa, 24 – 26 March 2014 Dedicated and concentrated efforts Parliamentarians, political parties, sports associations Educational districts Miners, diggers … Descriptive analysis + maps In focus: schools, students Various products – analog and digital

7. Session 6 – Analysis of census data Regional Seminar on Promotion and Utilization of Census Results and on the Revision on the United Nations Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses Pretoria, South Africa, 24 – 26 March 2014 In-depth thematic reports Down to the low geographical levels Comprehensive, topic-wise Hard-print, mostly Outsourced, mostly Slow in coming, mostly

8. Session 7 – Building partnerships Regional Seminar on Promotion and Utilization of Census Results and on the Revision on the United Nations Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses Pretoria, South Africa, 24 – 26 March 2014 Requires persistence NSO + academia, sometimes NSO <> academia, sometimes Agreeing on themes - challenge

9. Session 8 – Role of technology Regional Seminar on Promotion and Utilization of Census Results and on the Revision on the United Nations Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses Pretoria, South Africa, 24 – 26 March 2014 Contemporary technology – critical in targeting younger audience Combining statistics and geography A number of tools Interactive maps to the community level – Morocco Access via smartphone – Cape Verde Overlaying satellite imagery with statistics