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Development of Censuses in Europe and Development for EC Statistical Co-operation European Commission (Eurostat) Jurgen Heimann UNFPA/PARIS 21 International Expert Group Meeting on Census Pretoria, November 2001
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Development of Censuses in Europe Problems: Increasing cost pressure Increasing reluctance of people to answer questionnaires Search for solution: Increased automatisation Methodological change
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Development of Censuses in Europe Group 1:Countries with traditional census Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Ireland, UK Group 2: Countries with entirely or largely register- based census Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden Group 3:Countries in transition from traditional to register-based census Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Luxemburg Group 4:Countries seeking for another solution France, Germany, Netherlands
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Development of Censuses in Europe Community programme of population and housing censuses Census Round 2001 Guidelines - 30 core variables - Data collection methods - Delivery data for date Output table programme - 40 tables for Eurostat
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Development of Censuses in Europe Outline of Community Action Programme for next Round 2011 Strengthen collaboration with Statistical Division of UN/ECE Identification of community needs Support to national census preparation
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Developments in EC Statistical co-operation Statistical Cooperation Strategy Need for development of a strategy Statistics projects part of larger programmes Programming exercises linking strategies with statistics Opportunities to mobilize financial and technical support
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Developments in EC Statistical co-operation Eurostat’s role Participation in PARIS 21 Initiative Participating in Programming exercises Participating in management of statistical projects Focus on regional cooperation projects
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Developments in EC Statistical co-operation Concerning censuses Little involvement of Eurostat so far EU biggest donor funding censuses in Sub- Saharan Africa Need for improved co-ordination between member states and commission Guidelines/ Strategies for future census funding Support for research activities to reduce census costs
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