1. United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Statistical Division 2010 Round of population censuses: Progress in SPECA countries Paolo Valente, UNECE

2. Paolo Valente - UNECE Statistical Division Slide 2 Contents  Background  UNECE activities on censuses  Current status in SPECA countries  Next steps

3. Paolo Valente - UNECE Statistical Division Slide 3 Background  Population and housing census is a pillar of national statistical systems  Census provides benchmark for population count at national and local levels  Main source of information on small population groups and for small areas  Produces information required for policy planning, implementation and monitoring  All countries should take census in period 2005-2014 (UN-ECOSOC Resolution 2005/13)

4. Paolo Valente - UNECE Statistical Division Slide 4 UNECE activities on censuses  Preparation or regional recommendations: “CES Recommendations for 2010 censuses”  Technical cooperation: 3 training workshops organised in Central Asia in 2006-2007 Census management and planning Census questionnaire design Census technology  Annual expert meetings on censuses

5. Paolo Valente - UNECE Statistical Division Slide 5 Current status in SPECA countries Census data collection already held in:  Kazakhstan (Feb.-Mar. 2009)  Kyrgyzstan (Mar.-Apr. 2009)  Azerbaijan (April 2009) Still to be held in:  Tajikistan (September 2010)  Afghanistan (Sep.-Oct. 2010)  Uzbekistan (?)  Turkmenistan (?)

6. Paolo Valente - UNECE Statistical Division Slide 6 Selected issues KazakhstanAzerbaijanTajikistan Data collection Feb-Mar 2009April 2009Sep. 2010 Duration enumeration ??10 days Average size enum. areas ??460400 (cities) 350 (villages) Data entry method scanners (in 16 regions) ??scanners (reg./nat.??) Data entry done by… external contractor in-house??

7. Paolo Valente - UNECE Statistical Division Slide 7 Next steps: July 2010 – Meetings in Geneva:  UNECE-UNFPA Training workshop for Eastern Europe, Central Asian countries (5-6 July)  UNECE-Eurostat Meeting on Censuses (7-9 July) ESCAP-UNECE Project on effective use of technologies in censuses (next item in agenda) Censuses in other SPECA countries!

8. Paolo Valente - UNECE Statistical Division Slide 8 Questions and Comments? paolo.valente@unece.org