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Workshop on international standards, contemporary technologies and regional cooperation Noumea, New Caledonia, 4 – 8 February 2008
2010 World Population and Housing Census Programme
United Nations Statistics Division
Workshop on international standards, contemporary technologies and regional cooperation Noumea, New Caledonia, 4 – 8 February 2008
2010 World Census Programme The United Nations Statistical Commission approved
in March 2005 the initiation of the 2010 World Programme on Population and Housing Censuses covering the period 2005 to 2014.
The three essential goals are: to agree on a set of acceptable international
principles and recommendations governing the conduct of a census;
to facilitate countries in conducting censuses during the period 2005-2014; and
to assist countries in their efforts to disseminate census results in a timely manner
Workshop on international standards, contemporary technologies and regional cooperation Noumea, New Caledonia, 4 – 8 February 2008
2010 World Census Programme Multi year programme Supported by the World Bank ($ 1M /
year) In coordination with the UN regional
commissions, UNFPA...
Workshop on international standards, contemporary technologies and regional cooperation Noumea, New Caledonia, 4 – 8 February 2008
2010 World Census Programme Obj. 1: Monitor country progress in
conducting censuses and their financing needs and disseminate information on census activities: Monitoring of country activities related to
census-taking Disseminate information on census activities via
the 2010 World Population and Housing Censuses Programme Website and Newsletter
Update the country census profiles and questionnaires database
Workshop on international standards, contemporary technologies and regional cooperation Noumea, New Caledonia, 4 – 8 February 2008
2010 World Census Programme Obj. 2: Develop guidelines and technical materials
pertaining to different stages of the census: Reference (Handbooks, Guidelines) and training
materials on selected topics Document new methodologies and elaborate on
preconditions and portability of such methodologies
Distribution and promotion of the revised United Nations Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Census and Handbooks
Workshop on international standards, contemporary technologies and regional cooperation Noumea, New Caledonia, 4 – 8 February 2008
2010 World Census Programme Obj. 2: Develop guidelines and technical materials
pertaining…: Development and maintenance of a Resource
Centre on the internet Development of a software for census
dissemination: Census Info Updating UNSD population and housing census
data
Workshop on international standards, contemporary technologies and regional cooperation Noumea, New Caledonia, 4 – 8 February 2008
2010 World Census Programme Obj. 3: Assist countries to implement the
census in accordance with the Principles and Recommendations and guidelines: Training workshops on Principles and
Recommendations and topical technical issues in census-taking
Study visits Technical assistance missions Expert group meetings on selected topics in
population censuses
Workshop on international standards, contemporary technologies and regional cooperation Noumea, New Caledonia, 4 – 8 February 2008
Work plan - 2007 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, Pacific, Caribbean
Handbooks : Census mapping (update) Editing (update) Guidelines on Administrative report (new)
Workshop on international standards, contemporary technologies and regional cooperation Noumea, New Caledonia, 4 – 8 February 2008
Work plan - 2008 and beyond EGM and Workshops on data processing:
Data collection Data capture Outsourcing Data editing Quality assurance
Later: dissemination, evaluation Develop e-training materials Develop of a software for census dissemination:
Census Info Handbooks :
Dissemination (new) > 2008
Workshop on international standards, contemporary technologies and regional cooperation Noumea, New Caledonia, 4 – 8 February 2008
2010 World Census Programme Resource Center
Workshop on international standards, contemporary technologies and regional cooperation Noumea, New Caledonia, 4 – 8 February 2008
2010 World Census Programme Resource Center
Provide information on census activities in the world: Census taking in the countries Supporting activities (seminars, workshops...)
conducted by different organizations (UNSD, UNFPA, UN Regional Commissions, Eurostat...)
Resource center on methodology and best practices of censuses: Handbooks, guidelines Best practices: papers provided by countries or
other experts (seminars or others)
Workshop on international standards, contemporary technologies and regional cooperation Noumea, New Caledonia, 4 – 8 February 2008
2010 World Census Programme Resource Center
Motivation: Census takers are very busy and don’t
have time to look at colleagues’ websites 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
Workshop on international standards, contemporary technologies and regional cooperation Noumea, New Caledonia, 4 – 8 February 2008
2010 World Census Programme Resource Center
Success factors: Build a network to work in collaboration
with all the partners (International and regional organizations and NSOs) Create a mailing list of participants
Pro-active participation of census managers to provide information and documentation
Workshop on international standards, contemporary technologies and regional cooperation Noumea, New Caledonia, 4 – 8 February 2008
Workshop on international standards, contemporary technologies and regional cooperation Noumea, New Caledonia, 4 – 8 February 2008
Workshop on international standards, contemporary technologies and regional cooperation Noumea, New Caledonia, 4 – 8 February 2008
Workshop on international standards, contemporary technologies and regional cooperation Noumea, New Caledonia, 4 – 8 February 2008
Workshop on international standards, contemporary technologies and regional cooperation Noumea, New Caledonia, 4 – 8 February 2008
Workshop on international standards, contemporary technologies and regional cooperation Noumea, New Caledonia, 4 – 8 February 2008