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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. Development of Censuses in Europe. Problems: Increasing cost pressure
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Development of Censuses in EuropeandDevelopment for EC Statistical Co-operation European Commission (Eurostat) Jurgen Heimann UNFPA/PARIS 21 International Expert Group Meeting on Census Pretoria, November 2001
Development of Censuses in Europe • Problems: • Increasing cost pressure • Increasing reluctance of people to answer questionnaires • Search for solution: • Increased automatisation • Methodological change
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
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
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
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
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
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