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GHANA 2010 POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS PROGRESS REPORT AS AT 7 TH DECEMBER 2009. Census Cartographic Work. Cartographic field work in 157 out of the 170 districts has been completed Work is progressing smoothly in the remaining 13 districts
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GHANA 2010 POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS PROGRESS REPORT AS AT 7TH DECEMBER 2009
Census Cartographic Work • Cartographic field work in 157out of the 170 districts has been completed • Work is progressing smoothly in the remaining 13 districts • 27,239 Enumeration Areas have been created • Cartographic fieldwork is expected to be completed by end of December 2009
Development of Census Instruments(Questionnaires & Manuals) • Draft Census Questionnaire has been prepared and tested • Manuals for Enumerators and Supervisors have been developed • Trainers Guide for training of field personnel has also been prepared
Publicity and Education • National Publicity and Education Committee has been constituted. The mandate of the committee is to undertake among others the following activities: • Provide oversight and direction for the publicity and education of the Census • Coordinate and mobilize resources for the publicity and education of the Census at both the national and sub-national levels • Contribute to the development and dissemination of public information materials
Publicity and Education Activities • Media Sensitization workshops for selected Media Houses have taken place • Inauguration of the District Census Implementation Committees for the Pilot Census Districts have been formed and inaugurated • Interviews and Radio discussions have taken place in the national capital, Accra and the Pilot Census areas
Data Processing • The Scanning Technology will be used to process the Census data. Evaluation of companies for the data processing has been completed • Contract to be awarded by middle of December 2009. The company to process the data will be expected to provide: • The equipment • The Soft ware • Training and capacity building • Formatting of questionnaires • Printing the questionnaires • Storage and archiving
Use of funds Received from Government Funds received from Government in support of the Census programme have been used to: • Procure vehicles, computers and stationery 2. Recruit field personnel 3. Train the media, train trainers and field personnel • Pay allowances of cartographic and pilot census field personnel 5. Do publicity on the Census
Support from Development Partners • The UNFPA has so far contributed Two Hundred and Twenty Six thousand Ghana Cedis (GH¢226,530.00 ) to support the Census programme • Other assistance received from the UNFPA includes four desktop Computers and one printer, one Laptop computer, 20 handheld GPS devices and other stationery • Training and field materials for the Pilot Census including 6 LCD projectors with screens • UNFPA has also donated a 4*4 Toyota Land-cruiser • UNICEF has donated US$50,000 • People’s Republic of China has donated 10 Dell Computers worth approximately $10,000.00
Support from other Dev’t Partners The following DPs have pledged to support the Census programme: • The DFID £2.0 million. • UNDP $150,000.00 • DANIDA $200,00.00
Objectives of the Pilot Census • To assess the adequacy of preparations being made for the effective execution of the 2010 Population and Housing Census • To further test the Census instruments (Questionnaires & Manuals) and procedures • To appraise the available IT technology
Status of the Pilot Census • Training of Trainers workshop was carried out ( 4-11 October 2009) • Training of Supervisors and Enumerators took place from19-30 October 2009 • Pilot Census Night was Sunday, 8th Nov. 2009 • Pilot Census lasted for three weeks.