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The 2010 World Population and Housing Census Programme

The 2010 World Population and Housing Census Programme. Activities in the ESCAP region Ilpo Survo Chief, Statistical Information Services Section, ESCAP Statistics Division United Nations Workshop on Census Cartography and Management, Bangkok, 15-19 October 2007.

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The 2010 World Population and Housing Census Programme

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  1. The 2010 World Population and Housing Census Programme Activities in the ESCAP region Ilpo Survo Chief, Statistical Information Services Section, ESCAP Statistics Division United Nations Workshop on Census Cartography and Management, Bangkok, 15-19 October 2007

  2. Ongoing technical cooperation projects related to (but not solely focusing on) population and housing censuses: • Disability measurement • Microdata management

  3. Ongoing project 1: Disability measurement • UN Development Account project on Improvement of Disability Statistics in Support of Regional Census Programme, implemented by ESCAP in 2008-09 • Integration of ICF-based data collection on disability into regular national statistical systems • Targets national statisticians and health experts in 20 countries • Partnering with the Washington Group, WHO, UNSD, SIAP • Regional workshop on census-based disability data collection • Census provides sampling frame for disability surveys that collect detailed data for policy needs • Developing an extended set of questions for survey-based collection • Country pilot tests and subsequent data analysis

  4. Ongoing project 2: Microdata management • Improving access to microdata in the region – World Bank/PARIS21 Project implemented by ESCAP in 2007-2008 • Identifying and addressing constraints for microdata dissemination • National policies and plans for dissemination • Documentation of metadata – IHSN Microdata Management Toolkit • Archiving • Anonymization • Working initially with six countries, with sharing of experiences in a regional workshop in Q2/Q3 2008

  5. ESCAP Regional Census Programme (proper) for the 2010 round • Expert Group Meetings in 2004 and 2006 to identify priority areas for assistance • United Nations Workshop on Census Cartography and Management, 15–19 October 2007 • A survey on census technologies August-September 2007 • Expert Group Meeting on effective use of IT for population and housing censuses, 10-12 December 2007 • A programme of three components submitted for donor funding: • Promoting Global Census Principles and Recommendations • Building a migration data system around population censuses • Supporting effective use of information technology in population censuses

  6. Regional Census Programme for 2010 round – Modalities • Establish and manage a resource pool • Database? How? Who? • Web-based knowledge sharing • Contribute to the 2010 World Population and Housing Census Programme website • Exchange of expertise, including through South-South cooperation • Workshops • Study tours • Advisory missions • Questions: • Facilitate exchange bilaterally or in a group of countries? • How important is the availability of advice in national languages?

  7. Modalities used by ESCAP during the previous round • ESCAP project on Application of New Technology in Population Data Collection, Processing, Dissemination and Presentation, 1997-2001 • Funding/continuity provided in a multi-year project setting • Standing working party of experts assessed new technologies • The WP had active members from developed and developing countries • Recommendations were credible and pilot-tested • Results were channelled into • Guidelines on technologies and good practices • Training and exposure workshops

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