22-Mar-2012 Population and Housing Censuses Management Group for Statistical Cooperation Luxembourg March 2012

22-23 Mar Management Group for Statistical Cooperation Census of Population and Housing 2011 EU Regulation (EC) 763/2008 –Not binding for Potential / Candidate Countries – but recommended –Reference date has to be during 2011 Outcome among P/CCs –HR, ME, XK census in April 2011 –AL, RS census in October 2011 –IS, TR register-based census end of 2011 –MK, BA – No census in

22-23 Mar Management Group for Statistical Cooperation Support to census under IPA Albania – EUR 8mn Bosnia and Herzegovina – EUR 4mn Serbia around EUR 14.5mn excluding agriculture census Kosovo under UNSCR 1244/99 – EUR 2.5mn Iceland EUR Multi-beneficiary IPA support –Financed the Technical Coordination Group 3

22-23 Mar Management Group for Statistical Cooperation Monitoring operations Kosovo under UNSCR 1244/99 – started in 2005 Bosnia and Herzegovina – will start in 2012 –Voluntary observers needed! Montenegro – peer assessment The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia – peer assessment 4

22-23 Mar Management Group for Statistical Cooperation Remarks and observations Postponements of census in AL, MK, RS Minority issues in most beneficiaries Political involvement is not for the benefit of a large-scale statistical operation like the census 5

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22-23 Mar Management Group for Statistical Cooperation Any Questions ? Thanks for listening !