2010 World Population and Housing Census Programme United Nations Statistics Division 2010 World Programme on Population and Housing Censuses: Subregional Workshop on Census Cartography and Management 22-26 October, 2007, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago Workshop on Census Cartography and Management - October 2007

2010 World Census Programme Importance of Population and Housing Census: essential role in public administration Marrakech Action Plan (Feb 2004) identified 2010 census round as key to sustainable improvements in national statistical capacities 36th Session of UN Statistical Commission (2005) approved initiation of 2010 World Census Programme covering period 2005-2014 UN Statistics Division requested by UNSC to act as secretariat to 2010 World Programme Workshop on Census Cartography and Management - October 2007

2010 World Census Programme Multi year programme Supported by the World Bank ($ 1M / year) In coordination with the UN regional commissions (ECLAC, ECA, ESCAP, ESCWA, ECE), UNFPA... Workshop on Census Cartography and Management - October 2007

2010 World Census Programme Three essential goals to programme Facilitate countries in conducting censuses at least once during 2005-2014 Develop and promote a set of international principles and recommendations governing the conduct of censuses Assist countries in disseminating census results to both national stakeholders and appropriate intergovernmental organizations in a timely manner Workshop on Census Cartography and Management - October 2007

2010 World Census Programme Objective 1: Monitor country progress in conducting censuses; disseminate information on recent census activities: Monitor country activities related to census-taking Disseminate information on census activities via the 2010 World Population and Housing Censuses Programme Website Update the country census profiles (metadata) and census questions database Collect UNSD population and housing census data for DYB + post on web site Workshop on Census Cartography and Management - October 2007

2010 World Census Programme Objective 2: Develop guidelines and technical materials pertaining to different stages of the census-taking: Handbooks, guidelines and training materials on selected topics – including most recently, revised Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Census Development and maintenance of a Resource Centre on the internet Development of a software for census dissemination: Census Info (DevInfo) Document new methodologies and elaborate on preconditions and portability of such methodologies from one country to the next Workshop on Census Cartography and Management - October 2007

2010 World Census Programme Objective 3: Assist countries to implement the census in accordance with the Principles and Recommendations: Training workshops on topical technical issues in census-taking Expert group meetings on selected topics in population censuses Technical assistance missions Study visits Workshop on Census Cartography and Management - October 2007

Workshop on Census Cartography and Management - October 2007 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, Caribbean, Pacific (early 2008) Handbooks : GIS and digitial mapping (update) Editing (update) Guidelines on Administrative report (new) Workshop on Census Cartography and Management - October 2007

Workshop on Census Cartography and Management - October 2007 Work plan - 2008 and beyond EGM and Workshops on data processing: Data collection Data capture Outsourcing Data editing Quality assurance EGMs and Workshops for subsequent years: dissemination, evaluation Develop e-training materials Develop of a software for census dissemination: Census Info (DevInfo) Handbooks : Dissemination (new) > 2008 Workshop on Census Cartography and Management - October 2007

2010 World Census Programme Resource Center Workshop on Census Cartography and Management - October 2007

2010 World Census Programme Resource Center Provide information on: Census dates, questionnaires and data Census activities and releases in various countries Supporting activities (seminars, workshops...) conducted by different organizations (UNSD, UNFPA, UN Regional Commissions, Eurostat...) Knowledge Base on methodology and best practices of censuses: Best practices: papers provided by countries or other experts (seminars or others) Handbooks and guidelines (UNSD) Workshop on Census Cartography and Management - October 2007

2010 World Census Programme Resource Center Motivation: Census takers are very busy and either don’t have time to look at websites of other NSOs 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 Census Cartography and Management - October 2007

2010 World Census Programme Resource Center Critical factors for our success: Need to build a network to work in collaboration with all the partners (both NSOs as well as international and regional organizations) Create a mailing list of participants Require the pro-active participation of census managers to provide information and documentation Workshop on Census Cartography and Management - October 2007

Workshop on Census Cartography and Management - October 2007

Workshop on Census Cartography and Management - October 2007

Workshop on Census Cartography and Management - October 2007

Workshop on Census Cartography and Management - October 2007

Workshop on Census Cartography and Management - October 2007

Workshop on Census Cartography and Management - October 2007

2010 World Census Programme Thank you Workshop on Census Cartography and Management - October 2007