Technical Coordination Group For the next round of population censuses in the Western Balkans and Turkey 20th meeting of the Management Group on Statistical Cooperation Luxembourg, 12-13 April 2018 Ferenc Galik Eurostat A3

Contents What is TCG, why was it created? What does it do? What happened so far… Future plans Reminder of main objectives STRONG RESULTS FOCUS

Aim of the TCG Provides expert advice Provides a forum for discussion Legal, methodological, financial, IT issues Provides a forum for discussion Plans, preparations, challenges, best practices etc. Through a series of meetings

Background First TCG – 2010 4 meetings in 2010 and 2011 AL, BA, HR, ME, MK, RS, TR, XK* 4 meetings in 2010 and 2011 TCG for the 2021 census round requested by the countries Exact same participant countries Planning 4-5 meetings

TCG meetings Two meetings held Discussed plans regarding June 2017 Budapest January 2018 Zagreb Discussed plans regarding Timeline of preparations Legal issues, data confidentiality Budget and financing Census methodology, use of administrative data IT requirements, geo-coded data

Main issues - legal Census law not yet adopted – TR does not need one Legal basis for access to admin data exists in 5 out of the 7 countries, however issues exist Data confidentiality ensured by statistical and/or census law in all cases

Main issues - Budget Budget is not yet ensured in 6 countries Albania has the commitment of government

Main issues - methodology Most countries opt for traditional census, except: TR – fully administrative MK – mixed ME – not yet decided All countries plan to carry out a pilot census Use of admin data (depending on quality) All countries except TR to include sensitive questions

Plans 4-5 meetings in total Next one in autumn 2018, probably in Slovenia Issues still to discuss Fieldwork, personnel Census questionnaire Communication, dissemination Data capture, entry and analysis Census mapping, GIS Quality assurance

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