For Needs Assessment Conference on Census Analysis in Asia and the Pacific, November 2011, Bali, Indonesia The Experience of Census Data Analysis in the Pacific: The Case of Vanuatu Presented by : Mr. Benuel Lenge Vanuatu National Statistics Office

| Vanuatu National Statistics Office Ministry of Finance and Economic Management Port Vila, Vanuatu Outline Overview of Vanuatu 2009 census background Census reports and monographs Other forms of Analyses and dissemination of 2009 census data Changing role of NSO Future plans | Vanuatu National Statistics Office Ministry of Finance and Economic Management Port Vila, Vanuatu

| Vanuatu National Statistics Office Ministry of Finance and Economic Management Port Vila, Vanuatu Overview of Pacific region 22 island countries and territories 10 million people, population range from 1,000 to 7million people Land size from 12 sqkm to 463,000 sqkm Small low lying atolls to mountainous volcanic islands 3 main ethnic origins – Micronesia, Melanesia and Polynesia

| Vanuatu National Statistics Office Ministry of Finance and Economic Management Port Vila, Vanuatu Vanuatu.... back ground info Population = 250,000 and counting 83 islands 14,700 sqkm land area >100 languages

| Vanuatu National Statistics Office Ministry of Finance and Economic Management Port Vila, Vanuatu 2009 Census = 5 th Official census... Incorporated new processes and questions XY coordinates of HH locations using GPS Data Automation and Questionnaire scanning Incorporated questions on Literacy, disability and ICT

| Vanuatu National Statistics Office Ministry of Finance and Economic Management Port Vila, Vanuatu Support from UNFPA PSRO and SPC for data processing, analysis and dissemination Census Activities over the last 12 months Census 2009 Tabulations & Final Reports Redatam database development National Data Archiving with Metadata Toolkit Website Upgrade Census Dissemination Development of Population Policy

| Vanuatu National Statistics Office Ministry of Finance and Economic Management Port Vila, Vanuatu Standard reports Collaboration with SPC working with national counterparts from NSO Vol 1 : Basic Tables  Freqs and cross tabs up to island level information Vol 2: Analytical report  General analysis on population trends, the estimates of demographic components, social and household characteristics, population projections | Vanuatu National Statistics Office Ministry of Finance and Economic Management Port Vila, Vanuatu

| Vanuatu National Statistics Office Ministry of Finance and Economic Management Port Vila, Vanuatu “ Census 2009 Tabulations and graphs Pacific Regional Information System (PRISM) Upgrade ” HTML Access this page on our website Full Report Available Here …..done for the first time

| Vanuatu National Statistics Office Ministry of Finance and Economic Management Port Vila, Vanuatu Thematic Analysis Collaboration with UNFPA PSRO working with national counterparts from NSO  Aimed to draw maximum benefit and utilization of census data for purposes of evidence-based policy information or formulation.  Capacity development of national staff Currently working on Gender Monograph (released) and Youth monograph (to be released) Plans for other thematic reports in | Vanuatu National Statistics Office Ministry of Finance and Economic Management Port Vila, Vanuatu

| Vanuatu National Statistics Office Ministry of Finance and Economic Management Port Vila, Vanuatu The Gender Report on “Women and Men in Vanuatu” JEH 07 Topics included in report:  Marriage, families and households  Health and wellbeing  Education  Work and employment  Migration  Information and technology  Income, assets and housing Produced provincial factsheets, brochures and press kits written for a broad audience, including people who have no experience in using statistics. | Vanuatu National Statistics Office Ministry of Finance and Economic Management Port Vila, Vanuatu

| Vanuatu National Statistics Office Ministry of Finance and Economic Management Port Vila, Vanuatu Redatam database JEH 07 To be launched in 2012 Planned to release information at the lowest geographical level i.e Villages To be available in stand alone and online mode To promote access to and analysis of census data for informed decision making

| Vanuatu National Statistics Office Ministry of Finance and Economic Management Port Vila, Vanuatu Vanuatu Population GIS JEH 07 Highlight regional variations across a country (example: access to services, well-being, wealth, hardship, poverty are usually not distributed equally on the ground; hence not very visible in the form of a national indicator (e.g. MDG). Identify “hot-spots” justify (improve) geographic targeting (example: more effectively visualize/target priority areas; avoid investing scarce resources in non-needy areas in the name of equality; direct intervention to most needed areas; optimize success/impact of interventions ) Update data to 2009 Census Current work by SPC for upgrade with web capabilities The system has the capacity to:

| Vanuatu National Statistics Office Ministry of Finance and Economic Management Port Vila, Vanuatu “ Metadata/Microdata National Data Archive (IHSN) Incorporation of NADA 3.0 technology into the VNSO website Access this page on our website The microdata toolkit is being used to document the Census and surveys and has become an integral piece of software in the overall end-to-end documentation process. Provides the opportunity to make a good start with documenting the past censuses

| Vanuatu National Statistics Office Ministry of Finance and Economic Management Port Vila, Vanuatu JEH 07

| Vanuatu National Statistics Office Ministry of Finance and Economic Management Port Vila, Vanuatu National Population Policy Fertility Mortality Migration Data availability on population Gender issue unemployment and underemployment Reduce hardship and poverty 2009 Census data assist in finalizing the first NPP The policy targets the following areas:

| Vanuatu National Statistics Office Ministry of Finance and Economic Management Port Vila, Vanuatu Changing role of NSO JEH 07 Institutional Strengthening Program by ABS  Restructuring  Establishment of Provincial Offices Review of the Statistics Act Closer connections with other ministries, decentralization of activities, etc thru providing support for data collection, processing and analysis

| Vanuatu National Statistics Office Ministry of Finance and Economic Management Port Vila, Vanuatu Upcoming census activities JEH 07 Release of Redatam database Data analysis and report writing for stakeholders including media and parliamentarians Update the PopGIS Population Atlas Other Monographs Census Infor (?)

| Vanuatu National Statistics Office Ministry of Finance and Economic Management Port Vila, Vanuatu Thank you