1. 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, April 2018
Ferenc Galik
Eurostat A3

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

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

8. 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

9. 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

10. Thank you for your attention