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UNFPA Areas of Support to Censuses Most of the support to censuses is provided by the Country Offices of UNFPA. This includes: -Making Chief Technical Advisors available to support census projects in NSOs -Hiring consultants to support specific aspects of the census process, such as the PES, data capturing, questionnaire formulation, cartogra- phy, preparation of thematic monographs, etc. -Purchase of equipment -Census monitoring (e.g. DPRK) -In rare cases, direct support to census field work
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UNFPA Areas of Support to Censues The second level of support is through the Regional Offices. This includes: -Brokering direct technical assistance through recognized academic/research institutions and NGOs in the region -Coordinate with regional organizations (ESCAP, Asian Dev. Bank, ECLAC, CARICOM, African Regional Comm., etc.) -Maintaining a data base on consultants with particular kinds of expertise from the region -Promoting South-South cooperation within the region -Promoting inter-regional cooperation (e.g. REDATAM) -Regional training courses (more on that later) -As a last resort, direct technical assistance through missions to countries
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UNFPA Areas of Support to Censues At the central level (Technical Division at HQ in New York) Assessment of Capacities Exercise: UNFPA COs, ROs, SROs, HQ, as well as NSOs (for South- South cooperation), with respect to cartography, data editing, coding, analysis, etc. Census Portal / Data Tracking Tool: overview of resources such as legal documents, question- naire, planning documents, funding proposals, technical documents, training materials, etc. Sabrina will briefly demonstrate the application.
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UNFPA Areas of Support to Censues Census Manuals Indirect Estimation Methods for Fertility and Mortality (with UCT/LSHTM/Harvard/IUSSP) Analysis of Maternal Mortality (with WHO/Health Metrics) Gender Analysis of Census Data (with UNSD, UNICEF, UN Women, UNDP) Census Analysis for the Purposes of Youth Policy (with Population Council) Census Analysis of Environmental and Climate Change Data (with CUNY) Census Analysis of Migration (to be defined) Census-Based Methodologies for Population Projections (to be defined)
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UNFPA Areas of Support to Censuses Population Situation Analysis Census Grants (up to USD 40,000 per country) Belarus, Benin, Bolivia, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Cuba, DRC, Honduras, Kyrgyzstan, Occ. Palestine Terr., Senegal, Turkmenistan, Zimbabwe Sponsored 12-week detail of UNFPA staff member to Tanzania, to support census activities
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UNFPA Areas of Support to Censuses Training Workshops in Census Analysis (often in collaboration with Regional Offices) Courses on gender-sensitive data analysis, REDATAM etc. (APRO-SIAP) Data Processing (CSPro, Bangkok, with APRO) Indirect Techniques for Fertility and Mortality Analysis (Nairobi, with ARO) Several other regional workshops in Africa Six regional workshops on data editing and dissemination (LACRO) Training in the use of the Gender Manual (TD, NY) Population Projections (to be defined)
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UNFPA Areas of Support to Censuses Direct Technical Support Most direct technical support is provided by the Regional Offices Some limited support can also be provided from the HQ level in New York, e.g. missions to Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique, Indonesia in 2010-2011
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