New York 29 October 1 November 2013 2010 Round of Censuses SPC assistance to Pacific Island NSOs Arthur JORARI Demographer Statistics for Development Division Secretariat of the Pacific Community ID: 260257
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United Nations Expert Group Meeting on Revising the Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing CensusesNew York, 29 October- 1 November 2013
2010
Round of
Censuses - SPC assistance
to Pacific
Island
NSOs
Arthur JORARI
Demographer
Statistics for Development
Division
Secretariat of the Pacific Community
Noumea, New Caledonia
(
ArthurJ@spc.int
)Slide2
Purpose of presentationHistorical context: technical assistance to NSO since the 1990 world census round
Summary of activities in the 2010 round
Preparation for the 2020 roundSlide3Slide4
Historical context: technical assistance to Pacific
island NSOs since the 1990 world census round
1990 round of censuses
– various TA providers
Regional
:
SPC Demography and Population and Development program
1985
– 1988 (3 Demographers : 1 SPC, 2 UNFPA funded)
1989 – 1991 (UNFPA Census TA project with SPC: 2 Demographers and Data processing (IMPS) specialist
1993 (1 Demographer, SPC funded)
1994-1995 (3 Demographers, 2 of which AusAID Funded)
International:
ESCAP
(1 inter-regional Advisor, moved to UNFPA CST/Suva in
1994/1995
Limited data processing (IMPS) support from 1 ESCAP based DP specialist
Bilateral:
US Census Bureau/IPC
(various staff,)
US Pacific Territories, FSM, Palau, RMI
France
(French Pacific Territories
)
ABS/Statistics NZ supported a number of PICs (subject to funding)Slide5
Historical context: technical assistance to Pacific
island NSOs since the 1990 world census round
2000 round of censuses
– declining
UNFPA census support worldwide
(post Cairo ICPD 1994)
Regional
:
SPC Demography and Population and Development program
1996
– 1998 (3 Demographers, 2 AusAID funded)
1999 – 2005 (2 Demographers, 1 AusAID funded)
International:
UNFPA
(no further CST technical census support
from around
1996/1997
No ESCAP based TA support
Bilateral:
US Census Bureau/IPC
(various staff: US Pacific Territories + FSM, Palau, RMI)
France
(French Pacific Territories
)
ABS/Statistics NZ supported a number of
PICs
(subject to funding)Slide6
Historical context: technical assistance to Pacific
island NSOs since the 1990 world census round
2010 round of censuses
– significant step-up in TA support
Various catalyst
Perception by countries, development partners, analysts that 2000 census coverage and data quality noticeably declined compared to 1990 round
(
Note:
this experience not limited to Pacific region – International Census EG, 2004-2007)
Community conflicts in PNG, Solomon Islands in late 1990s, had serious impacts on coverage (undercounts), on their respective censuses in 2000 and 1999;
NSOs experiencing decline in TA
(main focus from SPC at the time: demographic analysis, projections, population profiling/census reports)
New and less experienced census managers in place in some countries
=> Many of these issues discussed at 2003 HOS in Noumea, requesting SPC to broaden scope of activitiesSlide7
Historical context: technical assistance to Pacific
island NSOs since the 1990 world census round
2010 round of censuses
– significant step-up in TA support by
SPC / UNFPA / Partners
Regional
:
SPC Demography and Population program/Statistics for Development
Div.
2005 – 2008 (4 Demographer, 2 GIS programmers, 1 Data Processing Advisor, 1 Census Planning Advisor – all but 1 AusAID funded)
2009 – (3 Demographers, 2 GIS programmers, 2 Data Processing Advisers, 1 Household survey specialist)
International:
UNFPA
(
back in business
)
(1 advisor + generous financial support to PICs for specific TA + regional training support)
Bilateral:
US Census Bureau/IPC
(
substantial decline
in support to FSM, RMI, Palau)
France
(French Pacific Territories
)
ABS/Statistics NZ supported a number of
PICs
(subject to funding)Slide8
Summary of
activities
in the
2010
round
Biggest change to 1990 and 2010 round of census activities
Comprehensive census TA approach: addressing country/NSO requirements, aim to cover all critical components of census process
Census
planning
(with ABS on census planning/management)
Census preparation (
Cartography, listing, pilot, scanning, field staff training)
Managing census
enumeration
Data processing
Data analysis and reporting
Dissemination
NO PES in the 2010 round of censuses in the Pacific
Following slides give you an overview of the
time dedicated by
SPC
census team staff
in-country
(TA, training)Slide9Slide10Slide11
Key achievements – 2010 census roundExcept for Palau, all PICTS have conducted a Population and Housing Census at least once in the 2010 round, with some countries (Cook Islands, Kiribati, Nauru, Niue, Samoa, Tokelau, Tonga) having conducted two censuses. Palau very recently (December 2012) conducted a mini census
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Key achievements – 2010 census roundOnly Samoa had successfully engaged with data users (parliamentarians and key sectors) during the 2010 round;While several countries (Samoa, Cook Islands, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands) have successfully used the scanning technology;Only two continued to use this technology for processing other statistical collections (Vanuatu, Cook Islands).12Slide13
Key achievements – 2010 census roundAlmost all countries used GPS and related Digitised maps to identify dwelling locations;The 2010 round of population and housing census review took place in May 2012 in collaboration with UNFPA and other partners in a regional workshop environment in Noumea;The census review workshop was followed by FAO/UNFPA/SPC Workshop on integrating agriculture questions into the 2020 round of population and housing censuses.
13Slide14
Key achievements – 2010 census roundPDA was successfully tested for data collection in Tuvalu November 2012 census.Some agriculture questions which were presented by FAO in May 2012 were integrated into the census questionnaire in the Tuvalu census - the results are currently analysed.
14Slide15
Preparations for the 2020 roundPlanning for the 2020 round census in the Pacific will commence with a regional workshop planned for the first half of 2014
we propose to discuss solutions to common reoccurring census issues/problems, rather
than remain stuck on problems.
SPC
wish
all of us in this meeting, a
constructive review
next few daysSlide16
Thank you for your attention