Technical Assistance to Pacific Island NSOs: Historical Context and Progression
Explore the historical context and progression of technical assistance provided to Pacific Island NSOs since the 1990 world census round, including details of support from various regional and international organizations up to the 2010 round and preparation for the 2020 round.
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United Nations Expert Group Meeting on Revising the Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses 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 Noumea, New Caledonia (ArthurJ@spc.int)
Purpose of presentation Historical context: technical assistance to NSO since the 1990 world census round Summary of activities in the 2010 round Preparation for the 2020 round
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 o1985 1988 (3 Demographers : 1 SPC, 2 UNFPA funded) o1989 1991 (UNFPA Census TA project with SPC: 2 Demographers and Data processing (IMPS) specialist o1993 (1 Demographer, SPC funded) o1994-1995 (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)
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 o1996 1998 (3 Demographers, 2 AusAID funded) o1999 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)
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 activities
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. o2005 2008 (4 Demographer, 2 GIS programmers, 1 Data Processing Advisor, 1 Census Planning Advisor all but 1 AusAID funded) o2009 (3 Demographers, 2 GIS programmers, 2 Data Processing Advisers, 1 Household survey specialist) International: UNFPA (back in business) o(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)
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 1. Census planning (with ABS on census planning/management) 2. Census preparation (Cartography, listing, pilot, scanning, field staff training) 3. Managing census enumeration 4. Data processing 5. Data analysis and reporting 6. Dissemination 7. 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)
Total Weeks Technical Assistance 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Solomon Islands Van Kiribati Marshall Islands FSM Samoa Cook Islands Nauru Papua New Guinea Tuvalu Tonga Niue Fiji Palau Tokelau Census Planning Cartography Scanning Data Processsing Field Staff Training Analysis/Report
Total Weeks Technical Assistance 302 weeks, since 2008 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Solomon Islands Van Kiribati Marshall Islands FSM Samoa Cook Islands Nauru Papua New Guinea Tuvalu Tonga Niue Fiji Palau Tokelau
Key achievements 2010 census round Except 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. oPalau very recently (December 2012) conducted a mini census 11
Key achievements 2010 census round Only 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). 12
Key achievements 2010 census round Almost 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 agriculture questions into the 2020 round of population and housing censuses. on integrating 13
Key achievements 2010 census round PDA was successfully tested for data collection in Tuvalu November 2012 census. Some presented by FAO in May 2012 were integrated into the census questionnaire in the Tuvalu census - the results are currently analysed. agriculture questions which were 14
Preparations for the 2020 round Planning 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 days
