Transferring Ownership of a CCA Process Overview
This document outlines the stages and key entities involved in transferring ownership of a Climate Change Agreement (CCA) for techUK, including policy background, application steps, and post-activation procedures.
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EXPERT GROUP MEETING ON THE IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON CONDUCTING POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUSES AND ON CENSUS DATA QUALITY CONCERNS ASSESSMENT OF DATA QUALITY FOR CENSUSES CONDUCTED DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ZAMBIA STATISTICS AGENCY
OUTLINE Introduction Status of the next Census of population and Housing Impact of Covid-19 on the Census Preparations Covid-19 Mitigation Measures put in Place During the census preparations Plans for Assessment of Data Quality for Census Undertaking during the Covid-19 Pandemic Way Forward
INTRODUCTION Zambia has successfully undertaken Census exercises since independence in 1964 The 2021 Census will be the 6th of Censuses undertaken at 10 year intervals, others were undertaken as follows: 1. 1969 4,054,995 2. 1980 - 5,661,801 3. 1990 7,383,097 4. 2000 9,885,591 5. 2010 13,092,666
STATUSOFTHENEXTCENSUSOFPOPULATIONANDHOUSING Pre-census Activities Questionnaire Adaptation (Questionnaire design and content, pre-tests, User Consultations), August 2018-December 2019 Cartographic Mapping, January 2019- September 2020 Pilot census, November-December 2020 Various IT activities including questionnaire programming, 2019-? Census campaign Publicity, January 2019-? Procurements equipment, supplies, hardware and software, 2019-? Main Census Activities ? Post Census Activities ?
IMPACTOFCOVID-19ONTHECENSUSPREPARATIONS Pre-census Activities Census Committees couldn t meet on a regular basis due to Covid-19 (Planning was disturbed) Cartographic Mapping o The pandemic led to increase in the budget for the exercise as PPEs had to be purchased o It also led to delays in completing the field work o The EA re-demarcation exercise has been delayed Pilot census o The cost of the exercise was affected due to the inclusion of PPEs on the budget Census was postponed to a date yet to be decided
COVID-19 MITIGATION MEASURES PUT IN PLACE DURING THE CENSUS PREPARATIONS Partnership and Collaborative Efforts: o The Agency collaborated with the Ministry of Health (Zambia National Public Health Institute) and the Ministry of Local Government to ensure fumigation of training facilities, pre-screening, daily screening of participants and certification of the premises is done. The Agency followed the recommended sitting arrangement of 2 metre spacing during trainings Washing and sanitizing facilities: All training venues had adequate hand washing facilities with sanitizers positioned in strategic places during the course of the training period. Face masking: Holding of planning meetings virtually
COVID-19 MITIGATION MEASURES PUT IN PLACE DURING THE CENSUS PREPARATIONS Quarantine measures for all staff testing positive: In-field Canvassing (Mapping and Pilot Census) o Enumerators were required to observe physical distancing at the time of collecting data from households. o All interviews were conducted from outside respondents homes and a two metre distance from the respondent was observed. Publicity o Virtual sensitization of key stakeholders and the general public was conducted. o Mobile vans with PA system were also used for sensitization.
PLANS FOR ASSESSMENT OF DATA QUALITY FOR CENSUS UNDERTAKING DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC Response rates are likely to be affected as people avoid/fear exposure during the face-to- face interviews that will be conducted. o Strengthened sensitization of respondents will help improve receptivity at community level o Interviewers must have appropriate Covid-19 attire to instill confidence in the respondents o Intensify reporting and monitoring field work progress so that non-responses and errors are caught while still in the field o Strengthening the feedback system between the data center (office) and interviewers so that non-responses and other errors are corrected while still in the field
PLANS FOR ASSESSMENT OF DATA QUALITY FOR CENSUS UNDERTAKING DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC CONTD After field work, assessment of data quality will be done through o Post Enumeration Survey o Internal consistency checks o Administrative data is still weak and can t be used to assess the quality of data
