Overview of the CensusInfo Initiative

United Nations Statistics Division

United Nations Regional Workshop on CensusInfoAlmaty, Kazakhstan, 15–18 May 2012

Overview of the CensusInfo Initiative



Outline

What is CensusInfo?

Initiative

Objectives

Main features of CensusInfo

UNSD activities to promote CensusInfo

CensusInfo resources



What is CensusInfo?

CensusInfo is a software tool specifically designed for disseminating census data on the web and CD-ROM

Developed by UNSD in partnership with UNICEF and UNFPA

Based on DevInfo technology platform

Officially launched in February 2009 at the 40th session of the United Nations Statistical Commission



Census data dissemination is one of three main goals of the 2010 World Programme on Population and Housing Census as approved by the UN Statistical Commission at its 36th session (March 2005)

Initiative

UNSD tasked with assisting countries in their efforts to disseminate census results effectively and timely

Dissemination has been the weakest phase in population and housing census operations



Develop a software solution to facilitate the dissemination of census results fulfilling the following minimum criteria:

Objectives

Easy to implement and easy to use

Free to use

Dissemination of census data at any geographical level

Able to generate census-specific outputs

Customization for country-specific requirements

Dissemination on the web and CD-ROM




CensusInfo is user and administrator friendly software






CensusInfo is user and administrator friendly software Disseminates census results at any geographical level








CensusInfo is user and administrator friendly software Disseminates census results at any geographical level Disseminates census results for multiple censuses






CensusInfo is user and administrator friendly software Disseminates census results at any geographical level Disseminates census results for multiple censuses Provides a suggested list of census topics, data and

indicators with accompanying metadata (based on UN recommendations)






Easy to customize to meet country-specific needs








Easy to customize to meet country-specific needs Supports dissemination of census data in multiple

languages








Easy to customize to meet country-specific needs Supports to disseminate census data with multiple

languages Generates user-defined tables, maps, graphs and reports



















languages Generates user-defined tables, maps, graphs and reports Provides standard profile reports by geographic units





Main features of CensusInfo CensusInfo is user and administrator friendly software Disseminates census results at any geographical level Disseminates census results for multiple censuses Provides a suggested list of census topics, data and



languages Generates user-defined tables, maps, graphs and reports Provides standard profile reports by geographic units Allows importing data from other software applications

such as CSPro, Redatam, SAS and SPSS





UNSD activities to promote CensusInfo

Regional workshops

CARICOM region (Georgetown); Africa-English speaking countries (Maputo); Africa-French speaking countries (Bamako); Asia-Pacific region (New Delhi); CIS countries (Almaty).

National training workshops (on site)

Basic training Advanced training Technical support mission

Liberia, Egypt, Mozambique, Malawi, Indonesia, Mexico, Sri Lanka, Cameroon, Uganda, Kenya, China, Tajikistan



www.censusinfo.netwww.censusinfo.net



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Thank You

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Overview of the CensusInfo Initiative