Support to the Implementation of the Population and Housing Census
INSTAT (National Institute for Statistics)
Beneficiary: INSTAT, Government of Albania, Municipalities
11.12.2018 - 11.12.2024
Overall Objective
The overall objective of the action is to support the National Institute of Statistics of Albania in carrying out operational activities of the Albanian Population and Housing Census, which will be held in 2023.
Summary of the Project
Through this grant the EU supports INSTAT, the Albanian Statistical Agency, in the implementation of the Population and Housing Census. The census will take place in 2023 and the results of the census will be published in 2024. The Population and Housing Census is undertaken every 10 years and provides essential statistical information on Population and Housing.
Activities
Capacity building activities through external expertise:
– Trainings, workshops, Study Visits;
– Development of the Census communication and publicity campaign and production of the visibility materials;
– Recruitment and payment of census staff including technical, administrative and fieldwork staff;
– Trainings, workshops and consultations building capacity for Census activities;
– Data collected in the field;
– Development, testing and putting in production the CAPI application for census activities;
– Development of monitoring system for census activities;
– Development of applications for data processing and dissemination;
– Purchasing of IT hardware and software and developing system for data collection, monitoring and the implementation of mapping and geospatial activities;
– Printing of books and translation of publications.
Results
The census activity will be implemented by INSTAT based on Eurostat and UNECE recommendations:
– The Census activity will be properly communicated based on communication and publicity campaign;
– Census will be implemented by well-trained INSTAT internal and external staff from headquarter and regional offices;
– Field work activities for the Albanian Population and Housing Census 2023 will be prepared and carried out according to the quality assurance programme;
– Systems for data collection, monitoring and the implementation of Census activities developed;
– Applications for data processing and dissemination developed;
– Systems for data collection, monitoring and the implementation of mapping and geospatial activities developed and used for the update of statistical registers in the future;
-Population and Housing Census results containing main results and thematic analyses are published.
