The document discusses Brazil's trilateral South-South cooperation initiative to establish reference centers in Africa for census data collection using electronic methods. The initiative aims to strengthen capacities of African statistical institutions for conducting population censuses from 2017-2022. Brazil, through its experience with a digital 2010 census, will partner with UNFPA and statistics offices in Senegal, Cape Verde, and South Africa to develop training modules and establish these countries as reference centers to support other African countries' transition to electronic census data collection. The centers will help more countries on the continent strengthen statistics and data for public policy using Brazil's innovative approaches.

1. First United NationsFirst United Nations
World Data ForumWorld Data Forum
(TA2.18) Innovative Approaches for Population(TA2.18) Innovative Approaches for Population
and Housing Censuses: Country Experiencesand Housing Censuses: Country Experiences
Roberto Luis Olinto Ramos
Director of Surveys
Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics - IBGE

2. Brazil’s Trilateral South-South CooperationBrazil’s Trilateral South-South Cooperation
Reference Centers for census withReference Centers for census with
electronic data collectionelectronic data collection
Brazil-UNFPA Partnership ProgramBrazil-UNFPA Partnership Program
Cape Town, SA
January 2017

3. Brazilian South-South Cooperation (SSC) PrinciplesBrazilian South-South Cooperation (SSC) Principles
 Contribute to the socio-economic development of cooperating
countries
 Response to demands from developing countries
 Mutual Benefits and no interference in the domestic affairs of
partner countries
 Transfer Sharing of knowledge and techniques without
commercial interests
 Horizontality in the relations between all the partners (no
hierarchy)
 Acknowledgement of local experience and capacities

4. Brazilian Trilateral South-South Cooperation withBrazilian Trilateral South-South Cooperation with
International OrganizationsInternational Organizations
 It has the purpose of potentialize Brazilian South-South Cooperation
initiatives
 Trilateral cooperation with International Organizations is used when
there are comparative advantages in relation to bilateral South-South
cooperation (as the scale of operations, the mobilization of resources,
the natural extension of received cooperation, etc.)
 Trilateral cooperation is also justifiable to address regional issues of
collective interest – public security, regional development or global
issues, like the 20/30 agenda
 Brazil-UNFPA partnership in South-South Cooperation initiatives
started in 2002

5.  Since South-South Cooperation is based on knowledge sharing, it
always includes the participation of a Brazilian institution
specialized in the demanded field. In this case, it is the Brazilian
Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) due to the following
reasons:
 IBGE’s vast experience in population Census (successfully performed
all censuses since 1940)
 The Brazilian 2010 Population and Housing Census: world’s first
census to be performed fully as a digital census, in all its stages.
 The Brazilian experience has been considered a reference and a
model for technical cooperation at global level
 IBGE’s active participation in 2000 and 2010 rounds of the Mercosur
Common Census
IBGEIBGE’’s Experience on Censuss Experience on Census
with Electronic Data Collectionwith Electronic Data Collection

6.  Since 2010, electronic data collection has been improved
and incorporated as a standard, regular practice in IBGE,
both in Censuses and in household and economic surveys.
 This experience has made of Brazil a world reference in
census and surveys with electronic data collection.
 As a result, the IBGE has been participating in several
initiatives in South-South Cooperation (Cape Verde, Ivory
Coast, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Paraguay,
Uruguay, etc.)
IBGEIBGE’’s Experience on Censusess Experience on Censuses
with Electronic Data Collectionwith Electronic Data Collection

7. In the context of Brazil’s Trilateral South-South
Cooperation, create Dissemination Centers in Africa in
order to replicate with other African countries the
knowledge on census electronic data collection,
generated in this capacity building initiative.
Reference Centers: general conceptReference Centers: general concept

8.  African countries: intend to strengthen its capacities,
harmonization and integration of statistics for population
and housing censuses.
 African Union: prioritized the promotion of public policies
based on evidences. This requires the use of timely and
quality data and information.
 Such capabilities strengthening is a fundamental element to
reach the 2030 Agenda and the Africa 2063 Agenda.
The African ContextThe African Context

9.  Context of the African continent in relation to the
challenges made to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda’s
objectives and long-term goals (Agenda Africa 2063).
Public policies and decision-making processes based on
evidence - need for quality data in a timely manner
Invest and strengthen national capacities of Statistical
Institutions in Africa trough geospatial information systems for
collection, analysis and dissemination of data
BackgroundBackground

10. Justification and RelevanceJustification and Relevance
 18 African countries to carry out Population and Housing Census from
2017 to 2022
 Several initiatives triggered in order to strengthen the capacities and
integrated work in the African statistical community:
Censuses, civil registration and vital statistics systems
 Brazil's experience in carrying out the 2010 Population Census with
electronic collection:
recognition as a best practice to be shared
the experiences of technical cooperation regarding the censuses
already undertaken by the IBGE
the recurring demands from African countries for cooperation on the
use of this technology/ methodology
 UNFPA cooperation history with dozens of countries to conduct
population, production, evaluation and dissemination of data censuses.

11. ObjectivesObjectives
 Develop the Capacity of Statistics Institutes of African
countries to use electronic data collection technologies, based
on IBGE´s experience, in order to establish Dissemination
Centers for Census with electronic data collection in Africa.
 These Centers will, in future, support other National Statistics
Institutes of the region.
 Improve data collection technology used by partner
countries.

12. Criteria to identify the Institutes that will act asCriteria to identify the Institutes that will act as
reference centersreference centers
Existing infrastructure and capacity;
Existing human resources;
Existing financial resources;
Prior experience in implementation of censuses with
electronic data collection, as Cape Verde and Senegal;
Language (1 French, 1 Portuguese and 1 English
Speaking country);
Interest in acting as Dissemination Center sharing the
knowledge acquired.

13.  Brazilian Cooperation Agency of the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs (ABC/MRE)
 Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE)
 United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Brazil.
 ANSD (Senegal Statistics Office)
 INE Cabo Verde (Cape Verde Statistics Office)
 Stats SA (South Africa Statistics Office)
Cooperating InstitutionsCooperating Institutions

14. Direct target
 Statistics South Africa
(STATS SA)
 Agence Nationale de
Statistique et de la
Démographie (ANSD)
 Instituto Nacional de
Estatística de Cabo
Verde (INECV)
Initiative targetsInitiative targets
Indirect target
National Statistics Offices of African
countries that will be supported by the
Reference Centers to carry out census
during the 2020 round.
Governments of South Africa, Senegal
and Cape Verde, which will count on
reliable statistics to subsidize the
elaboration of public policies;
People of South Africa, Senegal and
Cape Verde, which may rely on public
policies drawn up in a more refined
manner and directed to their needs;

15. Implementation StrategyImplementation Strategy
 First phase: Elaboration of training modules on (i) South-South Technical
Cooperation; (ii) IBGE experience in the transition from paper to electronic
collection; (iii) methodology for the use of electronic data collection; (iv)
census mapping applied to electronic collection; (v) electronic
questionnaire, monitoring and control; (vi) training personnel for the
electronic collection; (vii) society awareness; and (viii) data dissemination.
 Second phase: After receiving the training, the statistics Institutes
participating in the initiative will be responsible for training a third country
upon request.
During the overall process, the Institutes, with UNFPA support, will mobilize
funds and partners to finance the electronic devices for data collection.

16. Implementation StrategyImplementation Strategy
 The activities will starts in February 2017 with the
participation of Brazil, UNFPA, Senegal and Cape
Verde;
 A following stage with the participation of South Africa
is still under negotiation.

17. Role of Partner CountriesRole of Partner Countries
 Supporting the development of capacity building national plans jointly
with the Brazilian Government and UNFPA;
 Ensuring the provision of local contributions, such as: human
resources, infrastructure;
 Sharing the knowledge acquired with other countries in their
respective region and language scope;
 Contributing to mobilize financial resources for the acquisition of the
equipment needed to conduct the census.
The National offices of Statistics of South Africa, Senegal
and Cape Verde will be responsible for:

18. Muito obrigado!
Merci beaucoup!
Thank you very much!