The Brazilian Institute for Geography and Statistics – IBGE, in a joint action with the General Directorate for Statistics, Surveys and Censuses of Paraguay - DGEEC carried out last November the Third Joint Pilot Test for the 2010 Population Census. The test focused on indigenous populations, living in communities. This joint test was carried on as part of the horizontal technical co-operation between the countries member of the project for harmonization and evaluation of the censuses, in the scope of the Harmonized 2010 Round Census Project for the four MERCOSUR countries (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay) plus Bolivia, Chile, Mexico, Ecuador and Venezuela. The aim of the test was conceptual framework for investigation of the indigenous population and its characteristics. Representatives of the NSO for eight of the nine countries in the Project and also from Peru accompanied the fieldwork at indigenous villages on both sides of the border Brazil - Paraguay. After the fieldwork observation, the representatives discussed their findings in an Evaluation Seminar, which was also attended by anthropologists from both countries and representatives of some UN Agencies.

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