Demographic and Social Statistics

Meetings

United Nations Expert Group Meeting on the Revision of the Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses

Virtual meeting
23 - 25 May 2023

The meeting is organized by the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)

Overview

The first Expert Group Meeting on the Revision of the Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses is organized by the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) in a virtual format. The Expert Group will thoroughly review the existing version of the Principles and Recommendations with a view to bringing it in line with good practices and contemporary approaches to conducting censuses. A multitude of changes have been documented in the current census round pertaining to the use of technologies, adoption of multi-modal data collection, and utilization of administrative data sources. Many countries had to innovate to overcome the challenges of conducting censuses during the global COVID-19 pandemic. As a reference publication, the revised Principles and Recommendations should reflect the innovations made and the experiences collected thus far and provide comprehensive guidance to national statistical authorities for planning, organizing, conducting, and utilizing 2030 round population and housing censuses. The current version of the Principles and Recommendations is available at: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/publication/SeriesM/Series_M67Rev3en.pdf