A Message from our International Programs Center Chief
A warm greeting dear colleagues from the International Programs Center (IPC). We are happy to share with you our initial IPC newsletter. These newsletters will highlight some of our productive partnerships, new initiatives and recently released products.
The April 2024 newsletter provides more details about the global and regional reach of our technical assistance programs in 2023, our close partnership with the Oficina Nacional de Estadística y Censos (ONEC) around the 2024 Population and Housing Census of El Salvador, as well as a regional workshop in Senegal. We hope you find these newsletters informative and welcome any feedback.
-Oliver P. Fischer
 Our Year In Numbers
Technical Assistance
El Salvador Mission
During 2023, IPC worked closely with the Oficina Nacional de Estadística y Censos in El Salvador alongside colleagues from the United Nations Population Fund and the Latin American and Caribbean Demographic Centre. Our goal was to support the development of El Salvador's CSPro-based computer assisted person interviewing application and coordinate assistance efforts in subject matter areas.
Most recently, our IPC team members returned from observing the pilot census in El Salvador, where they were impressed by the logistical and management skills demonstrated by Banco Central de Reservas/ONEC in preparation for El Salvador’s 2024 Population and Housing Census.
Regional Workshop
Senegal
In November 2023, 36 analysts and academics from National Statistical Offices in 16 African countries attended the Population Matters workshop led by our demographers and organized through a collaboration between IPC and the United Nations Population Fund West Africa in Somone, Senegal.
During six days of seminars and discussions, the participants analyzed and applied population projections methods and tools and shared their specific country experiences related to population matters.
One of the most popular topics discussed included the importance of population data when dealing with climate change issues.
📌 New Resources
Data Gems
Select Topics in International Censuses
Documenting the Census to Improve Future Data Quality technical note provides guidelines for documenting census experience during the planning, implementation, and post-census phases through administrative, methodological, and procedural history reports.
Assessing the Quality of Geospatial Operations for Census Enumeration focuses on the various data quality dimensions National Statistical Offices must consider across all pre- and during-enumeration geospatial operations.
🗨️ Making Everyone Count: A Fireside Chat with USAID and the Census Bureau
On February 29, USAID Assistant Administrator for Global Health Dr. Atul Gawande hosted Census Bureau Director Robert Santos in a fireside chat about the enduring and successful partnership between the two agencies of close to 70 years, aimed at fostering collaboration and evidence-based policymaking worldwide.
They shared perspectives from their agencies on the vital role of population data and data equity in advancing development objectives and explored ways to expand and continue our work together.
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Research Collaborations
IPC staff collaborated on the recently published U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) DREAMS NextGen Guidance.
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⚙️ Data Tool Updates
Recent versions of Demobase have incorporated cross-border analyses, leveraging data availability in one country to help compensate for data gaps in others.
The project is a collaboration between IPC geographers and demographers that incorporates a wide variety of human and environmental datasets using machine learning.
The team most recently completed a population distribution dataset covering the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia and is currently working on a dataset covering Angola and Namibia.
Version 8.0 and CSENTRY ANDROID were released in January. New features include JSON format files, four new data types for dictionary items, a new framework, and a new view.
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Coming This Spring
▶️ Demographic Analysis & Population Projection System software update
▶️ HIV/AIDS Review and Verification System dashboard
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