CENSUS PLANNING AND

MANAGEMENT

National Bureau of Statistics

Presented at the UN Regional Workshop on the

2020 World Programme on Population and
Housing Censuses

Dar es Salaam – Tanzania: 29 May - 01 June 2017

The United Republic of
Tanzania
Background

Tanzania
 Tanzania is the union of two independent
countries of Tanganyika and Zanzibar;
 Administratively, has 31 regions and area of
947,303 square kilometers;
 Tanzania has a total of 44.9 million
population with 2.7 growth rate (PHC 2012);
 Young Population (0–14 years) comprise 44% and
Working Age (15–64 yrs.) comprise of 52%
Background…Cont’d

History of Census Undertaking

 The 2022 Census will be the 6th modern
census after the Union in 1964;
 Other censuses were conducted in 1967,
1978, 1988, 2002 and 2012;
 In 2012 census, Tanzania used:
 Semi-modern technology in GIS (satellite imagery,
digitized EA maps);
 Traditional method in data capture (printed
questionnaires);
 Modern technology in data processing (scanning
technology).
Strategic Objectives of the 2022 Census
Operations

 NBS envisaged to use digital technology in:

 Census mapping (use of mobile gadgets in census
mapping); and

 Data capture (use of tablet and paper in some

areas).
Census Management

 NBS is planning to use existing National

administrative structure of the countries,
because
 All previous census successfully used the same
structure;
 Ownership (Census is the National undertaking);
 The exercise will be supported by the current
Statistics Act No. 9 of 2015;
 NBS has introduced the new Department of
Population and Housing Census in the current
organization structure;
Management…Cont’d

 Census Committees will be established from

National, Regional to District Level with the
following objectives
 Assist in census Publicity and advocacy;
 Ensure adequate and timely availability of census
resources;
 Guide, direct and organize census programme;
 Monitor and ensure that census procedures are
undertaken according to plan; and
 Coordinate all census activities in the regions.
Management…Cont’d

 Formation of Committees:
 Central Census Committee (composed of several
Ministers and chaired by the Prime Minister will be
the key player in implementing Census activities)
 National Advisory Committee;
 Collaborators Forum;
 Technical Advisory Committee;
 Regional Census Committee; and
 District/Municipal/City/Town Level Census
Committee.
Census Management Structure

Central Census Committee

National Advisory Committee

MoF
Permanent Secretary Regional Census
Committee
Collaborators
Forum District Census
Committee
National Bureau
of Statistics - DG

Technical Advisory Committee

Director of Population Census and

Social Statistics

Department of Population
Census - CPM

Administration Advocacy and Planning and GIS and Census Monitoring and IT and Data
and Finance Publicity Analysis Mapping Evaluation Unit Processing
Capacity Development

 NBS is still in the early stage of planning, but

since there is need to move to modern
census undertaking (more advanced
technology), before we move to the 2022,
we need to do capacity assessment to know
how weak we are or how strong we are for
successfully adoption of technology;
 NBS also hope to get help through south-
south cooperation.
Collaboration with Partners

Collaboration with partners will be through:

 Collaborators Forum
 Government (MoFP, Planning Commission,
NBS/OCGS);
 DP, International Organizations;
 Monetary institutions, (AfDB, WB); and
 CSOs and private sector.
 Key roles
 To mobilize financial resources;
 To mobilize expertise; and
 Assist in census Publicity and advocacy.
Users Communication Plan

Plan for communication with users will involve:

 Users-Producers meetings
 Selection of topics to be included in the
questionnaire and formulation of questions;
 Owning the process.
 Technical committee with members from
 Higher learning institutions, Researchers,
Academia;
 UNFPA;
 Ministry responsible for statistics; and
 CSOs and private sector.
Communication Plan…Cont’d

Key roles (Technical committee )

 To advise the National Advisory Committee;
 To follow up and assess implementation of census
activities; and
 To make recommendations and necessary
adaptations to the census programme;
 Provide guidelines on:
 What questionnaire topics to be included; and
 Which technology to be used for Mapping, data capture and
processing.
Outsourcing

 In the previous censuses, NBS did not

outsource any census activity instead
contracted private/public companies on:
 Publicity and advocacy; and
 Some of the GIS activities (digitization)
 The same is planned to be used for the 2022
PHC
Plan for Adoption of Technologies
Plan for adoption of technologies will involve:
 Capacity development (Staff training) on
Mapping, data Capture and Data Processing;
 Investigation of latest technology and
software to be used in:
 GIS;
 Data capture and processing
 Lesson learnt from countries that have used
new technologies in mapping, data capture
and processing;
 Procurement of hardware and software;
Anticipated Challenges

 Capacity requirement of staff;

 Initial investment cost is high;
 High Cost of buying gadgets
 Internet coverage (poor network in some
area of the country to ensure uninterrupted
transmission of data from all locations);
 Equipment failure;
 Loss of equipment;
 Data Security.
DEMARCATION OF ENUMERATION AREAS
BY USING “MOBILE GEOGRAPHIC
INFORMATION SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY”
Introduction

 The cartographic work for 2012 PHC was

done using (Region Swap Technic);
 The team completed one region before going
to another;
 The exercise in the field included drawing of
sketch maps, boundary demarcation, GPS
point taking, plotting on the base maps,
writing EA description etc.;
Introduction…Cont’d

 The data from field was moved to the office

for scanning, geo referencing, digitization,
attribution and map finalization; and
 This method needed a large number of
personnel in order for it to be completed at
the required time.
Methodology

 The Cartographic work for 2022 PHC preparation

will use “Mobile Geographic Information System
Technology”;
 Application of this technology provides a means
whereby shape files will be sent directly to the
office by using the internet;
 This technology uses a Mobile Computing
Devices (MCDs) such as Trimble Juno 3B or
ArcGIS API for Windows phone 7 that uses GIS
and GPS technologies to provide geographic
information
Mobile Computing Example of the
Devices
updated digital

EA map that is

ready to be sent to

the office
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