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The 2007 Mozambique´s
Census and Its Organization
by
João Dias Loureiro
(President of INE- Mozambique)
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Introduction
Brief review of Mozambique´s NSS
Mozambique´s Census Organization
Interaction w/ Politicians and public during
the 2007 Census process
• Public accountability
• Final Remarks
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Introduction
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• 2007 Census activities started in 2004 by drafting
the Census Global Plan (Budget: 35.4 mio USD)
• Census Cartography started in 2005
• Strong support/ assistance: UNFPA and USBuCen
• Enumeration: 1-15 of August (50000
enumerators; 17000 supervisors; 50000 guiders)
• PES: 16-30 of September (Omission Tax: +/-3%)
• Census preliminary data: 18/11 (20.5 mio inhabit)
• Validation & Coding started in November 2007
• Data entry will start by March, 2008
• National data will be released by November 2009
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Mozambique´s NSS
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• NSS and NSO (INE) created in 1996
• Centralized NSS
• INE is the NSS executing agency and
coordinates the entire NSS
• Census Law & Stat Act empowers INE
to carry out Census & Surveys in all
country
• The previous Census was conducted in
1997 (2007 Census is the 3rd after
Mozambique´s National Independence)
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Mozambique´s Census –
organization Census Coordination
Council
• Chair: Prime Minister
• Deputies: Minister of Plan & Development
(1st) and
Minister of Finance (2nd)
• Members: 9 ministers, PINE & VPINE-D
• Setup by Cabinet Resolution
• 2 years before the Census Day starts working
& holding regular meetings
• Major tasks: approve & monitor the Census
Work Plan; Census Objectives & Budget
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Mozambique´s Census –
organization – INE/Census
Bureau
• Chair: PINE; Deputy: VPINED
Sworn in by HE Prime Minister
Members: 178 professionals from:
INE, Housing & Public Work; Planning &
Development; Finance; Education; Police;
Defence; State Administration; Agriculture,
and E. Mondlane University
• Organization: 7 Tech. Commissions
• Major tasks: to undertake the Census
Process and prepare the all Census doc for
the CCC
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Mozambique´s Census –
organization – provinces &
districts
• Provinces (11) – Census Provincial Council chaired by the
Provincial Governor. Comprising of 10 Prov. Directors &
INE Provincial Head (“political” supervision & guidance)
• INE Prov Branches – Provincial Census Bureau (exective
body of Census Provincial Branch)
Chair:INE Provincial Head
Members: 11 from: INE, Housing & Public Works;
Finance; Education; Police; State Administration; and
Agriculture
Major tasks: to carry out the Census Process at Provincial
level and supervise the levels below
• District level: (148) Census District Bureau headed by the
District Governor. Comprising of 5 members – Education,
Agriculture, Finance, Police, and Accountant
Major tasks: to undertake the Census Process at District
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level
and
supervise
thenolevels
below
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Interaction with the politicians &
public during the Census
process
• At Central Government:
Cabinet defined the Census Day (1/8/2007);
Census 2007 is part of: NSS Strategic Plan; National
Development Plan, PRSP & National Budget
CENSUS 2007 WAS DEFINED AS A NATIONAL PRIORITY
Presidential Appeal & Thanks after enumeration phase
Members of the Cabinet were deployed at provincial level for
almost 2 weeks to accomplish TOR endorsed by the Cabinet.
Short training on Census issues was given to them. Prime
Minister spent a week in the countrury´s most complex
province
Meetings were held by INE & member of Cabinet with: Youth;
Churches; NGOs; Trade Unions; Political Parties; etc... (Census
publicity and promotion activities...)
School calendar was adjusted to allow teachers & students to
be hired as Census personnel & premises used for train/accom
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Interaction with the politicians &
public during the Census
process
• At Provincial level:
Provincial Governors went to their districts during Census
enumeration (supervision & monitor the process)
Provincial Directors were deployed at district level during
the entire Census process
Quasi chiefs involvement in the Census publicity (pears to
pears communication strategy) and assisting the
enumerators as guiders and making sure no hhold was left
out by the enumerators
Political parties, churches, etc... joined the Census
Publicity campaign (rallies, spots, mass,etc...)
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Public accountability
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• Involvement of Census major stakeholders from begining
• (2007) regular meetings with Coop Partners and Media
(estimates on hhold enumerated, problems encountered,
financial & logistical issues, etc...)
• During the enumeration, daily coverage of the Census
activities by Media (at national & province level)
• Cabinet was weekly informed about the process
• Trust & confidence between INE staff & hholds by the
guiders and INE´s past record – sucessful 97 Census; HBS
97+2002; Ag Census 2000; Business Census, etc...
• Clear leadership & management at political &
implementation level of the Census
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Final Remarks
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• Strong commitement from the political leaders,
decision makers & major stakeholders – PHC was
defined a NATIONAL PRIORITY
• Decentralized organization was addopted with INE
playing a central & crucial technical and managerial
role
• Non political interference in the Census activities
• Permanent interaction with the public via Media
• Permanent interaction with the major stakeholders
• Trust & confidence between INE staff & hhold (INE´s
past record)
• Clear leadership & management at political &
implementation level of the Census
• High profile given to Official Statistics in the Country
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