On November 6, 2013 the National Statistics Office of Georgia (GEOSTAT) and the United Nations Population Fund Country Office in Georgia (UNFPA) held the donors’ conference regarding the Population Census 2014. The aim of the conference was to mobilize and coordinate donors’ assistance to the 2014 Population Census. The conference was attended by the representatives of the Diplomatic Missions, the European Union, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, UN Agencies and other international organizations.
The opening speeches were given by Mr. David Narmania, the Minister of Regional Development and Infrastructure of Georgia, the Chairman of the Government Commission for Coordination of Population Census, Dr. Simone Wolken, UNHCR Representative in Georgia, UN Resident Coordinator a.i. and Ms. Tamar Khomasuridze, UNFPA/Georgia Assistant Representative. Mr. Tengiz Tsekvava , Executive Director in charge of the National Statistics Office of Georgia made a presentation on the General Population Census of Georgia 2014.
On April 2, 2013, the Government Commission for Coordination of Population Census, at its first session, approved the 2014 Georgian Population Census Programme and announced the date - November 5-19, 2014.
Based on its mandate, the United Nations Population Fund supports implementation of population and housing censuses in many countries across s the globe. In Georgia UNFPA supported Population Census in 2002 and continues to provide financial and technical support to 2014 Census. The donors’ conference, a joint event organized by the National Statistics Office in Georgia and UNFPA, was a significant step forward to mobilize and coordinate the donors’ assistance for 2014 Population Census.
Preparatory work will have been completed across Georgia by April 2014, in particular, preliminary listing of the dwellings and their residents for determining the number of households and population in each building; around 4 thousand people will be engaged in the first stage of fieldwork.
Upon completion of the preparatory work, the second, most important stage of the fieldwork – the enumeration of population will be conducted on November 5-19, 2014. With this purpose, approximately 15 thousand persons will be selected and trained to interview the population using specially designed questionnaires
For maximizing the efficiency of available financial and human resources, the Government Commission decided to conduct agricultural census simultaneously with the population census. Thus, along with the socio-demographic data, information about households’ agricultural activities will also be generated.
