Which perspectives for population census?: different views from countriesRound Table discussion:Manuela Lenk, Statistics AustriaPaolo Valente, UNECE Jorge Vega Valle, National Statistics Institute, SpainAmelia Wardzinska-Sharif, Central Statistical Office, PolandIan White, Office for National Statistics, United Kingdom

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Preparing the census foodThinking of the census as a food, which will be the best way to cook it in the next year?

5 chefs well skilled in census cookingPaolo Valente, UNECE, expert in international cooking, for a comprehensive picture in the UNECE regionAnd national expertsManuela Lenk, Statistics AustriaJorge Vega Valle, National Statistics Institute, SpainAmelia Wardzinska-Sharif, Central Statistical Office, PolandIan White, Office for National Statistics, United Kingdom

Suggestion of nutritionist: Eating little and oftenCensus data every year? How to get this result?

Main course: measuring errors and caring the sourcesWhich is the best sauce to care the source and serve quality registers noodles?

Intensify the efforts to merge ingredients coming from different administrative sources to increase the availability and the richness of census food

geofoodto increase spatial data availability

Increasingthe quality of the census count including migrants

Sample survey to improve the qualityof census food

A paperless menu?Paper is an indigestible food in the census of the future. How to completely eliminate it?

Web tools for census food

Which use of the web in the census of the incoming years?

Two round tablequestions

Which are your plans beyond 2011? Did you consider the option to move toward a continuous census? (To Paolo which are the main signals perceived by the UNECE)Which solutions in acquisition, processing and integrating data from administrative and statistical source do you plan to adopt in your Country? (To Paolo: Which are the ones mostly adopted in the UNECE context?)

Summary of the introductory keynote speech:The need of frequently updated and georeferenced data and the operational complexity of a census puts pressure for innovations of census features pushing to a larger use of administrative sources in two main possible main direction: -Register based census;-Combined censusdeveloping various methodological approaches, using different combinations of sources (such as a full enumeration, ad hoc sample surveys, or data from existing sample surveys) to supplement data from registers.As a result, there is a diversification in the census methodology adopted, which makes more complicated than in the past classifying the various census methods.A more intensive use of administrative sources requires advances in their quality evaluation and treatment. In this scenario, new frontiers characterized by new products created through the acquisition, processing and integrating data from administrative and statistical source has a remarkable significance in the development of basic infrastructures, new methods and tools.*