MINSK, 22 October (BelTA) – The experience of the National Statistical Committee of Belarus in preparing for the 2030 round of population censuses was presented at a conference of statistics services of the CIS states in Moscow, the press service of Belarus’ National Statistical Committee told BelTA.
A conference of specialists from the national statistics services of the CIS member states is taking place in Moscow to discuss “Preparation for the 2030 round of population censuses in the CIS region”. The event has been organized by the CIS Statistical Committee with the support of the Federal State Statistics Service of the Russian Federation and has brought together representatives of national statistics services of the Commonwealth countries as well as experts from international organizations. The Republic of Belarus is represented at the conference by a delegation from Belarus’ National Statistical Committee led by Deputy Chairwoman Zhanna Vasilevskaya.
Belarusian statisticians presented their experience and conclusions from the 2019 population census as well as approaches to the digital transformation of statistics processes in preparation for the 2029 population census.
In her speech Zhanna Vasilevskaya noted the successful experience of conducting the 2019 census: “The experience we gained during the preparations for and the actual 2019 population census allows us to apply the knowledge we have gained for the sake of optimizing processes and improving the efficiency of preparing for the next census. Preparations for the 2030 round of the population census already include improving the legislative framework, introducing modern digital solutions, expanding the use of administrative data sources, developing an online census, and applying artificial intelligence technologies to automate information processing and analysis.”
Irina Bichan, Head of the Central Office for Demographic Statistics and Population Census, gave a presentation titled as “The 2030 round of the population census in the Republic of Belarus: On the way to digital transformation.”
The Belarusian experience attracted the interest of the conference participants as an example of a systematic approach to the digitization of national statistics and preparation for the new round of censuses.
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