The High-level Seminar on Population Censuses and Migration Statistics in CIS Countries was held in Gelendzhik, Russian Federation, on 16-18 October 2013. The Seminar is jointly organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the Federal State Statistics Service of the Russian Federation (Rosstat).
The objective of the Seminar is to discuss among heads of national statistical organizations, senior statistical experts and policymakers the challenges related to conducting population censuses and producing statistics on international migration.
The following substantive topics were discussed:
- The traditional census: challenges, problems and solutions
- Alternative census methods
- Challenges of migration statistics in CIS
- Use of data from the census, household surveys and administrative sources to improve the measurement of international migration
- Availability and exchange of migration data between countries