When it comes to censuses, the IBGE has vast experience through its successive censuses conducted every decade since 1940. In addition, the 2010 Population and Housing Census is considered to be the first in the world to have had all its stages carried out in a digital environment, making the country a world reference in this field. In this context, the IBGE has taken part in various cooperation initiatives in different regions of Africa and South America. São Tomé and Príncipe, Côte d'Ivoire, Paraguay and Uruguay, as well as Cape Verde and Senegal, are among the countries with which Brazil has already established cooperation in the field of electronic data collection for censuses.