• The initiative was prompted by the growing number of requests received by the IBGE from African countries, following the 2010 population census in Brazil, which involved electronic data collection. It is a joint initiative of the Brazilian government, through the Brazilian Cooperation Agency of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (ABC / MRE) and the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), the government of Cape Verde, through the National Institute of Statistics of Cape Verde (INECV), the government of Senegal, through the National Agency of Statistics and Demography of Senegal (ANSD); and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), with the aim of creating a platform for the exchange of experiences and the joint construction of innovative approaches that will enable African statistical institutions to become stronger in the next round of censuses.
• The first countries to benefit from this support are Cape Verde and Senegal.

INECV and ANSD. Strengthening their technical and institutional capacities to reproduce the knowledge and methodology for conducting censuses with electronic data collection in order to be able to act as reference points in this area on the African continent. The main partners in this initiative are the Brazilian government through the ABC, the IBGE through training and the UNFPA-BR as technical partner.

• 2 committees made up of representatives from ANSD, INECV, IBGE, ABC, UNFPA Senegal, UNFPA Cape Verde and UNFPA Brazil: i. Steering committee ii. Technical Committee
• 2 teams of trainers (INECV and ANSD technicians)

• Within the framework of trilateral South-South cooperation between countries, the aim is to strengthen the capacity of African countries in the field of digital data collection to help them achieve the objectives of the 2030 Agenda and the goals defined in the "Vision Africa 2063" document. and to promote a culture of rapid and reliable evidence-based public policies and decision-making processes.
• The reference centres provide support to NSIs in the stages of mapping the census, preparing the technological infrastructure, collecting data and raising public awareness.

No. These are centres that aim to share knowledge, skills and resources between developing countries, enabling solutions to be found and the joint construction of strategies to overcome common challenges based on methodology with electronic data collection.

No. The reference centres are not statistical or demographic training centres such as IFORD in Yaoundé, ENSAE in Dakar, ENSEA in Abidjan or ISSEA in Yaoundé, still less an autonomous entity of the NSIs involved in the project.

No. It's simply a mechanism for sharing experience and providing census support.

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• Any African country with an interest in strengthening their capacities through the training provided by the reference centres can apply by filling in the form / diagnostic_país on the https://www.e-census.africa website.
• The candidate country's interest should be formalised through the UNFPA (country office and regional office).