On September 18-22, 2023, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Census Week 2023: Population and Housing Censuses Expert Group Meeting was held in Geneva, Switzerland.

The event aims to exchange experience between participating countries in population and housing censuses, increase knowledge and skills in preparing for and conducting a population and housing census, and develop proposals for improving the Conference of European Statisticians recommendations in population and housing censuses.

At the event, the Deputy Head of the Department of Census Methodology and Work with Cartographic Documents of the Division for Organizing and Conducting Census Processes of Statistics Agency, D.Eshniyazov, made a presentation on the preparatory work for the population census in Uzbekistan and informed the participants of the event about the work carried out to prepare for the population census.

Reports of 13 task forces on improving the recommendations of the Conference of European Statisticians on population and housing censuses were also heard.

Views were exchanged between the participating countries in population and housing censuses, and a discussion of existing problems and ways to solve them. Following the event, a proposal and recommendations were developed to improve the efficiency of the population and housing census.

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