In order to strengthen the capacity of NBS staff for successfully carrying out the 2020 Population and Housing Census Round, UNFPA, with support of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), agreed to provide technical assistance for the evaluation of the last census and the preparation for the next census.

This report on the Capacity and Needs Assessment is part of the technical assistance provided by UNFPA and SDC for starting preparation of the next global census round. The Report is developed in the framework of the “Enhanced capacity of national institutions to undertake the Population and Housing Census” project financed by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and co-financed and implemented by UNFPA, United Nations Population Fund