The ITAB takes note that ethnicity data have not yet been released. The ITAB is pleased that DoP is developing an additional web based dissemination platform for easy and user friendly access to the Census data. To ensure continued demand for, and interest in, data use, as well as to effectively address misconceptions, ITAB recommends sustained capacity building efforts at all levels, especially in townships. This has helped to generate public dialogue among different stakeholders. Township workshops have created interest among an expanding group of Census data users. The ITAB compliments DoP on producing and disseminating Township Reports and thereby facilitating availability and accessibility of Census data for local stakeholders including civil society, local administrators, the private sector and ethnic representatives. ITAB encourages the Government to promote and facilitate the use of these reports by building analytical capacity in ministries, local governments and other type of users such as CSOs. The ITAB considers the Census Thematic Reports to be of high quality, technically sound and policy relevant. These reports are being made publically accessible on the website of the Department of Population (DoP) and UNFPA. Since the previous ITAB meeting, the Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population has completed the release of 13 Thematic Reports, a Census Atlas of Myanmar and 409 dedicated Township Reports. During this last meeting the ITAB looked at publications, analytical reports and discussed pending issues, including the publication and dissemination of remaining data and their use. ITAB members are experts in demography, statistics and censuses and it is the role of ITAB to provide technical advice to the Government to promote compliance with international census standards based on experiences of census-taking in other countries. This is the 8 th and final in-country meeting with the Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population and UNFPA. On behalf of the International Technical Advisory Board (ITAB) for the 2014 Population and Housing Census of Myanmar, we would like to thank you all for attending this press briefing. The views and opinions expressed by ITAB do not reflect the official policy or position of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). In addition, they advise the government to follow international guidelines and good practice. ITAB’s role in the 2014 Population and Housing Census in Myanmar is to provide advice to the Government on proposed census processes and activities. Note: The International Technical Advisory Board (ITAB) was formed in January 2013.
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