Data for Development - Armenia
What is UNFPA doing to help ?
Population dynamics and gender disparities
UNFPA began its support to Armenia when in 1995. The fund provided technical support for Armenia's first national census since Independence, which was carried out in 2001
This support included:
- On-the-job training of local staff in several areas including demographic analysis, questionnaire design, table design, editing and coding of census data, and data processing software.
- Seminars on the preliminary results of a pilot census, preparation of the census questionnaires, cartography
- Procurement of essential computer and office supplies
Because of Armenia's problems with depopulation and ageing, UNFPA plans further support to improve capacity among institutions and to help develop policies for population and development.
In its current plan for Armenia, UNFPA aims to help strengthen national capacity to implement poverty reduction policies that take into consideration population dynamics and gender disparities.
With this aim in mind, UNPFA plans a wide range of activities, including:
- Promoting policy dialogue with the Government and civil society on population dynamics and its consequences
- Supporting studies and research on the consequences of demographic trends
- Mobilizing the public to support population and development issues
- Supporting training on the relationships between population and development for ministry experts and facilitating their participation in professional forums
- Providing technical assistance in policy formulation
- Advocating and supporting data collection and analysis
- Urging decision makers and opinion leaders to support the implementation of national population policies
These activities will be coordinated together with other UN Agencies, particularly UNDP and the World Bank.
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