“Population estimates and 2020 census round – Challenges and lessons learned in times of pandemic” (Estimaciones de población y ronda censal 2020 – Desafíos y lecciones learned in pandemic situations, in the original Spanish) is the theme of the international workshop promoted, at its headquarters, in Rio de Janeiro, by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), which began last Tuesday (21) and ends this Friday (24), with the participation of Latin American countries, such as Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Ecuador, Guatemala, Paraguay, Peru and the Dominican Republic, whose representatives are gathered to exchange information and experiences on carrying out the 2020 Census.
Opening the event with a brief history of IBGE – which has been in existence for almost nine decades – the president of the institution, Marcio Pochmann emphasized that “IBGE is an institution, which began in the 1930s, and has been responsible for the production of statistical and geographic data Brazilians. We are in the 13th Demographic Census and we are proud to be part of this history. Therefore, on behalf of the 11 thousand employees of IBGE, which is about to turn 90 years old, I want to thank everyone for their presence and wish them a great meeting”, he highlighted, at the opening of the event.
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Regarding the importance of the debate on population projection, IBGE Research Director, Cimar Azeredo commented on the fundamental role of the Census in population projection. “The objective of this meeting is to create an exchange between statistical institutes in Brazil and other countries, in addition to deal with academic researchers, and discuss the difficulties in producing statistics in Latin America and the Census as a all.”
IBGE's deputy director of Geosciences, Miriam Barbuda, commented that the combination of geographic and statistical research in the same institute served to facilitate the work carried out in the Census. “Brazil and Mexico are the only places in Latin America where geography and statistics embrace the same institution. This is very good because we are able to carry out studies and support the entire Census process through mapping of the territory, and at the same time identify the best way to produce this mapping, digitally. We are very concerned about maintaining the country's territorial structure, of 5,565 municipalities with corresponding mapping. It’s a very big job”, analyzed the deputy director.
Regarding the sudden changes that occurred in Brazilian society, which affected the assessment of demographic scenarios, the director and professor at ENCE, Paulo Jannuzzi, pointed out: “My perception as a field researcher is that demographic projections were, in the past, simpler, but technological, economic, environmental and political scenarios were have changed. I see Artificial Intelligence, climate change and a disruption of a civilizational consensus, greatly affecting all demographic scenarios.”
