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2008 Economic Survey - Enumerator selection – 4th June, 2009

 In the light of the efforts that Statistics Authority is carrying out recently, the preparation of the General Census of Population, Housing and establishments 2010, which is going to be conducted in same time with GCC countries, Statistics Authority is conducting the pilot census in May and June 2009 starting from Wednesday 13 May 2009.

This is the first of a regular update of the progress with the 2008 Economic Survey.
The objectives of the survey are to provide a benchmark for our economic statistics, particularly pertaining to national accounts and our regular business related statistics.
The Economic Statistics Department of QSA held the first major meeting to kick-off the enumeration stage of the survey.

Over 380 people attended the event held in the QSA auditorium which was full to beyond capacity at some stages, on Thursday evening where the design, requirements and objectives of the survey were outlined in order to pre-screen the applicants. The screening happened after the event and was based on how well the applicants understood the project, as evidenced by a test held after the presentations, their qualifications and previous experience. Around 250 applicants were selected.

The project lead, Mr. Abulhameed Ali Ahen explained the process and introduced various speakers who concentrated on particular sectors.
Mr. Basim Wasif Marmash spoke on the financial sector, Ms. Wadha al Jabor on industry and Mr. Abdulhadi ali Awad on construction.

The event was also attended by the media and was supported by many of the ESD staff who worked extremely hard and effectively to make this kick-off event a success.
The timeframe for the survey project is extremely tight and ESD and the field staff and supervisors have shown an extremely high level of devotion to have selected moved the project so far along in a very short time. The objective is to get 100 percent response from the 10,000 businesses selected for the survey.

Finally, it was very encouraging to see many graduates from Qatar University attending, many were asking all the right questions after the presentations and were interested in finding more about work at QSA.