The purpose of conducting the pilot census in Senaki Municipality during November 8-15, 2007, based on Decree #1026 of the President of Georgia dated December 6 2005, was to test organizational and methodological aspects of the Population Census, to observe operation of new technologies and processes introduced, and to train specialists responsible for conducting the census.
The pilot Census tested the form and content of the census documentation; efficiency of the advertising campaign; use of cartographic materials; compilation of lists of buildings and households actually residing therein; automated processing census materials, etc.
The results of the pilot Population Census provided answers with regard to possibility of further elaborating key organizational and methodological issues, technological procedures for processing census documentation and materials for the next Population Census.
