Taken from the Listín Diario
President Luis Abinader declared the preparation, organization, collection, processing, and dissemination of the X National Population and Housing Census to be of national interest. Its purpose is to update data on the Dominican population and to serve as a basis for the creation of public policies that contribute to improving the quality of life of Dominicans.
The measure is contained in the decree, 607-21, which indicates that the X National Population and Housing Census will be carried out in 2022, according to the planning and schedule that will be sent to the Executive Branch by the National Statistics Office (ONE).
The National Statistics Office (ONE) will be in charge of coordinating the X National Population and Housing Census, and will also be obligated to carry out the tasks established in current legislation until the end of its functions, except in cases of force majeure that are duly justified and accepted by that institution.
The decree also creates the National Census Commission, which will be made up of 26 institutions, including the Minister of Economy, Planning and Development, who will preside over it, as well as the Ministers of the Presidency, Administrative Minister of the Presidency and of Finance.
This commission will be responsible for collaborating with the National Statistics Office (ONE) in carrying out the X Population and Housing Census.
