Ajman Statistics and Competitiveness Center has called upon all Emirati and expatriate individuals and families residing in Ajman Emirate to cooperate with and respond to the Center, in order to make the pre-trial of the administrative census 2020 successful by using the method of self-counting, through completing and filling in all the data of the administrative census form by the individuals and families. The Center also asserted that the data obtained will remain confidential and will be used for the statistical purposes only. It’s worth mentioning that the administrative census project has been already launched by His Highness Sheikh Humaid  bin Rashid Al Nuaimi, Member of the UAE Supreme Council and the Ruler of Ajman, at the Court of H.H. in the presence of H. H. Sheikh Ammar bin Humaid Al Nuaimi, the Crown Prince of Ajman and the Chairman of the Executive Council. It’s worth mentioning that the administrative census project has been already launched by His Highness Sheikh Humaid  bin Rashid Al Nuaimi, Member of the UAE Supreme Council and the Ruler of Ajman, at the Court of H.H. in the presence of H. H. Sheikh Ammar bin Humaid Al Nuaimi, the Crown Prince of Ajman and the Chairman of the Executive Council. Dr. Al Hubaishi added that the areas targeted by the pre-trial include a number of districts of Ajman city and Masfout & Al Manama cities. She pointed out that the significance of the trial lies in the avoidance of time, effort and money waste, through answering and completing all the census questionnaire in an accurate and transparent manner, and presenting all the official documents, such as the UAE ID. Card and the Family Book of the Emirati families when completing the data. Dr. Al Hubaishi explained that the pre-trial process aims to test the census instruments and mechanisms and the electronic applications, as well as to test the census forms and to estimate the number of Call Center staff, through estimating the time for completing each form and addressing errors and missing parts, after studying and analyzing the feedback and views of those participated in the trial. Dr. Al Hubaishi mentioned that the census shall  be implemented by using an integrated set of the most recent technological systems, to produce better statistical outputs. The pre-trial shall be executed through self-counting method by sending SMS messages to the individuals and families, containing username and password for logging in the link of the population register system, in order to complete the entire personal, educational, economic, social and health data by the individuals and families themselves. A well trained and qualified team shall render assistance in filling in the population data to individuals and families when requested. Moreover, she stressed importance of the “Administrative  census 2020” project, which aims to provide a comprehensive and accurate database on population, houses, housing conditions, buildings and economic installations, as it is a national project supporting the future strategic plans of Ajman Emirate and directly contributing to Ajman Vision 2021.