Census of Residential Care Facilities 2026: Timor-Leste

Census of Residential Care Facilities 2026

Steering Committee Meeting

Timor-Leste – Whole Territory

April 2026

Overview

Agenda

Background & Governance

Technical Working Group Meetings

Questionnaire & Manual Translation

Application Development

Training of Trainers & Enumerators

Field Testing

Data Collection Plan

Team Composition

Census of Residential Care Facilities 2026

Background & Governance

Steering Committee Meeting

The Steering Committee provides overarching strategic direction and decision-making authority for the successful implementation of the census.

National Purpose & Scope

Ensuring comprehensive governance, strict oversight, and unified coordination across all municipalities in the whole territory of Timor-Leste.

Strategic Oversight

National Coordination

Inter-Agency Collaboration

Technical Working Group Meetings

Two pivotal Technical Working Group (TWG) meetings were convened to align and coordinate critical technical aspects of the upcoming census framework:

Census Methodology Refinement

Questionnaire Design & Translation

Field & Operational Planning

INETL

MSSI

INDDICA

Working Group<br>Collaboration

Preparatory Phase

Questionnaire & Manual Translation

The census questionnaire and enumerator manual were successfully translated and finalized for field use in Timor-Leste.

Questionnaire

Core instruments designated for robust data collection

Enumerator Manual

Detailed instructions, guidelines, and protocols for consistency

This translation serves as a vital foundation for census enumerators to proceed with confidence.

Project Milestone

Application Development

A comprehensive data collection application was successfully developed and deployed to ensure secure, efficient, and accurate capture of information in the field.

HQ Support Highlight

Nichole Privitski

provided essential technical support and critical guidance directly from HQ throughout the entire development phase.

Activity Timeline

Training of Trainers & Enumerators

Training of Trainers (ToT)

7 April 2026

1 Day

Training of Enumerators

8–12 April 2026

5 Days

11 April 2026

Field Testing

Ailok Laran

Sta. Clara

Kampung Alor

An-nur

12

Apr 2026

Enumerator and Supervisor Debrief

DATA COLLECTION PLAN

Data Collection

Collection Period

20 April – 5 May

2026

Residential Care Facilities

74

Facility List Source

Data Collection Team Composition

Structure & Breakdown

Teams

Total deployed units assigned across the whole territory.

Composition per Individual Team

Thank You

Census of Residential Care Facilities 2026 – Timor-Leste

For questions and further information, please contact the technical team.