Duties and responsibilities:
The Demographic and Social and Statistics (DSS) Department is responsible for collecting data and/or producing statistics in a wide range of areas such as education, health, gender, environment, labor market, living conditions, and demographic characteristics of Rwanda’s population. The Department is also in charge of the implementation of the periodic Health and Demographic Surveys (DHS) as well as Service Provision Assessment Surveys (SPA). Detailed and in-depth policy analysis of the demographic surveys and population censuses is the responsibility of this Department too, which, in addition, carries out population projections (national, sub-national and sectoral) and produces regular vital statistics. The department also carries out periodic surveys on Labor Market (labor demand), Labor Force (labor supply), and Living Conditions (EICV).
To accomplish its mission, the Social and Demographic Statistics Department is headed by a director and is organized into three sections with following staff :
- Director (1)
Vital Statistics & Cross Cutting Social Statistics Team (4):
- Team Leader (1)
- Vital Statistics Data Collection & Analysis Statistician (1)
- Youth & Gender Statistician (1)
- Justice & Human Right Statistician (1)
Labor Statistician Research Statistician Team (4):
- Team Leader (1)
- Public Sector Labor Statistician (1)
- Formal Private Sector Labor Statistician (1)
- Informal Private Sector Labor Statistician (1)
Demographic, Social Statistics & Surveys Team (7):
- Team Leader (1)
- Health Statistician (1)
- Primary and Secondary Education Statistician (1)
- Vocational, Technician and Tertiary Education Statistician (1)
- Household Surveys & POverty Statistician (2)
- Government Program Monitoring Statistician (1)
Director of DSS
Mr. Michel NDAKIZE RUGAMBWA is the Director of Social and Demographic Statistics Unit (DSS) from January 2014 where he has been entrusted with managing Social and Demographic Statistics Department (DSS) which is responsible for collecting data and/or producing statistics in a wide range of areas such as Education, Health, Gender, Labour, and Vital Statiatistics.
He is a holder of a bachelor’s degree in Demography, postgraduate Diploma in Demography from Cairo Demographic Center and a Master’s degree (M.A.) in Population Studies.
Previously, he was the Team Leader in charge of Vital Statistics and Crosscutting Social Statistics sub-unit from January 2011 to January 2013 at NISR.
He has held different posts from different organization’s including Assistant Lecturer at Kigali Independent University (ULK) department of Demography, and Secretary of Social Sciences Faculty from 2005-2006.