The GCC Committee for Unified Register-Based Census 2020 held on Thursday April 18, 2019 its seventh meeting in the Statistical Center for the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC-Stat) in Muscat. The meeting was chaired by Omar Ismaili Director General of the E-census 2020.

This meeting aimed at reviewing the preparations and progress made by the GCC states towards the project implementation and its milestones. Representatives of the member states gave an overview of the project's status in their countries, including the measures taken to finalise the preparation phase, methodologies to achieve the main objectives and the reference date of E-Census 2020. Furthermore, the committee followed up on the recommendations of the Committee's sixth meeting and those of the GCC Standing Committee of Population and Social Statistics' sixth meeting related to the Unified Register-Based Census 2020.

The GCC-Stat organised this meeting to complement the efforts made by the Statistical Centers of the GCC states to develop their programmes, work mechanisms and cooperation with the Center.