UNSD – DFID project: Future plans until Jan 2015

Improving the collation, availability and dissemination of development indicators (including the MDGs)

Control of the dissemination process, i.e.

ability to easily receive updates and

publish development

indicators

Motivation to maintain the

process

Capacity and resources to maintain the

process

Organisation of the data in the database

repository

Availability of reference

metadata in a handbook/repository/other

Relationship with internal

data providers, i.e.

within your office

Relationship with external

data providers, i.e. outside your

office in other Government organisations

Relationship with data

users

Data and mapping follow-up

International workshops

• All project countries are invited to the 4th workshop

• This will take place in Phnom Penh, 21 – 25 Apr

• Aim is to resolve data & mapping issues and assist in the general use of technology

• Further activities at the international level are being planned…

Metadata & discrepancy follow-up

Metadata follow-up

• Establish full metadata exchange with all countries (either through SDMX/ handbook).

- Once a first draft of the metadata handbook / document is complete, …

- Continue to conduct follow-up events on metadata in project countries with participants from across National Statistical System (NSS)

- Continuous process, shouldn’t stop with publication of a handbook

feedback loop

s

Step 1: Review of country data and metadata

Review match with intl. series

Step 2: Classify series as “exact”, “consistent” or “discrepant”

Step 3: Review metadata of “consistent” and “discrepant” series for explanations

Step 4: Prepare report on explanations for country/ intl. agency

National Statistical Office

National Registry

Publish & register new data and metadata

Notification & download

Upload, publish & visualise

NSO to review and feedback in new

data and metadata

Indicator expansion

• Expand the number of indicators (including non-MDGs), time series and observations exchanged with existing countries.

• This takes significant time (update DSD) will work closely with interested countries (i.e. Palestine, Thailand and Viet Nam)

Complete software development & upgrade

Software

• 1 remaining local country installations need to be upgraded to version 7

• An installer package is final piece of development under the software and will be used whenever a country wishes to update their software

Advocacy & awareness raising

Raising awareness• Planning of further launch events in country (where appropriate)

• Project will continue to assist NSO to make project outputs relevant and useful to key users (i.e. Ministry of Planning/ Finance) and promote this approach.

Installments from the MoU

MoU Installments• New UN accounting rules require more frequent

expenditure reporting

• There is an expectation from UN/DESA finance certain documentation are provided;

- Signed set of accounts for current expenditure AND forecast expenditure

- These should mirror budget lines agreed in MoU and reported in local currency AND USD.

- MoU provided estimates, so expenditure should be ‘in-line’ but not exact to those estimates

- Important to notify of any change to bank account

Evaluation

Evaluation• Independent contractor chosen by UNSD and DFID

• 4 countries chosen for visit to conduct specific case study

• Start Summer to Autumn 2014

• Used to guide a future project

Thank you for your attention

http://unstats.un.org

Sources of further reference:

http://data.un.org

http://data.un.org/countrydata