Thursday, July 02, 2015
CountrySTAT / FENIX
Implementation of the CountrySTAT in Afghanistan and presentation of the new
prototype
Stocktaking and Lessons Learnt from the Implementation of CountrySTAT for the ECO Countries
25 – 26 June 2015 FAO HQ, Rome, Italy
Stefania Bacci, FAO Statistician Fabio Grita, System support officer, FAO
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2012 Start of the project
2013 Panorama Report 1
2013 Establishment of the CountrySTAT-Afghanistan website
2014 Study tour of two government representatives in Bhutan
2014-2015 Three National Training Workshops in Afghanistan
Different backstopping missions of FAO-HQ
Constant remote help-desk assistance in collaboration with FAO-Afghanistan and the ECO Secretariat
Official launch ceremony of CountrySTAT-Afghanistan on the 11th of March 2015
Main achievements
2013-2014 Two Regional Trainings (basic and advanced) in collaboration with the ECO Secretariat
National Technical
Working Group
National Secretariat
FAO-HQ FAO-AFG
ECO Secretariat
Plan activities Manage resources Update Web site Coordinate TWG
TWG Meetings harmonize and validate data for dissemination
Coordinate, liaise and support services
Institutional framework in Afghanistan
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Composition of the TWG in Afghanistan
Several departments of the Central
Statistics Organization (CSO)
Ministry of Public Health (HMIS)
Ministry of Agriculture Irrigation and
Livestock (MAIL)
Kabul Municipality Afghan Geodesy and
Cartography Head Office (AGCHO)
Ministry of Commerce & Industries
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Main Tangible Results
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Socio-demographic Poverty and Hunger Economic Trade Land and Inputs Production quantity of major agricultural national commodities
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Were we are now
Government ownership
Established technologies for
data management and dissemination
National team able to
autonomously maintain the
system
Introduced new data management
methods
Data distributed on the web as
public good
Strengthened inter-
governmental collaboration
Moving Forward
Capitalize on the established capacity and hand over full responsibility to the Government of Afghanistan for the maintenance and future design of the CountrySTAT application
Implementation Strategy
Demand-driven approach, supported by a flexible and modular technology Adopt the Open Data concept and methods to enhance information sharing and benefit from the availability of data from different sources Broaden the scope of CountrySTAT to support data collection and management (not just data dissemination) Ensure relevance of CountrySTAT data and tools for the organization managing the system (owner)
Main Features of the New CountrySTAT
Based on Open Source software; no licensing constraints and full redistribution rights Ability to handle different type of data (tables, GIS data, text, etc.) Data search engine based on metadata Enhanced data sharing capacities (through web services - APIs) Ability to add/remove functionalities and applications (based on a Service-Oriented Architecture - SOA) Advanced analytical capacities (e.g. using R statistical package)