1. Regional Coordinators Meeting September 28-30, 2009 Washington DC Data Process, Management, and Transmission Chart, and Access Policy Nada Hamadeh Statistics Officer World Bank

2.  Provide a summary of the findings of the ICP 2005 Software Suite Evaluation  Propose a Data Process, Management and Transmission Chart  Discuss design requirements for the 2011 ICP Software Suite  Discuss the 2011 Data Access and Archive Policy in light of the changes introduced in ICP 2011 Objectives 2

3. Summary Findings of the ICP 2005 Software Suite Evaluation 3  Evaluation objective: To assess the relevance and performance of the ICP 2005 Software suite tools, to check the adequacy of the documentation, training and support provided, and to provide recommendations for software development and use in the ICP 2011.  Evaluation methodology: ◦ Checking the relevance, operation, and user-friendliness of the ICP 2005 Software suite ◦ Evaluating the supporting documentation ◦ Questionnaires to Regional Coordinators and countries ◦ Interviews with staff/ consultants from the ICP Global Office and IT specialists from DECDG  Responses: ◦ Responses were received from five regional coordinators from four regions: Asia, Africa, South America, and Western Asia, pl ◦ Out of fifty countries, responses were received from twenty-eight countries, eleven from Asia, eight from Africa, two from South America, and seven from Western Asia.

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8. Data Collection Tools for HHC Items Data Collection Tools for GFCF Data Collection Tool for Compensation National Accounts Tool Micro data Transfer Micro data Transfer Tool for Averaging and Validation Validated Micro data, Averages & Indicators Transfer Data and Metadata Submission (Prices and National Accounts) Expenditure data Transfer Central Module for Data & Metadata Mgmt and Archiving Data Collection Tool for Housing N.A. & Price Consistency Tool Regional Coordination Micro data Transfer Micro data Transfer Health Pharmaceut. Education

9. Region 1 Data Collection Tools for GFCF Data Collection Tool for Compensation National Accounts Tool Micro data Transfer Micro data Transfer Tool for Averaging and Validation Validated Micro data, Averages & Indicators Transfer Data and Metadata Submission (Prices and National Accounts) Expenditure data Transfer Central Module for Data & Metadata Mgmt and Archiving Data Collection Tool for Housing N.A. & Price Consistency Tool Regional Coordination Micro data Transfer Micro data Transfer Region 2 Region 3 Region 4 Region 5 Data Collection Tools for HHC Items + Health + Education + Pharmac.

10. Central Module for Data & Metadata Management and Archiving Country n Country 4Country 3 Country 2 Country 1 Data and Metadata Submission Tool for HHC Data Validation Tools for GFCF Data Validation Tool for Housing Data Validation Tool for Compensat ion Data Validation Prices Tool for Health Data Validation Tool for Education Data Validation Tool for National Accounts Data Validation National Accounts Tool for Field Prices & N.A. Prices Consistency Tool for Aggregation Tool for Reporting Processing & Reporting Data Transfer

11. Basic Requirements Matrix Bug-Free Planning Agreed Development Utilization Effective Timely Rapid Fast Design Modular Simple User-Friendly Easy to Install Thorough On Live Data Large Databases 2010 Pilot Surveys Regions Training Centers Realistic

12. Documentation Requirement Matrix Professional Translations On the Screen Messages Detailed ICP Technical System Developers Global Office Instructions Manuals System Developers Software set to minimize translation Country Modules Only Legible

13. Knowledge Requirement Matrix Training Technical Support Based on Strategy Knowledge Base / Archiving Efficient Based on Strategy Hotline Website Electronic Tool Global Office Regional Offices Global Office Regional Hubs Data Metadata Software Developers Global Office

15.  Starting point: 2005 Data Archive and Access Policy  Main changes from 2005: ◦ Data submission of Core List data from all ICP regions as well as Eurostat-OECD ◦ Archive of Core List specifications, data, and metadata ◦ Access to Core List data ◦ Increased focus on the submission and archive of metadata (country-specific and region-specific) Data Archive and Access Policy 15