Update for the 4th Workshop, Building better dissemination systems UNSD – DFID project: Update for the 4th Workshop, Building better dissemination systems Improving the collation, availability and dissemination of development indicators (including the MDGs)

Progress to date As at 1 April 2014, the following activities are completed: 7 countries with MoUs still in place (4 payments still to be disbursed) 3 international workshops & 1 specialized training on XML/XSLT conducted 11 SDMX installation/ training missions 16 DSG consultancy missions (5 jointly with UNSD) 6 Metadata national workshops conducted 4 countries made study visits 2 launch events organised by country

Progress to date As at 1 April 2014, the following outputs are completed: All project countries feature in CountryData Over 400 indicators, almost 800 time series and over 4,500 observations exchanged 2 new “draft” metadata handbooks completed as well as 7 countries now share metadata Over 100 “core” indicators paired and the discrepancy explained for around 80% of those pairs

National Indicator Registry Dissemination model Line Ministries National Statistical Office United Nations Line Ministry Database National Repository DB Post notification DevInfo Upload Mapping tool Publish Scripts SDMX-ML XLS Download National Indicator Registry Register files

Identification of priority indicators 10 countries selected MDGs as starting point for the project; 1 country started with a set of mainly non-MDGs (Cambodia) And 3 countries (Palestine, Thailand & Viet Nam) looking to expand beyond MDGs

Central data repository (platform) Data repository status as of April 2014; Country Name Type Status Linked from main website Hosted Version Latest Data Burundi DevInfo Online Y DSG 6/7 2011 Cambodia Local 7 2012 Ghana 6 Lao PDR Liberia 2007 Morocco Other Offline N/A 2010 State of Palestine Rwanda Thailand StatXchange Uganda Viet Nam

Data exchange with line ministries National repository receiving data/ metadata from health/ education ministries as at April 2014, as follows: Number Burundi 2 Cambodia 1 Ghana Lao PDR Liberia Morocco State of Palestine Rwanda Thailand Uganda Viet Nam Total 14 Target (2014): 18

CountryData SDMX Data Exchange National Statistical Office National Repository DB CountryData Web Site 1. Publish 6. Publish and Visualize SDMX Dissemination Site CountryData DB International MDG DB 2. Register 5. Upload 4. Download National Registry 3. Notify CountryData Web Service

DevInfo Mapping tool Most of development under DevInfo software complete; Training workshops carried out in Bangkok, Addis Ababa and Nairobi with 11 project countries as well as in Casablanca (in collaboration with ESCWA). Give demonstration (if possible) 9

SDMX in DevInfo: 3 Steps Give demonstration (if possible) 10

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CountryData contains the number of MDGs as at April 2014, as follows: Outcome 2 MDGs on CountryData Country Actual Number "Potential" Number Percent complete Burundi 52 60 87% Cambodia 27 43 63% Ghana 10 36 28% Lao PDR 55 100% Liberia 17 40 43% Morocco 12 State of Palestine 30 32 94% Rwanda 34 44 77% Thailand 23 47 49% Uganda 24 67 36% Viet Nam 26 81% Total 310 499 62% Target (2014): 180

Metadata availability CountryData contains the number of MDGs as at April 2014, as follows: Output 2.2 "Core" MDG with metadata on CountryData Country Number of "Core" MDG reported to CountryData Number of "Core" MDG with metadata in CountryData Percentage of “core” MDG with metadata reported to CountryData Burundi 18 16 89 Cambodia 12 100 Ghana 3 Lao PDR 19 Liberia 9 Morocco 11 State of Palestine 10 Rwanda Thailand 2 20 Uganda 1 40 Viet Nam Total 125 44 32* * Each countries contribution to the Total is weighted by 1/11 (i.e. 0.09) Target (2014): 91%

Metadata availability 8 countries intend to share metadata through SDMX registry, 3 do fully (Burundi, Cambodia and Palestine), 2 partially (Thailand & Uganda) and 1 shared a draft handbook (Ghana) Of the 3 who will share via a handbook, only 1 has a draft complete (Lao PDR).

Discrepancy analysis “Core” discrepancy status as at April 2014: Output 3.1 "Core" MDG discrepancy explained on CountryData Country Number of "Core" MDG available in national repository Number of "Core" MDG reported to CountryData Number of "Core" MDG with a discrepancy explained in CountryData Percentage of “core” MDG reported to CountryData and discrepancy explained Burundi 18 16 94* Cambodia 12 100 Ghana 15 3 Lao PDR 19 13 68 Liberia 9 8 89 Morocco 11 82 State of Palestine 10 Rwanda 75 Thailand 17 80 Uganda 20 50 Viet Nam 1 27 Total 174 125 96 79** * No valid discrepancy comparison is possible for 1 indicators submitted by Burundi because data errors prevent a valid comparison being made. ** Each countries contribution to the Total is weighted by 1/11 (i.e. 0.09)   Target (2014): 91%

Thank you for your attention Sources of further reference: http://data.un.org/countrydata http://data.un.org http://unstats.un.org