Noumea, New Caledonia, 3 to 7 December, 2018 Workshop on populating labour market indicators and standardising microdata Noumea, New Caledonia, 3 to 7 December, 2018

Welcome to SPC

Round table introductions Experience with labour market statistics Experience using Stata One thing you hope to get out of this Workshop Something about yourself

Administrative matters

ILO opening remark

World Bank opening remark

Session 1: Setting the Scene

Partners The collaboration between ILO and SPC falls under the framework of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that was executed in October 2017. The MOU guides collaboration in: - Analysis of data from existing surveys and censuses to feed into labour market information systems; - Collection of labour market statistics, through surveys and censuses; - Strengthening the capacity of PICs to collect labour market data to provide timely, credible and internationally comparable labour statistics; and Compilation, documentation, and sharing of labour related microdata. RMI HIES experiment – new labour market module. WB/ILO/SPC collaboration.

Improving Data Dissemination and Use in Pacific Island Countries

Acknowledgement Project generously funded by the World Bank through the Trust Fund for Statistical Capacity Building.

Project: Improving Data Dissemination and Use in Pacific Island Countries In response to call for increased dissemination of quality development data: Curation for long-term preservation of Pacific development microdata Metadata documentation to improve data useability Publishing of metadata to increase data discoverability Establishment of transparent legal and governance frameworks Standardisation of microdata to facilitate longitudinal and spatial analysis Identify optimal approaches to sampling in small island states Build capacity of national statistical agencies in data documentation, standardisation and use, and in sampling methods

Three main components Establishing the Pacific Data Library (http://pdl.spc.int) Harmonisation of census and survey datasets (ex-post standardisation) New sampling strategy for PICTs

Component 1: Establishing the Pacific Data Library Legal framework Microdata inventory Acquisition of data and metadata Not transfer of ownership Establishment of policy and protocols data acquisition, evaluation, documentation, anonymization, cataloguing, dissemination, and preservation Setting up IT infrastructure Metadata documentation and dissemination Anonymization and preparation of public use files Citations database User engagement Capacity building Memorandum of Understanding Data Access Agreement Terms of Use

Component 2: Ex post microdata standardisation Workshops on standardisation Labour market; disability; education; consumption Identify common household and person variables for thematic analysis Training in microdata standardisation and analysis Creation of census subsets Harmonisation guidelines Household record Person record Labour market Income Education Consumption Health ICT, etc.

Component 3: A new sampling strategy for small island states Capacity building Identifying optimal sample design that accommodates varying data user needs HIES, DHS, MICS, disability, labour, agriculture Sampling guidelines

Workshop on populating labour market indicators and standardising microdata

Objectives Strengthen capacity (of PIC national statistical agencies and SPC) in the use of census and survey data to populate key labour market indicators, including SDGs; Strengthen capacity in data processing, classification and analysis of labour market data; Strengthen capacity to standardize microdata to publish derived labour market variables in ILOSTAT; Coordinate with ILO to plan to draft a comprehensive set of harmonization guidelines, including conforming to ILOSTAT variable naming and structural conventions; and Draft labour market brief/fact sheet to disseminate indicators for each participating PIC.

Outputs Strengthened capacity of the Pacific region to populate labour market indicators using census and survey microdata; Strengthened capacity of the Pacific region in data processing, classification and analysis of labour market data; Improved collection of labour market data through data use feedback; Population of indicators in ILOSTAT to reduce the gaps in the Pacific region; Knowledge generated to produce guidelines to harmonize labour market data to rapidly populate labour market information systems; and Dissemination of labour oriented knowledge products.

Agenda

Evening sessions (optional) Tuesday at 5.30pm: “The benefits of microdata standardisation” - Facilitator: Mike L Wednesday at 5.30pm: “Metadata documentation and data discovery” - Facilitator: Scott and Olivier M Friday at 4.30pm: “SPC’s Christmas Party” - Facilitator: Santa Clause

Thank you (and Group Photo)