1. United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Statistical Division Main Conclusions of the Training Workshop on Disseminating MDG Indicators and Statistical Information Astana, Kazakhstan, 23-25 November 2009 Petteri Baer, Regional Adviser, UNECE

2. Petteri Baer - UNECE Statistical Division Slide 225.11.2009 Organizations represented in this Expert Group Meeting  The National Statistical Institutes of Armenia (2) Azerbaijan (2), Kazakhstan(10), Moldova (1), Mongolia (2), Russian Federation (2), Tajikistan (2), Ukraine (2) and Uzbekistan (2)  As Resource persons providing presentations Petteri Baer and Steven Vale from UNECE And additionally Azer Ahmedov, Lilia Racu and Dinara Zhandaeva

3. Petteri Baer - UNECE Statistical Division Slide 325.11.2009 Outcome of the Training Workshop  We have all learnt a great lot about Dissemination and marketing of MDG Indicators and statistical information as a strategic challenge Building relations with different user categories & building trust The importance of databases in the dissemination work – both externally and for providing good and rapid information services The importance of metadata & user friendliness Different software approaches for dissemination of statistical information The importance of customer databases and the challenges of good customer relation management

4. Petteri Baer - UNECE Statistical Division Slide 425.11.2009 Outcome of the Workshop (2)  We have also learned from each other new things about how to make the dissemination process more efficient  Steven Vale gave 6 and Petteri Baer 7 presentations  We had interesting case presentations from Azerbaijan Kazakhstan  …and especially from Moldova

5. Petteri Baer - UNECE Statistical Division Slide 525.11.2009 Outcome of the Workshop (3)  Cornerstones of efficient dissemination Good quality of the presented indicators  Together with good visual presentation  With sufficient metadata Proactive dissemination Easy accessibility Modern dissemination tools & databases All the factors are important at the same time!

6. Petteri Baer - UNECE Statistical Division Slide 625.11.2009 Production and dissemination has a strong link to Statistical Capacity Building  MDG indicators are a part of normal reporting of a comprehensive set of official statistics  Proactive dissemination issues and building relations to different user categories is today appreciated more than earlier  The production possibilities are in direct relation to the statistical capacity of the NSI and other producers of official statistics  The support of the international organizations is of great value to the national production of MDG indicators

7. Petteri Baer - UNECE Statistical Division Slide 725.11.2009 The facilities of this Expert Group Meeting  The venue of the meeting In the Headquarters building of Statistics Kazakhstan in Astana has been excellent  Modern facilities  2 + 1 cabinets for working groups  Good lunch & coffee/tea break service  A great thank to our Kazakh organizers, all involved staff members for good arrangements!  A great thank to the interpreters for good interpretation  Some problems with the translated slides; final slide material will be available on the UNECE web site

8. Petteri Baer - UNECE Statistical Division Slide 825.11.2009 Thank you all ;-)  A great thank to all participants for active participation in the discussions!  And remember: You cannot learn to swim if you don’t go into the water! Only used statistics is useful statistics