1. Experience of a Local Coordinator
Maria Kiomall
National Statistics Office MALTA
National Statistics Office
Lascaris
Valletta CMR 02
Tel:
Fax:

2. Introduction National Statistics Office Government IT Infrastructure
MITTS Ltd. Organization
MITTS and NSO
Role of Local Coordinator
Migration Process
Data Transmission Approach
Tool Usage
Way Forward
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3. National Statistics Office (NSO)
Independent Authority
Only 1 Statistical Institute
Approx. 140 employees
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4. Malta Government Network
(MAGNET)
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5. MAGNET - Connected Sites
59 Government Ministries and Departments
74 Local Councils
21 Social Services District Offices
112 Government Schools
13 Health Centres
24 Police Stations
25 Embassies
133 Departments and other Public Entities
300 Home Users
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6. MAGNET Private Network Totally dedicated for Government use
Over 11,000 users Nation wide
Managed solely by MITTS Ltd.
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7. MITTS Ltd. Organization
Malta Information Technology and Training Services Limited
Mission:
"To be a leading centre of excellence in the provision of cost effective and integrated information systems to Government using state of the art technologies, practices and methodologies in line with Government strategic directions"
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8. MITTS - Services Networking Internet and Mail Services
Project Management
Software Development
Support and Maintenance
Quality Assurance
Consultancy
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9. MITTS and NSO
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10. Role of Local Coordinator
Administration of Tools
Installations
Migrations
Testing
Demonstrations
Day to Day Activities
Monitor Transmissions
Manage User Accounts
Provide Support to Users
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11. Migration - Stadium to eDAMIS
Parallel Migration Strategy
Phased over a period of 1 month
Fully operational in production since April 2006
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12. Migration - Stadium to eDAMIS
Straight-Forward process 
Support from Eurostat Helpdesk 
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13. Data Transmission Approach
Physically Centralised
Only 1 eWA installation
Stored on 1 server at NSO
Usage is Decentralized
Average of 1 to 2 persons in each Unit at NSO
16 users in total
User accounts in CIRCA format
Additional user from Dissemination Unit as backup
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14. Tool Usage eWA 2.0c (in production in all domains)
Ediflow (reporting by dissemination unit)
Genedi (gesmes conversion)
(last resort)
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15. Way Forward Install eWA 2.3 Use Portal in Future
Run as a Windows Service
Use Portal in Future
Offsite Data Transmission
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16. Any Questions?
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