1. Building Country Capacity to Maintain a Central Repository of Data 13-15 March 2007, Amman, Jordan Database Content Review Manar Soliman, UNICEF Rajesh Sharma, DevInfo Support Group Workshop on Building Country Capacity to Maintain a Central Repository of Data Amman 13 – 15 March 2007

2. Building Country Capacity to Maintain a Central Repository of Data 13-15 March 2007, Amman, Jordan Data quality procedures During data collection: Conduct a data inventory of all available data sources for the list of indicators to be included in the DB and ensure reliable, recongnised sources and archive source documents for ready reference Collect recent data to report on MDG indicators Collect data for multiple years to produce time series Collect data for all possible geographical areas and subgroups During data entry: Enter metadata for each users defined indicators & sources Sources names to follow the DI 5.0 format Verify data values, time periods & sources against original sources Do not include formulas in data values in spreadsheets Verify area ids with their relevant area names and avoid duplication/mismatch Check consistency of data values within time series, geographical areas and subgroups) Check consistency of source names with DI standards/within the same source to avoid duplication and spell checking

3. Building Country Capacity to Maintain a Central Repository of Data 13-15 March 2007, Amman, Jordan No metadata for MDG indicators*

4. Building Country Capacity to Maintain a Central Repository of Data 13-15 March 2007, Amman, Jordan No metadata for users defined indicators & sources

5. Building Country Capacity to Maintain a Central Repository of Data 13-15 March 2007, Amman, Jordan Inconsistency within time series

6. Building Country Capacity to Maintain a Central Repository of Data 13-15 March 2007, Amman, Jordan Inconsistency within subgroups

7. Building Country Capacity to Maintain a Central Repository of Data 13-15 March 2007, Amman, Jordan Time periods in different format Preferably to enter the school year for education indicators

8. Building Country Capacity to Maintain a Central Repository of Data 13-15 March 2007, Amman, Jordan National DBs contain international data

9. Building Country Capacity to Maintain a Central Repository of Data 13-15 March 2007, Amman, Jordan Inconsistency in defining sources

10. Building Country Capacity to Maintain a Central Repository of Data 13-15 March 2007, Amman, Jordan No time series*

11. Building Country Capacity to Maintain a Central Repository of Data 13-15 March 2007, Amman, Jordan Projected data values for 2015

12. Building Country Capacity to Maintain a Central Repository of Data 13-15 March 2007, Amman, Jordan No recent data for MDG indicators

13. Building Country Capacity to Maintain a Central Repository of Data 13-15 March 2007, Amman, Jordan Data gaps in geographical coverage

14. Building Country Capacity to Maintain a Central Repository of Data 13-15 March 2007, Amman, Jordan