2. 26 January 2016CountrySTAT Training for the Philippines Introduction to FAOSTAT and CountrySTAT 1 Overview of the FAOSTAT and CountrySTAT Candido J. Astrologo, Jr. OIC-Director, National Statistical Information Center National Statistical Coordination Board

3. 26 January 2016CountrySTAT Training for the Philippines Introduction to FAOSTAT and CountrySTAT 2 The FAOSTAT Objective “provide an integrated information resource base with current, relevant and reliable statistics, information and knowledge made accessible to all FAO clients” 1990’s State-of-the art software, tools and statistical methodology 2000’s FAOStat 2 modernization improvement Technical and functional limitations

4. 26 January 2016CountrySTAT Training for the Philippines Introduction to FAOSTAT and CountrySTAT 3 The FAOSTAT Objectives modernization and improvement of the FAOSTAT seeks to provide better access to data ensure that the data is of consistently high quality enhance data dissemination mechanisms Components statistical frameworks coordinating mechanisms data collection, processing, organization and dissemination Project 2

5. 26 January 2016CountrySTAT Training for the Philippines Introduction to FAOSTAT and CountrySTAT 4 The FAOSTAT Statistical Framework Food Accounts Resource Account Economic Account Price Account Metadata concepts and definitions sources methodology in collection contact information Project 2

6. 26 January 2016CountrySTAT Training for the Philippines Introduction to FAOSTAT and CountrySTAT 5 The FAOSTAT Core Statistical Framework

7. 26 January 2016CountrySTAT Training for the Philippines Introduction to FAOSTAT and CountrySTAT 6 The FAOSTAT Project 2 Data Flow and Monitoring

8. 26 January 2016CountrySTAT Training for the Philippines Introduction to FAOSTAT and CountrySTAT 7 pilot project launched by FAOSTAT a country-appropriate version of FAOSTAT2 a complementary system to FAOSTAT; outputs from CountrySTAT are designed to load easily into FAOSTAT allows countries to develop and implement a statistical information system relevant to their specific agricultural situations The CountrySTAT

9. 26 January 2016CountrySTAT Training for the Philippines Introduction to FAOSTAT and CountrySTAT 8 provide countries with methodologies, standards and tools for compiling, verifying, validating, organizing, analyzing and disseminating their national data related to agriculture and food build capacity for countries (coordination, harmonization and dissemination) facilitate data use by policy makers and researchers Capacity Building Data Exchange Data Use The CountrySTAT Objectives

10. 26 January 2016CountrySTAT Training for the Philippines Introduction to FAOSTAT and CountrySTAT 9 based on the FAOSTAT framework in such a way that the two will be able to interact The CountrySTAT Framework Food Accounts (Production, Trade, Population, Food Security) Resource Accounts (Inputs and Production) Economic Accounts (Inputs, Production) Price Accounts (Input, Output, Trade)

11. 26 January 2016CountrySTAT Training for the Philippines Introduction to FAOSTAT and CountrySTAT 10 The CountrySTAT Categories of Statistical Information Core on items with national and international (FAO) relevance CountrySTAT Data Subnational related data on items with subnational relevance Linked data on items outside the relevant scope and immediate responsibility of national statistical bureaus. Linked metadata on national and international codes and classification systems.

12. 26 January 2016CountrySTAT Training for the Philippines Introduction to FAOSTAT and CountrySTAT 11 GENDER MODULE The CountrySTAT Components

13. 26 January 2016CountrySTAT Training for the Philippines Introduction to FAOSTAT and CountrySTAT 12 The CountrySTAT Structure

14. 26 January 2016CountrySTAT Training for the Philippines Introduction to FAOSTAT and CountrySTAT 13 The CountrySTAT Modules Functional modules Inputs (collection of data) Management (processing of data) Outputs (Dissemination) A metadata repository with links to individual data items will support and integrate with the three functional modules. Thematic modules tailored thematic modules as required for national policy or research. modules will select data from various sources and combine them to analyze a particular theme or area, e.g., drought, food security, blights and pests, a given administrative or geographical district, nutrition, etc.

15. 26 January 2016CountrySTAT Training for the Philippines Introduction to FAOSTAT and CountrySTAT 14 The CountrySTAT Relation to FAOSTAT data from CountrySTAT will be transfered into FAOSTAT country contributions to international agriculture and food statistics will arrive from only one source CountrySTAT will initiate quality control steps at the country level benefits derived from improved national statistical systems will be conveyed to FAOSTAT in the form of high quality data contributions from those countries Feedback from pilot countries will also provide valuable indications to FAOSTAT on how to proceed in the development of its systems.

16. 26 January 2016CountrySTAT Training for the Philippines Introduction to FAOSTAT and CountrySTAT 15 The CountrySTAT Technology Goals to develop an application that is easily manageable by non-professional IT staff and which does not require any programming skills to maintain. Easily manageable Portable Not dependent on expensive, specialized software Multilingual Rapid population of data

17. 26 January 2016CountrySTAT Training for the Philippines Introduction to FAOSTAT and CountrySTAT 16 The CountrySTAT Technology Pilot Application PC-Axis as a core statistical publication tool building around and customizing the px-web application has been used for several years in many countries with good results not dependent on databases in any way written in ASP 3.0; can be hosted by variety of Web servers uses structured text documents, called px-files, which are easy and straightforward to structure FAOSTAT data into it a ready-made Windows application (PC-Axis) is available, at no extra cost, to view and analyze data can generate multi-format file types various creation, management and maintenance tools have been developed

18. 26 January 2016CountrySTAT Training for the Philippines Introduction to FAOSTAT and CountrySTAT 17 The CountrySTAT Pilot Initiatives Pilot Countries Kyrgyz Republic (National Statistical Committee) 14 March 2005 Kenya (Central Bureau of Statistics) 22 April 2005 Ghana (Statistical Service) 21 July 2005 Pilot National Statistical Offices Philippines (NSCB, BAS, NSO, BLES, SRTC, PSA)