Data Management for Censuses and Surveys

at National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning

By: Mr.Meng Kimhor DDG, NIS/MoP Cambodia

Meetings on the Management of Statistical Information Systems (MSIS), Manila, Philippines, 14-16 April 2014

Contents

• Introduction• Objective• Current Situation • Conclusion

Introduction

• The National Institute of Statistics (NIS), within the Ministry of Planning, is the focal point on statistical matters in Cambodia

• Cambodia has a decentralized statistical structure• According to the Statistics Law, NIS conducts three

types of censuses and various surveys• Funding support from RGC and donors• Data from censuses and surveys has been safely

stored in different places and devices

Objective

• The main objective of this presentation is to explore the Data Management situation for censuses and surveys managed by the National Institute of Statistics (NIS), Ministry of Planning (MoP)

Overview

• Development of NIS• Role and responsibilities • Data Management

– Data storage– Data processing– Data dissemination

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Development of NIS

• NIS further strengthened its authority upon the enactment of the Statistics Law in 2005

• A 2007 sub-decree defines the organization and functions of the National Statistical System (NSS), including the establishment of a Statistics Advisory Council (SAC) and Statistics Coordination Committee (SCC)

• The September 2007 Statistical Master Plan provides multi-annual programs and prioritizes statistical activities within the whole NSS

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Roles and Responsibilities (1)• NIS is the official national statistical institution and is the

Directorate General within MOP (Art. 17 of Statistics Law) • NIS is responsible for (Art. 11 of Statistics Law):

– Conducting censuses (Population, Agriculture, Economic)– Conducting surveys to collect basic statistics (Cambodia

Socio-economic survey (CSES), demographic and health survey (DHS), demographic surveys, labor force surveys, etc.)

– Utilizing administrative data sources– Compiling national accounts and price indices, as well as

collecting economic, environmental and socio-demographic indicators

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• Under Article 14 of the Statistics Law, the NIS has to establish: - Coordination in activities of statistical development, including

training with line ministries and institutions- Making official statistical policies in establishing an integrated NSS- Cooperative arrangements in statistical activities with

international organizations and other national statistical offices- National statistical standards (classifications, concepts, definitions

and statistical units), so as to avoid confusion on the part of data users and any duplication of official statistical data on the part of data producers

Roles and Responsibilities (2)

Organization chart

Data Storage

System flow for data processing

Data Dissemination

• Hard copy reports• Seminars and workshops• Electronic products

Challenges

• Limited funds• Difficulty in keeping staff from working outside

NIS• Different staff members managing the data

processing operation based on the project• Different software used for processing data based

on the project• The capacity of staff who have IT skills is limited

and some staff are working in IT with no IT skills

Conclusion

• Three types of censuses and various surveys have been conducted based on the statistics law such as a Population Census, Economic Census and Agriculture Census; surveys include the CIPS, CDHS, Socio-Economic Survey, etc.

• However, NIS still faces some problems such as the low skills of staff in IT, low salary for keeping staff to work longer, and donors reducing support for projects (which is required because the government provides limited funding support)

Thank you!