facilitating access to international statistics daniel o‘donnell, destatis

FACILITATING ACCESS TO INTERNATIONAL STATISTICSDANIEL O‘DONNELL, DESTATIS

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Overview of presentation Initial situation and reasons for new strategy Key principles of new dissemination strategy Technical problems and solutions New international platform for international

data Further improvements Discussion points


The outset: Reasons for new strategy International data dissemination very static

Move from printed to online output Limited resources: From 14 to 4 Analysis of status quo Users in need of more guidance No German language platform available


Dissemination before 2007 International Yearbook: 400 pages Information hotline Many database subscriptions Country profiles Static key figures online No press releases or other publications


New dissemination strategy Online first Basic product portfolio Help users to help themselves International sources top priority Continuation where possible and worthwhile Automation of processes Integration into existing systems


Technical problems and solutions Wide variety of data sources

Databases very heterogeneous Updating data needs to be easy Data to be published in variety of products

Standardisation of all data Creation of one central database for all

dissemination channels


New web portal for international data Targets first-time and experienced users

Simple structure: data by theme, countryand institution

Plus publications, contact to hotline etc


Data by country Almost 50 key indicators For all sovereign states (UN status) Links to NSI website Country profiles where available


Data by theme Theme structure in line with Eurostat Key indicators by theme Plus tables published in yearbook Statistical links by theme News updates


Data by institution Background info Details of databases Links to databases


Further improvements and plans Latest improvement: website in English Website: Time series, Visualisation Use central database for more products Country profiles at the push of a button


Discussion: Managing communication International databases increasingly free

of charge and offering wider range of data:Is the need to guide users decreasing?

Language aspect: Is English sufficient? How do other NSIs disseminate intl data? Does website really cater to all users? Closer co-operation amongst NSIs possible?


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facilitating access to international statistics daniel o‘donnell, destatis

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