النظام االحصائي الوطني

Better Statistics .. Better Decisions .. Better Life

املركز الوطني لإلحصاءسفيان البرغوثي

أول خبير احصائي 2014

Presentation Route Map

Overview.

Role of FCSA in NSS

Types of Statistical System.

Strengthening NSS (Things to do).

Conclusions

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What are official statistics?

Official statistics are all statistics produced by government departments and specified according to UAE related laws (Federal and Local level).

UN standards:

The United Nations Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics provides the basic framework for official statistics in member countries.

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Determinants of official statistics

• Not all statistics are defined as Official

• Statistics are defined as Official if they are:

1. Produced by the government/ related entity

2. sustainable

3. relevant, and,

4. meet certain quality standards

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Professional

PRODUCERSINNOVATIVE

Official STATs

COMMUNICATED

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ACCECABILE

Efficient

Relevant USERSQuality

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Official Statistics are used for a variety of purposes:

• Measure population characteristics, environmental issues, the pulse of the economy thus allowing one to make comparisons with the past, with other countries and set benchmarks for the future. They provide a meaningful description of the society and development.

• Facilitate the decision making processes of businesses and individuals. Businesses make investment and employment decisions on the basis of Official Statistics. They support decision making processes by the wider community.

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Official Statistics are used for a variety of purposes:

• Policy formulation, implementation and

evaluation by the Government

• Resource allocation and targeting – statistics

helps in identifying people and regions in need

and allow authorities to make and implement

timely interventions.

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What is the Official Statistics System?

“The government-wide system of policies,

practices, processes, underlying data sources,

and people that are involved in producing and

disseminating official statistics”.

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A system is defined by the elements constituting it

The nature of the system is defined by the relations

between these elements

The core statistical systems consist of all the

statistics producing entities (independent units)

The wider system also includes the data providers

and the users

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In collaborative systems the elements work

together on the basis of consensus and equal

basis.

In a hierarchical system one organization basically

sets most of the rules

Most statistical systems are a mixture of these

two types

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National Statistical systems can be:

• Part of central government

• Organization varies, but even when

centralized may involve several agencies

National Statistical System have a dual role:

• To serve the needs of government

• To provide information to the public

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In general the structure includes:

1. National Statistical Agency.

2. Line ministries.

3. Regional and local offices..

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• No statistical system is entirely centralized or decentralized (international experience).

• In the broad spectrum from ‘totally centralized’ to ‘totally decentralized’, some statistical organizations may find themselves either near the centralized end (Canada, Netherlands, Australia), or near the decentralized end (USA, Japan).

• But many are somewhere in between in between.

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• Even in highly centralized statistical systems

the Central Bank and line ministries usually

play some role in the production of official

statistics.

• However, many statistical systems are highly

dominated by a ‘single institution’. Driver

or the Heart of the system!

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‘SINGLE INSTITUTION STATISTICAL SYSTEM’

‘A system with one department within the Government to organize and operate a scheme of coordinated social and economic statistics pertaining to the whole country.

This department collects, compiles and publishes statistical information and, in addition, collaborates with other departments of Government in the compilation of administrative and specialized statistics’.

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There are several types of decentralized SS:

• A statistical system decentralized by subject, with a coordination authority.

• A statistical system decentralized by subject with no central control or coordination.

• A statistical system decentralized by subject with minimal control or coordination.

INPUTS(Resources,

Raw inputs)

Multiple Sources

PROCCESSES

Data Integration

OUTPUTS(Products,

Services)!!!??

Multiple Purposes

Phase 1

Common needs

assessmentPhase 2

Common design

Phase 3

Common build

Phase 4

Common collection

Phase 5

Common processing

Phase 6

Common analysis

Phase 7

Common dissemination

Phase 8

Common evaluation

Input data

Input data

Disseminated

data

New Public Service:

Cloud Computing

New Production factor:

Big data

New Infrastructure

Internet Networks

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• Its some how as “ Statistical industrialization”

• A response to strategic challenges and opportunities due to:

1. Data deluge: Big Data, open data ….

2. Competition: NSOs are not the only players in the market!

3. Changing needs and rising expectations from users.

4. Government expect efficiency (“do more with less”)

Institutional arrangements; Partners & stakeholders

Institutional setting

Management and internal policy (roles and responsibilities map)

Information, Communication Technology (ICT) (connectivity)

Standards and methodsStatistical

infrastructure

Data collection

Data processing

Data integration

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Conclusions: TowardIntegrated National Statistical System

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Improving Institutional Coordination:

• Enhancing the integration and access to data between NSS components and partners,

• Strengthening the information system and institutional framework to support a modern and efficient statistical system; SDMX, GDDS, Open data, NSDP, DATA ATLAS

• Start, work, and improve by cooperation

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Improving Operational Level of NSS:

• Developing an efficient information management system.

• Development and Implementation of an operational framework (FEDNET, STAT NET …;

• Incorporating Big Data and Open Data initiatives as a new developments in statistical and information new age.

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Modernization of Organizational Modules:

• Strengthening the statistical capacity of the NS components on the national level.

• Reinforce its role on the regional and international level by joining experts groups.

• Strengthening the Legal framework to insure the access, use and reuse of data, and maintain the confidentiality and data security.

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Finally;

If we succeed in meeting the mentioned homework

We may be ready to initiate an orchestrated Modernized system

Users

can UPGRADE Statistics

Thanks 4 All

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A basic framework for the initiating and organizing statistical organizations is defined in:

UN Manual for organizing statistical offices version 4

Disseminated in 2004 by UNSD

The Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics(adopted by the United Nations Statistical Commission in

April 1994); and

The Principles Governing International Statistical Activities

(endorsed by the Committee for Coordination of Statistical Activities in September 2005).

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Information on National Statistical Systems

http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/inter-natlinks/sd_natstat.asp

How the National Statistics System Impacts on Service Delivery, Service Delivery Review, Volume 1, No 3, 2002. South Africa

http://www.dpsa.gov.za/documents/service_delivery_review/vol1no3/how%20the%20national%20statistics%20system%20impacts%20on%20service%20delivery.pdf

Paris21: Why Governments need good statistics?http://www.paris21.org/documents/why-governments-need-good-statistics.pdf

National Strategies for the Development of Statistics and their Expected Impact on Agricultural and Rural Statistics. Mr. Graham Eele, World Bank, United Kingdom

http://www.nass.usda.gov/mexsai/Papers/strategiesp.doc

National Strategy for the Development of Statistics, Paris21, Documents and Knowledge base

http://www.paris21.org/pages/designing-nsds/NSDS-documents-knowledge-base/index.asp?orderby=e&orderin=1&tab=KnowledgeBase&option=doc