UNECE Experiences in Statistical Dissemination

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UNECE Experiences in Statistical Dissemination

• Lidia Bratanova, Marlen Jigitekov and Steven Vale

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Overview

• Introduction
• General features
• Modernising statistical production
• The GSBPM and the modular approach
• Meeting user needs
• Future plans

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Introduction

• The UNECE has a long history of compiling
  statistics
• Database web dissemination started in 2006
• We use PC-Axis software tools
• We are currently re-engineering data production
  systems

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Other database outputs
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Modernising statistical production

• This is an important topic for many statistical
  organizations
• Important contributions have been made by CES
  expert groups, including
• Generic Statistical Business Process Model
• Tools to support shared software development
• The process-oriented approach is applied in UNECE
  database re-engineering

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Generic Statistical Business Process Model
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Database users

• Database downloads monitored using PC-Axis tools
• Database website hits monitored using
• Annual database user survey
• Results used to develop annual data quality
  improvement programmes

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Future plans

• Finish database re-engineering
• Add data on Millennium Development Goals
• Support activities of CES groups of experts
• Exchange of ideas and experiences
• Tools to facilitate statistical software sharing
• Information on implementing the GSBPM
• Technical support to CES countries in English and
  Russian

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Conclusions

• Data should be disseminated free of charge
• A simple, user-friendly interface is needed
• Dissemination tools should fit within a
  process-oriented business architecture
• PC-Axis meets these needs for UNECE