United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Statistical Division

UNECE Experiences in Statistical Dissemination

Lidia Bratanova, Marlen Jigitekov and Steven Vale

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 24 April 2020 UNECE Statistical Division Slide 7

Statistical Data Production and Dissemination

Collect Process / Analyze Disseminate

Public users Data from various sources: - Internet - Databases - E-mail - CD-ROM - Publications SDMX Import CSV Import

Super Cube

Data storage in PC-Axis cube format PX-Web Web server Processing and formatting for some non-standard data Data processing applications: Data validation Editing Imputation Calculation of derived indicators Create / update PC-Axis data cubes PC-Axis SQL PC-Axis SQL Common Database

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

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