Transcript PPT

Outstanding issues with the
implementation of country data
exchange, Phnom Penh,
Cambodia
21 – 25 April 2014, Hotel Cambodiana
Lao PDR
Presented by: Vilaysook SISOULATH
Outlines
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Key achievements
Challenge and issues
Next steps
Propose to international organization
Key achievements
• Training workshop on SDMX and compiling metadata
of development indicators for LSB and line ministries
staffs;
• Develop metadata for some key indicators and produce
metadata handbook;
• Improve IT infrastructure (servers) to support the
project-data sharing and exchange;
• National data reparatory and national registry are in
place;
• Promote the use of LaoInfo and improved coordination
and collaboration with line ministries.
Challenges and issues
• Resource and capacity
– Lack of number of statistical staffs at line
ministries and LSB
– Limited knowledge on statistical skill , metadata,
database.
– Shortage of ICT infrastructure
– Lack of documentation on indicator, metadata,
methodology
– Limited of data available
Challenge and issues, conti
• Coordination
– Project committee members by high level staff in LSB, but
only technical staffs from other line ministries
– Unstable of focal point at line ministries
– Infrequent workshop and training for the line ministries'
focal persons
• Data mapping
– lack of work and documentation on indicators and
methodology standardization
– Different method between national and international (even
within international)
– Due to the lack of data available, so some other proxy
indicator were used
Challenge and issues, conti
• Database management
– Lack of IT specialist who particularly worked on
the database management
– Advance training on database management
in both DevInfo 7 and SDMX
Next step
• Conduct series workshop with line ministries
to improve the metadata handbook
• Continues strengthening the focal point
network at line ministries
• Strengthen the LaoInfo7 online for users
friendly such as database quality, data updates
regularly and localization user interface
• Study the feasibility on expanding new core
NSEDP indicators for sharing and publishing
thru national SDMX registry and UN website.
Propose to international organization
• Agree on international standards for MDG data
and metadata presentation
• Emphasize the importance of good metadata
• Continue to strengthen capacity for national
project team on metadata and database
management and presentation of statistics.
Thank you