overviews on the concept of statistical system, its definition, components, role and future developments, migrating from classical design to a modern one, integrated, and efficient, and highly responsive to new demands.

1. ‫الوطني‬ ‫االحصائي‬ ‫النظام‬
Better Statistics .. Better Decisions .. Better Life
‫لإلحصاء‬ ‫الوطني‬‫املركز‬
‫البرغوثي‬ ‫سفيان‬
‫احصائي‬‫خبير‬‫ل‬‫أو‬
2014

2. 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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Professiona
l
PRODUCERSINNOVATIVE
Official
STATs
COMMUNICATED
and
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.

18. INPUTS
(Resources,
Raw inputs)
Multiple Sources
PROCCESSES
Data Integration
OUTPUTS
(Products,
Services)!!!??
Multiple Purposes

19. Phase 1
Common
needs
assessment
Phase 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

20. 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”)

22. Institutional arrangements; Partners & stakeholders
Institutional
setting
Management and internal policy (roles and responsibilities map)
Information, Communication Technology (ICT) (connectivity)
Standards and methods
Statistical
infrastructure
Data collection
Data processing
Data integration
Registers, frames Surveys
Inputs
FromPartners
Integrated
Statistics, accounts
Household and
demographic
statistics
Economic &
environmental
statisticsOutputs/
Dissemination
Statistical
operations

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Conclusions: Toward
Integrated 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

28. 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