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Dissemination Policy for OECD Statistics. Present platforms. The Statistics Portal www.oecd.org/statistics Freely available Limited datasets (“10%”) Mixed formats SourceOECD Subscription service Free at point of access Analytical publications and Beyond 20/20 databases OLIS
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Present platforms • The Statistics Portal www.oecd.org/statistics • Freely available • Limited datasets (“10%”) • Mixed formats • SourceOECD • Subscription service • Free at point of access • Analytical publications and Beyond 20/20 databases • OLIS • Extranet for government officials • Free access to statistics data warehouse OECD.Stat • Free access to all publications
Some trends • Revenues €4.5 million / year • Printed statistical publications still in demand • Cross-domain products: OECD Factbook, Country Statistical Profiles • StatLink: URL to Excel tables
Access to OECD.Stat • OECD.Stat contains national accounts, education, health, ..... • Is free for partners of OECD via OLIS • Statistical offices are partners • WPNA delegates can access freely • YOU have been given a logon
New Opportunities thanks to SIS • Immense integrated statistical information bank OECD.Stat • Data and metadata can be combined and used over and over again, for innumerable outputs • Horizontal products covering various subject matters can be developed at a reasonable cost • Provided data and metadata are properly organised
SIS benefits • Quality • Harmonisation of concepts • Improved statistical metadata • Coherence of data and metadata across datasets • Dynamic updating • SDMX • User friendliness • One-stop database • Combine data across themes • Alternative outputs for different audiences • Internal Efficiency
Access to OECD.Stat • full potential of OECD.Stat has not been explored • access to the data warehouse restricted • OECD officials • government officials through OLIS • a few datasets on the Internet • January-September 725,000 downloads • of which 690,000Internet use
Three new services • OECD Statistics • horizontal access to all databases and vertical access within each database • targeted at users who have skill and time • OECD Core Data • key ready-made tables and sub-sets • 500-1000 tables and sub-sets • targeted at expert users and informed lay users • OECD Figures & Facts • simple tables with commentary. • targeted at journalists, managers, officials and others new to international statistics
Access to metadata • together with data in OECD.Stat • attachment levels • independently and freely on www • MetaStore • “Google for numbers” • easy to find • deep descriptions
Access principles • Core Data freely available to all via Statistics Portal and SourceOECD • Access to complete databases granted to all requesting individuals on a time-limited basis • Access to complete databases and e-books should be affordable for institutions • Access for those who pay supported by training and other added-value services • Access should be as local to users as possible, not just from OECD’s own websites
Tour Europe The End
the following slides are screen-shots that can be shown if Internet or OLIS doesn’t work