Henri Laurencin Head, Development Statistics and Information Branch

1. Different websites for different users Henri LaurencinHead, Development Statistics and Information Branch Best practices in communicating statistics: Making statistics meaningful for users CCSA, Luxembourg, Thursday, 8 September 2011

2. Technical assistance UNCTAD statistics portfolio • Key activities of UNCTAD • Research, policy analysis and data collection • Forum for intergovernmental deliberations aimed at consensus building • UNCTAD statistics portfolio consists of maintaining a set of economic time series in compliance with UNCTAD mandate

3. Covering long period (preferably from 1970) Regularly updated and recent Continued series (no break) Data on all countries of the world including least developed countries Harmonized. Allowing the combination of series from various domains and the calculation of derived indicators A unique definition of countries across the database (geographical scope and dates validity) UNCTAD statistics portfolio

4. Interactions of UNCTAD statisticians with others Analysts and academics in countries Media and general public UNCTAD economists UNCTAD statisticians

5. Different websites for different users Analysts and academics in countries Media and general public Statistics portal on www.unctad.org UNCTAD economists Intrastat UNCTAD statistics Intranet UNCTAD statisticians DSIB Staff Portal

6. Website for UNCTAD statisticians • “DSIB1 Staff portal” • Provides access to the main resources needed by the statisticians to compile the statistical series that they are in charge of • Stimulates common and best practices • Shares information Open to statisticians from all divisions of UNCTAD 1 Development Statistics and Information Branch

11. Website for UNCTAD economists • IntraStat, UNCTAD Intranet Statistical Portal: • Provides access to the best statistical resources needed by the economists of the secretariat with the aim of improving the consistency and the quality of data and substantive analysis released by UNCTAD • Stimulates common and best practices • Shares and capitalizes information Open to all staff members of the UNCTAD secretariat

12. GlobStat: • designed for the research work of the secretariat • provides access to reference series that include data not released to the general public

13. Website for external users Who are our external users? • Academics • Administrations and missions • Media, NGOs … • How? • A statistics section on www.unctad.org • Most visited (after the home page) • One single dissemination platform of statistics: UNCTADstat Which statistics are released by UNCTAD? • A selection of the reference series prepared for the research work of the secretariat • Some estimates are not shown • Less disaggregated than the data released in GlobStat

14. Created in 2001

15. All UNCTAD’s statistical databases are harmonized and integrated into one single dissemination platform To be launched by the end of 2011 Launched in October 2010

16. Social media websites

17. Life beyond websitesInteractions types Two-way Helpdesk statistics@unctad.org Gathering feedback Pro-active Passive One-way

18. Life beyond websitesInteractions with users to get feedback • Internal • External Survey preceded the launch of Comparative analysis of 5 months

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