About the Workshop

1. About the Workshop Patricia Anne R. San Buenaventura Statistical Standards Division Country Workshop on Access to New Data Sources for Official Statistics: Business Models for Big Data Crowne Plaza Manila Galleria, Ortigas Center, Quezon City 22 June2016

2. Outline of Presentation • Background • Big Data Country Workshop • Objectives of the Workshop • Expected Outcomes • Programme and Format • Workshop Consultants, Facilitators and Secretariat • Workshop Participants III. Announcements

3. I. Background • In its 47th Session on 8-11 March 2016, the United Nations Statistical Commission agreed on the Post-2015 Sustainable Development Agenda which defined: • 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); • 169 targets; and • 230 indicators • to end extreme poverty, fight inequality and injustice, and address climate change, among others. https://srasiaconference2015.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/sdgs_logos_banner.jpg

4. I. Background • For purposes of global and country monitoring of the progress of attainment of the SDGs and targets, the Inter-Agency Expert Group on SDG indicators (IAEG-SDG) was established in June 2015, and is co-chaired by the Philippines as represented by PSA National Statistician Dr. Lisa Grace S. Bersales.

5. I. Background On 23-24 October 2014, the Country Workshop-Philippines on Informing a Data Revolutionwas conducted in AIM Conference Center in Makati City. The said workshop resulted to the endorsement/adoption in principle of the Declaration of a Road Map for the Data Revolution by the Workshop members. On 21 November 2014, the PSA Executive Board approved a resolution endorsing the Declaration of a Road Map For The Data Revolution.

6. DATA REVOLUTION I. Background • not just about generating more data • providing the right data • to the right people • at the right time and • in the right format http://datarevolution.paris21.org/sites/default/files/Road_map_for_a_Country_led_Data_Revolution_web.pdf

7. SDGs I. Background Data Revolution Traditional Statistical Approaches New, innovative, Non-traditional data Studies have shown that electricity consumption, night time lights (from satellite imageries) and call details records as proxies to estimate poverty levels Studies on how big data can fill data gaps in the SDG framework are currently being explored Big data is a potentially rich source of information that can respond to the data requirements of countries adhering to the Agenda 2030 on Sustainable Development

8. II. Big Data Country Workshop Country Workshop on Access to New Data Sources for Official Statistics: Business Models for Big Data Organized by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) and Partnership in Statistics for Development in the 21st Century (PARIS21) A.1. General objectives • To explore the potential of harnessing data from non-traditional sources and players such as private companies for use in official statistics to contribute towards timely and regular monitoring of SDG indicators in the Philippines; • To serve as venue for private companies to understand their potential role in data sharing and exchange for the benefit of the citizenry as part of their corporate social responsibility; and • To advance discussion on the possible incentives, applicable business models, and protocols for engagement for future partnership between private companies and the national statistical system (through Public Private Partnership modalities) in relation to the use of big data for official statistics.

9. II. Big Data Country Workshop A.2. Specific Objectives • To review current practices in the Philippines on using alternative data sources, challenges and constraints, lessons learnt, and opportunities in using new data sources (e.g., telecom data, social media, sensors, credit card records, perception surveys, etc.) to enrich official statistics in a developing country setting; and • To discuss/examine aspects such as: • context of big data in a developing country perspective • availability and access to big data • privacy and confidentiality issue • ownership and sharing • regulation and partnership • Philippines’ sharing on what it already does(use of other sources of information (e.g., in SNA))

10. II. Big Data Country Workshop C. Expected outcomes • Documentation of practices, experiences, challenges and issues in using big data for official statistics in the Philippines • Learnings from good practices and practical applications of big data in other countries and international organizations • Recommendations in the use of big data for official statistics, specifically action forward to expand use of big data: • guidelines, principles/ethics, protocols on access and use of alternative data sources • appropriate business models • potential engagement and future partnership arrangement between statistical offices/systems and other providers and sources of data • areas to be improved in the national statistical system (i.e., institution, infrastructure, systems, resources, etc.) to leverage use of big data in official statistics

11. II. Big Data Country Workshop D.1. Programme of Activities

12. II. Big Data Country Workshop D.1. Programme of Activities

13. II. Big Data Country Workshop D.1. Programme of Activities

14. II. Big Data Country Workshop D.1. Programme of Activities

15. II. Big Data Country Workshop D.1. Programme of Activities

16. II. Big Data Country Workshop D.2. Format • Facilitator-led • Paper presentations • Plenary discussions (Session 1-2) • Roundtable discussion/workshop (Session 3) E.1. Workshop Consultants, Facilitators and Secretariat • Dr. Erniel B. BarriosFormer Dean, University of the Philippines School of Statistics • Mr. Nicco de Jesus President of the Marketing and Opinion Research Society of the Philippines, Inc. (MORES) • Ms.Lina V. Castro Former Interim National Statistician, PSA • University of the Philippines – Debate Society (Raconteurs) • PSA Standards Service (Secretariat; Documenters)

17. II. Big Data Country Workshop E.2. Workshop Participants • PSA Board member agencies; • Government agencies involved in ICT-related projects, open data initiative, etc. • Representatives from the Congressional Policy and Budget Research Department and Senate; • UP School of Statistics, UP Institute of Statistics and UP College of Medicine; • Telephone companies; • Private companies and organizations; • Development partners; • Representatives from international companies; and • PSA officials and staff.

18. II. Big Data Country Workshop E.3. Some notes about the workshop • Group assignments are provided in the kits of participants. • Seating arrangement is based on the group assignments. • An outline of topics/guide questions will be provided to the workshop participants towards the end of the first day of workshop. • Everyone is encouraged to discuss with their workshop colleagues their views on the presentations, panel discussions and outline of topics/guide questions.

19. III. Announcements For more information, you may contact the Secretariat at: 13th National Convention on Statistics (NCS) Secretariatc/o Statistical Policies and Programs DivisionPhilippine Statistics Authority (PSA)17th Floor, Eton Centris Cyberpod Three,EDSA corner Quezon Avenue,Diliman, Quezon City, 1101 Contact Persons: ANS Candido J. Astrologo, Jr. (c.astrologo@psa.gov.ph)Ms. Lotis I. Ira (l.ira@psa.gov.ph) https://psa.gov.ph/ncs/13th

20. III. Related Information Opening Ceremony: Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) Date: 3 October 2016 Venue: Edsa Shangri-La Hotel, Mandaluyong City For more information, you may contact the Secretariat at: 27th National Statistics Month (NSM) Secretariatc/o Statistical Policies and Programs DivisionPhilippine Statistics Authority (PSA)17th Floor, Eton Centris Cyberpod Three,EDSA corner Quezon Avenue,Diliman, Quezon City, 1101 Contact Persons: ANS Candido J. Astrologo, Jr. (c.astrologo@psa.gov.ph)Ms. Lotis I. Ira (l.ira@psa.gov.ph)

21. Thank you and Mabuhay! http://www.psa.gov.ph /PhilStatAuthority /PSAgovPH