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This case study explores the re-engineering of the data collection and dissemination process of the High Commission for Planning's database in Morocco. It discusses the challenges faced, innovative solutions implemented, and the impact on data quality. The study also highlights the opportunities and limitations of working with limited resources in improving the efficiency and accuracy of statistical data.
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RE-ENGINEERING THE DATA COLLECTION AND DISSEMINATION PROCESS: STRENGHENING OF DATA QUALITY WITH LIMITED RESSOURCES: CASE OF HIGH COMMISSION FOR PLANNING S DATABASE (Morocco) Mohamed SALIMI Head of General Statistics Division High Commission for Planning 29/06/2018 Session 38
Outline The new method: innovative solutions New challenges & opportunities Old process: Big issues Context Next steps and ongoing activities
Availability of a legal framework Decentralized system with many producers HCP in the coordinator and the main producer of the NSS A huge production of statistical products in appliance with international standards An increasing demand and use of statistics in a new context of budget cuts Many retirements and recruitment decrease observed last years
Context (Cont.) • A statistical database containing data from the Fifties: a kind of Data Warehouse • Old Softwares were used for its development • The SDB was built on series-time basis instead of on indicator basis • Many regular publications to disseminate according to a release calendar • Outsourcing of the editing activity of the main publications: source of delay for the release calendar • Development of IT infrastructure and availability of Skilled IT staff
The old process: big issues (1) • Update mechanism mobilizes a lot of resources and time • Single consultation without internet access • No possibility to exchange data with this tool • No possibility to perform the request and to crosstab variables • To design and to perform the publications needs a lot of time and many visits and exchanges with the editor
The old process : Big issues (2) The Old Process Update of the SDB Data collection Dissemination of statistical products Treatment and validation
How to ensure : Data accuracy, consistency, timeliness and openess ? How to improve the quality of disseminated statistics ? How to meet users needs ? The Data revolution for Sustainable Development Goals: big oppurtunity How to increase the efficiency use of resources?
The new method: Integrated Innovative solutions
The new method: Integrated innovative solutions (1) The new process Automatic generation of publications Data collection update of SDB treatment and validation
The new method: Integrated innovative solutions (2) • Consultation of the database on indicator basis with many functionalities for users • Automatic generating of « Morocco in figures » • Automatic exchange via SDMX : Countrydata project for exchanging development indicators with UNSD • Intranet use • Extranet use The main new solutions
The new method: Innovative integrated solutions (3) • Data quality enhanced in different steps of the process • Workload and manual tasks reduced • Save of resources: time and money • Meet users community needs in terms of data requests: online database for a better access and reuse of national statistics • Development of a new module for the Data Validation when updating the SDB : activity in progress • Widening of the thematic coverage of the SDB: Gender statistics, Environment statistics, SDG indicators, etc. Results: Impact on statistics quality
Indicateur SEXE Groupe d’âge Source
Indicateur SEXE Régions Source
Working on online data exchange with national partners Addition of a module dedicated to the SDG indicators Development of new Platform for the dissemination of SDG indicators and their exchange with IO Generate other publications automatically from BDS
Useful Linkshttps://www.hcp.ma/http://data.un.org/countryData/Home/Countrieshttp://bds.hcp.ma/
RE-ENGINEERING THE DATA COLLECTION AND DISSEMINATION PROCESS: STRENGHENING OF DATA QUALITY WITH LIMITED RESSOURCES: CASE OF HIGH COMMISSION FOR PLANNING S DATABASE (Morocco) Thank you so much m.salimi@hcp.ma