Update on the activities of the OECD’s Statistical Information System Collaboration Community

1. Update on the activities of the OECD’s Statistical Information System Collaboration Community MSIS - May 2012

2. Presentation topics OECD’s Statistical Information System Collaboration Community A brief background to collaboration Advantages for enabling implementation standards with a focus on the many SDMX initiatives in place Leveraging innovative visualisation software through the integration of the OECD eXplorer component Current and potential collaboration partners The community and delivering on collaboration Report from the recent SIS-CC annual Workshop

3. A brief background to collaboration OECD’s Statistical Information System Collaboration Community • Sharing of OECD’s statistical information systems modules: • StatWorks • MetaStore • OECD.Stat (including OECD eXplorer) • First shared with IMF in 2007 as a joint development project • Today there are 7 members in addition to OECD as lead • Based on bilateral agreements Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed with each organisation, • Interest has now grown with strong and formal expressions of interests from a number of other institutions.

4. Many obvious advantages OECD’s Statistical Information System Collaboration Community Savings in time and resources Enables standards (such as SDMX) Gives a positive message to stakeholders Facilitates creation of joint products In line with the HLG-BAS philosophy

5. Enabling standards: SDMX OECD’s Statistical Information System Collaboration Community Data exchanges with NSOs (iStat, ABS) Data exchanges with other IOs (IMF..)

6. New Visualisations – the integration of eXplorer OECD’s Statistical Information System Collaboration Community • .Stat now includes eXplorer visualisation component, • any data selection from the 700+ datasets available can now be viewed as an animated graphic using: • maps, • bubble charts, • line charts , • and histograms. • Visualisations can be customised and shared among groups, • provides a new dimension for data discovery and storytelling based on the latest available data.

7. The growing community OECD’s Statistical Information System Collaboration Community

8. Current and interested collaboration partners MembersOrganisations who have signed a memorandum of understanding and actively involved in the community. OECD IMF SNZ ABS ISTAT EC UoM UIS EvaluatingOrganisations who are evaluating one of the SIS tools for use in their organisation. KOSTAT STATCAN INSEE ESTONIA UNIDO InterestedOrganisations who have expressed interest in one of the SIS tools for use in their own organisation. ITCB INEGI SLOVENIA OECD’s Statistical Information System Collaboration Community

9. Community vision OECD Statistical Information System and Collaboration Community Co-producing and co-developing state-of-the-art Statistical Information Systems by leveraging on community capacities. Sharing of experiences, knowledge and best practices through multilateral collaboration and building of a collective capacity. Enabling innovation at an optimal cost with all members benefiting from each other in terms of ideas and methods. Provide a platform for Open Data projects as identified as a priority for major member countries. Implementing standards for data sharing across organisations in order to improve data accessibility and quality, and reduce costs.

10. Collaborative environment OECD Statistical Information System and Collaboration Community

11. Delivering on collaboration Improved performance and display of sparse datasetsOECD PoC New Data table structure OECD Configuration comparison utility ABS SDMX-RI integration study ISTAT Structural metadata utility SNZ Configuration table encryption ABS Installation package enhancements ABS iPad application IMF New unit management OECD Replication feature SNZ Direct SQL accessOECD Full 3-tier architecture ABS Installation PackageOECD SQL code review ABS Security code review ABS User InterfaceOECD SecurityOECD OECD Statistical Information System and Collaboration Community

12. SIS-CC Workshop 2012 OECD’s Statistical Information System Collaboration Community

13. Focus for 2012 workshop OECD Statistical Information System and Collaboration Community

14. Objectives Day 1 and 2 Day 3 • Understand the community network • - Share knowledge • - Build expertise • - Brainstorm collectively - Define community orientations on key innovations - Define actions to be taken by the community OECD Statistical Information System and Collaboration Community

15. Key points OECD Statistical Information System and Collaboration Community 64 participates representing 25 organisations, 18 presentations over 3 innovation sessions, individual topics ranged from Open Data, Semantic Web, Mobility and Cloud, 5 work groups per innovation session, 13 questions discussed and outcomes reported back outcomes prioritised by collaboration partners on day 3.

16. What’s ahead for the SIS-CC OECD Statistical Information System and Collaboration Community Continue to meet the business and strategic needs of the community Continue to build capacity within the community Continue to strengthen processes of community Increase the innovation capacity of the community

17. Further information OECD’s Statistical Information System Collaboration Community Questions? Email: Trevor.fletcher@oecd.org jonathan.challener@oecd.org or dotstatcollaborationsupport@oecd.org