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INTERNAL ORGANIZATION DorcasNabukwasi H Uganda Bureau of Statistics 29th April, 2013 Dakar

POLICY Document There is need for a policy document that empowers NSO to collect Data. This can be in form of a statistical act.

outline • STRUCTURES • TRAINING • BENEFITS • QUALITY ASSURANCE • DATA VALIDATION

Structure • The GPS should fit with the institutional structures to enable its growth • There should be a designated officer directly responsible for this set of statistics

Training • Identify the training needs at institutional level, this was done during the data mapping exercise • The training was conducted using a phased approach • Out source of technical person in various governance themes was done. These presented as Guest speakers during the training

Training benefits • Encourage open ness during the training and the urgent governance needs for the country. • This would form the plat form for prioritizing the indicators • Emphase collective responsibility for all the stakeholders • Ownership and support is emphased during the training

Quality assurance • The method of data collection should be clear • Tools and metadata should be well done • Computing standard errors for primary source data is a good way of checking reliability • The standard for collecting the information should be known with the entire governance group. This can be a module during the training • Establish checks for different indicators. This is usually presented in the manual of instructions

Data validation • This should be a collective effort, all members need to agree on the indicators to be considered. • Develop checks for internal consistencies

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