Sharing Advisory Board

1. Sharing Advisory Board Report from the MSIS Sharing Advisory Board www1.unece.org/stat/platform/display/msis Steven Vale Marton Vucsan MSIS may 2011

2. Contents • Governance • Terms Of Reference of the SAB • Results from last year • Program of Work 10/11

3. Governance of the SAB • Important development: The High Level Group on Business Architecture is installed. This (influential) group will help to achieve the convergence we are seeking.

4. Governance of the SAB Conference European Statisticians HLG-BAS MSIS steering group Sharing Advisory Board MSIS

5. Sharing Advisory Board Membership Canada (Karen Doherty), Italy (Carlo Vaccari), Netherlands (Marton Vucsan) (chair), Norway (Rune Gløersen), Australia (Brian Studman) Eurostat (Antonio Consoli / Georges Pongas), OECD (Trevor Fletcher), UNECE (Steven Vale), UNIDO (Valentin Todorov).

6. Sharing Advisory Board TOR approved by CES bureau Some subtle changes in mission and status • resorts now under HLG-BAS group • Softer mission statement (we can however still be as ambitious as we want) • We will still be closely linked to MSIS and METIS (MSIS is the main inspiration and discussion platform) http://www1.unece.org/stat/platform/display/SAB/Terms+of+Reference

7. Operating procedures • Membership and Officers • 7 members appointed by CES Bureau. • Balanced specialisms and geographics • Governed by HLG-BAS group of the CES Bureau.

8. Operating procedures • Methods of work • Bureau of CES will govern through HLG-BAS. • Proposals to be reviewed by MSIS • Annual report of work done to MSIS • Annual updated Program of Work • Annual report to CES Bureau and request for mandate

9. Program of Work (introduction) • The period covered is the interval between the joint UNECE / Eurostat and OECD Meetings on the Management of Statistical Information Systems (MSIS), • Items are prioritized using the MoSCoW prioritisation technique (Must, Should, Could, Wont) to make sure that even if completing the whole programme might not be feasible, the most important work gets done. The MSIS meeting is invited to actively give input regarding this program.

10. 2. Report on 2010-2011Our Results

11. Our results (DEMO) • The wiki • The Newsletter (room paper!) • Software inventory (maintenance) • Coordination • Reporting • Templates for collaboration

12. Our Results (DEMO) • Mapping of existing projects and initiatives • Follow up on CORA CORE • Contact SDMX ESSnet for collaboration • Our responsibilities

13. 2. Program of work for 2011-2012

14. Standards and Guidelines • Guidelines for multi-lingual software • Study on communication for international projects • Study ion prerequisites for sharing

15. Sharing Information • Wiki page with current status of GSIM development (and who does what) • Add facility to share information on requirements, specs, evaluations etc. • Add directory with specialists (pages)

16. Communication and Outreach • Make SAB outputs more accessible • measure by Wiki hits • Enhance the Software inventory with case studies

17. Work with HLG-BAS • Participate in the November workshop • try to formulate strategy and ideas • Accept guidance and direction • and make it work

18. Brainstorm Daejong • Useful ideas: 14 ! • Entered into Program of Work: 9 • Not right now: 5 • of which 2 need discussion (next slide)

19. Brainstorm Deajong • Sharing problems and their avoidance • Difficult to operationalise, Suggestions? • Shared Buying • We are sceptical, but seek your opinion. Could it be made to work and how?

20. Questions