Thursday, July 02, 2015

CountrySTAT / FENIX

Implementation of the CountrySTAT in Afghanistan and presentation of the new

prototype

Stocktaking and Lessons Learnt from the Implementation of CountrySTAT for the ECO Countries

25 – 26 June 2015 FAO HQ, Rome, Italy

Stefania Bacci, FAO Statistician Fabio Grita, System support officer, FAO

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2012 Start of the project

2013 Panorama Report 1

2013 Establishment of the CountrySTAT-Afghanistan website

2014 Study tour of two government representatives in Bhutan

2014-2015 Three National Training Workshops in Afghanistan

Different backstopping missions of FAO-HQ

Constant remote help-desk assistance in collaboration with FAO-Afghanistan and the ECO Secretariat

Official launch ceremony of CountrySTAT-Afghanistan on the 11th of March 2015

Main achievements

2013-2014 Two Regional Trainings (basic and advanced) in collaboration with the ECO Secretariat

National Technical

Working Group

National Secretariat

FAO-HQ FAO-AFG

ECO Secretariat

Plan activities Manage resources Update Web site Coordinate TWG

TWG Meetings harmonize and validate data for dissemination

Coordinate, liaise and support services

Institutional framework in Afghanistan

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Composition of the TWG in Afghanistan

Several departments of the Central

Statistics Organization (CSO)

Ministry of Public Health (HMIS)

Ministry of Agriculture Irrigation and

Livestock (MAIL)

Kabul Municipality Afghan Geodesy and

Cartography Head Office (AGCHO)

Ministry of Commerce & Industries

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Main Tangible Results

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Socio-demographic Poverty and Hunger Economic Trade Land and Inputs Production quantity of major agricultural national commodities

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Were we are now

Government ownership

Established technologies for

data management and dissemination

National team able to

autonomously maintain the

system

Introduced new data management

methods

Data distributed on the web as

public good

Strengthened inter-

governmental collaboration

Moving Forward

Capitalize on the established capacity and hand over full responsibility to the Government of Afghanistan for the maintenance and future design of the CountrySTAT application

Implementation Strategy

Demand-driven approach, supported by a flexible and modular technology Adopt the Open Data concept and methods to enhance information sharing and benefit from the availability of data from different sources Broaden the scope of CountrySTAT to support data collection and management (not just data dissemination) Ensure relevance of CountrySTAT data and tools for the organization managing the system (owner)

Main Features of the New CountrySTAT

Based on Open Source software; no licensing constraints and full redistribution rights Ability to handle different type of data (tables, GIS data, text, etc.) Data search engine based on metadata Enhanced data sharing capacities (through web services - APIs) Ability to add/remove functionalities and applications (based on a Service-Oriented Architecture - SOA) Advanced analytical capacities (e.g. using R statistical package)

Open-Source technology used in CountrySTAT