Wednesday, December 7, 2016

Overview of the

new CountrySTAT system and strategy

TRAINING OF FOCAL POINTS

ON THE CountrySTAT/FENIX SYSTEM

CountrySTAT / FENIX

INTRODUCTION

Wednesday, December 7, 2016

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The New CountrySTAT’s networkAims at

establishing an

integrated

network of national

and international

agencies for

sharing knowledge

and data

it is extremely adaptable

and useful to facilitate

collaboration between

stakeholders on a

variety of topics and to

strengthen the process

of decision making

It presents a strong potential to make data and

expertise effectively available worldwide as well as

to detect value-investing developing areas and to

raise awareness on important issues such as food

security in :

• emergency situations

• environmental situations

• critical economic situations

INTRODUCTION

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The New CountrySTAT’s network

It is based on four main components:

a) the technological means to manage and share data

b) the institutional framework for establishing partnership

agreements and data governance

c) the statistical and sector-specific know-how to guarantee the data

quality

d) the knowledge required to develop both simple and complex

analyses using available data

INTRODUCTION

Importance of

Metadata

Set of rules, definitions and agreements, which

ensures a common understanding of

concepts, structures and contents

These rules and these agreements are made

available through online documents and, to a more technological

level, through metadata

Evolution of CountrySTAT compared to the previous strategic approach

From:

Pure datacompilation

and dissemination

To:

The delivery of information-

products and customized

tools

In order to:

support decision-

makers with respect to well-

identified topics and contexts

Strategic approach of the new system

• Data compilation, harmonization and dissemination, key

activities of CountrySTAT since the beginning of the project,

will be maintained and strengthened

• However no pre-defined structure is promoted and

implemented anymore

• These are directly defined by the beneficiaries and partners

themselves, in coordination with FAO

Strategic approach of the new system

• The overall approach is based on the definition of “specific needs”

• picturing how tools and data should be used to support context-specific analyses and reporting

• or to generate relevant information products, like dashboards

Strategic approach of the new system

• The process of defining the user needs requires a thorough

understanding of the subjects under consideration and a

good knowledge of existing systems, practices, data and

methodologies

• The commitment and the active involvement of national /

regional partners in the system planning and in the

implementation of activities is essential

• The partners who implement the system decide the specific

modules for the analysis that will be made available

through the new CountrySTAT

Strategic approach to the new system

• The new CountrySTAT aims at strengthening or at seeking

collaboration and synergies with agencies and international

initiatives, such as AMIS, UNECA, IFAD, SADC, IMF, etc. on

different areas such as sharing of data, assistance at the

country level, methodological improvements, etc.

• Data is distributed as a public good (in accordance with the

Open Data approach), and therefore the information available

in the system is accessible easily and widely.

Strategic approach to the new system

• The New CountrySTAT might be used to improve

national/regional data dissemination systems, to collect

crowdsourced data as well as to monitor environmental

indicators using remotely-sensed images

• The technical team of the New CountrySTAT is a key

resource of this service-oriented and demand-driven

approach. The team provides expertise, technical

assistance and relevant contacts

FAO technical and institutional knowledge

Key resources

• Integration of FAOSTAT data in the new CountrySTAT is of primary importance

FAOSTAT

• Ensure the availability of FAOSTAT data to CountrySTAT users

The new system’s aim

• National partners can combine them with other national and international data

Data easily available

Key resources

reference point and responsible

party for the coordination of the

TWG meetings

Update the Web site :

content and datasets

Include CountrySTAT

in the national work

plan and budget

Key resources

TWG

Role

reference points and facilitators of national / regional consultations

and exchange of knowledge

Data harmonization

and compilation

define key agricultural and

food security related indicators

specify the requirements for

quality assessment and

quality control tools

specify analytical requirements and the

types of output needed for agricultural and

food security development planning

identify ways to monitor

risk/vulnerabiliy factors

select data to support

emergency response

strategies and actions

Key resources

TWG

Role

reference points and facilitators of national / regional consultations

and exchange of knowledge

Data harmonization

and compilation

define key agriculture and food security

indicators

specify the requirements for

quality assessment and

quality control tools

specify analytical requirements and the

types of output needed for agricultural and food security development

planning

identify ways to monitor

risk/vulnerabiliyfactors

select data for supporting emergency response

strategies and actions

these need to be endorsed

by the senior management

Key resources

• The strategy of the new CountrySTAT promotes a

proactive use of social media (Facebook, Twitter,

LinkedIn, etc.) as well as an intense participation in

discussion groups related to food security, nutrition,

emergency response, to monitoring of natural and

manmade disasters, IT, etc.

• Participation in conferences and international events,

as well as the development of online trainings and the

dissemination of promotional material is very important

• This material will help to develop an effective

communication strategy to promote the system, to raise

awareness of its capabilities and to ensure a long-term

sustainability and expansion

CountrySTAT process

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conceive

collect compile

validate

disseminateanalyse

CountrySTAT tasks

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Old WebSite

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New WebSite – Madagascar example