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The place to find up-to-date information on: 26.12.2018 26.12.2018 Findicator The place to find up-to-date information on: demographic developments in Finland international crisis management public expenditure obesity among Finns income differences fish catches 26.12.2018 Valtioneuvoston kanslia Valtioneuvoston kanslia 2

Findicator was set up in response to a need 26.12.2018 26.12.2018 Findicator was set up in response to a need To promote decision-making based on empirical data Indicators applied in follow-up to Government Programme in 2003/2007 Finland participates in the OECD Global Project, "Measuring the Progress of Societies" Preparation initiated by PM’s Office in 2007 Preliminary study on need for indicator service and qualities of a smoothly functioning service Drafting started in autumn 2008 as joint project between Statistics Finland and the PM’s Office 26.12.2018 Valtioneuvoston kanslia Valtioneuvoston kanslia 3

Findicator was published on 14 October 2009 26.12.2018 26.12.2018 Findicator was published on 14 October 2009 14 650 visitors and 179 149 downloads during first day Currently approx. 5 000 visitors and 20 000 downloads every month International award: Best Use of New Technology (Oct. 2009, OECD) Homepage, information on the technical infrastructure and the list of indicators also available in English Service provision in Swedish and English to be expanded by end of 2011 26.12.2018 Valtioneuvoston kanslia Valtioneuvoston kanslia 4

Findicator is a comprehensive databank 26.12.2018 26.12.2018 Findicator is a comprehensive databank Includes approximately 100 indicators of social progress Up-to-date and relevant information on important societal issues Indicators selected in consultation with user groups and data providers Grouped thematically and by policy issue in line with Government Programme 26.12.2018 Valtioneuvoston kanslia Valtioneuvoston kanslia 5

Findicator is user-friendly 26.12.2018 26.12.2018 Findicator is user-friendly Most recent data for each indicator automatically updated For each indicator: charts, tables, analyses, links to background information User-friendly design; high quality statistical graphics Data easily downloadable for manipulation and analysis 26.12.2018 Valtioneuvoston kanslia Valtioneuvoston kanslia 6

26.12.2018 26.12.2018 Findicator is useful Provides links to larger information sources, metadata and international reference data Improves access to information in the form of indicators Supports knowledge-based decision-making Available to all at www.findicator.fi 26.12.2018 Valtioneuvoston kanslia Valtioneuvoston kanslia 7

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Contacts Steering Group Chairman 26.12.2018 26.12.2018 Contacts Steering Group Chairman Heli Mikkelä, Director, Information Services, Statistics Finland heli.mikkela@stat.fi, tel. +358 9 1734 3200 Secretary to the Steering Group Findicator Coordinator Laura Mäkelä, Coordinator, Information Services, Statistics Finland laura.makela@tilastokeskus.fi, tel. +358 9 1734 2941 Chairman of Contact Person Network Sirpa Kekkonen, Counsellor sirpa.kekkonen@vnk.fi, tel. +358 9 1602 2145 Secretary to the Contact Person Network Ulla Rosenström, Senior Specialist ulla.rosenstrom@vnk.fi, tel. +358 9 1602 2353 26.12.2018 Valtioneuvoston kanslia Valtioneuvoston kanslia 10

Findicator: Internet service with hundred indicators measuring progress

The Findicator Joint project between the Prime Minister’s Office and Statistics Finland Provides information on the social development in Finland Improves the availability and accessibility of indicator-like information Supports evidence-based decision-making. PMO: ”to strengthen the evidence-based policy-making culture within the Finnish Government” The Findicator is not only about indicators — IT-technology, frequent updates, and links to further sources of information are equally important Target group: Members of the parliament and their assistants, press officers, journalists Heli Mikkelä 16 April 2010 12

The Joint Project Oct 2008 - Dec 2009 Launched by the top management of the Prime Minister’s Office and Statistics Finland The PMO Selecting (policy-relevant) indicators Contacts with other data providers: to get other agencies to provide the data Co-operation with the interministerial working group Promotion of the service Statistics Finland System and information architecture The updating system and methods Setting up the web-site Maintaining the database The main data provider .. in practice the work was carried out jointly in close cooperation Heli Mikkelä 16 April 2010 13

Already there… The project team Cooperation network within the statistical service The portal of official statistics The new XML-based publishing Standardised PX-tools Long expertice in indicators The project team About 15 persons (IT- and information departments) Indicator development Informatics Database management Internet coding Graphic design Heli Mikkelä 16 April 2010 14

The service - opened 14 Oct 2009 The set of indicators a total of ca 100 indicators information provided by 17 organisations grouped by themes (12) and government programme policies (10) Each indicator Graph Analysis Description Table Database Links => Updated automatically from available information. => Updated at the same time as the statistics is released. www.findikaattori.fi www.findicator.fi Heli Mikkelä 16 April 2010 15

Latest Themes updates & Topics grouped by grouped by Indicator lists previous week Heli Mikkelä 16 April 2010 16

Producing organisation Last updated, the next release date Producing organisation Indicators under the topic Links to the data table and the graph Ingress/ summary of the latest release Links to further information Description of the indicator Heli Mikkelä 16 April 2010 17

Architecture/ Statistics Finland StatFin: Production Database Statistical publication: FastWeb: - CoSSI-XML - Office VERTI Publishing system PX-Web Publishing system PX Graphs, tables, Excel www.stat.fi/ statistics PX Administration Indicator maintenance: Text, Links, Information retrieval system Statistical release: Analysis, metadata. StatFin: Statistical database PX-Web www.findicator.fi Heli Mikkelä 16 April 2010 18

Text, PX, links, release time Architecture: Other agencies Source data Web-form Text, PX, links, release time t Statistics Finland SAS-macro SAS Publishing system of SF PX Excel PX-Edit PX CSV etc. StatFin: Statistical database StatFin: production database PX-Web Text, links PX-Web www.findicator.fi Administration Graphs, tables VERTI Publishing system Harri Lehtinen 15.3.2010