5 November, 2018 Nuku’alofa, Tonga Improving Data Dissemination and Use in Pacific Island Countries: Monitoring, evaluation and learning 5 November, 2018 Nuku’alofa, Tonga

Component 1: Establishing the Pacific Microdata Library Legal framework Microdata inventory Acquisition of data and metadata Not transfer of ownership Establishment of policy and protocols data acquisition, evaluation, documentation, anonymization, cataloguing, dissemination, and preservation Setting up IT infrastructure Metadata documentation and dissemination Anonymization and preparation of public use files Citations database User engagement Capacity building Memorandum of Understanding Data Access Agreement Terms of Use

Monitoring, evaluation and learning Establish a citations database to connect data to policy Understanding our users Improve access to evidenced based policy Improve data production Highlighting the return on investment

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