BETTER AND PROPER ACCESS TO PACIFIC MICRODATA Nuku’alofa, Tonga 5-7 November 2018

Have we achieved the outcomes expected from this workshop? A good understanding of the Microdata Access Project; purpose; process; governance; benefits and challenges; Member countries that are willing to participate in this project to give their formal endorsement through signing a “Letter of Agreement;” Identify a counterpart to work with SDD team; and The next step for NSOs willing to participate.

Next steps Step one (2 weeks) Letter of Agreement with the 8 Government Statisticians Step 2 (January 2019) SPC-SDD Generic Agreement with NSOs Data Licence Agreement Terms of Use Capacity building Regional workshop for focal points Build future Pacific microdata access champions Link to USP Official Statistics Course on microdata access

Regional statistics development Strong statistics governance framework FEMM; HOPS; PSSC; Methods Board Donor and development partnership program and 5-Year Collection Plan Methods Board – sampling; HIES; poverty assessment Microdata access Our Pacific voices are heard at international forum such as the UN system

own statistics development” “Pacific NSOs own and lead their own statistics development”