National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda UNSD-DFID Project Implementation. Dissemination of National Development Indicators. Rwanda Project Perspectives Dominique Habimana Director Project Directors Meeting, New York 15-17 October 2014 4/25/2019

Project Directors Meeting, New York 15-17 October 2014 Outline Data dissemination overview Challenges Opportunities Lessons learnt 4/25/2019 Project Directors Meeting, New York 15-17 October 2014

1. Data dissemination overview Complementary data dissemination platforms 4/25/2019 Project Directors Meeting, New York 15-17 October 2014

Project Directors Meeting, New York 15-17 October 2014 2. Faced challenges Individual and institutional capacity at NISR Low awareness of the technology among stakeholders Technical complexities associated with SDMX Registry/tool (overly complex and difficult to learn) 4/25/2019 Project Directors Meeting, New York 15-17 October 2014

Project Directors Meeting, New York 15-17 October 2014 3. Gained opportunities Affecting database update frequency Data exchange flows established only between NISR and UNSD (that too only for MDGs) 4/25/2019 Project Directors Meeting, New York 15-17 October 2014

Project Directors Meeting, New York 15-17 October 2014 4. Lessons learnt Institutionalization Regular data updation and curation Low level of data reporting burden Strengthening of other data dissemination platforms Data Release Committee & Data curation team @ NISR 4/25/2019 Project Directors Meeting, New York 15-17 October 2014

Project Directors Meeting, New York 15-17 October 2014 Thank you !!!! 4/25/2019 Project Directors Meeting, New York 15-17 October 2014