EMERGING TRENDS IN DATA CURATION New Initiatives and Collaborations in Africa Presented by Kizito Kasozi Director Information Technology Uganda Bureau.

Slides:



Advertisements
Similar presentations
Overview of ICT Infrastructure in Africa Region and ITU-NEPAD Preliminary Assistance ITU Public & Private Sectors Partnership Forum for Africa Region.
Advertisements

FAO/PARIS21 REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON THE INTEGRATION OF AND ACCESS TO AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS FOR BETTER FORMULATION AND MONITORING OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT POLICIES.
Africa at a glance: Penetration of ICTs The reach of popular ICTs The most connected countries.
IFPRI INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE Monitoring CAADP Implementation Melissa Lambert, Research Analyst, IFPRI Regional Strategic Analysis.
Physical Features of Africa
Survey on access to African government microdata for social science research Lynn Woolfrey DataFirst, University of Cape Town 2010 IASSIST Conference:
Working To Overturn Laws Criminalizing People on The Basis of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Micheal Ighodaro Communications Intern.
WSIS Thematic Meeting Measuring the information society Geneva, 7-9 February 2005 SCAN-ICT Experience ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR AFRICA.
African Country PREZI Project
Introduction to Africa. Create a chart like the one below – 6 Columns, 7 Rows Subregions Countries GDP Per Capita Life Expectancy Infant Mortality Economic.
November 8th, 2013 A Business Plan for Africa Breakaway Sessions 4: Execution plan by regional clusters Session 3: Central Africa.
Disclaimer Median Real Income, Sub- Saharan Africa.
November 8th, 2013 A Business Plan for Africa Breakaway Sessions 4: Execution plan by regional clusters Session 1: West Africa.
AFRICAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: AN OVERVIEW By Prof. Augustin K. Fosu Visiting Professor of Economics, Aalto University, Helsinki, FINLAND African Economic.
Value Proposition for Prepaid Market Segmentation
AfNOG Africa Network Operators Group Isatou Secka Jah from a regional perspective
The African Network Operators’ Group 11 Years of Building Africa’s Capacity Hong Kong, February 15 – 25,
AfNOG Africa Network Operators Group From a regional perspective AfTLD Meeting Johannesburg 7-11 April 2008
AfNOG Africa Network Operators Group 10 Years of Building Africa’s ICT Capacity AfNOG 10 Intercontinental City Stars Cairo, Egypt 19 May /9/20151.
DATA ARCHIVING IN AFRICA : THE PRESERVATION AND SHARING OF SURVEY MICRODATA TO SUPPORT AFRICAN RESEARCH AND GOVERNANCE Lynn Woolfrey DataFirst University.
The Sixth Annual African Consumer Protection Dialolgue Conference Deon Woods Bell Lilongwe, Malawi 6-8 September 2014.
Governance in Extractive Industries Contract Monitoring Program Michael Jarvis, World Bank Institute Oslo Governance Forum, October 4, 2011.
Challenging our perceptions of Africa. Lesson Objectives: - To discover why the way that we view the continent of Africa may be wrong. teacheraid2014.org.uk.
Splash Screen Contents Africa South of the Sahara Physical Political Gems and Minerals Fast Facts Country Profiles Click on a hyperlink to view the corresponding.
Regional Integration in Africa Dr Djacoba Liva Tehindrazanarivelo Boston University Geneva Programme HEID Summer Course Geneva, 30 June 2008.
Entrance Ticket Name all the continents
African Centre for Statistics United Nations Economic Commission for Africa Analysis of Questionnaires Derek Blades ECA Senior Advisor EN/AGNA/2014/Pres/13.
Measuring and Analyzing Agricultural R&D Investment and Capacity Trends: General Observations Presentation at the ASTI Side Event at the CORAF/WECARD Science.
ADP SUPPORT IN UGANDA BUILDING A NATIONAL DATA ARCHIVE Presented by Kizito Kasozi Director Information Technology Uganda Bureau of Statistics PARIS21.
These photographs may not be copied or distributed without the permission of Project Look Sharp. Introducing Africa PowerPoint Slide Show, Lesson 2 African.
Africa Algeria - Mauritania. Algiers Algeria Angola.
African Countries Report Objective: To demonstrate an understanding of the history and culture of an African nation. Activity: Student will choose an African.
1 ICP-Africa Progress Report Michel Mouyelo-Katoula.
Access Africa The campaign will lift 30 million people (70% of whom are women) and their families out of poverty by ensuring equitable access to a suite.
BUILDING THE INFORMATION SOCIETY 2 June From measurement to policy-making: The DOI From measurement to policy-making: The DOI as a policy tool “Digital.
The LDCs Program.  Part of the overall cooperation for development program  Special emphasis on LDCs due to their particularly vulnerable nature.
Computer Class – Summer 20091/8/ :32 PM African Countries Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African.
GeoCurrents Customizable
Divided World. Country / Continent Group of 20 divided Number of pieces of food Percentage of food China Asia Russia Europe
Europe and the Least Developed Countries (LDCs): trade, aid and the ACP states.
IMF Support to African Countries in National Accounts Statistics Inauguration meeting of the Continental Steering Committee (CSC) for the African project.
African Centre for Statistics United Nations Economic Commission for Africa Countries needs assessment for 2008 SNA in Africa Countries needs assessment.
Global and Regional Perspective on Maternal, Infant & Young Child Nutrition: Overview of Progress and way forward for Sustainable Development Goals Ms.
Community Response to HIV and AIDS: Achieving Efficiencies Rosalía Rodriguez-García, MSc, PhD World Bank ICASA December 4-8,2011.
COMPARATIVE POVERTY PROGRESS IN AFRICA, AND CHANGES IN (P.C.) GDP, INCOME, AND INEQUALITY BY COUNTRY African Economic Development, Lecture 2 10 th May.
Nations (pg. 870) Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Republic of the Congo Rwanda Senegal Sierra Leone.
IMF Support to African Countries on National Accounts Meeting of the African Group on National Accounts Addis Ababa, April 20-22, 2016.
4 th SIDS Meeting, Sao Tome & Principe April 2013 Universal Health Coverage: Important challenges and policy issues that SIDS have to face.
EMERGING TRENDS IN DATA ARCHIVING Presented by Kizito Kasozi Director Information Technology Uganda Bureau of Statistics Regional Workshop on Data Management.
Government Control ++ Lawful ActorsUnlawful Actors Government Sanctioned Role Potentials (i.e. Unions, Lobbyists, Privatization)
Intro to Africa (Part 2). Create a chart like the one below – 6 Columns, 7 Rows Subregions Countries GDP Per Capita Life Expectancy Infant Mortality Economic.
UN Regional Workshop on the 2020 World Program on Population and Housing Censuses: International Standards and Contemporary Technologies Lusaka, Zambia,
Alexandria, October 2010 Jean Acri IRU Special TIR Advisor
Needs Assessment Survey (of March 2016)
Statistics Department African Development Bank
© 2017 ASLM All Rights Reserved
HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa July 2002
Africa Map Review Directions: Use the cursor or mouse button to advance the review. A country will be highlighted. Try to identify the country. The.
Tate Arrington and Lisa Zhang
Status of CBA2I in Africa
Intro to AFrica.
Xiaoning Gong Chief, Economic Statistics and National Accounts Section
Reported measles cases, measles coverage for 1st and 2nd doses and supplementary measles activities for the African Continent For 1990 – 2007 Data as of.
THE FIRST GROUP OF COUNTRIES:
Name: _____________________________________________________ Period: ________ Date: _____________ Africa Study Tool.

Fifty Years of Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa
AFRICA’SECURITY SITUATION AND the integration of migration regimes
Review of Activities for Phase II of African Project on 2008 SNA
Countries of Africa.
Presentation transcript:

EMERGING TRENDS IN DATA CURATION New Initiatives and Collaborations in Africa Presented by Kizito Kasozi Director Information Technology Uganda Bureau of Statistics Connecting Social Science Communities Across the Globe SOCIAL DATA AND SOCIAL NETWORKING Cornell University IASSIST 2010

Outline IASSIST 2010 New Initiatives and Collaborations in Africa – Kizito KasoziEMERGING TRENDS IN DATA CURATION: Cornell University Background Data Documentation & Archiving – Building National Data Archives - Progress in Africa New Initiatives and Collaborations African Association of Data Archivists (AASDA) UGANDA BUREAU OF STATISTICS AFRICAN ASSOCIATION OF STATISTICAL DATA ARCHIVISTS

IASSIST 2010 Cornell University UGANDA BUREAU OF STATISTICS AFRICAN ASSOCIATION OF STATISTICAL DATA ARCHIVISTS To-date limited practices of documenting and archiving are evident in Africa A few independent Repositories existed before 2003 e.g. SADA, HSRC, DataFirst and a few Institutions of Research & Learning Statistical Agencies remain the main Data Repositories in Africa Issues of quality withstanding Background New Initiatives and Collaborations in Africa – Kizito KasoziEMERGING TRENDS IN DATA CURATION:

IASSIST 2010 Cornell University UGANDA BUREAU OF STATISTICS AFRICAN ASSOCIATION OF STATISTICAL DATA ARCHIVISTS Building National Data Archives What is Data Archive? Long Term Preservation & Re-use Long Term Storage of Data and Methods Data Curation Benefits of Archiving Preservation of valuable data Enables Data Mining – Supports deeper research Data Standardization realized Good reference for Questions Institutional Memory New Initiatives and Collaborations in Africa – Kizito KasoziEMERGING TRENDS IN DATA CURATION:

IASSIST 2010 Cornell University UGANDA BUREAU OF STATISTICS AFRICAN ASSOCIATION OF STATISTICAL DATA ARCHIVISTS Building National Data Archives Datasets 1. Cote Devoir – Egypt – to be officially launched 3. Ethiopia – Gambia Ghana Lesotho Liberia Malawi Mozambique - 11 Current Status Datasets 10. Niger Nigeria Senegal Uganda Zambia DataFirst SADA About 30% of the Countries Main Support from ADP/IHSN New Initiatives and Collaborations in Africa – Kizito KasoziEMERGING TRENDS IN DATA CURATION:

IASSIST 2010 Cornell University UGANDA BUREAU OF STATISTICS AFRICAN ASSOCIATION OF STATISTICAL DATA ARCHIVISTS Building National Data Archives Promising NADAs –Burundi has done Data Archiving Workshops –Rwanda was introduced to DDI and received Technical support from Uganda –All SADC Countries have been exposed to the Micro-data Management Toolkit –Tunisia – Using Micro-data Management Toolkit internally –Morocco is about to start using the DDI AfDB is to support introduction of Data Archiving in 12 Countries by end of 2010 New Initiatives and Collaborations in Africa – Kizito KasoziEMERGING TRENDS IN DATA CURATION:

IASSIST 2010 Cornell University UGANDA BUREAU OF STATISTICS AFRICAN ASSOCIATION OF STATISTICAL DATA ARCHIVISTS Building National Data Archives Challenges 1.Internal Weaknesses – National Statistical Systems 2.Funding – Inadequate & Uncertain 3.Slow build of local references/support 4.Limited regional initiatives – efforts fragmented New Initiatives and Collaborations in Africa – Kizito KasoziEMERGING TRENDS IN DATA CURATION:

IASSIST 2010 Cornell University UGANDA BUREAU OF STATISTICS AFRICAN ASSOCIATION OF STATISTICAL DATA ARCHIVISTS New Initiatives & Collaborations Inter Country Support DataFirst, SA - Regional implementation partner with ADP Supported Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, Ethiopia, Gambia & Lesotho Under contract to support software installation & capacity building in African countries under ADP Pilot support. Another regional support center planned - Rwanda New Initiatives and Collaborations in Africa – Kizito KasoziEMERGING TRENDS IN DATA CURATION:

IASSIST 2010 Cornell University UGANDA BUREAU OF STATISTICS AFRICAN ASSOCIATION OF STATISTICAL DATA ARCHIVISTS New Initiatives & Collaborations New Opportunities African Development Bank (AfDB) Statistical Capacity Building Program has component to support archiving Beneficiaries Angola, Benin, Cape Verde, Chad, Central African Republic, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Guinea-Bissau, Madagascar, Malawi, Rwanda, Sao Tome, Sudan and Zimbabwe. New Initiatives and Collaborations in Africa – Kizito KasoziEMERGING TRENDS IN DATA CURATION:

IASSIST 2010 Cornell University UGANDA BUREAU OF STATISTICS AFRICAN ASSOCIATION OF STATISTICAL DATA ARCHIVISTS New Initiatives & Collaborations Enhancing Data Management Capacity Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) orgnised a Regional workshop on Statistical Data Management 26 – 28 October 2009 in Kampala, Uganda Looked at the various techniques and innovations in data management Made recommendations that would enhance data sharing and utility in Africa Workshop for French Speaking Countries on going (1-4 June) in Morocco New Initiatives and Collaborations in Africa – Kizito KasoziEMERGING TRENDS IN DATA CURATION:

IASSIST 2010 Connecting Social Science Communities Across the Globe SOCIAL DATA AND SOCIAL NETWORKING: Cornell University UGANDA BUREAU OF STATISTICS AFRICAN ASSOCIATION OF STATISTICAL DATA ARCHIVISTS Inaugurated 11 th April 2008 (Cape Town, SA) by the 14 African Founder Members African Association of Statistical Data Archivists (AASDA) Objectives. – To provide valuable opportunities for collegial exchange of sound professional practices. – To link members to related initiatives throughout Africa, other international activities and provide a forum for discussion of issues relating to data curation and dissemination.

IASSIST Cornell University UGANDA BUREAU OF STATISTICS AFRICAN ASSOCIATION OF STATISTICAL DATA ARCHIVISTS THANK YOU