United Nations Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis for Arabic Speaking Countries, Amman, Jordan, May 2011 Country Practices on Strategy, Products and Tools for the Dissemination of Census Results

United Nations Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis for Arabic Speaking Countries, Amman, Jordan, May 2011 Questionnaire Used  22 questions covering −Dissemination strategy −Census products and services −Technological tools −Geographic information systems −Data accessibility and copyright −Data confidentiality −Outreach −Metadata and documentation −Challenges

United Nations Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis for Arabic Speaking Countries, Amman, Jordan, May 2011 Objectives of the questionnaire  To better understand census dissemination practices at the country level  To facilitate the sharing of experiences on census dissemination across countries Total of 13 respondents Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Mauritania, Morocco, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Yemen

United Nations Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis for Arabic Speaking Countries, Amman, Jordan, May 2011 Dissemination Strategy

United Nations Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis for Arabic Speaking Countries, Amman, Jordan, May 2011 Dissemination strategy  All 13 countries have written dissemination strategy/plan  10 countries have developed a dissemination schedule Only Mauritania, Syria and Yemen have not yet done so  Of 10 countries, dissemination schedule: Published (3): Jordan, Occupied Palestinian Territory and Saudi Arabia For internal use (4): Algeria, Morocco, Oman, Tunisia Not indicated whether published or not (3): Egypt, Iraq, Sudan

United Nations Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis for Arabic Speaking Countries, Amman, Jordan, May 2011 Dissemination Strategy – Consultations with users  11 countries had or plan to consult with data users Only Mauritania and Yemen have not  Purpose of consultations ­ inform about possible statistics and indicators ­ establish users’ data needs ­ agree on topics and content of questionnaire ­ maximize use of census as source of data ­ maximize utilization of census results ­ monitor use of previous census ­ discuss how to interpret census results ­ discuss plans for dissemination of census results

United Nations Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis for Arabic Speaking Countries, Amman, Jordan, May 2011 Dissemination Strategy – Consultations with users (contd.)  Types of users consulted Government ministries Researchers Associations Trade unions Press Academia Private sector Policy makers International organizations

United Nations Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis for Arabic Speaking Countries, Amman, Jordan, May 2011 Dissemination Strategy – User Satisfaction Surveys  On undertaking of user satisfaction surveys Yes: 4  Egypt  Jordan  Occupied Palestinian Territory  Oman No: 9  Algeria, Iraq, Mauritania, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Yemen

United Nations Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis for Arabic Speaking Countries, Amman, Jordan, May 2011 Census Products and Services

United Nations Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis for Arabic Speaking Countries, Amman, Jordan, May 2011 Census Products and Services - Products  Commonly cited products Press releases (11) Preliminary results reports (13) Final results reports (12) Analytical and thematic reports (11)  Other products and services Query-able databases (8) Census atlas/thematic maps (8) Administrative/methodological reports (7) Customized data (7) Micro-data (4)

United Nations Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis for Arabic Speaking Countries, Amman, Jordan, May 2011 Products and services – Press Releases  Yes: 11 respondents  Format Website (6): Algeria, Iraq, Jordan, Morocco, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Oman Paper (6): Algeria, Jordan, Morocco, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Oman, Tunisia

United Nations Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis for Arabic Speaking Countries, Amman, Jordan, May 2011 Products and services – Preliminary Results  Yes: 13 respondents  Format Hardcopy: 9 respondents CD-ROM: 3 respondents Web site: 6 respondents

United Nations Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis for Arabic Speaking Countries, Amman, Jordan, May 2011 Products and services – Final Results  Yes: 12 respondents  Format: Hardcopy, electronic files, websites

United Nations Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis for Arabic Speaking Countries, Amman, Jordan, May 2011 Products and services – Others  Query-able databases 8 respondents: Egypt, Iraq, Morocco, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Oman, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia  Census Atlas/Thematic maps 8 respondents: mostly on the web, print or CDROM format  Analytical and thematic reports 11 respondents, mostly in print and on the web  Administrative/Methodological reports 7 respondents

United Nations Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis for Arabic Speaking Countries, Amman, Jordan, May 2011 Products and services – Customized requests  Provided by 10 countries: Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Morocco, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Yemen  5 Respondents charge a fee: Egypt, Jordan, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Sudan, Yemen

United Nations Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis for Arabic Speaking Countries, Amman, Jordan, May 2011 Development of new products and services compared to previous census  Support customized queries using the Internet  Use the Internet  On-line dissemination of the census results  Electronic dissemination  Developed CensusInfo  Use of GIS for spatial data publication  Integration of new technologies in the census, e.g., automatic reading of documents  E-publications  Plan to use the website extensively and to make the data readily available to support different types of users

United Nations Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis for Arabic Speaking Countries, Amman, Jordan, May 2011 Length of Time to Publication of Results  Preliminary results Less than 1 month (4): Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Oman 1-3 months (5): Algeria, Morocco, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia More than 3 months (4): Mauritania, Sudan, Syria, Yemen  Final results Less than 1 year (6): Egypt, Iraq, Morocco, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Oman, Tunisia 1 year (2): Saudi Arabia, Syria More than 1 year (5): Algeria (17 months); Jordan, Mauritania, Sudan, Yemen (2 years)

United Nations Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis for Arabic Speaking Countries, Amman, Jordan, May 2011 Technological Tools

United Nations Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis for Arabic Speaking Countries, Amman, Jordan, May 2011 Technological Tools used for Dissemination  CD-ROM/DVD: 12 countries  Static HTML pages: 13 countries  Online databases: 7 countries  GIS web based mapping: 8 countries  Interactive tools for mapping, tabulating, analyzing and presenting data in visual formats, e.g., maps: 7 countries

United Nations Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis for Arabic Speaking Countries, Amman, Jordan, May 2011 Geographic Information Systems

United Nations Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis for Arabic Speaking Countries, Amman, Jordan, May 2011 GIS Infrastructure  Have GIS infrastructure: 11  Use ESRI products (ARCVIEW, ARCGIS, etc) – 5: Egypt, Morocco, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Oman, Saudi Arabia  Others Algeria – project is being implemented Iraq - CSO has established a specialized center for GIS for census Jordan – intends to use GIS in 2014 census Sudan – GIS for dissemination and analysis Tunisia – GIS includes administrative boundaries, geographical units of statistics and some census indicators

United Nations Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis for Arabic Speaking Countries, Amman, Jordan, May 2011 GIS Infrastructure (contd.)  NSO has in-house capacity for managing GIS system: 9 countries (Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Morocco, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Yemen)  Percentage of EAs digitized Less than 50% - Egypt 50-99% - Occupied Palestinian Territory, Sudan, Tunisia 100% - Iraq, Morocco, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Yemen

United Nations Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis for Arabic Speaking Countries, Amman, Jordan, May 2011 Use of GIS in Census Activities  Pre-enumeration stage - 10 countries  Enumeration stage- 8 countries  Dissemination- 8 countries  Disseminate geo-referenced data – 9 countries: Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Morocco, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tunisia

United Nations Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis for Arabic Speaking Countries, Amman, Jordan, May 2011 Data Accessibility and Copyright

United Nations Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis for Arabic Speaking Countries, Amman, Jordan, May 2011 Accessibility - Copyright  Copyright policy (8): Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Morocco, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Syria, Tunisia, Yemen  Policies: Users free to use data as long as data is attributed to NSO: Egypt, Tunisia Information from NSO should not be sold by users - Egypt Law governing copyright - Morocco Publish only after approval of NSO – Iraq, Syria MoU with ministries, NGOs, universities – Occupied Palestinian Territory

United Nations Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis for Arabic Speaking Countries, Amman, Jordan, May 2011 Data Confidentiality

United Nations Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis for Arabic Speaking Countries, Amman, Jordan, May 2011 Confidentiality Measures  Access by external users to individual data files forbidden by law  Statistical laws on data confidentiality  Login procedures for subscribers - "user name - pass word"  Only authorized persons have access to data  Using clustering technique for back-ups  Disabling data entry terminals’ USB and CD-Rom ports  Use of protected special network  Census data provided only with prior permission of NSO  Anonymizing records by: ­ Deleting personal data ­ Aggregating to higher geographical levels ­ Grouping of selected variables

United Nations Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis for Arabic Speaking Countries, Amman, Jordan, May 2011 Outreach

United Nations Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis for Arabic Speaking Countries, Amman, Jordan, May 2011 Outreach – Statistical Literacy of Public  Use of other events to talk about census: Algeria  Statistical data awareness campaign: Jordan  Media campaign: Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Mauritania, Oman, Syria, Yemen  Joint studies with academics: Syria  Workshops/Seminars: Egypt, Mauritania, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Sudan  Newsletters: Saudi Arabia  User-producer dialogue: Occupied Palestinian Territory  Use of metadata: Tunisia  Publish methodologies: Tunisia

United Nations Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis for Arabic Speaking Countries, Amman, Jordan, May 2011 Outreach – Media Guidance on Use of Data  Workshops/seminars for media  Scheduled meetings  Press releases  Short films, audio and video advertisements  User guides on NSO website  Interviews, news paper articles and posters

United Nations Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis for Arabic Speaking Countries, Amman, Jordan, May 2011 Use of Mobile Technology and Social Media  Yes (4): ­ Egypt (handheld devices, Facebook) ­ Iraq (Facebook) ­ Jordan (sms) ­ Saudi Arabia (Facebook, Twitter)

United Nations Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis for Arabic Speaking Countries, Amman, Jordan, May 2011 Metadata and Documentation

United Nations Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis for Arabic Speaking Countries, Amman, Jordan, May 2011 Metadata Provided with Census Data Products  Concepts, definitions, classifications – 13  Census questions – 11  Census methods (field work, enumeration methods, etc) – 13  Data quality, e.g., coverage rate, non-response – 5  Sampling design – 8  Products in which metadata disseminated Census publications/reports – 12 CD-Rom/DVD with census results – 8 On-line databases – 5 Methodological reports - 8

United Nations Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis for Arabic Speaking Countries, Amman, Jordan, May 2011 Challenges

United Nations Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis for Arabic Speaking Countries, Amman, Jordan, May 2011 Challenges in the Dissemination of Data  Meeting user demands – Algeria  Lack of training – Iraq  Making census data accessible to public – Iraq  Lack of technological development – Iraq, Mauritania  Political situation – Occupied Palestinian Territory  Comparing census data with other sources – Oman  Use of new techniques - Syria  Quick dissemination of census data – Tunisia  Identifying data needs for private sector – Yemen  Promoting data use in low literacy society – Yemen  Updating of website with necessary data and expanding communication with data users - Yemen

United Nations Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis for Arabic Speaking Countries, Amman, Jordan, May 2011 Thank you