THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA Norah Madaya Director Statistical Coordination Services Uganda Bureau of Statistics 16 OCTOBER 2014 STRENGTHENING THE COLLATION AND DISSEMINATION OF DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS INCLUDING MDGS IN UGANDA Uganda Bureau of Statistics ¤ Plot 9 Colville Street, Kampala Uganda ¤ Website: Tel: +256(0) ¤

THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA Contents  About UBOS  The Project on Collating Indicators  Opportunities  Challenges  Lessons Learnt  Planned 3/1/2016Uganda Bureau of Statistics ¤ Plot 9 Colville Street, Kampala Uganda ¤ Website: Tel: +256(0) ¤ 2

THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA About UBOS UBOS plays a dual role in the development and maintenance of the National Statistical System (NSS): 1. It is the principal agency responsible for collecting, processing, analyzing and disseminating official statistics; 2. It is also responsible for coordinating, monitoring and supervising the National Statistical System; including Statistical Quality Assurance. 3. Web portal: Uganda Bureau of Statistics ¤ Plot 9 Colville Street, Kampala Uganda ¤ Website: Tel: +256(0) ¤

THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA The Project Opportunities and Challenges Uganda Bureau of Statistics ¤ Plot 9 Colville Street, Kampala Uganda ¤ Website: Tel: +256(0) ¤

THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA Uganda Bureau of Statistics ¤ Plot 9 Colville Street, Kampala Uganda ¤ Website: Tel: +256(0) ¤ Opportunity Board of Directors Steering Committee UBOS Management Committee NSS- Inter Agency Committee MDG Sub Committee MDG Task Force Institutionalisaion

THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA 3/1/ Data UsersData Suppliers Institutional Framework Data Producers Ministries, Department s & Agencies Policies, Principles, procedures, & Statistical production practices Research Training Institutions Households, Businesses, Individuals THE NATIONAL STATISTICS SYSTEM

THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA Opportunities Uganda Bureau of Statistics ¤ Plot 9 Colville Street, Kampala Uganda ¤ Website: Tel: +256(0) ¤  Increased awareness of the Ugandainfo and need for indicators and their metadata among active data User groups including; Policy Makers, Civil Society, Government and media.  Established inter and intra-institutional coordination and collaboration among agencies particularly those under the NSDS framework and the UN Agencies.  Existence of NSDS coordination structures and institutional arrangements for strengthening MDA statistical Systems.

THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA Opportunities Uganda Bureau of Statistics ¤ Plot 9 Colville Street, Kampala Uganda ¤ Website: Tel: +256(0) ¤  Capacity built to implement statistical data and Metadata eXchange (SDMX), SDMX mapping by the project targeted Statisticians and IT specialists within the NSO and other selected Agencies. This was a good blend as sustainability model. Eg. Ministry of Works and Transport has adopted it.  There is potential support and funding opportunities from donors like EU, UNICEF, DFID etc. for the strengthening quality of statistics.  Increased understanding and capacity to define Key Performance Indicators, and reduced discrepancies in the original National Metadata Dictionary and between data sources. Eg. Surveys Vs administrative.

THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA Challenges Checking for discrepancies in the database with numerous development indicators is laborious eg. MDG, EAC, & NDP. Multiple data sources on related indicators have presented inconsistencies which have constrained their usage. Data requests are still a burden especially from those who are not aware of the Ugandainfo. Underdeveloped systems and processes for administrative data generation in some MDAs. Resistance from silos departments in Ministries limits harmonisation of data especially the multi-donor funded sectors eg. Health, agriculture, Water etc Data quality assurance is not proactively demanded by the producers of data to guarantee its fitness for purpose. Improved statistical coordination and management Uganda Bureau of Statistics ¤ Plot 9 Colville Street, Kampala Uganda ¤ Website: Tel: +256(0) ¤

THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA Outcomes Uganda Bureau of Statistics ¤ Plot 9 Colville Street, Kampala Uganda ¤ Website: Tel: +256(0) ¤  Justified the need to revitalise the statistics cadre to enhance coordination of the NSS and timely production of indicators.  Metadata training enhanced the quality and wider use of the original national metadata dictionary.  Core list of indicators constituted the initial priority indicators to be assessed and audited for quality.  There is increased pressure for information from the MDG reporting Institutions (UNDP and Ministry of Finance) from the

THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA Lessons Learnt Uganda Bureau of Statistics ¤ Plot 9 Colville Street, Kampala Uganda ¤ Website: Tel: +256(0) ¤  Cooperation and collaboration amongst the MDAs increases ownership.  All development indicators (international & national should evolve along the SDMX metadata exchange.  Engagement of the leadership in MDAs is necessary for designating the primary indicator.  Regular capacity building involving IT and Statisticians should go hand in hand for continuity.  Metadata trainings should target key data Users  Development of a shared core list of indicators is vital for maintenance of harmonised data structure and metadata.  Monitoring usage of platform is necessary.

THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA Plans for remaining Period Uganda Bureau of Statistics ¤ Plot 9 Colville Street, Kampala Uganda ¤ Website: Tel: +256(0) ¤  Finalising cleaning of the database to reduce duplication and errors.  Profiling Data Sources for core list of Indicators  Update data and metadata for key priority indicators.  Produce updated national metadata dictionary (handbook)  Subscribe for local hosting of the Ugandainfo for the next 3 years.  Reengineer advocacy of the Ugandainfo.

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