1. The 6th SDMX Global Conference
2 to 5 October Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Applying SDMX in EGYPT The implementation approach Ayman Hathoot Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) Cairo, Egypt

2. Overview SDMX background SDMX - Background about Egypt
Analysis of the current situation
Considerations to apply SDMX
Tools – countries – sponsors – advisors to implement.

3. SDMX background Data collection is often complex and inefficient:
- Duplicate data exchange among organization.
- lack of metadata associated with data.

4. SDMX background (Cont.)
Statistical Data and Metadata Exchange (SDMX):
-minimize the duplication effort as a result of the repeated requests from different agencies.

5. SDMX - Background about Egypt
The main challenge CAPMAS is to:
Apply SDMX as a holistic approach to modernize the statistical processing and dissemination infrastructures to improve efficiency.

6. The current situation shows that:
- CAPMAS is ready to improve the statistical infrastructure including registers, metadata repositories, databases, data dissemination tools and facilities.
- basic knowledge of key SDMX artifacts are needed for the employees:
A. SDMX technical standards and content-oriented guidelines (COGs)
B. Data Structure Definitions (DSDs) and Metadata Structure Definitions (MSDs)
C. SDMX implementation tools.

7. SDDS ,Nesstar publisher (DDI- DCMI) , …...
Institutional considerations
- Implementation of SDMX will be linked to existing strategic plan taking into account the existing standards:
SDDS ,Nesstar publisher (DDI- DCMI) , …...
The main driver for SDMX implementation is
Metadata unit that consists of:
Statistical working group Technical working group

8. IT-related considerations
IT sector will be responsible for:
Assembling information on the database environment for each of the statistical domains being implemented.
Defining the structural metadata concepts (dimensions) used to describe the datasets and the place that metadata are stored.
Statistical-related considerations
Information about conformity of the indicators to international statistical standards is considered in CAPMAS.

9. Finally, Determining SDMX implementation tools to use
SDMX Reference Infrastructure (Eurostat) identified as comprehensive solution.
Suggested Joint agencies to support the pilot project
AFDB – ESCWA
They sponsored SDMX workshop for African and Asian countries together in 2011
Participating countries :
Egypt – other Two countries defined by AFDB – ESCWA
technical advisors
Italy (ever held a workshops for Arab countries) or defined by AFDB – ESCWA
Finally,
Step by step will be follow when implementing SDMX

10. Thank you