1. Emerging Trends in Data Exchange and Data Hubbing UGANDA
REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON DATA DISSEMINATION AND COMMUNICATION 20 – 22 JUNE 2012
Emerging Trends in Data Exchange and Data Hubbing
UGANDA
Dominic Kibuga
Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS)
Systems Development Officer

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Overview
An introduction to the Uganda NSS
The existing environment
Challenges with the existing environment
Emerging trends
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Introduction
Managed and coordinated by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) – (Uganda’s National Statistical Office)
The major players are government ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs)
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Existing environment
Numerous data exchanging/hubbing systems at UBOS and in the NSS
At UBOS – UgandaInfo, IMIS, NADA, CountryStat
In the NSS – EMIS, HMIS, LOGICS etc
A lot of data is stored as datasets in various database systems and data formats
Only some of the data hubbing systems are accessible to the various users in the NSS
Most of the data exchange is through
publications in various formats; hard copy, PDF, etc
formal requests made by etc
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Challenges
Supervisory
Statistics is not given adequate priority in most MDAs
Inadequate funding to supervise and coordinate the NSS
Absence of national standards and definitions
Coordination
Duplication of data collection efforts resulting in respondent fatigue and waste of resources
Duplication of efforts to develop data hubs leading to waste of resources
Access
Inadequate access to important statistics
Intermittent internet connectivity within the NSS
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Emerging trends
Launch of the Plan for National Statistical Development (PNSD)
Strengthening development of statistics in Uganda
Development and definition of standards and concepts
Development of the National Metadata Dictionary and Statistical Compendium
Review of the Statistics Act to streamline the NSS and improve UBOS’s capacity to coordinate and manage the NSS
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7. Emerging trends (continued)
Development of the National Statistical Databank (NSDB)
CountryData based on DevInfo platform supported by UNSD, DFID and the DevInfo Support Group (DSG)
In initial stages involving UBOS, Ministry of Health and Ministry of Education and Sports
To increase data transmission between MDAs
Facilitate access to data.
To be input based on an agreed release calendar.
Input will be based on
scripts obtaining indicators from existing systems and
“copy and paste” of indicators from publications
Will use SDMX to update the UNSD CountryData platform
Development of the National Backbone Infrastructure (NBI) connected to fibre optic cable to connect MDAs
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Thank You!
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