1. 5 November, 2018 Nuku’alofa, Tonga
Improving Data Dissemination and Use in Pacific Island Countries: Project introduction
5 November, 2018
Nuku’alofa, Tonga

2. Acknowledgements
Project generously funded by the World Bank through the Trust Fund for Statistical Capacity Building. Of course, all Pacific NSOs for being here.

3. Project aims
In response to HOPS 2017 call for increased dissemination of quality development data:
Curation for long-term preservation of Pacific microdata data
Metadata documentation to improve useability of data
Publishing of metadata documentation to increase data discoverability
Establishment of transparent legal and governance frameworks to ensure confidentiality and to establish confidence
Standardisation (or harmonisation) of microdata to facilitate comparative (longitudinal and spatial) analysis
Identify approaches for optimal approaches to sampling in small island states
Build capacity of national statistical agencies in data documentation, standardisation and use, and in sampling methods
Ancestory.com; a piece of history; build confidence in Pacific data

4. Three main components Establishing the Pacific Microdata Library
Harmonisation of census and survey datasets (ex-post standardisation)
New sampling strategy for PICTs

5. Component 1: Establishing the Pacific Microdata Library
Legal framework
Microdata inventory
Acquisition of data and metadata
Not transfer of ownership
Establishment of policy and protocols
data acquisition, evaluation, documentation, anonymization, cataloguing, dissemination, and preservation
Setting up IT infrastructure
Metadata documentation and dissemination
Anonymization and preparation of public use files
Citations database
User engagement
Capacity building
Memorandum of Understanding
Data Access Agreement
Terms of Use

6. Component 2: Ex post microdata standardisation
Workshops on standardisation
Labour market; disability; education; consumption
Identify common household and person variables for thematic analysis
Training in microdata standardisation and analysis
Creation of census subsets
Harmonisation guidelines
Household record
Person record
Labour market
Income
Education
Consumption
Health
ICT, etc.

7. Component 3: A new sampling strategy for small island states
Capacity building
Identifying optimal sample design that accommodates varying data user needs
HIES, DHS, MICS, disability, labour, agriculture
Sampling guidelines

8. Upcoming activities and events
Tonga project launch – here we are
Formalise project participation – after Tonga workshop
Inventory of line ministry data – engagement after project launch
Micro-and-metadata deposit – engagement after project launch
Finalisation of legal framework – end of 2018
Draft of policy and protocols – ongoing
Metadata documentation – ongoing
Microdata anonymization – ongoing
Workshop on populating labour market indicators and standardising microdata – 3 to 7 December
Disability, education and consumption in 2019
Sampling guidelines – under development for HIES and MICS
Sampling workshop in 2019

9. Thank you

10. Component 1: Establishing the Pacific Microdata Library
Inventory of microdata sets
Policy and protocols
Never to be released
Requires approval
Open access
MOU per dataset
Preservation of raw and processed
Census, survey, geospatial, administrative
Acquisition
Documentation
Cataloguing
Anonymization
Dissemination
Preservation

11. Component 1: Establishing the Pacific Microdata Library
Inventory of microdata sets
Policy and protocols
NADA
DDI 2.5
Dublin Core
ISO / 19139
Acquisition
Documentation
Cataloguing
Anonymization
Dissemination
Preservation

12. Component 1: Establishing the Pacific Microdata Library
Policy and protocols
De-identified
Anonymised
Census subsets
Acquisition
Documentation
Cataloguing
Anonymization
Dissemination
Preservation

13. Component 1: Establishing the Pacific Microdata Library
Inventory of microdata sets
Policy and protocols
Permissions
Open access
User engagement
Acquisition
Documentation
Cataloguing
Anonymization
Dissemination
Preservation