1. Management of Statistical Information Systems – MSIS report 2006 lars
Management of Statistical Information Systems – MSIS report 2006
this is intended to be interactive
hoping for input from you re: your needs.
examples from the recent past?
The title of ws is “easy access” – maybe not so easy
October, 2006

2. Sofia, Bulgaria 21 - 23 June 2006, Themes
Changes in statistical processes;
Dissemination and client relations;
IT service partnerships within NSOs
Mel Turner chair
59 participants: mainly senior IT specialists or managers
October, 2006

3. A proposal for sharing tools
ONS proposed cooperation on sharing components for statistical data management systems.
agree on web services standards for interlinking components.
components could be freely exchanged and shared.
envisaged the possibility of establishing a consortium for support of the systems sharing
October, 2006

4. Next meeting Tentatively May in Dubrovnik, Croatia
Back-to-back with OECD Expert Group on SDMX
October, 2006

5. Themes Governance and management: Architecture:
changes in organization; outsourcing;
management, acquisition, transfer and retention of knowledge;
managing projects; programmes; portfolio;
administrative sources and coordination between institutions;
relations with international agencies;
Architecture:
re-usability;
metadata driven systems;
service-oriented architecture;
disclosure control; drilling down from macrodata to microdata;
data collection channels;
Accessibility and usability:
usability testing;
understanding users’ needs, client analysis; new audiences;
alternative ways of visualisation; geography;
alert services;
using visualisation as a part of search process;
public search engines (Google, etc.).
Preparation to start now
Organising committee
UNECE, Eurostat, OECD, NSIs
October, 2006