1. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
2019 SDMX Global Conference 16 to 19 September 2019 Budapest, Hungary
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
Data interoperability framework for SDGs data: dissemination and exchange
Haitham Zeidan
Director of Dissemination and Documentation Department

2. Introduction
Statistics is very important for planning, development, research and analysis processes as it effectively contributes to decision-making in all sectors.
Official statistics needs to be presented in a clear and easily understandable manner by using interactive techniques, best practices and international standards (e.g., The Statistical Data and Metadata Exchange (SDMX)).
The disseminated information must be available in different forms via various media to enable easy access for users with minimum efforts. Even highly accessible published information cannot be fully useful if presented in a manner that is not easily understood
Users need to be provided with additional information (like metadata) to be able to understand and use information.

3. Background
The SDG information is often represented in variety of (usually incompatible) ways across different systems and organizations
Different organizations often handle data and metadata modeling differently
Prioritizing internal operational needs over data sharing
Having a specific applications in mind, instead of broader use and integration
There is no single “right” way of representing information
Some data structures are better suited for operational processes (e.g., capturing data from a survey or maintaining a civil registration database)
Others are being better suited for data sharing and dissemination (e.g., for the creation of data visualizations)
Challenge: Ensure all SDG data across PCBS are mapped to a common structure

4. SDG compilation process map
Data modeling+ Validation
SDMX and DSD

5. Main data modeling objective
Structure data in a way that enhances data interoperability, while flexibly accommodating the needs and priorities of PCBS
Have a common understanding of how to structure SDG data
Providing a data interoperability framework for SDG data (from collection to dissemination)
Foster efficiency, consistency and high-quality
Enable PCBS to more easily create user applications and data visualizations that directly interact with PCBS’s SDG database
focus on Data Visualization features, Dynamic Filtering, Export Feature and using a standard format by using long format to integrate it with SDGs common structure format

6. SDG multi-dimensional data model
PCBS and UNSD have jointly developed a multi-dimensional table “MDT” template for the compilation of statistical data from multiple sources
Highly reusable and conducive to data sharing
Focused on simplicity, so data is easily understood by a wide range of users and applications
Self-contained and stable over time
Based on the multi-dimensional SDMX information model
Incorporating standard definitions and classifications
Extensible to include PCBS-specific needs
Data platform and technology-independent
Already tested in by various PCBS teams and implemented in SDG database being currently developed by PCBS in collaboration with Istat
Next Phase: expand to other statistical programmes within PCBS Like Census 2017 indicator in indicators.ps interactive website

7. Develop and maintain Multidimensional Data Creator application
Still working to Implement SDG indicator framework for PCBS on central database
The Application and Central database will have these features:
Validate individual sub-indicator templates
Collect and upload data templates
Conduct cross-checks and data integrity validations
Make data available in various formats (including CSV, PX and SDMX) for publication on various PCBS data dissemination platforms and applications
Data Visualization, dynamic filtering and export features

8. PCBS Platforms and Tools
PX-Web 2019 for data dissemination
Support databases
Data Visualization features
Improvements in output formats (HTML5 table, CSV, Relational table, Json, JSON-stat)
Dynamic Filtering
Export feature to different formats
ArcGIS online data dissemination (
ArcGIS Hub would be deployed together with ArcGIS Portal
Explore our data for SDGs data, access spatial indicators relating to a particular Goal
Maps and API Explore
Explore the SDGs via Story Maps

9. PCBS Platforms and Tools

10. PCBS Platforms and Tools

11. PCBS Platforms and Tools
Indicators in particular highlights the results of Census 2017 
Indicators aligns with efforts to expand interactive, technology-driven data dissemination and visualization while advancing data accessibility
Using Long Format
Using Data Visualization techniques ( Line chart, Bar chart, Bubble chart)
Dynamic filtering from database with structured format, export feature
Will be integrated with SDGs platform and with other existing systems within PCBS

12. PCBS Platforms and Tools

13. PCBS Platforms and Tools

14. PCBS Platforms and Tools
Framework for metadata and microdata documentation that introduced in Palestinian central bureau of statistics (PCBS) for better documenting, preserving, anonymizing and disseminating of existing microdata,
This framework produced based on international standards: Data Documentation Initiative (DDI) and the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI).
DDI provides the ability to describe a rich set of metadata in an XML format, with an emphasis on micro-data, but also allowing for tabular formats and multidimensional cubes.

15. PCBS Platforms and Tools
In the 3.0 version, DDI supports all phases of the lifecycle from a description of concepts and the survey instrument used to collect data to the end product held in a data archive and used for analysis.
DDI 3.0 also provides an XML format for micro-data and tabular/multi-dimensional data, but very often the data is held in text or statistical software specific binary files. The user-configurable aspects of DDI ("variables") are mixed with specific metadata fields.

16. PCBS Platforms and Tools

17. PCBS Platforms and Tools

18. Future Work
Ensure all SDG data across PCBS are mapped to a common structure
Expand to other statistical programmes within PCBS
Integrate indicators.ps with SDGs platform and with other existing systems within PCBS
DDI/SDMX Overlap: These two standards are well aligned means that they can be combined in powerful ways, and that users of the two standards can move data from one standard format to the other fairly easily.

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