1. FACILITATING ACCESS TO INTERNATIONAL STATISTICS DANIEL O‘DONNELL, DESTATIS

2. © Destatis | I i-Punkt. All photos taken from Photocase. Please do not re-use without permission. Overview of presentation Initial situation and reasons for new strategy Key principles of new dissemination strategy Technical problems and solutions New international platform for international data Further improvements Discussion points

3. © Destatis | I i-Punkt. All photos taken from Photocase. Please do not re-use without permission. The outset: Reasons for new strategy International data dissemination very static Move from printed to online output Limited resources: From 14 to 4 Analysis of status quo Users in need of more guidance No German language platform available

4. © Destatis | I i-Punkt. All photos taken from Photocase. Please do not re-use without permission. Dissemination before 2007 International Yearbook: 400 pages Information hotline Many database subscriptions Country profiles Static key figures online No press releases or other publications

5. © Destatis | I i-Punkt. All photos taken from Photocase. Please do not re-use without permission. New dissemination strategy Online first Basic product portfolio Help users to help themselves International sources top priority Continuation where possible and worthwhile Automation of processes Integration into existing systems

6. © Destatis | I i-Punkt. All photos taken from Photocase. Please do not re-use without permission. Technical problems and solutions Wide variety of data sources Databases very heterogeneous Updating data needs to be easy Data to be published in variety of products  Standardisation of all data Creation of one central database for all dissemination channels

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8. New web portal for international data Targets first-time and experienced users Simple structure: data by theme, country and institution Plus publications, contact to hotline etc

9. © Destatis | I i-Punkt. All photos taken from Photocase. Please do not re-use without permission. Data by country Almost 50 key indicators For all sovereign states (UN status) Links to NSI website Country profiles where available

10. © Destatis | I i-Punkt. All photos taken from Photocase. Please do not re-use without permission. Data by theme Theme structure in line with Eurostat Key indicators by theme Plus tables published in yearbook Statistical links by theme News updates

11. © Destatis | I i-Punkt. All photos taken from Photocase. Please do not re-use without permission. Data by institution Background info Details of databases Links to databases

12. © Destatis | I i-Punkt. All photos taken from Photocase. Please do not re-use without permission. Further improvements and plans Latest improvement: website in English Website: Time series, Visualisation Use central database for more products Country profiles at the push of a button

13. © Destatis | I i-Punkt. All photos taken from Photocase. Please do not re-use without permission. Discussion: Managing communication International databases increasingly free of charge and offering wider range of data: Is the need to guide users decreasing? Language aspect: Is English sufficient? How do other NSIs disseminate intl data? Does website really cater to all users? Closer co-operation amongst NSIs possible?

14. © Destatis | I i-Punkt. All photos taken from Photocase. Please do not re-use without permission. Thanks for your attention