1. CountrySTAT / FENIX Overview, Objectives, Implementations and Approach

2. Why? Reduce hunger Alleviate poverty Promote rural development

3. Introductory Considerations Global food and agriculture challenges require fast, informed and targeted decisions

4. Introductory Considerations We need to create the conditions for evidence-based policies

5. Requirements High quality, comparable and timely data Mobilization of the national and international community

6. Data Issues Data is a renewable resource, created every day by many organizations and individuals There is a gap between the produced data and its availability

7. Data Issues Lack of data and metadata harmonization Poor data dissemination systems/mechanisms Restrictive or unclear data policy Poor communication and awareness

8. What’s needed Avail data as “public good” Ensure interoperability between IT systems Include expert-knowledge and users’ requirements in the IT system design Strengthen the international, regional and national institutional networks

9. The 3 Key Dimensions Institutional Framework (National/International Stakeholders) Data availability (IT platform/tools) Data management (statistical analysis) Statistical governance Data policy Procedures and tools Political area Technical area Data Sharing Network (SDMX, DDI)

10. The Data Sharing Network Enables data exchange at all levels Creates a common technical language across data owners, statisticians, analysts, academics, journalists, etc. Includes methods and tools to interpret and understand the data, their reliability and their exact meaning (metadata) Enables data harmonization and integration within and across countries and regions IT systems will provide the technological infrastructure supporting the network

12. The FENIX Data Sharing Network Global FAOSTAT AMIS Statistics AMIS Policy ADAM FAO-WHO GIFT Voices of the Hungry Rural Livelihood Monitoring Global Foot & Mouth Disease Monitoring InfoSys for Forestry Regional UEMOA (RegionSTAT) UN-ECA AfricaFertilizer Regional Initiative on Water Scarcity National CountrySTAT 17 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa UAE Bhutan Application of mobile technologies in Tanzania for CountrySTAT Nigeria for AMIS Data Exchange

13. Key features Based on Open Source software; no licensing constraints and full redistribution rights Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) Data sharing through web services (APIs) Diversified data collection/upload methods Ability to handle different type of data Data discovery system based on metadata Advanced analytical capacities with the embedded “R” statistical package Extensible: ability to plug-in new functionalities and applications

14. Implementation Strategy Demand-driven approach, supported by a flexible and modular technology Adopt the Open Data concept and methods to enhance information sharing and benefit from the availability of data from different sources Broaden the scope of CountrySTAT to support data collection and management (not just data dissemination) Ensure relevance of CountrySTAT data and tools for the organization managing the system (owner)