The 6 th SDMX Global Conference 2 to

The 6 th SDMX Global Conference 2 to 5 October 2017 - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Applying SDMX in EGYPT The implementation approach Ayman Hathoot Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) Cairo, Egypt ayman_m@capmas. gov. eg

• Overview • SDMX background • SDMX - Background about Egypt • Analysis of the current situation • Considerations to apply SDMX • Tools – countries – sponsors – advisors to implement.

• SDMX background • Data collection is often complex and inefficient: - Duplicate data exchange among organization. - lack of metadata associated with data.

• SDMX background (Cont. ) • Statistical Data and Metadata Exchange (SDMX): -minimize the duplication effort as a result of the repeated requests from different agencies.

• SDMX - Background about Egypt • The main challenge CAPMAS is to: Apply SDMX as a holistic approach to modernize the statistical processing and dissemination infrastructures to improve efficiency.

• The current situation shows that: - CAPMAS is ready to improve the statistical infrastructure including registers, metadata repositories, databases, data dissemination tools and facilities. - basic knowledge of key SDMX artifacts are needed for the employees: A. SDMX technical standards and content-oriented guidelines (COGs) B. Data Structure Definitions (DSDs) and Metadata Structure Definitions (MSDs) C. SDMX implementation tools.

• Institutional considerations - Implementation of SDMX will be linked to existing strategic plan taking into account the existing standards: SDDS , Nesstar publisher (DDI- DCMI) , …. . . The main driver for SDMX implementation is Metadata unit that consists of: Statistical working group Technical working group

• IT-related considerations IT sector will be responsible for: • Assembling information on the database environment for each of the statistical domains being implemented. • Defining the structural metadata concepts (dimensions) used to describe the datasets and the place that metadata are stored. • Statistical-related considerations • Information about conformity of the indicators to international statistical standards is considered in CAPMAS.

• Determining SDMX implementation tools to use SDMX Reference Infrastructure (Eurostat) identified as comprehensive solution. Suggested Joint agencies to support the pilot project AFDB – ESCWA They sponsored SDMX workshop for African and Asian countries together in 2011 Participating countries : Egypt – other Two countries defined by AFDB – ESCWA technical advisors Italy (ever held a workshops for Arab countries) or defined by AFDB – ESCWA Finally, Step by step will be follow when implementing SDMX

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