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200X Meeting on the Management of Statistical Information Systems 

作者:大会组委会 摘自《联合国欧洲经济委员会UNECE》

　　EUROPEAN COMMISSION STATISTICAL OFFICE OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (EUROSTAT)

　　Meeting on the Management of Statistical Information Systems (MSIS 2008)

　　(Luxembourg, 7-9 April 2008)

　　EUROPEAN COMMISSION STATISTICAL OFFICE OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (EUROSTAT)

　　Meeting on the Management of Statistical Information Systems (MSIS 2007)

　　Expert Group on Statistical Data and Metadata Exchange (SDMX 2007)

　　(Geneva, 8-11 May 2007)

　　At the invitation of the Government of Bulgaria, the meeting will be held in Sofia, from 21 to 23 June 2006,starting on 21 June at 9.30 a.m.*

　　1. The main objectives of the regular meetings on management of statistical information systems are the following:

　　· To provide a forum for the exchange of experiences among informatics managers from National Statistical Offices and other government agencies and international organizations undertaking statistical activities;

　　· To make recommendations in order to coordinate the activities of different international organizations in the area of statistical information processing;

　　· To collect, discuss and make available practices in the management of statistical information processing, as well as to encourage the exchange of practices in all other particular areas included in Programme Activity 2 of the Integrated Presentation;

　　· To assess the activities undertaken within all programme elements included in Programme Activity 2 of the Integrated Presentation, and to make recommendations on future directions of work within these programme elements to the Bureau of the Conference of European Statisticians;

　　· To facilitate and encourage the implementation of standards and recommendations in the field of statistical computing among national statistical offices and other concerned agencies in the UNECE region.

　　2. The Meeting is primarily intended for: informatics managers from national statistical offices and other concerned national and international agencies; and statisticians and informaticians responsible for the coordination, planning and management of complex projects in the field of statistical information processing.

　　3. The work programme of the meeting will consist of the following substantive topics:

　　(i) Changes in statistical processes;

　　(ii) Dissemination and client relations;

　　(iii) Exploitation of IT Service Partnerships within statistical organizations (ISIs and NSIs);

　　(iv) Review and follow-up to the activities of the Conference.

　　4. Detailed explanatory notes on the nature and expected outcomes of topics (i) to (iv) are provided in Section V of the Information Notice.

　　· Harmonization of concepts from an IT point of view. How are these harmonized concepts to become an operational reality and what measures or projects are being undertaken in this area?

　　· Linkage and privacy protection. With more administrative data present and linked in an agency, the possible effects of unauthorized access are becoming more and more serious. How is data linkage accomplished, what measures are being taken to secure the data and how is compliance with the legislation in this area accomplished?

　　· Any special issues such as handling large volumes of data, working across multiple jurisdictions with differing legislation, or complexities in dealing with non-governmental sources of administrative data.

　　14. Furthermore, this use of administrative sources and the way other government agencies are integrating them, are challenging the way the statistical production process is set up in business terms. NSIs are becoming increasingly involved in generalization and rationalization of the entire statistical production process. Therefore NSIs are also encouraged to report on:

　　· Efforts on producing an enterprise architecture and the possible benefits and effects on the statistical production process.

　　· Initiatives on integrated production facilities and quality management processes.

　　15. Statistical agencies disseminating data and metadata to the public have increasingly made use of the Internet for this purpose while often reducing or eliminating print publications. Owing to increased accessibility to their data, agencies have found themselves assuming an ever-broadening role in determining how best to organize and present statistical information, how to market, how to provide adequate training and support, how to manage demand for additional services, and how to determine a pricing strategy. Some institutions benefit from separate organizational teams who focus on supporting users; others establish additional means for addressing these demands. Some organizations structure and charge for data based on their conventional print publications; others permit access to the data by theme or by individual series.

　　16. In this session, papers on the following questions are welcome:

　　· How does web dissemination of data impact the underlying production systems? What system changes have organizations had to make to accommodate electronic publication?

　　· How have organizations designed their websites and decided what services to offer the user, e.g.,charting, tables, tools for analysis etc. Has web content management facilitated or hindered dissemination of statistical information? What decisions have been taken on how to access the data, i.e., by publication, by theme, by individual series, by other means? How much metadata is sufficient to facilitate searching for data and elaboration of the results? How important is it that there be consistency of terminology, code lists, etc. with and across data disseminating sites?

　　· What organizational arrangements have been put in place to fulfill the needs of users? How satisfactory are the arrangements to both the organization and the users and how is this measured? What factors lead to success or failure?

　　· How do organizations respond to user demands for additional data, more timely data, microdata or data in other formats?

　　· What decisions have been implemented on pricing policies? What are the pros and cons of charging for data? Does the statistical organization reap the benefits of the revenues or are they directed into an institutional pool and what are the consequences?

　　17. With increasing pressures on statistical organizations to provide greater flexibility and value for money from the IT capability and estate, organizations may need to consider exploiting external IT service providers as catalysts to enable technological/organizational change. In many cases the use of external service providers may be confined to "commodity" activities based on specific technology skill sets. At the other extreme,organizations could move to fully outsourced "partnership" relationships with the external suppliers providing managed services/business solutions. If external suppliers are integrated into the business areas, organizations need to consider critical issues such as securing confidentiality of information and retention of expertise within the organization.

　　18. In this topic we would welcome papers on the following questions:

　　· How should an organization approach key strategic decisions on those services that should be undertaken by internal and external resources?

　　· Having made decisions to purchase services, what types of supplier management models should be employed (e.g. commodity supplier vs partnership strategies?) and why are these appropriate?

　　· What steps should IT departments take in helping the business areas to appreciate and support the purpose and objectives of the external supplier relationship?

　　· What management structures, relationship governance and development strategies should be employed to maximize the benefits of the external party to the organization?

　　· If an outsourcing strategy is adopted, what works well and what aspects are problematic? What have organizations learned from these experiences?

　　· Is there greater opportunity for service collaboration between ISI/NSIs and other governmental departments? (e.g. sharing web-based service orientated architecture components, shared infrastructure/hosting)?

　　· What pressures do organizations encounter when introducing these new IT service concepts?

　　19. Following the tradition established by the former UNECE Working Party on Electronic Data Processing, the Meeting is invited to review the activities in the field of statistical information processing in which the Conference is active and to make suggestions for its future work. Presently, the activities of the Conference in this field are focused on the following areas:

　　· Management of statistical information systems (jointly with OECD and Eurostat);