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Country / Regional Activity: Global
Date of Event: 2014-12-12
PARIS21, in collaboration with UN Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific (UNSIAP), conducted a regional training course on the National Strategies for the Development of Statistics (NSDS) on December 9-12, 2014 at UNSIAP in Chiba, Japan. This training course was designed to introduce high level country representatives in the new NSDS Guidelines. In collaboration with the Accelerated Data Program (ADP) a new addition known as the “Data Module” was introduced into the NSDS process....


Country / Regional Activity: Sri Lanka
Date of Event: 2013-10-20

The Department of Census and Statistics (DCS) of Sri Lanka hosted a Microdata Outreach Workshop in Colombo from October 20 - 23, 2013 with the support of the Accelerated Data Program, to promote LankaDatta and engage in dialogues with users on how to improve data availability, access and quality. The workshop was attended by fifteen users from nine different organizations and fifteen staff members from DCS representing each division....


Country / Regional Activity: Global
Date of Event: 2013-06-25

NADA Administrators from fifteen agencies in eleven countries of Asia and the Pacific gathered in Bonifacio Global City, Metro Manila, Philippines on June 25-27, 2013 for a regional training workshop on NADA 4.0. The workshop began with sessions on upgrading the NADAs from version 3 to version 4. The sessions that followed were on site administration, implementing quality control measures, and learning the new features of NADA. The new NADA has several enhancements, both for users and administrators....


Country / Regional Activity: Sri Lanka
Date of Event: 2013-06-01
Sri Lanka Department of Census and Statistics (DCS) is in the process of revising its Microdata Dissemination Policy to improve access for users. DCS will engage users in the process, hosting Microdata Outreach Workshop to solicit user feedback on the current dissemination policy and procedures. ADP also plans to spread the best practices of DCS in survey documentation and management to line ministries of Sri Lanka and involve them in upcoming DDI production workshops. ...


Country / Regional Activity: India, Sri Lanka
Date of Event: 2013-03-21

India Computer Center (MOSPI/CC) and Sri Lanka Department of Census and Statistics (DCS) are already agencies with a large number of surveys made available in their on-line NADA catalogs. CC, who joined ADP in 2011, now houses 118 surveys in their NADA which is accessible through the MOSPI....


Country / Regional Activity: Sri Lanka
Date of Event: 2012-12-12
LankkaDatta, the microdata catalog of the Department Census and Statistics (DCS), Sri Lanka, was upgraded from version 2 to the much improved version 3.2 in anticipation of the upload of recent studies. Currently holding metadata for 366 studies, LankaDatta takes the lead in being the most populated microdata catalog among all other ADP countries. Recent movements in the agency though requires that additional staff be trained on documentation. ...


Country / Regional Activity: Global
Date of Event: 2010-06-07
The IHSN Toolkit was one of the software included in the 1st Group Training Course in Application of Information Management and Related ICT for Official Statistics conducted by the UN Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific (SIAP) in Chiba, Japan. This is the second SIAP course to include the Toolkit. The course has 23 participants coming from 14 countries, namely: Armenia, Azerbaijan (2), Cook Islands, Ethiopia (2), India (3), Kosovo, Rwanda (2), Samoa (2), Solomon Islands (2), Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Thailand (2), Uzbekistan (2) and Vietnam....


Country / Regional Activity: Sri Lanka
Date of Event: 2009-11-23
The mission of the National Microdata Archive of Sri Lanka is to satisfy the data needs of the national and international research community who are striving hard to find answers to the socio-economic problems across the world. Backed by the Department of Census and Statistics - the central statistical agency in Sri Lanka, LankaDatta disseminates relevant, reliable and up-to-date statistical information being produced by the Agencies in the National Statistical System of Sri Lanka while preserving strict confidentiality of the respondents. ...