ADP member since
2006
National agencies involved
Gambia Bureau of Statistics (GBoS)
Several statistical units from key line Ministries (Agriculture, Health)
Several statistical units from key line Ministries (Agriculture, Health)
Results
Results obtained with ADP support include:
Survey microdata made accessible
- National Survey catalog available on GBOS website (see URL above).
- All available nationally representative surveys and censuses documented, archived and disseminated.
- Capacity built and sustained within GBOS to document, archive and disseminate microdata - as standard processes of every survey undertaken. About 20 staff (GBOS and Ministry of Agriculture) trained on microdata management standards, tools and practice; top management sensitized.
Results: Online Survey Catalog
| URL | Agency | MicroData accessible | MicroData accessibility |
|---|---|---|---|
| http://www.gbos.gov.gm/na... | Gambia Bureau of Statistics (GBoS) | YES | License access |
Regional Training Workshop on NADA 4.0 held in Tunis for English Speaking African Countries (June 2013)
A Regional Training workshop was held in Tunis, Tunisia on June 10 – 12, 2013 in the context of the launching of the NADA 4.0 by the International Household Survey Network (IHSN). This workshop was jointly organized by PARIS21 with the World Bank and the African Development Bank.
Regional training workshop on population and housing census documentation and archiving held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 12-16 December 2011
The PARIS21 Secretariat and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) undertook a training workshop on the use of the IHSN Microdata Management Toolkit. This workshop was conducted in the context of the joint OECD/PARIS21 – World Bank Accelerated Data Program (ADP, www.ihsn.org/adp). This workshop which took place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 12th to 16th December 2011.Gambia: GBOS and several Line Ministries trained on microdata management (Banjul, Gambia, 9-20 May 2011)
A “Microdata Management Toolkit training and production workshop” was held in Banjul, Gambia from 9th to the 20th of May. The objective of the workshop was to train 15 participants from the Planning Services Unit (PSU), Ministry of Agriculture and the Gambia Bureau of statistics (GBOS) on the documentation of census and surveys.ADP/FAO/CSA Regional training on the documentation and archiving of Agricultural Censuses and Surveys held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 7-11 February 2011
The first "Regional training on the documentation and archiving of Agricultural Censuses and Surveys” was held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 7-11 February 2011. The objective of the workshop was to train participants from 15 countries on the use the Microdata Management Toolkit for the documentation of Agricultural Census and Surveys, and to initiate the documentation of their latest agricultural census.NADA 3.0 Africa Regional Training (Nairobi, Kenya, 18-21 October 2010)
As part of the implementation of the PARIS21/Accelerated Data Program (ADP), a four day workshop on the installation and management of the IHSN National Data Archive 3.0 (NADA 3.0) application was conducted in Nairobi Kenya. The workshop took place from 18th to 21st October 2010.
IT specialists and archive managers from the National Statistics Offices of Kenya, Lesotho, Tanzania, Zambia, Swaziland, Nigeria, Southern Sudan, Liberia, Ghana, The Gambia, Uganda, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Malawi and Palestine took part.