2nd Meeting of the Regional Steering Group on Population and Social Statistics

Bangkok 17-19 July 2019

Developing a user engagement strategy in Cambodia

Sok KosalDeputy Director General

National Institute of Statistics, Cambodia

❑ Mission & Objective

❑ Overview of NIS

❑ Implementation framework

❑ Coordination and Cooperation in NSS

❑ User engagement strategy

❑ Challenges of integrated population and social statistics

• Coordinate, collect, compile, analyse and disseminatethe high quality and objective official statistics

• to assist informed decision-making, debate anddiscussion within the Royal Government, provincial,district and commune governments, business and themedia, as well as the wider Cambodian andinternational community

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User focused

Ensuring users’ needs are met with statistical outputs through regular consultation and review

Professionalism

• Upholding the highest standard of technical skills and professional ethics in producing, coordinating and disseminating quality statistical data

• Adhering to principles of justice and fairness

• Maintaining national data and knowledge management systems at the highest standard

• Transparency4

Integrity

• Strong inside and out

• Committed to maintaining confidentiality with data collection and statistical information

• Taking all efforts to make sure respondent burden is reasonable

Quality

• Ensuring consistent reliable and accurate statistics for all

• Collecting, processing and disseminating data and information in a timely manner

Sustainability

• Developing a sustainable national statistical system meeting the needs of all stakeholders

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Partnerships

•Together as one

• Maintaining effective coordination and working relationships with all stakeholders

• Advocating and educating about the use of statistical information for sound decision making

• Effective using the media to disseminate statistics and build statistical literacySound management

Effective in managing resources6

Organization Diagram of NIS

Statistical Framework

Statistics Indicators

Demograhics Social and Economic

• Education• Health• Labor• NSA &Price• Agriculture • Industrial and manufacturing• Energy and mining• Transportation • Services• Poverty • Others

Statistics production

• Data collection, processing and analysis• Metatdata• Harmoniation and Classification• Adopt/adaptation of international recoganized

methodologies• Quality Contro;,…

Mechanism

• Institutional framework, Legislation• Infrastructure • HR and HRD /Capacity building• Data network /information system• Support Budget

Programmes

Development partners / Donors

Statistical Outputs/User

Dissemination

Publication /Yearbook

Leaflets and Booklet

Surveys and Census Reports

Web site and Cam Info

Database (micro data)

Other linked

• Population• Age and Sex • Gender • Other Demographic

Characteristics

Administrative Surveys/Census

Data Collection

StatisticalPolicy-making/Coordinating

(NIS)

Statistics Advisory Council

(SAC)

Statistics Coordination

Committee(SCC)

National Strategic Development Plan

(General Directorate of Planning,Ministry of Planning)

Data Producers(Line Ministries/Institutions,

Including NIS)

Data Suppliers/Respondents

Data Users(Line Ministries/Institutions,IOs/NGOs and Private Sector)

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Meeting the needs of NSDP, SDGs, ASEAN and other users

Develop, implement, and maintain a core data set of highquality by all institutions of the NSS, under the leadership ofthe NIS, to adequately respond to the statisticalrequirements to support development processes arisingfrom, NSDP, SDG, and ASEAN commitments and the needs ofother users

• Link NSS operations to development policy

• Improve data policy and statistical infrastructure

• Support compilation of SDGs

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• Continue to improve Population and social statistics

– Conduct the 2019 General Population Census of CambodiaCambodia Labour Force and Child Labor Survey 2019, 2021, 2023

– National Disability Survey, 2021– Cambodia Rural Urban Migration Survey, 2022– Aging Population Survey 2021– National Tobacco Prevalence Survey, 2019– Annual Cambodia Socio-Economic Survey (CSES 2019-2023)

Regular Physical Violence Against Children in Cambodia, 2021– Cambodia Demographic and Health Survey 2020– Conduct the Cambodia Agriculture Survey (CSES 2019-2023)

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Strengthening Legal and Institutional Framework

Strengthen statistical legislation, institutional infrastructure,organization structures, independence of the NIS andoperational, financial and administrative managementsystems of the NSS to support statistical production anddevelopment

• Organize the NSS as mandated by the Statistics Law and Sub-decrees

• Provide more autonomy and accountability in the management of NIS

• Establish the mandate of the DSUs in the M&Is

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Upgrading Human Resources

Develop and implement human capacity building in anorganized recruitment, training and employeemotivation programme in the NSS

• Improve human resource policy and management

• Develop and pursue an NSS-wide training programme

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Rationalizing Information and CommunicationsTechnology

Develop and implement ICT Strategy and Plan toprovide state-of-the-art ICT capacity to support allaspects of statistical collection, processing, analysis,maintenance and dissemination

• Develop & implement an ICT Policy & Strategic Plan for the NIS & NSS.

• Implement recommendations for ICT management in the NIS plan for ICT infrastructure needs, a DBMS, off-site back-up copies of files, IT security, and data warehouse.

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Increasing Dissemination and Advocacy

Develop and implement dissemination Strategy, advocacy and literacystrategy to provide improved access to all users & increased demand forstatistics– Disseminate & interact effectively with a wider audience

– Advocate use of statistics in policy & planning

– Develop and publish an up-to-date dissemination policy for NIS and Open Data initiatives and General Data Dissemination System compliance.

– Introduce possible advance release calendars for major statistics

– Upgrade NIS website and links to statistical websites of M&Is. M&Is.

– Publicize the existence of the DUSC and the services that it offers; track records of visitors and requests made, including that of CAMSTAT and NADA.

– Develop and implement a comprehensive approach to communication and advocacy pertaining to planning, consultation & feedback with users including media.

– Use social media to communicate statistics and analysis

– Encourage the creation of online user forums, wherein users exchange information about NIS data and interact with technical staff.

– Conduct User Needs, Use and Satisfaction Survey early in the NSDS period and every 3-5 years subsequently.

– Provide for a budget item for dissemination and advocacy, especially in large-scale activities

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• Lack of commitment and ownership of the NSS to implement the NSDS

• Overall, data user engagement is weak and there is no institutionalized mechanism for regular user feedback on statistical outputs, products and statistical services in the NSS.

• Limited organizational and human capability in the NSS

• Lack of integrated approach in the role of ICT in the NSS

• Lack of effective coordination within the NSS and/or stakeholders

• Inadequate structure and processes for effective communications, dissemination, and advocacy

• Limited resource management (financial and logistical)

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• The censuses and surveys conducted by the NIS and the line ministries very much depend on the external assistance and funding and funding need to continue and increase.

• There are no annual enterprise surveys for lack of funds and systemic problems like absence of Statistical Business Register

• Cambodia Disaster Loss and Damage Information System (CamDI) of the NCMD, EMIS of MoEYS and HIS of MOH

• Expansion of the data collection/compilation activities including by resorting to additional/new data sources (e.g., administrative records, some elements of Big Data etc.)

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• Large additional costs for the NIS/LMs and conduct of the surveys (e.g. CSES, CDHS, LFS, CES, etc.) and/or introduce module surveys (e.g. Time Use Survey, Module Disability Survey)

• External assistance is conducted by the development partners in accordance with their work programme and in contact with the corresponding line ministries, often without proper coordination with NIS this might lead to duplication of work and other inefficiencies

• Establishing bilateral and multilateral cooperation arrangements between the UN bodies and other development partners active in Cambodia would be welcome steps in this direction

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