National Statistical Committee of the Republic of Belarus

Specific features of the Specific features of the organization of interaction organization of interaction with respondents during the with respondents during the transition to centralized transition to centralized electronic data reportingelectronic data reporting

Vadim BogushDeputy Chairman

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State Statistical System in the State Statistical System in the Republic of BelarusRepublic of Belarus

State statistics: NSO 7 regional offices 113 district offices

Minsk

Brest

Grodno

Vitebsk

Mogilev

Gomel

Respondents:citizens, householders,businesses,non-commercial organizations, etc

Users: Society

Government Regional authorities

Mass media Citizens

Scientific organizations

International organizations

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Three-tier statistical systemThree-tier statistical system

Central office

Region

District

Computing centers

Dissemination,Publication,User support

Respondents

Processing,analysis

Processing,analysis

Softwaredevelopmentand support

Dissemination,Publication,User support

Data collection,control

Data collection,Control, Technical support of the respondents

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Technological modernization of National Technological modernization of National Statistical Information SystemStatistical Information System

Modernization of telecommunication and computing infrastructure, datacenters development

Novel technological approach - transparent technology for data collection and processing - centralization of statistical data processing, increased data

availability - development of universal software both for respondents and

statisticians - support of xml format - increased level of information security.

corporate telecommunication network

National Data center

Districs

Regions

CiscoHewlett Packard

MS WindowsOracle

Regional Data center

corporate telecommunication network

Telecommunication and computing Telecommunication and computing infrastructure for NSISinfrastructure for NSIS

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Data collection and processing systemData collection and processing system

Belstat’s web-site

Internet

SW

Belstat

the Receiving CenterReports’ processingservice

original reports database

XML

Operational database

Hard copies input

Corporative network

Regional micro-databases

Fir

ew

all

Fir

ew

all

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General description of data General description of data collection and processingcollection and processing

Metadata subsystemMetadata subsystem-Statistical registerStatistical register-ClassificationsClassifications-Statistical indicators Statistical indicators cataloguecatalogue

- Receiving center- Receiving center- Reports’ processing serviceReports’ processing service- Certificate authoritiesCertificate authorities- Operational databaseOperational database

Databases- report data (micro data)- aggregated data (macro data)

DSDS

SUSU

Ext. Ext. modulemodule Quest. templateQuest. template

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Survey formSurvey form

Questionnaires templateQuestionnaires template

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Respondent

Receiving center

Internet

Report submission processReport submission process

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Organization of respondent supportOrganization of respondent support

Technical and methodological support:

1. region,

2. central,

3. software developer

Advocacy and promotion: media publications, local authorities information board, special website section

Respondent experience and new Respondent experience and new model advantages model advantages

user-friendly and uniform interface for different observations;

the latest version of forms and required metadata (synchronization with receiving center);

possibilities for data validation and collection data from different units within local network;

respondent’s burden decrease; proper level of the information security is provided by

encryption and digital signature application; electronic confirmation of report acceptance

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Dynamics of e-submissionDynamics of e-submission

11,7

37,6

60,4

83,9 89,9

43,9

61

81,1

92,2 93,8

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60

70

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90

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october november december january june

Report on profit

Production cost report

Report on industry production – 79,4 %

Report on status of settlements – 83,3 %

Official Website

Anonymous users

Central office’s users

Local statistical offices’ users

Authorized users

Publications Aggregated data

Information disseminationInformation dissemination

PublicationsNews and press

releasesDatabases

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Future plans for developmentFuture plans for development

Extended using of Internet and portal technologies for data collecting and dissemination

Development and implementation of e-archive Implementation of international standards for data and

metadata exchange Development mobile application

for collecting and dissemination of statistical data

Implement modern methods of data presentation, such as geographic information systems.

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Thank you! Questions?