Regional Workshop on Information Society Measurements 26-28 July 2006 in Bangkok, Thailand

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Regional Workshop on Information Society
Measurements 26-28 July 2006 in Bangkok,
Thailand
AZERBAIJAN EXPERIENCE ICT business statistics
STIMULUS

• Increasing role of ICT in the international and
  national level
• WSIS in Geneva, Speech of President of
  Azerbaijan,
• ICT as one of priorities of country
• Including ICT indicators into Millenium
  Development Goals indicators
• Establishing the Ministry of Communication and IT
  
• The National Strategy on ICTs on the Behalf of
  the development of Azerbaijan Republic
• State program on the development of
  communication and IT in the Azerbaijan for
  2005-2008 (E-Azerbaijan)
• Questionnaires / needs of international
  organizations
• Increasing needs of government and other users

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Regional Workshop on Information Society
Measurements 26-28 July 2006 in Bangkok,
Thailand
AZERBAIJAN EXPERIENCE ICT business statistics
THEORETICAL STEPS

• Move a motion in the NSO on ICT statistics (first
  official opinion)
• Meeting with policy makers, statistical users
• Consultations with experts of foreign NSOs,
  Eurostat official trips for learning the
  experience
• Learning needs of users
• Indicators system, definitions
• Questionnaires, survey methods
• Practice and problems
• Generation of opinions and decision of NSO

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Regional Workshop on Information Society
Measurements 26-28 July 2006 in Bangkok,
Thailand
AZERBAIJAN EXPERIENCE ICT business statistics
PRACTICAL (FUNDAMENTAL) BASE

• Approve of Core indicators system of information
  society covered 200 indicatorsSeptember 2005
• Approve of questionnaires, methodologies of
  surveys (for HH and enterprises) October and
  November 2005
• Determination of responsibilities, coordination
  of processes

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Regional Workshop on Information Society
Measurements 26-28 July 2006 in Bangkok,
Thailand
AZERBAIJAN EXPERIENCE ICT business statistics
CARRY OUT

• Survey of 5 thousand households
  (November-December 2005
• Observation of 20.2 thousand enterprises
  January 2006
• Collection of data, processing January- March
  2006
• Publication of results official publication
  Information society in Azerbaijan April 2006

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Regional Workshop on Information Society
Measurements 26-28 July 2006 in Bangkok,
Thailand
AZERBAIJAN EXPERIENCE ICT business statistics
RESULT OF OBSERVATION DATA BY ENTERPRISES

• Data according to Core ICT indicators
• (and by size, by activity, by geographic ...)
• B1 number of enterprises using computers O.K.
• B2 number employees using computers O.K.
• B3 number of enterprises using the Internet O.K.
  
• B4 number of businesses using the Internet- O.K.
• B5 number of enterprises with a Web site O.K.
• B6 number of enterprises with an Intranet O.K.
• B7 number enterprises receiving order over
  Internet
• B8 number of enterprises placing order over
  Internet -

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Regional Workshop on Information Society
Measurements 26-28 July 2006 in Bangkok,
Thailand
AZERBAIJAN EXPERIENCE ICT business statistics
ACHIEVE TO SUCCESS

• Building of official ICT statistics
• (first time among CIS countries)
• Supply for users demands
• Government
• International organizations
• Other users
• Obtaining of skills, experience
• Determination of future activity

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Regional Workshop on Information Society
Measurements 26-28 July 2006 in Bangkok,
Thailand
AZERBAIJAN EXPERIENCE ICT business statistics
PROBLEMS

• Less specialized staff
• Less methodology, definition
• E-government,
• E-education,
• E-health
• Sample survey among natural persons

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Regional Workshop on Information Society
Measurements 26-28 July 2006 in Bangkok,
Thailand
AZERBAIJAN EXPERIENCE ICT business statistics
STRATEGY

• Improvement
• Indicator system
• Methodology
• Questionnaire
• Using sample survey on businesses
• Obtaining of data natural persons
• Measuring
• E-government
• E-health
• E-education
• Training of workers consultations, seminars