Devinfo in Syria

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Devinfo in Syria
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Background on DevInfo

• The Syrian MDG Monitoring Database will be shared
  between Government Institutions, UN agencies as
  well as other operators engaged in MDG related
  development activities in Syria.

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Background on DevInfo

• Regularly updated, this tool is meant to help
  decision makers to monitor development indicators
  at national and sub-national level, to analyze
  trends as well as to orient decision.

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Background on DevInfo

• This tool should also facilitate the production
  of tables, graphs and maps for reporting purpose.

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Background on DevInfo

• The Syria MDG Monitoring Database will be
  established from indicators extracted from
  official and reliable data sources .
• Indicators will be entered into the database at
  National, governorate, district, and further
  level whenever available.

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Progress path

• Progress of Childinfo Unit.
• Progress of Devinfo Project.

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Progress path - Childinfo Unit

• Started in 2002.
• Two training courses were conducted by CSF expert
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• CBS conducted a training course for ChildInfo
  focal points from governorates, and concerned
  ministries .

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Progress path - Childinfo Unit

• Childinfo database with about 48 indicators
  created .
• The CIU report was issued and disseminated to
  concerned parties .
• UNICEF was following up with CBS on all stages.
  No problems were faced, and the work in CIU went
  well.

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Progress path - Devinfo

• Participating in Beirut regional workshop in
  Beirut June 2004
• MOU Between SPC, CBS the UNCT for the
  establishment of a DevInfo Syria MDG Monitoring
  Database has been started 2005-2006.

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Progress path - Devinfo

• Workshop on releasing the pilot output of
  Population and Housing census using Devinfo ver
  4.0 and for all geographic levels for Tartous
  Governorate (6 levels).
• A training workshop for UNCT staff on all Devinfo
  modules for programme monitoring purposes.

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Progress path - Devinfo

• Objectives of MOu
• Produce a Syria Specific database of indicators
  related to MDGs, and make it available to
  institutions and organizations involved in
  development work in Syria.
• Set-up a system for the periodic and regular
  update of this database that involves all
  concerned institutions and organizations.
• Provide a tool for easy reporting on MDGs.

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Current status (content, use)

• Creating beta version of database with Syrian MDG
  indicators which is based on census and other
  surveys.

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Current status (content, use)

• Preparing the indicators to be used in the final
  version of Syrian Devinfo database using all
  available data such as
• Population and Housing census.
• Other surveys (Mics, Hies, LaborForce ).
• Regular statistics from related ministries.
• Preparing digital maps for all geographic levels
  which had been started actually since Oct. 2005.

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Institutional arrangements

• See word document

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Future plans

• 1- After the Cairo workshop tow training workshop
  will be conducted (using the new version of
  Devinfo ver 5.0)
• Training on data admin guide for 10 persons from
  technical team and other agencies
• Training for the sub technical committee members
  and UN staff on DevInfo user guide.

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Future plans

• 2- Extend the Syrian Database to include all
  available indicators (more than 150 indicators).
• 3- Update the Syrian Database Regularly and
  accurately (6 months)

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Future plans

• 4- Implementing some surveys to produce the
  indicators that are not available now such as
  (Health , Environment , Education , poverty ).
• 5- Support the UN agencies in Syria to monitor
  their activities using Devinfo.
• 6- Many training workshop in Using Devinfo for
  all related ministries and agencies.

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Key issues

• Establish web based DevInfo.
• Sustainability
• Challenging issues
• Source of indicators.
• Time series of indicators.
• Quality of data.
• Technical affairs in Devinfo 5.0