contactname m job email tel intro t strategy current classification system cost impstrat itarch The IT architecture at National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning has designed system separately based on project such as Socio-economic Survey, Population Census and Cambodia Inter-censal Population Survey, Economic Census and Agriculture Census etc. However, IT architecture at NIS needs to provide good quality data to data users through off-line and on-line and  possibly that focus on:<ul><li>Consistency, structured and well documented data warehouse(s)</li><li>Minimize duplicate data</li><li>Support process oriented production</li><li>Support efficient data collection</li><li>Support flexible dissemination.</li></ul> mdmanage The CamInfo and CensusInfo database system are the tools that contain metadata adopted from DevInfo and data users can access by internet and off-line. The NADA repository also contains the metadata that users can download document and description of metadata through NIS website (<a href="http://www.nis.gov.kh/">www.nis.gov.kh</a>). format The CamInfo and CensusInfo database system is followed by DevInfo template format developed with the cooperation of the UN system and NADA repository template. versions The CamInfo has been updated from version 1.0 to version 4.2 and CensusInfo is also updated from version 1.0 to version 2.0 while NADA version 4.1 was created. All the metadata in the CamInfo, CensusInfo and NADA have described the methodology for census and survey including the reference time of census and survey operation period. outsource All metadata systems are developed by National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning and financial and technical support from development partners. Outsourcing has not been done.  sharing The National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning has shared the CamInfo, CensusInfo and Census tools with  data users through workshop at national and sub-national levels,  in English and Khmer versions for CamInfo. The data user can download information from NADA repository in NIS website (<a href="http://www.nis.gov.kh/">www.nis.gov.kh</a>) in English version. The data user service center located in National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning can provide the data from censuses and survey based on data users' request. roles Overview of roles and responsibilitiesThe National Statistical System in Cambodia is highly decentralized. The central institution in the National Statistical System is the NIS at Ministry of Planning. According to the Statistics Law, the NIS is the official national statistical institution of the Royal Government of Cambodia, with the responsibility for establishing, leading and coordinating an integrated national statistical system which covers all designated official statistics and statistical units within ministries and government institutions. In addition to the NIS, each ministry and other government institutions have a statistics unit responsible for producing statistics. Various ministries and other institutions collect and produce statistics as part of their work. The system consists of NIS and 28 line ministries, government institutions and National Bank of Cambodia, as well as all producers of designated official statistics. The statistical database has been developed by NIS through data of census and surveys conducted by NIS and consolidating the statistical data produced by line ministries in one database. team There are three teams for metadata management based on the project under NIS management such as CamInfo team, CensusInfo team and NADA team. training After releasing the new version for CesnsusInfo and CamInfo, the training for using these systems have been conducted at national and sub-national levels for government officials. The core staffs involved in this work have been trained inside and outside the country through project support. partner The NIS was supported by ADB since 1992 and by other donors such as  Sida, UNFPA, UNDP, UNICEF and JICA. The CamInfo is still supported by UNICEF and CensusInfo by UNFPA, and from 2015, the Royal Government of Cambodia will be responsible for these activities as there may not be any support from the donors. otherissues The budget from government is still limited for these activities and has to be increased if no support from donors is forthcoming after 2015. lessons The staff members  who are involved in  these works have received training from experts and actual practice from the beginning. However, the training is still required based on new technology update. linktable 0 weblink rowCount 1