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This document summarizes the progress made in strengthening the ICT capacity of the National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR) with support from UNDP. It describes how the ICT team has expanded, the network infrastructure has been improved with email, file sharing and backup systems, and data processing and dissemination tools like databases, websites and data portals have been developed. New policies around equipment and software management have also been introduced. Staff training on technical skills and certifications has increased the capacity of both the ICT and NISR staff. Key partnerships with organizations like the Ministry of Finance have also been discussed.
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- 1. Results Support to theNational Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR) in ICT Capacity Strengthening Rajiv Ranjan ICT Advisor - NISR/UNDP UNDP Programme and Implementing Partners Retreat Musanze, La Palme Hotel August 31, 2012
- 2. Agenda Background Organizational Setup/The Team NetworkInfrastructure Data Processing and Dissemination Policies and Procedures Training and Capacity Development Institutional Partnerships
- 3. Agenda Background Organizational Setup/The Team NetworkInfrastructure Data Processing and Dissemination Policies and Procedures Training and Capacity Development Institutional Partnerships
- 4. Background In the beginning (2008-2009) The MIS Dept. (now ICT Dept.) was characterized by the following: • Small team size (Only 4 permanent staff ) • Insufficient ICT infrastructure: No network (Local Area Network) – No Phone - Slow and intermittent internet – No software licenses - • Non existent web presence • Policies and procedures gaps • Skills gaps • Dormant partnerships
- 5. Agenda Background Organizational Setup/The Team NetworkInfrastructure Data Processing and Dissemination Policies and Procedures Training and Capacity Development Institutional Partnerships
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- 8. The Current ICTTeam Old permanent staff (3) Total Strength New permanent staff (10) Temporary staff (4) 17 ICT Qualifications Director’s --- PG Diploma in Statistics Office & Demography, B.Sc. Computer Science & Statistics, PG Diploma in Telecommunication, B.Sc. Electrical & Electronics, Diploma in Geography, B.Sc. Computer Science, B.Sc. Information Business, IT Systems Data Geographic B.Sc. Geography, Administration Processing Information System B.Sc. Biology & Geography, B.Sc. Environment & Land Management (2), B.Sc., B.Sc. Computer Science, Diploma in Library Science, Masters in IT Management
- 9. Agenda Background Organizational Setup/The Team NetworkInfrastructure Data Processing and Dissemination Policies and Procedures Training and Capacity Development Institutional Partnerships
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- 11. Real-time Chat! Text, Voice, Data!
- 12. Chat Interface File Transfer Voice Call Chat Window
- 13. NISR intranet Knownet (short for Knownet – Inside NISR KNOWledge NETwork) is the face of NISR’s intranet. It facilitates consolidating communication and exchange of knowledge among the colleagues at NISR. Knownet's mission is to collect and organize NISR's collective knowledge and make it accessible and useful to NISR staff.
- 14. Intranet Interface User friendly User focused Easy to navigate Dynamic Database driven Open Source Interesting & Exciting
- 15. Spaces (Storage AreaNetwork) A place for everyone! //Redserver/DATA A place for every group! //Redserver/GroupDATA A place for sharing! //Redserver/Shared
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- 17. Agenda Background Organizational Setup/The Team NetworkInfrastructure Data Processing and Dissemination Policies and Procedures Training and Capacity Development Institutional Partnerships
- 18. Civil Registration -Database (Deployed across districts) Birth/Adoption/Recognition Registration Marriage Registration Death Registration
- 19. Dissemination tools SDMX Open Data Registry Portal Sdmx.statistics.gov.rw Statistics.gov.rw Prognoz NADA Prognoz.statistics.gov.rw Microdata.statistics.gov.rw DevInfo IMIS Devinfo.statistics.gov.rw Imis.statistics.gov.rw Publications (PDFs) & (Data in Excel) Indicators (Time series) Microdata Survey information Statistics.gov.rw
- 20. Online Survey/Census Monitoring(SMS) System
- 21. Agenda Background Organizational Setup/The Team NetworkInfrastructure Data Processing and Dissemination Policies and Procedures Training and Capacity Development Institutional Partnerships
- 22. Policy innovation Standard Operating Environment Circulation Policy for NISR Laptops
- 23. Forms (Process innovation) SoftwareInstallation Fresh/new Computer Request Request Form Form Computer Checklist/ Laptop Record for Request fresh/new Form Computer
- 24. Agenda Background Organizational Setup/The Team NetworkInfrastructure Data Processing and Dissemination P Training and Capacity Development Institutional Partnerships
- 25. Training for NISRStaff and ICT Dept. Staff 4 Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer 1 Cisco Certified Network Associate PG Diploma in Applied Geo-Information Science 3 (CGIS-NUR) Master of Information System (MIS) 1
- 26. Agenda B Organizational Setup/The Team NetworkInfrastructure Data Processing and Dissemination Policies and Procedures Training and Capacity Development Institutional Partnerships
- 27. Partners Ministry of Financeand Economic Planning
- 28. Next leap • Censusdata processing and dissemination – e.g. CensusInfo • Using mobile tech for data gathering – RapidSMS • Opening up data from National Statistical System (NSS) partners – Open Data Portal • GIS integration on the web – ArcGIS Server • Refurbishment of NISR building/infrastructure
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