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STS479 Ola A.
o Rapidly changing context imposes rapidly changing Indicators, and this
requires improved methodologies, new means and ways of data sources
and data collection.

2. Discussion and Conclusion
Modernization is considered as a continuously updated process with no
end specially under rapidly changing and fragile conditions, those issues must
be taken into consideration to succeed in this long journey:
 Setting a special strategy and action plan with clear mechanisms
 Starting with SDGs assessments, for current situations analysis, priorities,
and technical and financial needs.
 Enhancing stakeholders’ engagements on both the national and the
international level which will shorten the way and decrease the cost.
 Creating platforms that meet the keys of openness and interoperability as
tool of monitoring and ensure transparency.
 More responsibility on NSIs towards development, Ownership of the
Statistical System: Roles and Responsibilities must be well defined and
monitored.
 Investing in capacity building and concentrating on new fields such as big
data, data science, and IT.
 Any initiative must be country owned and reflecting the national special
context.
To meet such requirements, the modernization must include the whole
statistical system that is led by the official statistical offices in the conflict and
fragile countries in wide coordination with other national partners and in
cooperation with developed countries and expertise of the international
agencies.
Stereotyping in producing statistics has changed with different sources,
future requirements and shifting towards data science with increasing all ways
and means of communication, In addition, what’s really counts that being a
country under conflict does not mean to be behind developments process,
but to turn challenges into opportunities towards change and equal
development.

References
1. MacMillan. A.L (2015). Modernizing official statistics.
2. UNECE. (2018). Report of the United Nations Economic Commission for
Europe High-level Group for the Modernisation of Official Statistics.
3. UNECE. (2016). Using Administrative and Secondary Sources for Official
Statistics
4. UNSD, Esri. (2017) Research Exercise to establish a Federated Information
System for the SDGs Communiqué.

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