Technical Assistance for Upgrading the Statistical System of Turkey Programme Phase III

Project Title 31

Technical Assistance for Upgrading the Statistical System of Turkey Programme Phase III

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BYS Grup

Türkiye

GOPA Consultants

EU

COMPLETED

October 2013 – December 2013

BYS Grup

Detailed description of project

Type and scope of services provided

The purpose of this contract was to further improve the compliance with the EU standards in the selected areas of the statistical system of Turkey and to ensure the efficient coordination by TurkStat. The scope included activities for the improvement of business register system, social statistics, environment statistics and accounts, macroeconomic statistics, business statistics and capacity building and institutional strengthening of TurkStat. The activities carried by the STE were within: 

Sub-project: Support to Capacity Building and Institutional Strengthening of TurkStat 

Component: TurkStat Management Information System 

 

The assignment undertook involved the analysis and design of infrastructure of the Management Information Systems (MIS) for the reform of the individually operated IT systems and implementation of a pilot sub-system. 

Objectives were: 

  • Contribute to the capacity building and institutional strengthening of TurkStat 
  • Model the MIS modules that will provide the infrastructure of TurkStat 
  • Define and implement a pilot project in order to evaluate feasibility, time, cost, adverse events, and effect size of MIS 
  • Advising on and documentation of the MIS needs: 
  • Architectural structure of the TurkStat MIS 
  • Work plans and infrastructure for all MIS modules 
  • Developing the strategy for implementation of MIS and advising on the operational scalability of the proposed solution 
  • Detailed reporting on recommendations for a MIS model and MIS strategy document including an activity plan: 
  • Existing Situation: The components, organizational structure and management levels 
  • Information Availability: Searching the available information, responsible unit 
  • Information Flows: Showing the origins of information, determining the information flow and target/destination of information 
  • Improvement Fields: Specifying the fields to be improved, and defining the recommendations and the related benefits for each unit