EXPLORER: A DYNAMIC STATISTICAL DATA VISUALIZATION TOOL TO SUPPORT ITALIAN DEVELOPMENT POLICY. Carlo Amati, Simona De Luca

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1 EXPLORER: A DYNAMIC STATISTICAL DATA VISUALIZATION TOOL TO SUPPORT ITALIAN DEVELOPMENT POLICY Carlo Amati, Simona De Luca Department of Development and Economic Cohesion (DPS) Statistics User Meeting ItalianeXplorer Ministry of Economic Development Norrköping, May 2011

2 OUTLINE Italy and development policy The reasons for explorer Two instances: DPS and CPT explorer An example story Lessons learnt

3 ITALY: SOME FIGURES Centre-North (13 regions) Population (2010): 39 millions Per capita GDP ( ): 30,000 Youth unemployment rate (2010): 22% Child care coverage (2008): 17% Recycled urban waste (2008): 38% South (8 regions) Population (2010): 21 millions Per capita GDP ( ): 17,000 Youth unemployment rate (2010): 39% Child care coverage (2008): 5% Recycled urban waste (2008): 15% Average GDP per capita in the South is 57% of that in the Centre-North

4 DEVELOPMENT POLICY Development policy is aimed at reducing gaps among territories using additional resources (in addition to ordinary ones): European structural funds (cofinanced by Member States) Additional national resources EC Member States must respect the additionality rule : Contributions from the structural funds shall not replace public or equivalent structural expenditure by a Member State Italy has a longstanding gap between Southern and Northern regions in infrastructures and public services provision. Relies heavily on massive and timely datasets of territorial information DEVELOPMENT POLICY

5 Some projects funded by development policy in Italy

6 Completion of Palermo-Messina motorway (820 M )

7 Light railway system Sassari (120 M )

8 Grottaglie airport (118 M )

9 Sewage treatment plant Termoli (8M )

10 Organic waste treatment plant Urbino (2M )

11 The reasons for explorer

12 AN OUTCOME-BASED (DEVELOPMENT) POLICY REQUIRES: 1. Data availability 2. Data openness for a public debate 3. Visualization tools explorer helps to meet requirements 2 and 3

13 MANY STEPS FOR DATA AVAILABILITY Formal agreements DPS-ISTAT to finance territorial data production (co-funded by development policy itself). Regional data (TL2) on many different sectors: Sub-regional data (TL3, and other territorial entities): Regional Indicators Database to evaluate development policy Statistical Atlas of Municipalities (Atlante Statistico dei Comuni) more than 8,000 statistical units data at Optimal Territorial Areas (ATO) level for water service approx. 50 statistical units data at Health service districts (ASL) level more than 100 statistical units Special agreements with other data producers Regional Public Accounts project: DPS coordinates a territorial network of regional entities that produce data on public financial flows

14 WHY EXPLORER? An increased awareness among citizens can generate more pressure towards the achievement of policy results Interactive exploration of multiple indicators Time animation Stories: users can contribute with their own narratives and analyses Integration with user data explorer facilitates analysis and debate on data and policy

15 EXPLORING OUR EXPLORER PATH explorer presented at OECD meeting on innovative tools to trasform statistics into knowledge : towards OECD explorer Spring 2008 Spring 2009 Launch of DPS explorer Spring 2010 DPS starts collaboration with NCVA within the framework of OECD Global Project on Measuring the progress of societies Spring 2011 Stronger partnership with NComVA

16 Two instances of explorer

17 MEASURABLE OBJECTIVES FOR PUBLIC SERVICES PROVISION 3 Billion euros 8 Regions involved (South) 4 Themes Education Child and elderly care Water service Urban waste 11 Indicators Targets set at minimum standard (to be reached in 2013) Targets equal for all Regions Sub-regional performance assessment The governance role of DPS Obiettivi di Servizio (OdS): target outcomes for Southern regions

18 The performance of local administrations on the themes linked to the OdS incentive mechanism can be compared and analyzed Indicator: Percentage of recycled urban waste Average (southern regions): less than 10% Target 2013 (southern regions): 40% TL2 and TL3 data available at:

19 REGIONAL PUBLIC ACCOUNTS Financial flows (revenues and expenditures) of the wider public sector at the regional level Since 1996 to now High level of detail 30 sectors Central and local A highly disaggregated and finalized information base can support policy and decision-making

20 Revenues and expenditures can be explored together with context indicators Enhanced access to online data, from transparency to: openness geovisual exploration Edition 2011 of 21 Regional Monographs accompanied by Statistics Publisher s vislets TL2 data available at:

21 A story about waste management in Italy

22 LIVE DEMO Different regional patterns, not always toward targets

23 LESSONS LEARNT Different skills for storytelling and storyreading Non-technical users need guidance (vislets may help) A call for stories may not be enough if not supported by push mode

24 THANK YOU