Dynamic Graphics for Presenting Statistical Indicators

5 - 6 March 2007, ISTAT office - Rome, Italy

In recent years focus has been on the use of indicators in discussions of international forums, such as the OECD World Forum. Several statistical and analytical organisations are increasingly seeing it as important to present statistical indicators on key societal phenomena to a number of different audiences.

The seminar is about the art of making statistical indicators understandable and appealing to modern audiences. Leading-Edge products will be showcased. A review of technical solutions (XML plug-in, Java, SVG, Flash...) will be made and participants will have the opportunity to participate to discussions on how to select, develop and implement dynamic graphics (purpose, strategy, tailored tools or off-the-shelf...)

The purpose of the seminar is to see if good practices can be identified and recommendations can be made, allowing organisations to advance in this important field.

	Agenda
Draft agenda	Summaries

Back ground papers

Monitoring Implementation of the Millenium Development Goals in the Time Dimension
Pavle Sicherl (SICENTER and University of Ljubljana)

Educating The Public - The Role of E-Learning and Visual Communication of Official Data
Hans-Joachim Mittag (University of Hagen, Germany)

The Use of Advanced Visualisation Tools for Communicating European Data on Earnings to the Citizen
Hans-Joachim Mittag (University of Hagen, Germany)

Some examples of dynamic graphics

The seminar discussed several visualising solutions with a special focus on dynamic, interactive and animated graphics. 

• Population Pyramid (Australia) 
• Population Pyramid (Germany)
• Population Pyramid  (Normay) 
• Population Pyramid  (United Kingdom)
• Business Cycle Tracer (Netherlands)
• Dynamic Map: Area Classification for local Authorities (UK)
• Gapminder
• Google Gapminder
• Interactive visualisation of statistical information ("New Statistics" project - Eurostat)
• US Department of Agriculture
• Euro exchange rates (ECB)

Venue

The seminar on "Dynamic Graphics for Presenting Statistical Indicators" was held 5-6 March 2007 in Aula Magna,  ISTAT headquarters, Rome, Italy. 

Welcome to Rome

Welcome to Rome

Target participation

The seminar united experts and decision makers from many national and international statistical organizations.

List of participants

Related links

Grafici dinamici per presentare gli indicatori statistici  - National Statistics Office, ISTAT, Italy
Blog about statistics - All about dissemination of Official Statistics
Visualising and Presenting Indicator Systems - Swiss Federal Statistical Office, Neuchâtel
Visualisation of Statistical Data - Statistics Sweden

This page can be accessed using the following url:
http://www.oecd.org/oecdworldforum/graphics