a Excluding the least developed countries.

2 Estimate for 2000, data provided by FAOSTAT.

This total differs from Figure 1, firstly because data for some organizations not participating in JIU (e.g. Pan American Health Organization or WTO) have been excluded and secondly because the data some organizations reported to JIU for their 2002 procurement did not match IAPSO data.

It found that most of the users are government organizations (88 ).

3. Database and non governmental organization directory

The organizations agreed on a list of requirements for the data and metadata to be collected from OECD member countries.

For example, its database is linked with Interpol and the World Customs Organization.

OECD will monitor the timeliness of data and metadata reporting.

For this purpose, UNIDO collects this annual data directly from approximately 150 countries not members of OECD, while it receives data for OECD member countries through OECD to avoid duplication of efforts.

Other organizations such as FAO, OECD and the World Trade Organization revamped their statistics gateways to implement new online database applications.

JIU conservative estimate, based on incomplete data provided by the organizations.

Table 13. Estimated data concerning the number of members of trade union organizations (in thousands)

Sharing collected data with other organizations and collecting data jointly where appropriate

Upon completion of this activity, trade data of OECD member countries will be processed by OECD only and will be included in OECD and Statistics Division databases simultaneously.

The database has a strong emphasis on international meetings organized by IOMC Organizations.

Currently, both organizations are working on the implementation of the standardized data processing procedures to ensure that the data processed by both organizations are identical.

Source OECD Economic Outlook 76 database.

(b) To make an effort to provide their data to international organizations as soon as possible

There are 34 organizations in Benin listed in the Dimitra database, which are engaged in 70 projects that benefit rural women.

Pan American Health Organization World Health Organization (PAHO WHO), summary of basic data and health indicators, Nicaragua, 1999 (www.ops.org. ni info_salud 1999).

It was also agreed that the Statistics Division would terminate its collection of data directly from OECD member countries and would use instead the data sets collected by OECD.

For instance, at UNIDO, three databases on industrial statistics in the INDSTAT series are maintained.

There are 25 organizations in the Gambia listed in the Dimitra database.

These organizations are engaged in 52 projects that benefit rural women.

Source UNCTAD elaboration of data from the World Tourism Organization.

The databases of both organizations will contain two quantity fields net weight and quantity in terms of the standard units of quantity recommended by the World Customs Organization.

(c) Improving sharing of the collecting processing work between organizations and enhancing data sharing and data transmission once data validation procedures have been agreed and implemented

The data collection system comprises a series of computer applications that permit the sharing of data between member organizations and the Fund.

Sources Prepared by the Statistics Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs for deaths and infant deaths, based on data from the United Nations Demographic Yearbook system (November 2004) for deaths by cause, based on data from the World Health Organization, WHO Mortality Database (December 2004).

We have so much information, we don't even know how to begin to organize it.

INFOCLIMA World Climate Data Information Referral System (WMO)

c The WMO estimate of office space and facilities is based on its letter dated 23 September 1997.

The data sets are archived and maintained at GRID Bangkok for dissemination to organizations and individuals.

The data for these organizations may not necessarily suggest that they constitute a benchmark for the procurement profession, in the absence of comparisons with public and private sector procurement organizations.

These organizations are engaged in 96 projects that benefit rural women.

Some data on Women's Community Organisations may be seen in table 14.01.

Improved law enforcement data sharing and intelligence strengthening Interpol.

NGO Directory maintenance and updating of the database of NGOs associated with the Department

The 2004 and 2005 rounds of the UNIDO OECD joint annual compilation programme of global industrial statistics

In 1997, for example, 60 per cent of the OSCE s members provided data on military expenditures to the organization.

IOMC Calendar of Events The database includes main events organized by IOMC Organizations.

International organizations have begun the process of extracting data directly from countries' database systems through the Statistical Data and Metadata Exchange (SDMX).

For countries without a national stolen vehicle database, the ICPO Interpol database was intended to serve that function.

The Statistics Division and OECD will ensure that users have no difficulty in accessing the metadata maintained by both organizations.

C. Issues related to the manner in which national data are used by international organizations