Report of the Third Meeting of the Steering Group for... Regional Programme for Economic Statistics (SGRPES)

Report of the Third Meeting of the Steering Group for the
Regional Programme for Economic Statistics (SGRPES)
29-31 October, Bangkok Thailand
I.
Introduction
1. The Third Meeting of the Steering Group for the Regional Programme on
Economic Statistics was held in Bangkok on 29-31 October. It was attended by
Jonathon Khoo (Australia), Golam Kamal (Bangladesh), Seng Soeurn
(Cambodia), Wang Ping (China), Kwok Shun Lau (Hong Kong, China),
Satyabrata Chakrabarti (India), Adi Lumaksono (Indonesia), Seiji Takata (Japan),
Phetsamone Sone (Lao PDR), Mohd Uzir Mahidin (Malaysia), Mariyam Niyaf
Mohamed (Maldives), Badamtsetseg Batjargal (Mongolia), Jeff Cope (New
Zealand), Bahrawar Jan (Pakistan), Kwon Soon Moon (Republic of Korea),
Andrey Tatarinov (Russian Federation), Aliielua Salani (Samoa), Poh Cheem Neo
(Singapore), Tülay Korkmaz (Turkey) and Pham Quang Vinh (Viet Nam). Agus
Sutanto (ASEAN); Jillian Campbell (ESCAP Pacific Office); Tite Habiyakare
(ILO); Vilailuk Tiranutti (European Union); Allan Nicholls (FAO RAP); Michael
Andrews (IMF); Rie Sato (Japan International Cooperation Agency) and staff
from ESCAP Statistics Division as well as SIAP were also present at the meeting.
Apologies from the following Steering Group members were received: Gagik
Ananyan (Armenia), Leslie Wai-kong Tang, (Hong Kong, China), Joseph Aka
(Papua New Guinea), Romeo Recide (Chair of the Steering Committee for
Agricultural and Rural Statistics) and Nilima Lal (SPC).1
2. The provisional programme for the meeting was adopted.2
3. Mr Jeff Cope was elected Chair of the Steering Group and he also chaired the
meeting. Ms Badamsetseg Batjargal and Mr Satyabrata Chakrabarti were elected
as co-chairs of the Steering Group.
II.
Organization of the meeting
4. The meeting was organized in four sessions with a special session on the national
implementation of the Regional Programme for the Improvement of Economic
Statistics (henceforth the “Regional Programme” or RPES) by the ESCAP
secretariat and the Coordination Committee comprising the Steering Group
members representing the Asian Development Bank, India, Japan, Mongolia,
New Zealand, Russian Federation, Samoa and Singapore. All meeting documents
are accessible at http://www.unescap.org/stat/econ/SGRPES-Oct2013/index.asp\
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Please see Annex III for the complete list of participants.
Please see Annex II for the programme of the meeting.
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5. The following topics were discussed on the basis of presentations by Steering
Group members and development partners; session 4 also featured group work:
A. Session 1: The Regional Programme on Economic Statistics.
B. Session 2: Capacity gaps and resources for producing the Core Set of
Economic Statistics in Asia and the Pacific.
C. Special session on the National Implementation of the Regional
Programme on Economic Statistics.
D. Session 3a: Technical assistance for economic statistics in Asia and the
Pacific.
E. Session 3b: Training on economic statistics in Asia and the Pacific.
F. Session 4: Planning the steps ahead.
III.
Summary of the main conclusions
6. Recommendations emanating from the meeting are given below. The summary of
the discussions are given in Section IV.
A. Session 1: The Regional Programme on Economic Statistics
7. It was decided that the secretariat would look into the issues cutting across the
different regional programmes developed and implemented under the guidance of
the ESCAP Committee on Statistics concerning institutional and organizational
aspects of data production and dissemination. The links between the economic
and social statistics programmes were especially highlighted, given that labour
statistics is a component of the core sets of both programmes. It was
recommended that the Chairs of the Steering Groups of the different regional
programmes meet to think through bridging the institutional-technical gap in
statistics development and also to indicate clearly what is expected from the
development partners.
8. The Regional Programme on Economic Statistics and the mandate of
development partners shall be coordinated effectively so that countries can benefit
from the available resources in order to reach the objectives of the Regional
Programme.
9. Coordination at the national level is equally important and national statistical
systems shall establish a coordination mechanism inclusive of all economic
statistics providers. In the same vein, institutional guidelines are not spelled out in
the Regional Programme. It would be useful to have a model for countries to
follow in this regard.
B. Session 2: Capacity gaps and resources for producing the Core Set of
Economic Statistics in Asia and the Pacific
10. It was agreed that the Capacity Screening results be rearranged in order to
delineate priority issues and priority countries with the highest number of
technical gaps. It was suggested that the results of the Capacity Screening be
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supplemented by other assessments such as the Reports on the Observation of
Standards and Codes conducted by the IMF in designing activities; and that
matching matrices containing related programmes and priority areas of work of
development partners be compiled to provide guidance to countries in
approaching partners for support.
C. Special session on the National Implementation of the Regional
Programme on Economic Statistics
11. Steering Group members agreed to focus Regional Programme implementation on
accelerating existing efforts to improve economic statistics in line with the Core
Set. While many countries have some kind of plan to improve economic statistics
in place, the Regional Programme shall strive to close gaps with the Core Set as
the shared ambition in the region.
12. It was decided by the Steering Group that advocacy and coordination at the
national level were indispensable for countries to implement their national plans
for improving economic statistics. Without advocacy it is not possible to mobilize
resources and without coordination among the economic statistics producers,
effective implementation and sustainability of plans is not attainable.
D. Session 3a: Technical assistance for economic statistics in Asia and the
Pacific
13. It was recommended that the Regional Programme on Economic Statistics (i) link
up to the other regional programmes on what concerns common points such as
human resources, information technology, leadership; (ii) establish links between
development partners; (iii) establish links to sub-regional initiatives through
development plans in the ASEAN and Pacific sub-regions and (iv) identify the
areas where in-depth assessment is needed based on the Capacity Screening
results.
E. Session 3b: Training on economic statistics in Asia and the Pacific
14. Countries need guidance in assessing the skills set needed to produce economic
statistics. Such skills assessments should cover all economic statistics data
producers in the country and not just the NSO.
F. Session 4: Planning the steps ahead
15. The participants broke into three working groups to discuss: (i) country-level
implementation of the Regional Programme; (ii) regional-level implementation of
the Regional Programme and (iii) monitoring of the Regional Programme
implementation. The main conclusions of the discussions are given below. A draft
work programme with the division of labour based on the outcomes of Session 4
is given in Annex I.
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16. The four outputs—and the activities—stipulated
in Annex II of the
Implementation plan for the Regional Programme for the Improvement of
Economic Statistics in Asia and the Pacific,3 i.e. advocacy, coordination,
statistical infrastructure and skills were confirmed. In going forward with the
implementation of activities under each of these components, the first step is to
prepare terms of reference for the national focal points and to energize their
network through the sharing of the Capacity Screening results and other regular
updates. At the national level, implementation within the framework of the
national statistics development strategies (NSDS) and national economic statistics
development plans which are aligned with the NSDS was confirmed. At the
regional level, apart from providing guidelines and tools for the national
implementation of the Regional Programme, the Steering Group recommended
formalizing a sub-group of Partnership for Statistics Development in Asia and the
Pacific focusing on economic statistics. This sub-group would be in charge of
coordinating the activities and the programmes of the development partners. In
terms of monitoring progress towards achieving Regional Programme results, the
use of the Core Set as a proxy indicator at the regional level was confirmed,
bearing in mind that this would not fully capture quality aspects. Specific
indicators of achievement would be needed to reflect partner efforts. Since each
country would have its own baseline and determine its own steps towards
achieving Programme results, indicators and intermediate targets would, to some
extent, be country-specific and thus would have to be incorporated into the
NESDP. National focal points, development partners and the secretariat would
share the responsibility for regular reporting.
17. A sub-regional approach in the Pacific and for the ASEAN countries was
recommended. In order to implement the Regional Programme in these countries
the importance of integrating RPES in the sub-regional strategies, i.e. the Ten
Years Pacific Statistics Strategy 2011-2020 and the ASEAN Strategic Plan 20162020 was highlighted. A similar approach can also be sought after with the
SAARC Secretariat, if possible.
18. In terms of the programme management activities, it was decided that the
Secretariat would ask for quick feedback from the focal points regarding any
nominations from Central Banks and Ministries of Finance.
19. The timing of the next face-to-face meeting will be decided based on the needs of
the Steering Group to get together.
IV.
Summary of discussions
A. Session 1: The Regional Programme on Economic Statistics
Presentations/documents: Regional Programme on Economic Statistics and its
implementation (ESCAP), The Core Set of Economic Statistics: An Overview
(Chair), Expected Outcomes of the Third Meeting of the SGRPES (ESCAP)
and the Purpose, Concept and Expected Outcomes of the Third Meeting of
SGRPES (ESCAP with Coordination Committee).
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Please see http://www.unescap.org/stat/cst/3/CST3-CRP1E.pdf
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20. Session 1 was organized and chaired by Mr Satyabrata Chakrabarti of the
Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, India. Presentations were
given by the ESCAP secretariat on the Regional Programme of Economic
Statistics and its implementation, and the expected outcomes of the meeting. The
Chair of the Steering Group presented the Core Set of Economic Statistics in this
session. The purpose of Session 1 was to ensure that all Steering Group members
were familiar with the Regional Programme and to set the framework for the
following sessions of the meeting.
21. The following points were made during the plenary discussion:
 Labour and employment statistics, household income and
expenditure statistics, and natural resources statistics should be a
focus of the capacity building initiatives, as there are still many
countries in the region which do not produce the basic indicators
on a regular basis.
 ESCAP secretariat will review the capacity of countries to
produce and disseminate the Core Set of Social and Population
Statistics, of which labour is also a component. A similar
undertaking is in view for environment statistics since the
Committee has asked the secretariat to develop a regional
strategy in this domain. Environment statistics share natural
resources as a component with the Core Set of Economic
Statistics.
 There are links among the different regional programmes
mandated by the ESCAP Committee on Statistics in terms of the
institutional and organizational capacity of the national statistical
systems.
 Technical and/or institutional reasons for insufficient internal
collaboration within the national statistical system have to be
identified. The Regional Programme alone is not enough to
tackle all these issues; countries have to work on them actively.
22. It was concluded that the secretariat shall support the countries in setting up a
coordination mechanism at the national level and coordinate with the
development partners as well as ensure that there is concerted action on the areas
common to the different capacity building regional programmes for Asia and the
Pacific, e.g. concerning institutional and organizational capacity.
B. Session 2: Capacity gaps and resources for producing the Core Set of
Economic Statistics in Asia and the Pacific
Presentations/documents: Development of the Capacity Screening Tool
(Poh Cheem, Singapore) and Results of the Capacity Screening Exercise
(ESCAP).
23. Session 2 was organized and chaired by Ms Badamsetseg Batjargal of the
National Statistical Office of Mongolia. Presentations were given by Mr Poh
Cheem of Singapore Department of Statistics and Coordination Committee
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member and by the ESCAP secretariat on the Capacity Screening tool and results
at the regional level.
24. The following points were made during the plenary discussion:
 The importance of producing quality statistics with integrated
elements such as metadata was emphasized. There is a need for
further advocacy for the importance of statistics in general.
 Steering Group members emphasized that different countries
have different needs. While following national priorities is key in
the implementation of RPES, it was highlighted that it is
important to maintain a common reference and objective of
capacity building in order to make progress rather than adapt the
goals to the current capacity.
 It would be useful to group countries with similar capacity gaps
and sub-regionally where it is makes sense in order to facilitate
coordination among development partners and the countries. The
Capacity Screening results shall be used for identifying areas and
countries where action is required.
 It may be useful to supplement Capacity Screening results with
other assessments, especially when designing concrete activities.
Countries may also provide additional information on their needs
and priorities to the development partners.
25. In conclusion, it was decided that the Capacity Screening would be shared with
the countries not represented on the Steering Group and would be analyzed
further to tease out the priority areas and countries.
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C. Special session on the National Implementation of the Regional
Programme on Economic Statistics
Presentations/documents: ESCAP secretariat put forth some questions for
discussion.
26. This session was organized by the ESCAP secretariat and chaired by the Chair of
the Steering Group.
27. The following points were made during the plenary discussion:
 Countries referred to the national summary sheets that were
prepared based on the Capacity Screening results in their
interventions.
 Capacity gaps in information technology, institutional
inefficiency, lack of qualified staff lack and high staff turnover,
lack of funding, insufficient coordination among data providers
 The importance of sharing the results with countries that are not
represented on the Steering Group was emphasized.
 For country-level implementation conducting an in-depth
assessment, setting up a coordination mechanism for improving
economic statistics and designing a country action plan were
suggested as the necessary first steps.
 The importance of advocacy at the national level to include
statistics development in national development plans was
underlined.
D. Session 3a: Technical assistance for economic statistics in Asia and the
Pacific
Presentations/documentation: Country presentations were given by the
Steering Group members from Australia, Indonesia, Mongolia, New
Zealand and Turkey. European Union, ASEAN, SPC (delivered by
Michael Andrews), ADB, ILO, IMF, FAO Regional Office for Asia and
the Pacific and the ESCAP secretariat also provided presentations on the
technical assistance activities in the field of economic statistics.
28. This session was organized and chaired by Mr Andrey Tatarinov, Russian Federal
State Statistics Service. Presentations on technical assistance activities on
economic statistics were given by Steering Group members and international
organizations.
29. The following are the salient points from the plenary discussion:
 ASEAN needs support in statistical capacity building activities in
the member countries. ASEAN has integrated the Core Set of
Economic Statistics in their framework.
 For the Pacific countries, NSDS development was highlighted as
a key area for developing economic statistics and statistics in
general. Currently only Samoa has an NSDS but a number of
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countries have plans to design an NSDS in the coming year or
two.
30. In conclusion, a possible way forward for technical assistance within the Regional
Programme was outlined as: (i) link up with other regional programmes in terms
of human resources, information technology and leadership aspects; (ii) establish
links among development partners; (iii) establish sub-regional activities and (iv)
review the Capacity Screening results and identify areas that require in-depth
analysis.
E. Session 3b: Training on economic statistics in Asia and the Pacific
Presentations/documentation: Country presentations were given by the
Steering Group members from China, India, Indonesia, Republic of Korea,
Malaysia and the Russian Federation. SIAP and IMF also gave presentations
on their training approaches and programmes on economic statistics.
31. This session was organized and chaired by Mr Seiji Takata, International
Statistical
Affairs,
Office
of
Director-General
for Policy Planning on Statistical Standards, Ministry of Internal Affairs
and Communications of Japan. Presentations on approaches to and programmes
of training on economic statistics were given by Steering Group members and
international organizations.
32. The following are the salient points based on the plenary discussion:
 There is an initiative to coordinate training in Asia and the
Pacific including but not limited to economic statistics. SIAP is
the secretariat to this coordination group. The coordination could
take the form of meeting the gaps in economic statistics training,
facilitating online training and collaborating with universities and
other academic institutions.
 SIAP will conduct a training needs assessment for the NSOs in
the region in 2014. SIAP has developed a core skills framework
but has not yet tested it. It would be useful to include other
producers of official statistics in national statistical system in this
needs assessment exercise.
 SPC conducted a skills needs assessment in the Pacific countries.
 A lot of economic statistics training activities seem to focus on
the System of National Accounts but not so much on improving
the source data. There may be a need to rebalance that.
 The ILO training centre in Turin provides annual courses on
labour statistics, and the ILO Department of Statistics is also
trying to establish collaboration with SIAP and selected national
training agencies in Asia to reach participants in the Asian and
Pacific region more easily.
33. In conclusion, the importance of assisting countries to conduct skills needs
assessments and also coordinating training activities on economic statistics was
emphasized.
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F. Session 4: Planning the steps ahead
Presentations/documentation: Annex II of the Implementation plan for the
Regional Programme for the Improvement of Economic Statistics in Asia and
the Pacific,4 RPES Next Steps (ESCAP secretariat and the Chair of Steering
Group) and Reports back to the plenary (Groups 1, 2 and 3).
34. This session was organized and chaired by the Chair of the Steering Group. A
trigger presentation outlining the tasks for the Steering Group by the end of the
meeting and the different working groups was given by the ESCAP secretariat
and the Chair.
35. The results of the discussions that took place in the group discussions and the
plenary are given in Annex I as the draft work programme.
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Annex I. Draft Work Programme
Output/Activity
Advocacy—regional
Develop advocacy materials adapted to
groups of countries with different
immediate priorities: short version of
RPES, how to develop or enhance and
NESDP, role of focal points, etc.
Advocacy—national
Consultations with stakeholders to
mobilize political and financial support
for RPES implementation
Coordination—regional
Identify priority areas and priority
countries for technical assistance based
on the Capacity Screening results and
resources to respond to their needs
Share Capacity Screening results with all
focal points
Provide guidelines for the development
of NESDP
Establish a knowledge sharing platform
for the development partners
(international/sub-regional) and the
countries of the region on activities and
good practices
Establish a sub-group of the Partnership
for Statistics Development in Asia and
the Pacific, focusing on economic
statistics responsible for (i) facilitating
coordination among development
partners in technical assistance and
training on economic statistics through
aligning respective programmes with
RPES and the Core Set and (ii)
delivering RPES outputs relevant to their
respective mandate and work programme
Provide regular updates to the countries
Responsible
Support/input
needed
Deadline
ESCAP and
development partners
PARIS21 on NSDS
development
Q1 2014
NSOs with other
economic statistics
providers and
stakeholders at the
national level
ESCAP, SG members
and development
partners
Starting from Q2 2014
ESCAP
Guidance from SG
Q4 2013
ESCAP
Q4 2013
ESCAP and
development
partners, e.g.
PARIS21
ESCAP
Guidance from SG
Q1 2014
Contributions from
countries and
development partners
Q1 2014
ESCAP
Q1 2014
ESCAP
Contributions from
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Starting from Q1 2014
of the region as well as the development
partners on the implementation of RPES,
e.g. a quarterly newsletter featuring
country experiences
Coordination—national
Mapping of the Core Set against the
economic statistics component of
NSDS/equivalent
Consultations with stakeholders for
needs assessment, capability gaps and
identification of priorities
Infrastructure—regional
Identify gaps in current provision of
international assistance
Develop concept notes for technical
assistance concerning priority areas on
infrastructure
Identify good practices related to
infrastructure and share on the
knowledge sharing platform
Infrastructure—national
Identify priority areas for technical
assistance on infrastructure based on
Capacity Screening and country
requests/plans
Skills—regional
Identify gaps in the currently available
economic statistics training programmes
Develop skills needs assessment tool for
producing and disseminating economic
statistics in national statistical systems
Identify good practices, resources and
gaps for economic statistics training
based on the Core Set components
Develop training materials and training
concepts for the Core Set components
countries and
development partners
Coordinated by
national focal points
ESCAP and SG
Starting from Q1 2014
Coordinated by NSOs ESCAP and
development
partners, SG
Starting from Q2 2014
ESCAP with FAO,
IMF, ILO, ASEAN,
SPC, UNSD
ESCAP and
development partners
Guidance from SG
Starting from Q1 2014
Guidance from SG
Starting from Q4 2013
ESCAP
SG and national focal
points
Starting from Q1 2014
ESCAP
Guidance from SG
Starting from Q4 2013
ESCAP (SIAP) and
ADB, EUROSTAT,
FAO, ILO, IMF,
JICA, PARIS21,
SESRIC, SIAP, SPC,
UNFPA, UNIDO,
UNSD and the World
Bank
Guidance from SG
Starting from Q1 2014
ESCAP (SIAP)
Guidance from SG
Q1 2014
ESCAP
Guidance from SG
Starting from Q4 2013
ESCAP (SIAP) and
development partners
Guidance from SG
Starting from Q2 2014
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where there is a need
Skills—national
Conduct skills needs assessments
covering all economic statistics providers
in the national statistical system
Governance
Prepare a TOR for focal points
Identify focal points across the region
Organize audio-conferences for the
Coordination Committee, as needed
Organize the fourth meeting of the
Steering Group
Programme Management
Develop a resource mobilization strategy
and continue to seek funding
Develop RPES monitoring framework
with targets and indicators
NSOs and other
economic statistics
providers
Guidance from SG
Starting from Q1 2014
ESCAP
ESCAP and SG
ESCAP
Guidance from SG
Q4 2013
Q4 2013
Ongoing
ESCAP and CC
TBD
ESCAP
Guidance from SG
Q1 2014 and ongoing
ESCAP
Guidance from SG
Q1 2014
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Annex II. Programme of the Third Meeting of the Steering Group for the
Regional Programme for Economic Statistics
Tuesday, 29 October 2013
09.30 – 10.00
Opening, election of Chair, presentation of the agenda
ESCAP secretariat
Chair
10.00 – 10.15
Committee
Terms of Reference of the SGRPES and the Coordination
Coordination Committee
10.15 – 10.35
10.35 – 12.00
Coffee break
Session 1: The Regional Programme on Economic Statistics (RPES)
Session Organizer/Chair: Satyabrata Chakrabarti
Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, India
Introduction to Session 1
Session Chair
Regional Programme on Economic Statics and its implementation
Zeynep Orhun, ESCAP secretariat
The Core Set of Economic Statistics: An Overview
Jeff Cope, Statistics New Zealand
Expected outcomes of the Third Meeting of SGRPES
Rikke Munk Hansen, ESCAP
Plenary Discussion
Summary of Session 1
Session Chair
12.00 – 13.30
13.30 – 16.00
Lunch
Session 2: Capacity gaps and resources for producing the Core Set of
Economic Statistics in Asia and the Pacific, Session Organizer/Chair:
Batjargal Badamtsetseg, National Statistical Office of Mongolia
Introduction to Session 2
Session Chair
Development of the Capacity Screening Tool
Poh Cheem Neo, Singapore Department of Statistics
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The results of the Capacity Screening Exercise
Zeynep Orhun, ESCAP secretariat
14.30 – 14.50
Coffee break
Plenary Discussion
Summary of Session 2
Session Chair
16.00 –17.15
Session 3a: Technical assistance for economic statistics in Asia and
the Pacific, Session Organizer/Chair: Andrey Tatarinov, Russian
Federal State Statistics Service
Introduction to Session 3a
Session Chair
Technical assistance for improving economic statistics/Australia
Jonathon Khoo, Australian Bureau of Statistics
Technical assistance for improving economic statistics/Indonesia
Adi Lumaksono, Statistics Indonesia
Technical assistance for improving economic statistics/Mongolia
Batjargal Badamsetseg, National Statistical Office of Mongolia
Technical assistance for improving economic statistics/New Zealand
Jeff Cope, Statistics New Zealand
Technical assistance for improving economic statistics/Turkey
Tülay Korkmaz, Turkish Statistical Institute
Technical assistance for improving economic statistics in Asia and
the Pacific by the European Commission
Vilailuk Tiranutti, European Commission
Wrap-up and announcements
17.30 – 19.30
Cocktail Reception at the Rajapruek Lounge
Wednesday, 30 October 2013
09.00 – 10.00
Session on implementation of RPES at the national level
10.00 – 14.25
Session 3a: Technical assistance for economic statistics in Asia and
the Pacific, Continued
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Technical assistance for improving economic statistics for ASEAN
member countries
Agus Sutanto, ASEAN
10.15 – 10.35
Coffee break
Technical assistance for improving economic statistics in the Pacific
Nilima Lal, Secretariat for the Pacific Community (SPC)
Technical assistance for improving economic statistics in Asia and
the Pacific/Asian Development Bank
Chellam Palanyandy, ADB
Technical assistance for improving economic statistics in Asia and
the Pacific by the ILO
Tite Habiyakare, ILO
Technical assistance for improving economic statistics in Asia and
the Pacific by the IMF
Michael Andrews, IMF
The Asia-Pacific Regional Action Plan to Improve Agricultural and
Rural Statistics and its links to RPES
Allan Nicholls, FAO Regional Office
12.00 – 13.30
Lunch
Technical assistance for improving economic statistics by other
development partners and the United Nations
Marko Javorsek, ESCAP secretariat
Plenary Discussion
Summary of Session 3a
Session Chair
14.25 – 17.30
Session 3b: Training on economic statistics in Asia and the Pacific,
Session Organizer/Chair: Seiji Takata, Director for International
Statistical
Affairs,
Office
of
Director-General
for Policy Planning on Statistical Standards, Ministry of Internal
Affairs and Communications of Japan
Introduction to Session 3b
Session Chair
Approaches to and programme of training on economic statisticsin
China
Ping Wang, National Bureau of Statistics
Approaches to and programme of training on economic statistics in
India
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Satyabrata Chakrabarti, Ministry of Statistics and Programme
Implementation, India
Approaches to and programme of training on economic statistics in
Indonesia
Adi Lumaksono, Statistics Indonesia
15.05 – 15.25
Coffee break
Approaches to and programme of training on economic statistics in
the Republic of Korea
Moon Kwon Soon, Statistics Korea
Approaches to and programme of training on economic statistics in
Malaysia
Mohd Uzir Mohidin, Department of Statistics, Malaysia
Approaches to and programme of training on economic statistics in
the Russian Federation
Andrey Tatarinov, Russian Federal State Statistics Service
IMF’s approach to and programme of training on economic
statistics in Asia and the Pacific
Michael Andrews, IMF
SIAP’s approach to and programme of training on economic
statistics in Asia and the Pacific
Margarita Guerrero, SIAP
Plenary Discussion
Summary of Session 3b
Session Chair
Thursday, 31 October 2013
09.30 – 17.30
Session 4: Planning the steps ahead
Session Organizer/Chair: Jeff Cope, Statistics New Zealand
09.30 – 10.00
Introduction to Session 4
Session Chair
10.00 – 12.00
Group work
12.00 – 13.00
Lunch
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13.00 – 14.00
Group work, continued
14.00 – 15.30
Report back to Plenary
15.30 – 15.50
Coffee break
15.50 – 17.10
Presentation and discussion of the proposed work programme for
SGRPES
17.10 – 17.20
Summary of Session 4 (agreed next steps)
Session Chair
17.20 – 17.30
Closing
Chair and ESCAP secretariat
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Annex III. List of Participants for the Third Meeting of the Steering Group for
the Regional Programme for Economic Statistics
MEMBERS
AUSTRALIA
Mr Jonathan Khoo, Director, Public Finance, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Brisbane, Australia
BANGLADESH
Mr Golam Kamal, Director General (Additional Secretary), Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics,
Dhaka
CAMBODIA
Mr Seng Soeurn, Deputy Director General, National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning,
Phnom Penh
CHINA
Ms Wang Ping, Director, Statistical Standard Division, National Bureau of Statistics, Beijing
HONG KONG, CHINA
Mr Kwok Shun Lau, Senior Statistician, Economic Surveys, Census and Statistics Department,
Hong Kong
INDIA
Mr Satyabrata Chakrabarti, Deputy Director General, Central Statistics Office, New Delhi
INDONESIA
Mr Adi Lumaksono, Deputy Chief Statistician for Production Statistics, BPS – Statistics
Indonesia, Jakarta
JAPAN
Mr Seiji Takata, Director, International Statistical Affairs, Office of Director-General for Policy
Planning on Statistical Standards, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Tokyo
LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
Ms Phetsamone Sone, Director General, Department of Economics Statistics, Lao Statistics
Bureau, Vientiane
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MALAYSIA
Mr Mohd Uzir Mahidin, Senior Director, Department of Statistics, Selangor, Malaysia
MALDIVES
Ms Mariyam Niyaf Mohamed, Deputy Director General, Statistics Division, Department of
National Planning, Ministry of Finance and Treasury, Male
MONGOLIA
Ms Badamtsetseg Batjargal, Director, Macro Economic Statistics Department, National Statistical
Office, Ulaanbaatar
NEW ZEALAND
Mr Jeff Cope, Principal Economic Statistician, Statistics New Zealand, Christchurch, New
Zealand
PAKISTAN
Mr Bahrawar Jan, Deputy Director General, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, Islamabad
REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Mr Kwon Soon Moon, Director, Statistics Korea, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Mr Andrey Tatarinov, Director, Department of National Accounts, Federal State Statistics
Service (Rosstat), Moscow
SAMOA
Mr Aliielua Salani, Assistant Chief Executive Officer, National Accounts & Finance Statistics,
Samoa Bureau of Statistics, Apia
SINGAPORE
Mr Poh Cheem Neo, Deputy Director, Department of Statistics, Singapore
TURKEY
Ms Tülay Korkmaz, Head of National Accounts, Turkish Statistical Institute, Ankara, Turkey
VIET NAM
Mr Quang Vinh Pham, Deputy Director General, General Statistics Office, Ministry of Planning
and Investment, Hanoi
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SPECIALIZED AGENCIES
Food and agriculture organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Mr Allan Nicholls, Regional Coordinator, Regional Office for the Asia-Pacific Regional Action
Plan to Improve Agricultural and Rural Statistics, FAO Regional Office for Asia & Pacific,
Bangkok
INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION (ILO)
Mr Tite Habiyakare, Regional Labour Statistician, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, ILO,
Bangkok
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF)
Mr Michael Andrews, Senior Statistician, Real Sector Division, Statistics Department, IMF
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INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (ADB)
Ms Chellam Palanyandy, Lead Statistician, ADB, Manila
ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH-EAST ASIAN NATIONS (ASEAN)
Mr Agus Sutanto, Senior Officer, ASEANstats, ASEAN Integration Monitoring Office, Jakarta
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OTHER ENTITIES
DELEGATION OF THE EUROPEAN UNION TOTHAILAND (EU)
Ms Vilailuk Tiranutti, EU, Bangkok
Japan international cooperation agency (JICA)
Ms Rie Sato, JICA Thailand Office, Bangkok
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ESCAP REGIONAL INSTITUTION
STATISTICAL INSTITUTE FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC (SIAP)
Ms Margarita Guerrero
Director, Chiba, Japan
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SECRETARIAT
Ms Haishan Fu
Chief, Statistics Division (SD)
Ms Rikke Munk Hansen
(EES), SD
Chief, Economic and Environment Statistics Section
Mr Yanhong Zhang
Officer-in-Charge, Population and Social Statistics Section
(PSS), SD
Mr Eric Hermouet
Statistical Information System Officer,
Statistical Data Management Unit, SD
Ms Zeynep Orhun Girard
Statistician, EES, SD
Mr Daniel Clarke
Statistician, EES, SD
Mr Aaron Beck
Statistician, PSS, SD
Ms Jillian Campbell
Statistician, ESCAP Pacific Office
Mr Marko Javorsek
Associate Statistician, EES, SD
Ms Tanja Sejersen
Associate Statistician, PSS, SD
Mr Sean Lovell
Associate Statistician, PSS, SD
Ms Sharita Serrao
Associate Statistician, PSS, SD
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Annex IV. Evaluation Results of the Third Meeting of the Steering Group for the
Regional Programme for Economic Statistics
22 evaluation forms completed I. Organization of meeting: Too short 1. Duration of the meeting Adequate 20 Too long 2 Poor Adequate 4 Very good 18 2
3 16 2. Please rate the following aspects of the meeting: 2.1 Preparations by ESCAP secretariat 2.1.a Meeting facilities 2.1.b Logistics (travel, hotel arrangements) Blank: 1 2.2 Documents 2.2.a Time distribution 7 15 2.2.b Comprehensiveness 8 14 2.3 Has the meeting achieved its objectives? Yes 22 No 1 comment: Need deeper discussion II. Content of meeting: 3. Which session(s) did you find most useful and effective? (Please select as many as applicable) Yes Agenda item 1 21
No The Regional Programme on Economic Statistics (RPES) Please provide your comments Blank: 1 Agenda item 2 20
Capacity gaps and resources for producing the Core Set of Economic Statistics in Asia and the Pacific - Would have been more useful to have presented a summary assessment Blank: 2 Agenda item 3a: 16
2
Technical assistance for economic statistics in Asia and the Pacific - Development partners’ roles in providing support could not be assessed. Blank: 4 Special session: 20
1
- No future emerged Session on implementation of RPES at the national level 22
Blank: 1 Agenda item 3b: 16
1
Training on economic - Even better in more focused on the training. statistics in Asia and the Pacific - Country presentation not as relevant as ideal Blank: 5 Agenda item 4 19
1
Planning the steps ahead - Initial plans could not be finally taken on board. Blank: 2 - More time needed. 4. Do you think you will be able to apply any knowledge you gained from this meeting to a positive impact on the capacity of your country to produce, disseminate and use statistics in accordance with internationally agreed standards? Yes No 18 1 Blank: 3 Please explain: -
Being involved in NSDS and SDDS and clarification activities. I can link this programme to the countries activities. -
I believe this experience will energize me to pull forward the completion of the RPES. -
I’ve got some experience from the presentation that introduces the experience on national level. -
We are already following international standard closely. -
Some concrete ideas on how to move forward in this program has been highlighted. -
Understanding the needs in the context of integration and build‐up the mechanisms coordination it is importance. The core set will be the target for future development. Hope this regional program will strengthen the national coordination to come up to an expansion of our NSDS 2020 to prepare detail action plan for each economic sector statistics and how to integrate them into NSEDP. -
Importance to emphasize the need for internationally comparable statistics. -
Yes, having ideas to a regional level at what works in other countries is an opportunity. 5. Do you have any additional comments or suggestions for the improvement of this meeting? -
More time for action planning and discussion would be useful in future. -
Thanks to all people of Secretariat. -
Time could be longer for group works. -
The meeting should be conducted in other countries. -
The location of UNCC is a little inconvenient for transportation. Holding a meeting in a hotel near the center of the city is good, although it may need cost? -
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