The Oslo Group on Energy Statistics

1. The Oslo Group on Energy Statistics Joint UNECE/OECD/Eurostat Working Group on Statistics on Sustainable Development Olav Ljones, Deputy Director General, Statistics Norway 16. November 2006

2. Statistical Commission UN • Document to 36th Statistical Commission 2005: Report of the Programme Reviewer (Statistics Norway) on energy statistics. • Conclusions and Recommendation: • A better integration of the energy statistics community with the energy policy community. Capacity building. Official statistics • Ad hoc meeting, New York May 2005 • Follow up • Two groups, City Group (Oslo) and Intersecretariat Working Group • Adopted by the Bureau, Statistical Commission

3. The Oslo group? • Chaired by Olav Ljones, Statistics Norway • Secretariat: Statistics Norway • Participants: • Experts from national statistical offices and/or energy ministries/authorities • Experts from international organizations engaged in energy statistics • Experts from academia: energy sciences, energy economics, statistics • Energy experts from the private sector to be invited to participate as advisers • Today: 19 countries and 5 organizations • Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Poland, Russia, Sweden, The Netherlands, UK, South-Africa, India, Canada, Mexico, USA + UN (UNSD), IAEA, IEA, IMF, Eurostat.

4. Terms of reference • Objective: To address issues related to energy statistics and contribute to improved international standards and improved methods for official energy statistics by pooling expertise in the energy community

5. Terms of reference • 1. To identify user needs. • 2. To define scope of official energy statistics. • 3. To identify and collect national and international best practices. • 4. To review and contribute to the updating of UNSD handbooks and manuals on energy statistics. • 5. To identify gaps in coverage (e.g. fuel types, flows) and to develop methodology to cover gaps. • 6. To adopt link or develop bridges to international standard concepts and classifications in economic/environmental statistics to facilitate the integration and interface of energy statistics with other statistical systems. • 7. To recommend a core set of tables as a minimum at national and international level to satisfy major user needs.

6. How do we organize our work? • First meeting in Oslo in February 2006 • http://www.ssb.no/ocg • 37th Statistical Commission, New York, March 2006 • Discussion forum http://forum.ssb.no/blah.cgi • Second meeting in New Delhi in February 2007 • 38th Statistical Commission, New York, March 2007 • Third meeting in 2008 • Timeframe: 5 years – 2006-2010.

7. Coordination with international Activities • Environment Economic Accounts and SD indicators • Discussion in Statistical Commission 2006 • UNCEEA umbrella function • London Group • Oslo Group • Meetings in London Group and UNCEEA June 2006 • The Joint UNECE/OECD/Eurostat Working Group • International cooperation Energy Statistics • IEA, Inter Ener Stat • JODI • Future coordination ? SNA revisions?

8. Coordination of Energy Statistics- NSI perspective • Quality principles for Official Statistics • Datacapture, response burden • Standards • Dissemination • One Statistical Office - reuse of data og coordinated dissemination

9. Energy Statistics in the NSI • Production of energy • Import/export of energy • Use of energy • Sectors and industries • Definition of energy products, • Renewable and non renewable energy sources • Energy Accounts/balances • Coordinate with: • National Accounts, • Emission Statistics • International BoP and trade

10. Energy Statistics and SD • Give priority to energy, economy, environment and sustainability • Coordinate reforms about energy in SEEA, SNA Energy Accounts and Emission Accounts • Sustainable Indicatores a broad perspective and conceptual capital approach • Does not contradict partial models – like for energy and emission and global heating • Capital and resources in energy sector. Energy Capital. • Discuss if we should ask for revisions, also of SNA