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Modernization of Statistical Production and Services in Asia-Pacific

Modernization of Statistical Production and Services in Asia-Pacific. Marko Javorsek, Statistics Division, ESCAP International Seminar on Modernizing Official Statistics: Meeting Productivity and New Data Challenges 24 - 26 October 2013, Tianjin, PR China. ESCAP events in modernization.

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Modernization of Statistical Production and Services in Asia-Pacific

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  1. Modernization of Statistical Production and Servicesin Asia-Pacific Marko Javorsek, Statistics Division, ESCAP International Seminar on Modernizing Official Statistics: Meeting Productivity and New Data Challenges 24 - 26 October 2013, Tianjin, PR China

  2. ESCAP events in modernization • Side event to the Committee on Statistics, Second session – Modernizing statistical information systems, Bangkok 2010 • Expert Group Meeting: Opportunities and advantages of enhanced collaboration on statistical information management in Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok 2011 • SIAP Management Seminar 2011 – Shifting from “stove-pipe” data producer to “information service” provider • Practical advisory workshop: Supporting effective use of information and communication technology in population census operations, Moscow 2012 • GSBPM & SDMX • Expert group meeting: MSIS, Bangkok/Paris 2013

  3. What are the main drivers of modernization? • Creation of a more adaptive and cost-effective information management environment through stronger collaboration • Processes that are more agile and quality assured, while requiring less resources to operate and maintain • Modernize information systems to address the evolving field of statistics and maintain relevance across developed and developing countries • Regional collaboration and influence global directions • Collaborative efforts are likely to be more cost-effective and of higher quality

  4. Specificities of Asia-Pacific region in the field of modernisation • Cost-effectiveness benefit was assessed to be of less immediate priority • Improved quality could be taken up as a key objective • Concepts, standards and tools are relatively new to a large number of countries in the region • NSOs in the region are most often structured by statistical areas or domains • No transnational legislation on statistics • The least developed countries lack the full range of methodological and information technology expertise

  5. Regional perspective on modernization • CST 3 (2012) proposes the establishment of • High-level strategic body • Network of Experts • Strategic Advisory Body for the Modernization of Statistical Production and Services in Asia and the Pacific (SAB-AP) • The mission is “To raise awareness and build capacity, particularly related to concepts, methods and standards, to support national modernization efforts” • The Body has 7 members (Australia, India, Malaysia, Pakistan, Rep. of Korea, Samoa, Viet Nam) and is chaired by Australia • First meeting of the body in November 2013 in Japan (next month)

  6. MSIS 2013 • In 2013 ESCAP joins the organization and MSIS; first time in Asia-Pacific in 2010 in the Republic of Korea • 23-25 April 2013 held in 2 venues joined by live web link • Paris – hosted by OECD • Bangkok – hosted by ESCAP • Joint sessions were held Bangkok afternoon and Paris morning time • The meeting discussed the following substantive themes: • Architecture; • Streamlining statistical production; • Innovation; • Collaboration.

  7. Outcomes of the MSIS 2013 (Bangkok) • Participants recommended that • the work of the expert community centre around key priority areas, • interested practitioners and experts to gather in smaller working groups. • Key priority areas: • Strengthening national statistical systems (coordination, information flow in decentralized systems, etc.) • Generic Standard Business Process Model (GSBPM) • Statistical Data and Metadata Exchange (SDMX) • e-collection • Data dissemination • Big data

  8. Figure 1: Schematic depiction of the HLG, SAB-AP and working groups

  9. MSIS 2014 • 14-16 April 2014 held in 2 locations simultaneously: • Dublin, Ireland hosted by the Central Statistics Office of Ireland • Bangkok (TBC) hosted by ESCAP • Preparations on-going, call for papers will be sent out soon • The meeting schedule is centered around the following substantive themes: • How IT can contribute to changing organizational culture; • Standards-based modernization; • Innovation; • Architecture.

  10. ADB/ESCAP Project on SDMX • Direct outcome from the MSIS 2013 EGM • Working group (WG-SDMX) will be established under the auspices of the SAB-AP • The primary focus of the project will be to promote the use of SDMX among national statistical systems in the region and build regional capacities in applying it • The project will focus on • Mapping of DSD for data exchange (reuse global DSD), • Capacity building on using tools to support automated data exchange (e.g. Eurostat SDMX-RI).

  11. ADB/ESCAP Project on SDMX (cont’d) • Focus on economic statistics indicators (ADB Key Indicators), most likely limited to NA or BoP in the first stage • Take into account the specific needs of other international organizations collecting economic data (e.g. OECD, IMF, UNSD, WB, etc.) • In the pilot phase focus on 4 to 5 countries in Asia-Pacific • Timeline: • Scoping phase: November 2013 – February 2014 • Implementation phase: March – December 2014

  12. Thank you!

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