ICP Progress Report Western Asia Region

1. ICP Progress ReportWestern Asia Region ICP Regional Coordinators Workshop May 17-21, 2004 World Bank, Washington D. C.

2. Main Issues Technical issues Training Management Time Table

3. Technical Issues • Structured Product Descriptions (SPDs); • Evaluation of Food and Clothing Responses; • Provisional Product List: Commonalities; • Translations.

4. Preparation of Regional SPDs

5. Preparation of Regional SPDs

6. Preparation of Regional SPDs

7. Recreation Culture Restaurants Creation of Regional SPDs in process. Will be dispatched to countries before 5 June. Preparation of Regional SPDs

9. Responses on Food SPDs

10. Responses on Food SPDs

11. Responses on Food SPDs

12. Responses on Food SPDs

13. Responses on Food SPDs

14. Responses on Beverages SPDs

15. Responses on Tobacco & Narcotics SPDs

18. Responses on Clothing SPDs

19. Responses on Footwear SPDs

21. Commonality: Food

22. Commonality: Food

23. Commonality: Food

24. Commonality: Food

25. Commonality: Food

26. Commonality: Beverages

27. Commonality: Tobacco & Narcotics

28. Commonality: Clothing

29. Commonality: Footwear

30. Translations • ICP Handbook: Chapters III – VII (in progress, will be ready by the first week of June); • Tool-Pack: Windows Interface; • SPDs Glossaries: • Food & Beverages and Clothing & Footwear (word glossary); • Furniture, Furnishings and Utilities (picture glossary); • Transport & Communication (word and picture glossaries).

31. Training Workshops; Tool Pack; Data Collection.

32. First Workshop on ICPDecember 2003, Beirut • 10 countries + LAS; • 18 national participants; • 5 sessions,10 papers: • ICP as an integrated framework; • global program and work progress; • detailed discussion of the ICP Handbook; • applications of data collection and data processing in price surveys

33. First Workshop on ICP • different methods used for computing PPPs; • ICP Tool Pack demonstration and overview of its uses by national, regional, and global offices; • review the Status for SPDs for food, clothing and footwear; • detailed demonstration of the ICP-SPD Software; • Round Table discussion.

34. First Workshop on ICP • Discussion of the ICP Handbook, mainly: • pricing concepts and work methods; • Structured Product Description SPDs; • sampling and selection for products and prices. • Round Table discussion, stressed on: • exhibition of national experiences; • set communication procedures for completing the process of ICP SPD/PS exercise.

35. Second Workshop on ICP • To be held in Cairo (12-16 June 2004); • Participants: NCs + Price Statisticians + National Accounts Statisticians; • Will be divided into four parts: • Finalize List of Products: F&C; • Discuss SPD/PSs of new expenditure groups; • Build capacities; • Provide practical training; • NCs meeting: Agree on future plans and procedures.

36. Second Workshop on ICPCapacity Building • Sampling and survey framework for price collection; • Brief overview of PPP concepts: methods of data processing; • Expenditure classification & weighting system; • Sources of data for obtaining detailed breakdown of expenditure.

37. Second Workshop on ICPTraining ICP Tool-Pack: practical training, two days long • Price Collection Module (PCM); and • Price Administration Module (PAM);

38. Second Workshop on ICPMeeting of National Coordinators • Discuss and decide on Country price survey samples (methodologies, sample frame, timing and frequency); • Set-up procedures for: • Gathering data from different segments; • Calculating and submitting average prices; and • Data quality assurance; • Agree on a time-plan for: • Finalizing the Product Lists; • Preparing the final plan for the price survey; and • Train data collectors;

39. Third Workshop on ICP • To be held in first week of the month before the survey; • Participants: NCs + Price Statisticians; • Will focus on the survey: • Evaluate the sampling methods and assure its harmony; • Follow up on training; • Discuss and harmonize the national plans; • Set-up procedures for monitoring and following up the implementation of the survey.

40. The Tool Pack Practical Training • Who is the Trainer? • IT Developer? ICP Expert? Or Both together? Both together recommended • Who will receive the training? • Potential Trainers: Regional teams? • Potential Trainees: Regional and/or National teams? • Both together?At the same time? Not recommended • Other Questions need to be answered: • When, Where and How?

41. Tool Pack Training: WHEN?

42. Tool Pack Training: Where and How?

43. Management • Ring Countries • Executive Board Meeting, March 2004; • Reviewing the Budget; • Solutions for fund raising; • Grants’ Letters of Agreement; • Requesting waiver of Programme Support cost to grants received; • Administrative: Understaffing; Hiring Consultancy services and recruiting temporarily staff; and Bureaucracy.

44. Time Table: List of Products

45. Time Table: Training

46. Thank You