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Seminar on Innovations in Official Statistics

Seminar on Innovations in Official Statistics. Thailand NSS: Governance Issue. Jirawan Boonperm Deputy Secretary General NSO Thailand. 20 February 2009 United Nations, New York. Seminar on Innovations in Official Statistics. Thailand Profile.

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Seminar on Innovations in Official Statistics

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  1. Seminar on Innovations in Official Statistics Thailand NSS: Governance Issue Jirawan Boonperm Deputy Secretary General NSO Thailand 20 February 2009 United Nations, New York

  2. Seminar on Innovations in Official Statistics Thailand Profile Population 66.9 million (2009)

  3. Seminar on Innovations in Official Statistics Evolution of Statistics Work in Thailand • 1915 Statistical Forecast Bureau (SFB) was found under Ministry of The Royal Treasury • 1951 SFB was upgraded to Central Statistical Office under National Economic Council • 1952 First Statistics Act was enacted to outline National Statistical System • 1965 Statistics Act was promulgated by amending 1952 Act

  4. Seminar on Innovations in Official Statistics Thailand NSS: Decentralized System Roles and responsibilities of statistical organizations • NSO • Produce fundamental statistics • Provide statistical services for public and private sectors : statistical data and statistical technical advice • Coordinate with other statistical units at national and international levels • Other statistical units in line-ministries • Produce statistics from administrative data • Produce specific statistics by surveys for their own purposes

  5. Seminar on Innovations in Official Statistics Problems of Decentralized System Thailand Japan Duplication,omission,user confusion of statistics produced by gov. agencies Quality and statistical standards problem Insufficient use of statistics (linkage &integration problem) Problem on coordination &collaboration among gov. agencies Duplication of development & operation of IS and related works among ministries Use of administrative records is limited Utilization of statistics not sufficiently reflex new needs and advance ICT Coordination problem

  6. Seminar on Innovations in Official Statistics Governance Problems • Weak performance of coordinating agency • No system to assure quality of statistics produced by government agencies • No mechanism to increase collaboration among agencies to lead to data linkage, sharing and integration under advance ICT environment

  7. Seminar on Innovations in Official Statistics Amending Stat. Act:Promulgate new Act in 2007 Thailand Japan To build appropriate rules & framework for official statistics To establish mechanism to develop official statistics efficiently To strengthen function of “headquarters” for development of official statistics. Decentralized Stat. System with clear roles, function & relationship among various statistical units Empower NSO to do better coordination roles Promote government data integration system

  8. Seminar on Innovations in Official Statistics Main Points in New Act Thailand Japan Draft the Statistical Master Plan : framework to manage NSS Draft Sectoral Master Plan : to define responsibilities of statistical units in implementing stat. work under the Master Plan Create statistical network among statistical units to develop important & timely country statistical database Establish a Basic Plan on the development of official statistics Promotion of effective utilization of stat. data Establishment of Statistics Commission to deal with matters based on the provision of the Act.

  9. Seminar on Innovations in Official Statistics Governance Structure in the Thai NSS CABINET Annual report National Committee on Statistical Data Sectoral Statistical Committee Stat. development plan (16 sectors) Statistical Units Profile Official Statistics Profile 16 sectors Consider and select Official Statistics Implementation plan (16 sectors) Capacity building for stat. units (if needed) Annual report on sector status (16 sectors) Investigate and approve in quality assurance KPI REPORTER Info. A XML Info. NSO Info. B Data sharing and linkage Info. E Info. C XML Convertor XML Info. D

  10. Seminar on Innovations in Official Statistics Sectoral Statistical Master Plan (SSMP) • Jointly developed by NSO and counterparts in each sector • The Statistical Mapping • list of Official Statistics to be produced • capacity building for agencies (if needed) • Statistical Development Plan (short & long term)

  11. Seminar on Innovations in Official Statistics Sectoral Statistical Committee (SSC) • Develop and agree on the SSMP • Produce statistical calendar of sector • Supervise and coordinate stat. production and storage • Coordinate with NSO Quality Assurance Team (QAT) • Publish Annual Report of the sector

  12. Seminar on Innovations in Official Statistics Role of NSO in SSC • Co-chair all the SSCs • Act as the secretary of the SSCs • Establish and operate QAF • Provide technical assistance • Publish Annual Report on Status of sector • Develop and update Data Directory • Develop a system to coordinate, link and integrate data and statistics

  13. Seminar on Innovations in Official Statistics Thank you

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