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Overview Programme Objectives & Milestones

This document provides an overview of the Regional Programme on Economic Statistics (RPES) and its objectives. It outlines the phases and milestones of the programme and highlights key discussion points. The RPES aims to increase the capacity of Asia Pacific countries to produce basic economic statistics within a common reference framework by 2020.

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Overview Programme Objectives & Milestones

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  1. Overview Programme Objectives & Milestones Session 2: Status of Programme Implementation 7th meeting of the SGRPES Bangkok, Thailand | 10 May 2018

  2. Outline • Objectives of RPES • Phases and Milestones • Key Discussion Points

  3. Objectives of RPES, a recap

  4. The Regional Programme on Economic Statistics's (2010) key goal is to increase capacity of Asia Pacific countries to produce basic economic statistics What is RPES? (2010) • A capacity building framework for Asia-Pacific countries with its scope determined by the Core Set of Economic Statistics What is RPES mandate? • RPES and its Core Set were designed by countries and development partners at the request of the ESCAP Committee on Statistics in 2009 • The programme and its Core Set were endorsed by the Committee on Statistics in 2010, i.e. the heads of NSOs Why does RPES aim to achieve? • Platform for coordination facilitating planned/concerted actions towards the Asia-Pacific countries having the capacity to produce basic economic statistics within a common reference framework (i.e. the Core Set) by 2020.

  5. Goal:Improved soundness of economic analysis & decision making through increased availability and effective use of timely, reliable and comparable economic statistics Outcome 2020:NSSs in Asia-Pacific have capacity to produce & disseminate the Core Set in line with international standards Advocacy Advocacy Coordination Outputs: Infrastructure Infrastructure Skills

  6. We have defined togethera Core Set of Economic Statistics Prices and costs • Consumer, producer, product price indices, labour cost, wages, exchange rates, PPPs, terms of trade Demand & output • GDP (p/e), external trade, industrial structure statistics; short-term indicators (industry output/demand) and productivity Income & wealth • NA for economy/by sector to measure income, savings, investment, wealth; BoP to measure international income and capital flows, IIP and external debt Money & banking • Assets and liabilities of banking sector, monetary measures and interest rates Government • Public revenue, expenditure, borrowing and lending, government accounts Labour market • Labour supply & demand, LF characteristics, employment & unemployment, underemployment, hours worked, employment in informal & formal sector, job creation, vacancies Natural resources & environment • Measures of sustainable economic growth, discovery/depletion and degradation of natural assets

  7. Constraints identified by 2nd SGREPS • Lack of clear division of work across different parts of the NSS and a need for statistical legislation and better coordination • Need for greater statistical advocacy / political support for the NSS • Need for improved human resource capacities, including improved technical skills through training • Need for further development of key elements of the national statistical infrastructure, Four Categories of RPES Outputs came out of these constraints Basis for Implementation Plan

  8. Phases and Milestones

  9. Where we are and Where we are going Preparatory Phase 3 Phase 1 Phase 2 • Regional implementation plan • Country assessments • Alignment with other initiatives • Partnership agreements • Regional governance • Advocacy for basic statistics for macro frameworks • Coordination efforts enhanced with partners and among national agencies • Focus: Business registers • Focus: SNA and BR • Resource Mobilization • Enhance advocacy at national level • Links to other (subregional or statistical output) programmes, national plans • Focus: BRs, Quality • Develop training on Core Set components and support national training • Detailed monitoring framework Advocacy Coordination Infrastructure Skills Programme Management 2011 2013 2015 2017 2020 Today

  10. Recap the recommendations made in 3rd -6th SGs

  11. 3rd Meeting called for improved coordination at regional and national level At the regional level At the national level • Address cross-cutting issues in cooperation with other domain-specific regional initiatives • Strengthen links between RPES & subregional strategies • Build links between RPES & mandates of development partners • Establish mechanisms for coordinating economic statistics producers • Involve national agencies beyond the NSO in skills building

  12. 3rd Meeting & CS identified 4 substantive priorities 1 2 Labour/employment statistics Household income/expenditure statistics 3 4 Structural business statistics/BRs Measurement of natural resources

  13. 4th Meeting (March 2015) • Lack full information for national capacity monitoring • Lack of clear guidelines for the “national economic statistics development plans” • Common approach to linking RPES up with statistical output-oriented programmes (SNA, SDGs, trade statistics, etc.)

  14. Issues Out of 4th Meeting • Develop advocacy materials from the user perspective (Advocacy) • Develop enhanced capacity screening questionnaire (Infrastructure) • Draft TORs for any working groups for the development of tools/guidelines as advised by the Coordinating Committee (Skills) • Develop training materials and training concepts for the Core Set components where there is a need (Skills) • Conduct skills needs assessments covering all economic statistics providers in the national statistical system (Skills)

  15. 5th Meeting (May 2016) • Agreed to have APES as an annual event with SGREP actively involved in its organisation through a task force • Agreed to work with The Network to enhance training development and delivery • Made suggestions to improve the capacity screening tool • Recommended establishing an SDG related taskforce

  16. 6th Meeting (May 2017) • Work program of the four taskforces decided with expectation of reporting activities at the 7th meeting • Recommended to collaboration with The Network in economic statistics training • Identified topics for potential new taskforces of the future • Explored idea of wide dissemination of capacity screening results at country, sub-regional and regional levels

  17. Key Discussion Points • Programme Impact and Relevence • Programm Efficiency and Effectiveness • Recommendations for Phase • Work Arrangements/Leadership • Issues for the 6th Committee

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