Governance of the Global Statistical System (GSS)

The role of CCSA

Vienna, September 2010

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Background trends

Increasing global demands for Evidence Based Decision Making (climate change, economic crisis, fight against poverty, etc.).Economic / financial crisis (budgetary situation in many statistical offices, lacking cooperation budget and available expertise)Specific situations (dilution of expertise)Roles of countries and international and regional organisations

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Overview of the presentation

Discussion and conclusions of 13th and 14th session of the CCSAAn analysis of the structure of the Global Statistical SystemThe System of National Accounts as an example of a Global Statistical ProjectThe possible enhanced role (s) of the CCSA in global projects

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1. Discussions 13th and 14th CCSA meeting

Bangkok, September 2009, initiation of the discussion- More commitment and coordination will lead to better cooperation and to more efficient use of resources

New York, February 2010, some first recommendations and conclusions- Set an agenda for discussion in the CCSA on the global projects- Organise structured feed back from lead and non- lead agencies in the projects.

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ctd. Discussions 13th and 14th CCSA meeting

- Define a follow up recommendation on the treatment of the global project from the perspective of international organisations.

- Friends of the chair (WB, FAO, ILO, UNCTAD, OECD and co-chairs prepare paper on ccsa role in implementation of global projects.- How to bring new items on global project to the agenda.

However, on these points no progress: not sure how to go ahead : therefore, now a first try.

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2. An analysis of the structure of the Global Statistical System

Stakeholders

-Countries (NSI’s and others)

-International organisations (users/producers)

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WB

etc

HIC

UN

SD EU27 EFTA

Future accedingcountries

West

Balkan

EuropeanN

eighbourhood G77 etc

EuropeanC

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ission

IMF OECD

UN Statistical Commission (UNSC)

Countries/Member states

Exp 1

Exp 2

FOC

National Statistical InstitutesInternational organisation

Committee for the Coordinationof Statistical Activities - CCSA

Almost 40

Bureau (4 members)

24 countries voting)

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3. The System of National Accounts as an example of a Global Statistical Project

• Governance structure of the revision proces

•SNA revision: Steps in the proces and types of involvement of International Organisations and countries

•Strong / weak points in the structure and proces

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ISWGNA

UNSC

IO/CCSA

COUNTRIES

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MG

NA

AEGEdtr

PrMan

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1. 2003-2005 : Indentification of the need for revision and design and initiation of the process

2. 2005-2006 : Indentification of issues to be revised/updated

3. 2005-2007 : Discussion of issues, collection of opinions

4. 2006-2007 : Concept papers, prepared and discussed

5. 2007-2008 : Editing and final convergence

6. 2008-2009 : Finalisation and approval

Steps in the process: involvement of the stakeholders

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Strong / weak points in the structure and proces

Strong:

-High involvement of the countries in the discussion on concept papers via the AEG

-Proces led by 5 international organisations in good cooperation with indirect strong support from a few other organisations

-Project management worked well

-Technical discussions were done at the correct level

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Strong / weak points in the structure and proces

Weak:

-Limited number of donors (the explicit commitment therefore limited)

-Controversial issues with other International organisations solved by compromises (small steps)

-Extremely vulnerable project organisation caused by high level of expertise needed and the very scarce availability of this expertise.

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Could members of the CCSA consider them to be more involved (in what stadium and how (as donors, as sounding board)?

Could there have been a more explicit sharing ofthe responsibilities?

Would this have strengthened the project and/orthe credibility of the results?

Would a greater transparancy via the CCSA have led to a more efficient use of resources?

Some Questions

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Lessons for other projects:

- Where are we with the ICP, agri stats etc. Howwill these projects impact the possible workloadof the IO

- Are we enough informed?

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4. The possible enhanced role (s) of the CCSA in global projects: example of the SNA.

Discussion and peer advice on

• Ex ante evaluation of the project• Regular structured update on progress• Experienced and expected burden / impact / claims

on main stakeholders• Problems expected and support desired• Milestones and planning coming period • Ex post evaluation: lessons learned

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