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Mid-Term Review of the ACSS Strategic Plan 2011-2015

Mid-Term Review of the ACSS Strategic Plan 2011-2015. ASEANstats Presentation High-Level Seminar on ACSS Strategic Plan 2016-2020 Bogor, Indonesia, 17-18 June 2014. Outline. Background Vision, Mission, and the major thrusts Assessment of the major thrusts Assessment of MYP and AWP

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Mid-Term Review of the ACSS Strategic Plan 2011-2015

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  1. Mid-Term Reviewof the ACSS Strategic Plan 2011-2015 ASEANstats Presentation High-Level Seminar on ACSS Strategic Plan 2016-2020 Bogor, Indonesia, 17-18 June 2014

  2. Outline • Background • Vision, Mission, and the major thrusts • Assessment of the major thrusts • Assessment of MYP and AWP • Assessment of the three major challenges identified in the Strategic Plan 2011-2015 • The Identified Challenges

  3. Background Vision The ASEAN Community Statistical System (ACSS) will by 2015 be a forward looking and reliable provider of relevant, timely and comparable statistics in support of the ASEAN Community. Mission The ASEAN Community Statistical System will provide relevant, timely and comparable ASEAN statistics in support of evidence based policy and decision making and enhance the statistical capacity of the Member States and ASEAN Secretariat.

  4. Background • ACSS Strategic Plan 2011-2015 guides ACSS in creating preconditions for a sustainable development of ASEAN statistics, focusing on: • concrete and clear mandate for regional cooperation and institutional strengthening • addressing issues on comparability of key statistics relevant to ASEAN integration (i.e. trade in goods, trade in services, and foreign direct investments) • narrowing the development gap.

  5. Background Major Components: • Institutional Strengthening • Strengthening ASEAN Statistics • Narrowing Development Gap in Statistics

  6. BackgroundMajor Thrust Under Institutional Strengthening • ACSS is a partnership (between NSS, ACSS Committee, ASEAN Bodies, ASEC) • ACSS Committee is a prominent statistics body • NSO functions as the country focal point in matters related to regional cooperation in statistics • NSO coordinates the provision of ASEAN statistics to stakeholders in ASEAN through the ASEANstats • ASEANstats functions as regional focal point of ASEAN statistics

  7. BackgroundMajor Thrust Under Institutional Strengthening • ASEANstats initiates the formulation of policies and standards for the development and harmonisation of ASEAN statistics and lead the implementation and monitoring of ACSS AWP • Enabling mechanism to be established: MYP, AWP, User-Producer Consultation, consultation mechanism • Monitoring system to be setup (for quality and compliance)

  8. BackgroundMajor Thrust Under Strengthening ASEAN Statistics • Development and harmonisation of Priority statistical fields: IMTS, FDIS, SITS • Broadening scope to better respond to the three Community pillars • Development and compilation of metadata on IMTS, FDIS, SITS • The presence of an Integrated ASEAN Statistics database • Improved statistical dissemination and communication • The presence of high profile statistical report with early warning system indicators

  9. BackgroundMajor Thrusts Under the Narrowing Development Gap in Statistics • Proactive coordination and facilitation • Assistance to AMSs in various forms

  10. Background • The Mid-term Review conducted in early 2013 • Three aspects evaluated: • Overall assessment of the major thrusts • Implementation of the ACSS MYP and AWP • The three defined challenges: whether have been addressed or remain relevant

  11. Assessment of the Thrust Overall Assessment of Thrust 1: Institutional Strengthening • ACSS as a partnership • The partnership has yet to be realized/acknowledged; • little has been done to raise awareness among the partners • ACSS Committee as a prominent body: • The functioning of ACSS Committee as the highest regional policy-making and coordinating body on ASEAN statistics needs to be ensured/enhanced

  12. Assessment of the Thrust Overall Assessment of Thrust 1: Institutional Strengthening • NSO in many cases has yet to effectively functioning as the country focal point in matters related to the regional cooperation in statistics; • Has NSO effectively represents the entire country’s statistical system in the ACSS? • NSO and other national data producers coordination needs strengthening • Has NSO coordinated data provision made by other national data producers? • Has NSO coordinated with other data producers in the production, harmonisation and dissemination of statistics?

  13. Assessment of the Thrust Overall Assessment of Thrust 1: Institutional Strengthening • ASEANstats has been able to lead the formulation of policies and standards for the development and harmonisation of ASEAN statistics and lead the implementation and monitoring • ASEANstats, however: • Has not been functioning effectively as regional focal point e.g. in serving as the link between ACSS and ASEAN bodies, international organisation, and other data users and producers

  14. Assessment of the Thrust Overall Assessment of Thrust 1: Institutional Strengthening 7. Enabling mechanism: • A lot have been developed; • However, inter-agency coordination at national level in some countries, and consultation between ACSS Committee and ASEAN bodies need to be enhanced 8. Monitoring system • Monitor the implementation of the Code of Practice (CoP) is underway, and Annual Work Plans (AWPs) monitoring is in place.

  15. Overall Assessment of Thrusts 2 Strengthening ASEAN Statistics • Priority statistical fields: • IMTS, FDIS, SITS have been progressing well • Some still very much dependent on external sources • No regional initiative is in place to address the System of National Accounts • Broadening the scope to responding the three Community pillars • No clear expressed demand from ASEAN Political-Security Community (APSC) pillar • Prioritization of indicators under the ASEAN Statistical Indicators (ASI) is currently on-going.

  16. Overall Assessment of Thrusts 2 Strengthening ASEAN Statistics • Development and compilation of metadata on IMTS, FDIS, SITS • Progressing • Integrated ASEAN Statistics database • REXDBS only available by November 2014 and some enhancements are still needed • Only IMTS, FDIS, SITS, and MDG data are in the REXDBS. Database of other statistics remain in scattered excel file. • To be prioritized for 2014-2020

  17. Overall Assessment of Thrusts 2 Strengthening ASEAN Statistics • Improved dissemination : • Only received high priority in 2013; actual dissemination is still limited • Communication of statistics is only set to begin; • Priority should remain high in 2014-2020 • Development of high profile statistical report with early warning system indicators • MDGs and ACPMS reports have not developed as high profile statistical reports. • Early warning system indicators system is by nature a high profile statistical report, and hence deserve more attention

  18. Overall Assessment of Thrusts 3Narrowing Development Gaps • Proactive coordination and facilitation : • Little has been done at the regional level, although bilateral assistance within AMSs are also observed • To ensure sustainability, mechanisms need to be developed and facilitated to enhance ASEAN-help-ASEAN mechanism • Assistance to AMSs in various forms • So far, assistance was only through existing projects • A mechanism may need to be developed to facilitate country(s) initiatives to address common challenges they observed

  19. Assessment of MYP and AWP • Strengthening the institutional framework:

  20. Assessment of MYP and AWP • Strengthening the institutional framework (con’t)

  21. Assessment of MYP and AWP 2. Strengthening ASEAN statistics

  22. Assessment of MYP and AWP 2. Strengthening ASEAN statistics

  23. Assessment of MYP and AWP 3. Narrowing the development gap

  24. Assessment of the 3 major Challenges Overall Assessment the Three Challenges • Increased demand for ASEAN statistics • Still relevant; • Scope is even wider requiring third party data and estimates • Institutional framework and mandate need strengthening • Establishment of the ACSS Committee and its enabling mechanism have addressed the institutional framework; • Not yet functioning as envisioned. What still needs to be ensured is the implementation of the mandate • Dependency on external sector • So far only little has been addressed

  25. The Identified Challenges • Role as the highest regional body in statistical policy making: • needs to be further strengthened in order to draw greater stakeholders’ involvement: • Coordination among the various national data-producing agencies will continue to be challenging until a regional statistical framework, guidelines and standards exist and implemented by all agencies;

  26. Identified Challenges • Partnership: • to be built up, through the development of a user-producer consultation mechanism; • Role of the national statistical office (NSO): • has yet to be recognized in some ASEAN Member States;

  27. Identified Challenges • National Strategy for the Development of Statistics (NSDS) and ACSS Strategic Plan (RSDS): • To be aligned • resources to be secured; • Data quality assessment and monitoring: • Development of measures to assess the ACSS Code of Practice (CoP) is underway;

  28. Identified Challenges • ASEANstats: • limited resources and capacity has stifled its performance as the technical arm and focal point in regional statistics. • Under the ACSS, the ASEANstats has to lead the harmonisation of ASEAN statistics. • A plan to strengthen ASEANstats was earlier proposed with seven measures; so far, only one has been implemented;

  29. Identified Challenges • Dissemination: • still limited and available mainly in printed publication • efforts to develop an effective dissemination strategy have begun; • Regional cooperation in other fields of statistics: • National Accounts, Labour Market Indicators, and manufacturing statistics were stagnant • With the deepening of ASEAN integration and increasing ASEAN initiatives, demand for more diverse and more detailed data has to be addressed

  30. Identified Challenges • Narrowing development gaps: • More efforts to be exerted • the ASEAN-help-ASEANneeds to be further promoted • Visibility: • Very limited presence of the ACSS in the global arena. 11. More diverse and detailed demand: • The new initiative towards the Post-2015 Development Agenda, initiative on Data Revolution, statistical programmes in the Asia and the Pacific region will add up to the present challenges. • Creation of the ASEAN Framework for Equitable Economic Development (AFEED) and Sustainable Development in ASEAN will entail greater commitment from the ACSS’ agenda.

  31. THANK YOU

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