Committee on Statistics, Third session, Bangkok, 12-14 December 2012

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Bangkok, 12-14 December 2012

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Committee on Statistics, Third session, Bangkok, 12-14 December 2012
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Committee on Statistics, Third session, Bangkok, 12-14 December 2012
“The ideas and opinions of the different countries are very useful.”
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Soeurn Seng, Cambodia
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Committee on Statistics, Third session, Bangkok, 12-14 December 2012
“We gain information on opportunities for technical assistance and training.”
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Soeurn Seng, Cambodia
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Committee on Statistics, Third session, Bangkok, 12-14 December 2012
“The Committee session is a success, constructive and inspirational… it helps push the advancement of statistical work in the whole region.”
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Hongguang Xie, China
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Committee on Statistics, Third session, Bangkok, 12-14 December 2012
“China will fully support the work on standardization of definitions and methodologies as well as statistical capacity development in the region.”
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Hongguang Xie, China
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Committee on Statistics, Third session, Bangkok, 12-14 December 2012
“The Committee is quite useful because this is the first time for us to participate in such a meeting.”
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Pak Yong Suk, DPR Korea
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Committee on Statistics, Third session, Bangkok, 12-14 December 2012
“Environment statistics, the partnership of the region and statistical training and capacity building are interesting agenda items for us.”
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Pak Yong Suk, DPR Korea
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Committee on Statistics, Third session, Bangkok, 12-14 December 2012
“What I like most is that almost all countries in Asia-Pacific region are present in this Committee.”
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Sasmito Hadi Wibowo, Indonesia
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Committee on Statistics, Third session, Bangkok, 12-14 December 2012
“We have our goals as a group.”
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Sasmito Hadi Wibowo, Indonesia
“Regardless of where I am in this region, it feels like home.”
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Sasmito Hadi Wibowo, Indonesia
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Committee on Statistics, Third session, Bangkok, 12-14 December 2012
“This meeting has brought forward many issues related to statistics development in the Asia-Pacific region.”
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Samaychanh Boupha, Lao PDR
“Lao PDR faces challenges such as climate change and natural disasters. To solve these problems, we need evidence to support the policy making process.”
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Samaychanh Boupha, Lao PDR
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Committee on Statistics, Third session, Bangkok, 12-14 December 2012
“The forum gives lots of good opportunities to interact with countries who are doing similar work like us.”
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Aishath Shahuda, Maldives
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Committee on Statistics, Third session, Bangkok, 12-14 December 2012
“I am very much interested in the environmental statistics because that is an area that is very important for Maldives.”
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Aishath Shahuda, Maldives
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Committee on Statistics, Third session, Bangkok, 12-14 December 2012
“We should be able to compare our statistics to the rest of the world.”
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Aung Myint Than, Myanmar
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Committee on Statistics, Third session, Bangkok, 12-14 December 2012
“Quality statistics are very important to our country.”
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Aung Myint Than, Myanmar
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Committee on Statistics, Third session, Bangkok, 12-14 December 2012
“Meeting all distinguished delegates and exchanging views and ideas to enhance statistics development is a fulfilling experience.”
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Ki-Jong Woo, Republic of Korea
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Committee on Statistics, Third session, Bangkok, 12-14 December 2012
“Republic of Korea is Committeed to playing a role in modernizing statistical information systems in the region.”
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Ki-Jong Woo, Republic of Korea
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Committee on Statistics, Third session, Bangkok, 12-14 December 2012
“It’s amazing to see how people have progressed and I look forward to working more with countries.”
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Jose Ramon Albert, Philippines
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Committee on Statistics, Third session, Bangkok, 12-14 December 2012
“The bottom line is one of resources, financial and human… We need to recognize that there is a need for donors to really assist countries.”
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Jose Ramon Albert, Philippines
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Committee on Statistics, Third session, Bangkok, 12-14 December 2012
The Bureau has a lot of things on its plate for the future. I’m looking forward to improvements in terms of harmonization, leveling up of statistical development among countries and South-South cooperation to address the special needs of our member countries.
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Carmelita Ericta, Chair of the Bureau
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Committee on Statistics, Third session, Bangkok, 12-14 December 2012
I would like to thank Committee members for pointing out what the priority areas are, and the Secretariat for the excellent preparations.
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Bobby
Carmelita Ericta, Chair of the Bureau
Thank you...
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Committee on Statistics, Third session, Bangkok, 12-14 December 2012

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Report of the Committee on Statistics on its third session^*

E/ESCAP/CST(3)/17

* reissued for technical reasons on 16 January 2013.

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1. Opening of the session

Keynote speech, Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Thailand

English only

Opening statement, UNSD

English only

Opening statement, ESCAP

English only

Annotated provisional agenda

E/ESCAP/CST(3)/L.1/Rev.1

Information for participants

English only

E/ESCAP/CST(3)/INF/1

List of Participants

English only

E/ESCAP/CST(3)/INF/2

Tentative programme

E/ESCAP/CST(3)/INF/3/Rev.1

2. Strategic direction and functioning of the Committee on Statistics:

(a)	Proposal of the Bureau for future work

Proposed future work of the Committee on Statistics

E/ESCAP/CST(3)/1

(b)	Review of the functioning of the Committee

Review of the functioning of the Committee on Statistics

E/ESCAP/CST(3)/2

(c)	Monitoring framework for the work of the Committee on Statistics

A proposed approach to monitoring the work of the Committee on Statistics

E/ESCAP/CST(3)/3

Documents for the information of the Committee on Statistics on item 2 of the provisional agenda

English only

E/ESCAP/CST(3)/INF/5

3. Regional initiatives:

(a)	Economic statistics

Report of the Steering Group for the Regional Programme on Economic Statistics

E/ESCAP/CST(3)/4

Implementation plan for the Regional Programme for the Improvement of Economic Statistics in Asia and the Pacific

English only

E/ESCAP/CST(3)/CRP.1

(b)	Social statistics

The strategic approach and plan of work of the Technical Advisory Group on Social Statistics

E/ESCAP/CST(3)/5

Core set of population and social statistics for Asia and the Pacific

E/ESCAP/CST(3)/5/Add.1

(c)	Civil registration and vital statistics

Civil registration and vital statistics: Make every life count

E/ESCAP/CST(3)/6

Make every life count: Regional strategic plan for the improvement of civil registration and vital statistics in Asia and the Pacific

E/ESCAP/CST(3)/6/Add.1

(d)	Modernization of statistical information systems

Regional cooperation on the modernization of official statistics

E/ESCAP/CST(3)/7

Documents for the information of the Committee on Statistics on item 3 of the provisional agenda

English only

E/ESCAP/CST(3)/INF/9

English only

E/ESCAP/CST(3)/INF/9/Add.1

4. Global initiatives:

(a)	Agricultural and rural statistics

Report of the Steering Group for Agricultural Statistics

E/ESCAP/CST(3)/8

Asia-Pacific Regional Action Plan to Improve Agricultural and Rural Statistics

English only

E/ESCAP/CST(3)/CRP.2

Proposed composition of the Regional Steering Committee

English only

E/ESCAP/CST(3)/CRP.3

(b)	Environment statistics

Improvement of Environment Statistics in the Context of Sustainable Development and Green Economy Policy in Asia and the Pacific

E/ESCAP/CST(3)/9

(c)	Monitoring the development agenda beyond 2015

Advancing the global development agenda beyond 2015: Potential contributions by national statistical systems

E/ESCAP/CST(3)/10

Work of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development on measuring well-being and fostering the progress of societies

E/ESCAP/CST(3)/11

Documents for the information of the Committee on Statistics on item 4 of the provisional agenda

English only

E/ESCAP/CST(3)/INF/6

5. Coordination of statistical capacity-building activities:

(a)	Statistical training

Report of the Working Group on the Coordination of Statistical Training

E/ESCAP/CST(3)/12

Documents for the information of the Committee on Statistics on item 5 of the provisional agenda

English only

E/ESCAP/CST(3)/INF/7/Add.1

(b)	Regional partnership

Summary of the activities of the Partners for Statistics Development in Asia and the Pacific, 2010-2012

E/ESCAP/CST(3)/13

Document for the information of the Committee on Statistics on item 5 of the provisional agenda

English only

E/ESCAP/CST(3)/INF/7

6. Items for information:

(a)	International Comparison Programme

(b)	Informal sector and informal employment statistics

(c)	Gender statistics

(d)	Disability statistics

(e)	Tourism statistics

(f)	Statistics of international trade in services

Documents for the information of the Committee on Statistics on item 6 of the provisional agenda

English only

E/ESCAP/CST(3)/INF/8

Russian only

E/ESCAP/CST(3)/INF/8/Add.1

(g)	Labour statistics

(h)	Disaster statistics

Document for the information of the Committee on Statistics on item 6 of the provisional agenda

English only

E/ESCAP/CST(3)/INF/8/Add.2

7. Reports brought to the attention of the Committee:

(a)

Bureau

Report on the activities of the Bureau since the second session of the Committee

E/ESCAP/CST(3)/14

(b)	Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific

Report of the Governing Council of the Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific on its seventh session

E/ESCAP/CST(3)/15

Report of the Governing Council of the Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific on its interim session

E/ESCAP/CST(3)/15/Add.1

8. Consideration of the future focus of the statistics subprogramme of the ESCAP secretariat

Intended outputs of the programme of work for
2014-2015 for the Statistics subprogramme

English only

E/ESCAP/CST(3)/CRP.4

9. Consideration of draft resolutions and decisions for submission to the Commission at its sixty-ninth session

10. Other matters

11. Adoption of the report of the Committee

Draft report

E/ESCAP/CST(3)/L.2

Draft recommendations of the Committee

E/ESCAP/CST(3)/L.3

Statistics Home

Back-to-back meetings

The Eighth session of the Governing Council of SIAP, Bangkok, 6-7 December 2012

High-level Meeting on the Improvement of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok, 10-11 December 2012

The fourth meeting of Partners for Statistics Development in Asia-Pacific, Bangkok, 12 December 2012

Side events

Lunch-time event on Statistics of Human Development, 13 December 2012, 12:30-13:45 hrs.

The Human Development Report Office of the United Nations Development Programme organized an informative/consultative discussion during the Third session of the Committee on Statistics, 12-14 December 2012. The discussion covered issues generally related to statistical quality of indicators used and presented in Human Development Reports with the particular focus on Small Island Developing States and the Least Developed Countries from the region.

Side event on ICT statistics, 14 December 2012, 10.00-12.30 hrs, Conference Room 3, UNCC

Committee on Statistics

Third session, Bangkok, 12-14 December 2012

Second session, Bangkok, 15-17 December 2010

First session, Bangkok, 4-6 February 2009

Committee on Poverty Reduction (2003-2007)

Committee on Statistics and its Working Group (1974-2002)

Bureau of the ESCAP Committee on Statistics

Bureau Membership Documents

Advisory/Working Groups

Steering Group for Agricultural Statistics

Steering Group for the Regional Programme on Economic Statistics

Technical Advisory Group on Social Statistics

Working Group on the Regional Coordination of Statistical Training

“The ideas and opinions of the different countries are very useful.”

“We gain information on opportunities for technical assistance and training.”

“The Committee session is a success, constructive and inspirational… it helps push the advancement of statistical work in the whole region.”

“China will fully support the work on standardization of definitions and methodologies as well as statistical capacity development in the region.”

“The Committee is quite useful because this is the first time for us to participate in such a meeting.”

“Environment statistics, the partnership of the region and statistical training and capacity building are interesting agenda items for us.”

“What I like most is that almost all countries in Asia-Pacific region are present in this Committee.”

“We have our goals as a group.”

“Regardless of where I am in this region, it feels like home.”

“This meeting has brought forward many issues related to statistics development in the Asia-Pacific region.”

“Lao PDR faces challenges such as climate change and natural disasters. To solve these problems, we need evidence to support the policy making process.”

“The forum gives lots of good opportunities to interact with countries who are doing similar work like us.”

“I am very much interested in the environmental statistics because that is an area that is very important for Maldives.”

“We should be able to compare our statistics to the rest of the world.”

“Quality statistics are very important to our country.”

“Meeting all distinguished delegates and exchanging views and ideas to enhance statistics development is a fulfilling experience.”

“Republic of Korea is Committeed to playing a role in modernizing statistical information systems in the region.”

“It’s amazing to see how people have progressed and I look forward to working more with countries.”

“The bottom line is one of resources, financial and human… We need to recognize that there is a need for donors to really assist countries.”

The Bureau has a lot of things on its plate for the future. I’m looking forward to improvements in terms of harmonization, leveling up of statistical development among countries and South-South cooperation to address the special needs of our member countries.

I would like to thank Committee members for pointing out what the priority areas are, and the Secretariat for the excellent preparations.

Thank you...