United Nations Development Account 10th tranche Statistics and Data Institutional Environment for Official Statistics Inter-regional seminar on national statistical systems reviews in SIDS Co-organized by ESCAP, ECLAC and UNSD, with funding support from DFID 1-3 August 2017, Nadi, Fiji
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United Nations Development Account 10th tranche Statistics and Data
Institutional Environment for Official Statistics
Inter-regional seminar on national statistical systems reviews in SIDS
Co-organized by ESCAP, ECLAC and UNSD, with funding support from DFID
1-3 August 2017, Nadi, Fiji
Sound Institutional Environment to:
Enhance public trust and promote the use of official statistics
Improve coordination of the NSS and consistency of its deliverables
Promote dialogue and communication with and among users, data
communities and other stakeholders
Secure efficiency, effectiveness and quality
Ensure flexibility and resilience of the NSS and its deliverables
SDG Indicators: challenges and opportunities
SDG Indicators
Scope
> 230 indicators
Granularity
Data disaggregation
Quality
Timeliness reliability
Data Eco-system
Digital transformation
Data sources
Big Data
Data community
Data providers & producers
Modernisation
Integration & Standardisation
Interoperability
Methodology
Mix-mode
Institutional environment
Resources &
Capability
Infrastructure
IT & applications
Know-how
HR development
Leadership
Coordination
Partnership
Challenges Opportunities Capacity Building
Institutional Environment Secured through
UN Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics (UN-FPs)
(Sub-)regional Statistics Code of Practice
Quality Assurance Frameworks for Official Statistics
National Statistical Law/Act and related regulations
Governance and coordination mechanisms and tools
UN General Assembly Resolution on SDG Indicator Framework
Cape Town Global Action Plan
Other International initiatives, guidelines and recommendations
To apply across the National Statistical System (NSS)
Main Principles: UN-FPs and Code of Practice
Professional independence*
Statistical confidentiality and exclusive use for statistical purposes*
Impartiality and objectivity*
Accuracy and reliability
Coherence and comparability
Clarity and transparency
Relevance*
To be translated into a national statistical law/act
Professional independence
Producers of Official Statistics shall decide, independently and free
from any pressures or interference from political or other external
sources on:
The development, production and dissemination of statistics
The selection of data sources (mandate for data collection)
Concepts, definitions, methods and classifications to be used
Timing and content of all forms of dissemination
Statistical confidentiality and exclusive use for statistical purposes
Individual data in the possession of producers of official statistics are
confidential at all stages of the production process:
• Collection
• Processing
• Dissemination
• Storage
Data collected by producers of official statistics are used exclusively
for statistical purposes
Impartiality and objectivity
Official statistics must be developed, produced and disseminated:
in a neutral, reliable and unbiased manner
according to professional standards
free from any political statements or considerations
All users have equal and simultaneous access to official statistics
Relevance (fit-for-purpose)
Official statistics meet current and emerging user needs
Official statistics honour citizens’ right to public information
Delineation of the NSS
All producers of statistics that comply with the statistical law and
related principles:
• National Statistical Office (main producer)
• Other producers of official statistics
Other holders or providers of data sources (e.g. administrative data)
are not considered as producers of official statistics
But some provisions of the statistical law may also apply to users,
producers of administrative data, respondents…
National Statistical Office (NSO)
NSO to be a professionally independent body ideally attached to a
line ministry or the president office
NSO to be the main producer of Official Statistics
NSO not to be assigned responsibilities conflicting with principles of
official statistics
NSO to coordinate activities for the development, production and
dissemination within the NSS
Chief Statistician
Chief Statistician, as the chief executive of the NSO, to report directly to a
line minister or the president
Chief Statistician to embody and foster the professional independence of
producers of official statistics
Chief Statistician to decide ultimately on the content of the draft multi-year
and annual programmes
Chief Statistician to issue, when appropriate, standards and guidelines for
the entire NSS on the development, production and dissemination of official
statistics
Chief Statistician to promote the use of official statistics standards and
classifications beyond the NSS
Other Producers of Official Statistics (OPOS)
OPOS to be professionally independent entities within their
respective organizations
OPOS to be exclusively or primary engaged in activities related to
official statistics
OPOS to operate in compliance with statistical legislation and
adopted standards
OPOS to be responsible for their assigned activities in the statistical
programmes
Coordination instruments of the NSS /1
National statistical programmes are the main coordination
instruments of the NSS
National statistical programmes to be used for the budget
appropriation
The programmes cover the entire NSS, including development,
production and dissemination of SDG indicators
The programmes to be submitted by the Chief Statistician to the