Transcript Assessment of MYP and AWP 2. Strengthening ASEAN
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 Assessment of the three major challenges identified in the Strategic Plan 2011-2015 The Identified Challenges
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.
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.
Background
Major Components:
1. Institutional Strengthening 2. Strengthening ASEAN Statistics 3. Narrowing Development Gap in Statistics
Background Major Thrust Under Institutional Strengthening
1. ACSS is a partnership (between NSS, ACSS Committee, ASEAN Bodies, ASEC) 2. ACSS Committee is a prominent statistics body 3. NSO functions as the country focal point in matters related to regional cooperation in statistics 4. NSO coordinates the provision of ASEAN statistics to stakeholders in ASEAN through the ASEANstats 5. ASEANstats functions as regional focal point of ASEAN statistics
Background Major Thrust Under Institutional Strengthening
6. 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 7. Enabling mechanism to be established: MYP, AWP, User-Producer Consultation, consultation mechanism 8. Monitoring system to be setup (for quality and compliance)
Background Major Thrust Under Strengthening ASEAN Statistics
1. Development and harmonisation of Priority statistical fields: IMTS, FDIS, SITS 2. Broadening scope to better respond to the three Community pillars 3. Development and compilation of metadata on IMTS, FDIS, SITS 4. The presence of an Integrated ASEAN Statistics database 5. Improved statistical dissemination and communication 6. The presence of high profile statistical report with early warning system indicators
Background Major Thrusts Under the Narrowing Development Gap in Statistics
1. Proactive coordination and facilitation 2. Assistance to AMSs in various forms
Background
• • The Mid-term Review conducted in early 2013 Three aspects evaluated: 1. Overall assessment of the major thrusts 2. Implementation of the ACSS MYP and AWP 3. The three defined challenges: whether have been addressed or remain relevant
Assessment of the Thrust Overall Assessment of Thrust 1: Institutional Strengthening 1. ACSS as a partnership
• The partnership has yet to be realized/acknowledged; • little has been done to raise awareness among the partners
2. 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
Assessment of the Thrust Overall Assessment of Thrust 1: Institutional Strengthening
3. 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?
4. 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?
Assessment of the Thrust Overall Assessment of Thrust 1: Institutional Strengthening
5. 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 6. 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
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.
Overall Assessment of Thrusts 2 Strengthening ASEAN Statistics 1. 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
2. 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.
Overall Assessment of Thrusts 2 Strengthening ASEAN Statistics 3. Development and compilation of metadata on IMTS, FDIS, SITS
• Progressing
4. 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
Overall Assessment of Thrusts 2 Strengthening ASEAN Statistics 5. 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
6. 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
Overall Assessment of Thrusts 3 Narrowing Development Gaps 1. 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
2. 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
Assessment of MYP and AWP 1. Strengthening the institutional framework: Activities Done On Going
✔ a.
b.
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d.
Updated Broad Framework for the Sustainable Development of ASEAN Statistics (Broad Framework Rev.1) AHSOM reconstituted in the ACSS Committee with recognition as unique ASEAN body dealing with ASEAN statistics and reporting to AEM through SEOM Rules of Procedures of the ACSS Committee adopted Establishment of the Sub-Committee for Planning and Coordination to support the ACSS-Committee ✔ ✔ ✔ e.
f.
Adoption of the Code of Practice (CoP) Multi Year Plan 2010-2015 and Annual Work Plans 2012, 2013 and 2014 adopted ✔ ✔
Status
Assessment of MYP and AWP 1. Strengthening the institutional framework (con’t) Activities Done On Going
g. Adoption of Mechanisms to Monitor Implementation of activities/programme at national and regional levels • • Compliance monitoring tool Quality monitoring tool ✔ ✔ h. User producer consultation process defined ✔
Status
To follow up with the implementation of the self assessment under the CoP To be developed inline with communication plan
Assessment of MYP and AWP 2. Strengthening ASEAN statistics Activities
a.
Progress in harmonising IMTS, FDIS and SITS
Done On Going
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Status
IMTS, SITS have been progressing well under the EU Programme. The progress for FDI Statistics is more limited: a new FDIS annual publication has been prepared by ASEANstats in 2012.The main issue remains for many countries on the production of the figures.
✔ b.
c.
ASEAN statistical report on MDGs ASI framework including the ACPMS expanded ✔ ASEAN Statistical Indicators set prioritisation for the remaining indicators, should be dealt within the next strategy, taking into account the post 2015 sustainable development initiative
Assessment of MYP and AWP 2. Strengthening ASEAN statistics Activities Done
d. Statistical data processing and dissemination tools developed (REXDBS, ASEANstats website) e. Regional statistical dissemination policy elaborated and more statistical publications available f.
ASEANstats’ organisation and human resources strengthened
On Going
✔ ✔
Status
However REXDBS needs further enhancements, data sharing is still an issue and needs enhancements Communication has been addressed, as part of the communication plan. ✔ Implementation of the seven measures.
a.
Assessment of MYP and AWP 3. Narrowing the development gap Activities
Significant improvement of IMTS, FDIS and SITS in the CLMVs
Done On Going
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Status
The progress on SITS is slower for these countries, except Viet Nam. Cambodia, Lao PDR and Myanmar are facing many difficulties to provide the requested data, mainly due to a lack of the resources needed to mobilise the administrative data or to carry out surveys. The progress for the FDIS has been limited as in the other AMS.
b.
On-going from cooperation’s ASEAN Member states (ASEAN ASEAN initiatives) helps ✔ Currently the ASEAN help ASEAN initiative is on-going under the WGFDIs.
Assessment of the 3 major Challenges Overall Assessment the Three Challenges 1. Increased demand for ASEAN statistics
• • Still relevant; Scope is even wider requiring third party data and estimates
2. 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
3. Dependency on external sector
• So far only little has been addressed
The Identified Challenges
1. 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;
Identified Challenges
2. Partnership: to be built up, through the development of a user-producer consultation mechanism; 3. Role of the national statistical office (NSO): has yet to be recognized in some ASEAN Member States;
Identified Challenges
4. National Strategy for the Development of Statistics (NSDS) and ACSS Strategic Plan (RSDS): To be aligned resources to be secured; 5. Data quality assessment and monitoring: Development of measures to assess the ACSS Code of Practice (CoP) is underway;
Identified Challenges
6. 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;
Identified Challenges
7. Dissemination: still limited and available mainly in printed publication efforts to develop an effective dissemination strategy have begun; 8. 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
Identified Challenges
9. Narrowing development gaps: More efforts to be exerted the ASEAN-help-ASEAN needs to be further promoted 10. 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.