Transcript Global Assessment of the Statistical System of the Republic of Belarus Irina A.

Global Assessment of
the Statistical System of
the Republic of Belarus
Irina A. Kostevich
First Deputy Chairman
National Statistical Committee
of the Republic of Belarus
Management Seminar on Global Assessments
Yalta, 23-25 September 2009
Technical assistance of the European Union
I stage: 1992 – 1994 and
1993 – 1996 “Statistics 1”
II stage: 1996 – 2000
“Statistics 2”
Interstate priorities of the CIS
National programmes of the
TACIS countries
Implemented through two
regional subprogrammes:
technical assistance and training
Solving specific tasks set
by the Ministry of Statistics
and Analysis of the
Republic of Belarus
Global assessment of the statistical system of the
Republic of Belarus 2007: goals and objectives
Main goal:
assessment of the statistical system of the Republic of Belarus and its
compliance with the European standards, as well as identification of priority
directions for the development of statistics
Objectives:
Objective description of the institutional and technical capacity of the statistical
system
Assessment of the general compliance of the statistical system with the European
standards
Description of the current situation in different statistical domains as related to the
compliance with the European standards
Development of the draft action plan to achieve the European standards and the list
of priority tasks
Provision of national and international interested parties with the information on
assessment results
Implementation of the Global Assessment:
action plan and activities
Assessment of the statistical system
of the Republic of Belarus and its
compliance with the European
standards
Identification and presentation of
the problem areas of statistics
Study of statistical methodology,
best practices and standards of the
EU member states
Participation of Belstat representatives in
the international events, study visits to
the EU member states
Three missions of the international expert:
I.
Examining of the statistical system of the
Republic of Belarus
II.
Draft report and preparation of an Action Plan
III.
Draft final report including recommendations
and conclusions on further development of the
national statistical system, with the priorities for
the EU technical assistance clearly stated
Implementation of the Global Assessment
Assessment of the institutional
infrastructure:
Review of statistical areas:
Legal and constitutional framework:
legislative base
Interagency Council on Statistics
Structure of the statistical system:
planning and management
personnel
finance and budget
information technologies
work with users
Interaction of Belstat with government
authorities – producers and users of
official data
Statistical infrastructure
classifications and business
register
surveys
regional statistics
data confidentiality
Macroeconomic statistics
national accounts
price statistics
external trade statistics
financial statistics
Statistics of enterprises and other
areas of economic statistics
Demographic statistics
Degree of compliance with the European and international standards
Obtained results
The Republic of Belarus has a comprehensive, logically relevant and well
adjusted statistical information system that comprises all statistical areas,
which allows to provide comparable data on most issues.
Issues to be solved:
Constitutional framework (subordination to Government)
Information technologies
Coordination of activities of other statistics producers
Interaction with users
Classifications and business register
National accounts (regional GDP estimates)
Agricultural statistics (sample survey of agricultural households)
Demographic statistics
Tourism statistics
Action plan: priority directions for
the development of statistics
Legal and institutional framework
Macroeconomic statistics
Data dissemination
Information systems
Other statistical areas
Actions undertaken
Priority directions for the improvement of the national statistical
system of the Republic of Belarus identified
Programme of the State Statistics Development for 2006-2010
revised and amended
Actions undertaken: legal and institutional framework,
data dissemination policy
Since October 4, 2008 – National
Statistical Committee of the Republic of
Belarus
Open free access to official statistical
data and metadata on the web at:
www.belstat.gov.by
System of interaction with mass media
developed, the position of presssecretary introduced
“Respondent Questionnaire” and “User
Questionnaire”
Publication of the Statistics of Belarus
periodical subscription journal
Actions undertaken: information systems and
macroeconomic statistics
Implementation of the Integrated Information System of State
Statistics project
Experimental GDP estimates at regional level
Experimental annual GDP estimates at current and constant
2005-2007 prices in compliance with the new All-State
Classification of Economic Activities
Global assessment of the statistical system of
the Republic of Belarus 2007: conclusions
Global Assessment is an auditing exercise of the national statistical
system
Analysis of compliance of the national statistical system with the
international recommendations and standards
Implementation of the Global Assessment is a basis for the elaboration
of the national strategy of state statistics development
Setting up the periodicity for statistical system assessment
(quinquennial) would be expedient