Transcript OECD Committee on Statistics and Programme of Work and Budget WPTGS Nov 2011 Paul Schreyer (OECD)

OECD Committee on
Statistics and Programme
of Work and Budget
WPTGS Nov 2011
Paul Schreyer (OECD)
…the process
• OECD PWB in biennia
• Currently 2011-12
• Discussions by CSTAT on PWB 2013-14 will start in
February 2012
• Present meeting opportunity to get signals from WPTGS
on proposals for future work
• CSTAT will finalise its proposals for 2013-14 at its
meeting in June 2012
• Budget discussions later in 2012
• Overall budget envelope, priorities by Council and
internal allocations by Secretary General will determine
STD’s budget in 2013-14
• Also: voluntary contributions
Reminder - priorities for 2011-12
• PWB reflects OECD-wide priorities relevant to CSTAT :
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Increased work with Enhanced Engagement Countries
Measuring Well-being and Progress
Green growth
New Sources of Growth: Follow-up to Innovation Strategy
Gender
Communications and Dissemination
• 2011 MCM reinforced importance of:
– Jobs and skills
– Trade and Investment
– Governance and anti-corruption
• CSTAT 2011 confirmed own priorities:
– Reinforcing core statistical information and IT infrastructure
– Developing new streams of methodological work
– Enhancing CSTAT’s coordination role
Priorities for 2011-12 and beyond
• One important addition since last year: Trade in
Value-added
– Supported by CSTAT
– Supported by SG
– More under agenda item 6
• Continued support for work on trade,
employment, competitiveness:
– Trade by Enterprise Characteristics
– CSTAT set up new expert group on micro data access
Priorities for 2011-12 and beyond
• Closer links between sub-groups, in particular with
NAWP. This concerns:
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TVA
Goods for processing
Unit values and quantity indices of exports and imports
Trade in services, imports and exports of R&D
• Generally, CSTAT wants to strengthen interaction
with its sub-groups, including WPTGS
• Timing is right, given preparations for PWB 2013-14
• Important to collect ideas about areas of work that
are useful for WPTGS delegates
• Possibility: participation of WPTGS bureau member
in CSTAT meeting
• Infrastructure and Dissemination
– Coordinate developments of the OECD Statistical Information
System for managing the full life-cycle of statistical data and
metadata processing (from collection, validation and creation of
output data to online dissemination and publication).
– Develop and enhance innovative data visualisation tools to
provide new ways for communicating about statistics
– Promote use of SDMX within OECD and among member
countries
Thank you!
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