Transcript Introduction to the "International Recommendations for Energy Statistics" and why they are important

Introduction to the
International Recommendations for
Energy Statistics
and why they are important
Side Event: International Recommendations for Energy
Statistics: Achievements and future challenges
New York, 21 February 2011
Outline
Some historical background
Consultation process
Content of IRES
Important elements of IRES
What lies ahead
Historical background
• The work started in 2005 with a programme review
on energy statistics to the UN Commission
• In 2005 the ad-hoc expert group meeting on energy
statistics was held in NY
• Two groups were created in 2005 by the Statistical
Commission to advance in energy statistics:
• The Oslo Group on Energy Statistics
• Intersec. Working Group on Energy Statistics
(InterEnerStat)
The mandate of the Oslo Group on Energy Statistics:
Review and contribute to the updating of the United
Nations handbooks and manuals on energy statistics;
….
The mandate of InterEnerStat:
harmonizing of data collection, processing and
dissemination, by limiting duplication and/or by building
links/bridges between existing energy statistics
questionnaires, concepts, methods and timetables;
…
• In 2007, UNSD reviewed the work for the
revision of the existing UN publications on
energy stat. and decided that enough
momentum had been created for the
development of international recommendations
for energy statistics
• In 2009 the UN Statistical Commission
endorsed the UNSD strategy for the preparation
of IRES
Organization of the revision
process
• Substantive discussion and drafting
• discussion on substantive issues (within the Oslo Group
and InterEnerStat)
• collection of country experience
• drafting text
• Consultation
• Ad-hoc on specific issues with relevant groups such as
the Expert Group on Classification, UNCEEA, London
Group, FAO, UNFCCC, etc.
• Worldwide consultation with countries and organizations
(carried out in 2 stages)
• Expert Group Meeting (Nov. 2010) prior to the IRES
submission to the UN Statistical Commission
Worldwide consultation process
• 1st stage on the scope and content of IRES
(May-June 2008);
• 2nd stage on the provisional draft of IRES (JulyAug 2010)
The consultation took place with countries and
international regional organizations active in
energy statistics
Content of IRES
IRES provides recommendations on different stages
of the statistical process from: basic concepts,
definitions and classifications to data sources, data
compilation strategies, energy balances, data
quality and statistical dissemination.
IRES will provide a firm foundation for a long-term
development of energy statistics based on the
Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics.
Outline of IRES
Chapter 1: Introduction.
Chapter 2: Scope of energy statistics
Chapter 3: Standard International Energy Products Classification
Chapter 4: Measurement units and conversion factors
Chapter 5: Energy Flows
Chapter 6: Statistical units and data items
Chapter 7: Data collection and compilation
Chapter 8: Energy balances
Chapter 9: Data quality assurance and metadata
Chapter 10: Dissemination
Chapter 11: Use of basic energy statistics and balances
Annex A: Primary/secondary and renewable /non-renewable products
Annex B: Additional tables on conversion factors, calorific values and
measurement units
Annex C: Commodity balance
References
Key elements of IRES
• An international standard classification (SIEC)
and harmonized definitions of energy products
• Statistical units and data items
• Data collection and compilation
• Energy balances
• Data quality assurance and metadata
• Dissemination
What lies ahead
• Preparation of the Energy Statistics Compilers Manual
• Technical assistance to countries to implement the new
recommendations
• Develop a knowledge base on energy statistics that can
be consulted by countries and other users of energy
statistics
• Revise the UNSD Questionnaire to reflect the new
recommendations and to harmonize international data
collections
Thank you!