Transcript Official Energy Statistics IRES (Olav Ljones, Statistics Norway)

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Oslo Group Ottawa 2-6
February, 2009
Official Energy Statistics IRES
Olav Ljones
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What is official statistics ?
• No clear operational definition
• Still a trend to develop inernational official statistcis
• Starting point UN and Fundamental principles
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Quality
• User perspective
• Independency, should be made available on an impartial
basis by official statistical agencies
• Statistical agencies ?
• Important to include user contacts with regular consultations
with key user
• Equal treatment of users
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Quality - transparency
• metadata or information about definitions, data, statistical
methods etc.
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information about the laws and regulations.
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Quality - Best methods
• Official statistics has to be produced by the best methods
and the highest professional standards.
• Quality and competence
– the best competence in energy matters
– the competence in official statistics methods
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Obligation to comment on erroneous use of statistics.
A method for separating between official energy statistics
and policy comments has to be established.
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Data capture strategy
• Use data that already are collected
• Use administrative sources – for statistical purposes, with a
one way traffic – no micro data from statistics to
administration
• Reduce ersponse burden
• Electronic reporting
• Smart data
• Data storage – data warehouse, for energy purposes
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The principles of confidentiality
• Important for energy – sensitive data
• Some implementation challenges due to concentration in
industries
• Is it possible to find an acceptable
• Micro data for research
and pragmatic solution ?
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Quality – more
• Consistence and coherence
• International comparability
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Organisational models for official statistics
• Centralised
• Decentralised
• The traditional stove pipe surevy is on it´s way out
• Use of administrative data. Based on close cooperation
between ministries and official statistics
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Balancing principles
• Key instrument Energy Balances
• All access to energy and all use/consumption
• Tranformation of energy
• Substitution between energy from different carriers?
• Energy all over the economy in value terms
• Prices
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Why is official statistics important also for
energy?
• Energy is so important
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Actions for more official energy statistics
• 1. International recommendations. Concepts,
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Classifications. Methods, Balances and consistency. Energy
produced and used. In physical terms and value terms.
Consistency between international classifications < this
work is in good progress>
2. International databases of national official energy
statistics. The databases should cover both data, statistics
etc and “national best practices” for how to organise the
system for official energy statistics.
3. An international system for the monitoring of quality of
national energy statistics.
4 An international programme for capacity building
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