Transcript IRES, version 0: an overview by UNSD

IRES, version 0: an overview
Vladimir Markhonko
United Nations Statistics Division
The Oslo Group on Energy Statistics
Fifth meeting, Cork, Ireland, 1-4 February 2010
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Outline
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Summary of the processes leading to
the current draft
I.
Overview of IRES
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Work ahead during this meeting
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I.
Summary of the processes
leading to the current draft
Decisions of the 40 session of the UN Statistical
Commission (24-27 February 2009)
 The Commission welcomed the report of the
Secretary General on the preparation of the
revised and updated international
recommendations for energy statistics
 Expressed its appreciation for the work
accomplished so far by United Nations Statistics
Division, the Oslo Group on Energy Statistics,
the Inter-secretariat Working Group on Energy
Statistics and other stakeholders;
The Commission endorsed the United Nations
Statistics Division’s strategy to prepare IRES
including:
 The preparation of IRES as a joint effort of the Oslo
Group, InterEnerStat and UNSD;
 Worldwide consultation with countries (NSO’s and
energy agencies/ministries) on the provisional draft of
IRES;
 Conduct of the 2nd ad hoc meeting of the UN Expert
Group on energy statistics.
Suggested that the preparation of IRES be
considered as a matter of high priority
 Emphasized that the revised recommendations should
provide a firm foundation for the long-term
development of official energy statistics based on the
Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics and
contain the necessary guidance on the underlying
concepts, definition and classifications as well as on
data compilation and data dissemination in the context
of an integrated approach to economic statistics;
 Stressed the importance of countries’ involvement in
the preparation of the recommendations and
encouraged countries to actively participate in the
drafting process by providing their contributions
The Commission endorsed the following
division of the responsibilities:
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The Statistics Division will coordinate the revision
process, to conduct a worldwide consultation, to
consolidate and to edit inputs into the successive
versions of the draft IRES and submit the final draft
of IRES to the Commission.
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The Oslo Group and the InterEnerStat are the key
content providers to IRES and ESCM in accordance
with the mandates given to them by the Commission.
The Commission endorsed its multiyear
programme of work with IRES scheduled
for consideration by the Commission at its
42nd session (February 2011)
Feb 09 – 4th Oslo Group Meeting, Canada
Preliminary drafts and annotated outlines of IRES
chapters were discussed as well as selected issues
which were identified in the 3rd OG meeting
Chapter teams were created to prepare revised chapters
for the 5th OG meeting
May 09 – Meeting of the sub group on energy
balances, Norway
The meeting identified the main elements for chapter 8
and set up a working plan and share responsibilities for
the drafting
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Oct 09 – InterEnerStat meeting, Paris
Revised harmonized definitions were discussed
and in Dec. definitions were circulated for another
(final) round of comments
Sept and Nov 09 – The Oslo Group virtual
meetings
The meetings reviewed all chapters and provided
additional inputs; they are incorporated in IRES,
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II. Overview of IRES
Chapter 1 – Introduction
Practically done; only minor amendments are expected
Chapter 2 – Scope of Energy Statistics
Mostly done, but the conclusions of OG4 and the 1st virtual
meeting on scope need to be looked at again to clarify
boundary of IRES scope including, for example, treatment in
IRES of energy reserves and additional data items needed for
energy accounts.
Chapter 3 – Standard International Energy Classification
Based on the definitions of InterEnerStat a classification
structure is being proposed for discussion taking into accounts
general principles for international classifications
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Chapter 4 – Measurement units and conversion
factors
Mostly agreed. The chapter now refers to ‘default’
(rather than ‘standard’) calorific values. As
suggested during the 1st Virtual Meeting, reference
to cal. values from the 2006 IPCC guidelines is
made in the text and should be discussed.
Chapter 5 – Energy flows
This is the 1st draft of the chapter. It covers
definitions of the energy industries and energy
consumers as well as definitions of the flows
relevant for the data items in chapter 6.
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Chapter 6 – Statistical units and data items
Data items are presented in 5 groups. Data items
on stocks and flows are organized by groups of
energy products (based on the general approach in
the EU regulation on Energy Statistics)
There may be the need to include data items on
Nuclear fuels
The list of data items is presented for discussion
Chapter 7 – Data compilation and collection
strategies
Mostly done; textual inputs from the VM were
included
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Chapter 8 – Energy balances
Mostly agreed. A general format for an energy
balance is presented as endorsed by the EB
subgroup. However, some questions need to be
discussed before the finalization of the chapter
Chapter 9 – Data quality
Mostly agreed. The chapter has been revised taking
into account the comments form the Virtual
meeting and reflects the work done at Statistics
Canada on the Data Quality Assurance for the UN
Statistical Commission
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Chapter 10 – Data dissemination
Mostly agreed. Inputs from the Virtual Meeting
have been included
Chapter 11 –Use of Basic Energy Statistics
and Energy Balances in the Compilation of
Energy Accounts and other Statistics
Draft incorporates inputs from the 2nd virtual
meeting; further discussion is needed on the
chapter’s structure and the balance between its
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various sections.
III. Work ahead during the
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5 Oslo Group meeting
Substantive review of all chapters; we need to agree
on all outstanding substantive issues to facilitate the
preparation of the provisional draft of IRES for a
worldwide consultation in mid 2010.
• Are there elements missing that should be
included?
• Are there elements that should be removed and
addressed in ESCM?
• Do you agree on the recommendations and
encouragements formulated in the current text?14
Thank You very much for
your kind attention!
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