Transcript Mandate and updated work plan of the UN Oslo Group on Energy Statistics by Ville Vertanen

Mandate and updated work plan of the
UN Oslo Group on Energy Statistics
Ville Vertanen
10th Meeting of the Oslo Group in Aguascalientes, Mexico
Background
－ The United Nations Statistical Commission, at its 36th session in
March 2005, approved the establishment of two complementary
working groups to carry out the revision and further development
of relevant international standards on energy statistics: The Oslo
group on energy statistics, and the Intersecretariat Working
Group on Energy Statistics.
－ Oslo Groups purpose is to
– establish a forum for countries at the international level
– contribute to improved international standards and improved
methods for official energy statistics by pooling expertise in
the energy community
－ Today we are holding our 10th meeting at Aguascalientes.
Previous meetings have been at Oslo, Delhi, Vienna, Ottawa,
Cork, Canberra, Helsinki, Baku and Abu Dhabi.
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Membership
－ The Oslo group on energy statistics consists of representatives
from more than 30 countries plus several international agencies.
In addition, several groups and institutions collaborate with the
Oslo group in the development of international standards on
energy statistics.
－ List of Members of the Oslo Group
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Mandate
－ Address issues related to energy statistics
－ In particular, its mandate includes the following actions:
– Identify users' needs
– Define scope of official energy statistics
– Identify and collect national and international good practices
– Review and contribute to the updating of UNSD handbooks
and manuals on energy statistics
– Identify gaps in coverage (e.g. fuel types, flows) and to
develop methodology to cover gaps
– Adopt link or develop bridges to international standard
concepts and classifications in economic/environment
statistics to facilitate the integration and interface of energy
statistics with other statistical systems
– Recommend a core set of tables as minimum requirement at
national and international level to satisfy major user needs
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Main outputs
－ The main output of the Oslo group to date has been the
development of the International Recommendations for Energy
Statistics (IRES). The IRES was adopted by the United Nations
Statistical Commission at its forty-second session in February
2011.
－ In 2013 the group completed the Energy Statistics Compilers
Manual (ESCM). The final version of the ESCM is expected to be
ready after 10th OG meeting
－ As part of the preparation of the ESCM, a country practice
template was developed by the Oslo Group in cooperation with
UNSD.
－ Country Practices, Presentations and Papers
http://unstats.un.org/oslogroup/meetings/
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Work Plan
－ With the work of ESCM complete, the OG identified issues and
challenges to further promote and support energy statistics
– The use of administrative data sources for data collection
and/or validation
– Electronic data collection systems and SDMX for energy
statistics
– Energy data dissemination practices
– Quality reviews of energy data
– Energy Indicators (not active at this meeting)
– Energy prices (not active at this meeting)
－ The activities, work plans and progress of active working groups
will be discussed later in this meeting
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For discussion
－ Is this the way to go towards our next meeting?
－ Are there some other emerging interests?
－ We will learn more about these groups during their sessions
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