Transcript Powerpoint presentation by ITU

20th CCSA Session
Frankfurt, Germany
17-19 September 2012
The future agenda of CCSA:
the sectoral perspective
Susan Teltscher
Head, ICT Data and Statistics
Division
International Telecommunication
Union
Revamping CCSA: motivation
• CCSA and UNSC: the missing link
• Participation in CCSA: improving or
deteriorating?
• 10th anniversary: take stock and look
forward
CCSA terms of reference –
key activities revisited
• Efficient functioning of stat. system
– Yes but limited - coordination takes place also in
other forums
• Common standards and platforms
– Yes: e.g. SDMX – others? See IAEG
• Development of methodologies
– See IAEG
• Inter-institutional support
– Yes: e.g. human resources, quality assurance
frameworks
CCSA terms of reference –
key activities revisited
• Outreach
– Capacity building – more coordination of TA
activities?
• Advocacy of statistics
– Yes: WSD 2010
– Need to increase visibility with countries (UNSC)
and UN system (UN CEB)
Since 2010: most of the agenda topics
have focused on inter-institutional support
CCSA membership
• Growing, today 39 members
• UN system agencies: 62%
• Membership is diverse:
– Global and regional
– Specialized and non-specialized
– Large and small
– UN and non-UN
– Different type of statistical work (data work,
methodological work, capacity develpoment)
CCSA membership by size
of statistical departments
• Small: 37%
• Medium: 37%
• Large: 25%
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Mostly small and medium
Different levels of resources
Implications for choice of topics (essential or additional)
Need for cooperation and coordination (pooling of
resources)
CCSA membership by
function and geographic
scope
• Global sectoral: 52%
• Global cross-sectoral:10%
• Regional: 38%
• Majority are global agencies and specialized
• Different interests in terms of coordination (sectoral or
cross-sectoral statistics; regional or global membership)
Conclusions and suggestions
• CCSA is not the only coordination
mechanism – IAEGs and similar forums:
build horizontal bridges?
• Recently, CCSA has focused on topics
that are mostly horizontal: diversify
agenda?
• Most CCSA members are specialized:
address better their interests?
• CCSA is not known well enough: make it
more visible in UNSC and other UN bodies?
Conclusions and suggestions
• CCSA agenda topics should be mixed
– Membership is diverse – agenda needs to be diverse
– Cross-sectoral and sectoral topics (see also UNSC
agenda)
– Targeting small and large members
– Include briefings of relevant activities going on in
other coordination forums
• CCSA should be forward looking
– Role of NSOs is changing
– Data from other sources are emerging
– Internet is changing statistics
Conclusions and suggestions
• CCSA co-chairs could prepare and
disseminate a short questionnaire to ask
CCSA members about priorities
CCSA is the only forum for the coordination
of statistics dealing with cross-cutting
issues – it is a unique body that needs to be
maintained