(KECUK) SUHARIYANTO Director of Analysis and Development of Statistics, BPS Third International Seminar on Early Warning and Business Cycle Indicators November 2010, Moscow, Russian Federation BPS-Statistics Indonesia

Third International Seminar on Early Warning and Business Cycle Indicators2 Centralized → representative offices in 33 Provinces, 465 districts/municipalities involving 14,000 employees BPS has its own Statistical Education and Training Center, also Institute of Statistics (1100 students, started in 1958) BPS publishes various statistics → BPS Publication Catalogue & BPS homepage (metadata, glossary, questionnaire, key statistics, publications) BPS-Statistics Indonesia has continuously strengthened its capacity→ the STATCAP-CERDAS Program starting 2010

Type of DataPeriodicityTime lag InflationMonthly1 st day of the following month. Foreign Trade (Export-Import)MonthlyOne month Worker’s WagesMonthly1 st day of the following month. Farmer’s term of tradeMonthlyOne month Food PricesMonthly1 st day of the following month. Wholesale Price IndexMonthlyOne month TourismMonthlyOne month TransportationMonthlyOne month GDPQuarterly35 days Business and Consumer Confidence Indices (BCCI) Quarterly35 days Manufacturing Production IndexQuarterly30 days Food Crops ProductionOnce in 4 monthsForecasting for current year 3

Flow of Communication and Dissemination of Short-Term Official Statistics in BPS DG/Deputies Subject Matters Prepare content of the report Subject Matters Prepare content of the report Dir.Stat.Dissemination Layout final report Dir.Stat.Dissemination Layout final report Dir.Analysis & D.Stat Executive summary Dir.Analysis & D.Stat Executive summary Dir. Stat. Information System B.Public Relations & LA Identity target audience Organize training to journalists & press conference B.Public Relations & LA Identity target audience Organize training to journalists & press conference Printing Section Press release Executive Report Printing Section Press release Executive Report Press Conference (Press release) Government (Executive Report) BPS Website Free of charge BPS Website Free of charge Draft Approval pm 2 reports Final reports upload for public Note: The reports are evaluated at least once a month Third International Seminar on Early Warning and Business Cycle Indicators4

Target audiences Communication vehicles Data presentationsNotes Public, Researchers, NGOs Website Press releases: Table and Graphs  BPS Headquarters website:  BPS Provincial website: for example Journalists  Press conferences  Website Press releases: Table and Graphs  Between 1-6 pages for each topics Government (President, Ministers, Parliament) Publication (Executive report) Executive summary  Title: Monthly Report of Socio Economic Data  The complete report is uploaded in the web one day after cabinet meeting Internal BPSWebsite and internal website Press releases: Table and Graphs   Third International Seminar on Early Warning and Business Cycle Indicators5

6 73% of respondents see BPS’ statistics as a good reflection of the situation Users don’t feel listened/consulted Website: 81% look for Data and Figures, 19% are dissatisfied with the downloading possibilities Accessibility : 61% of users satisfied (on average); highest ranked area is National accounts (96% of satisfied users) Ministers : Income, Exp., Social,Labor stat. and NA Academic and researchers : Income, Exp., Social, Labor and Prices Internal users use all statistics Media : Foreign Trade and National Accounts Lots of positive and relatively negative views Needs to work closely with its key users Many do not use meta data & not understandable metadata The website needs improving BPS is not meeting needs for time series Broad findings: Statistics mainly used: Statistical Quality Aspects: Dissemination aspects:

Third International Seminar on Early Warning and Business Cycle Indicators7 Future Improvement (based on user satisfaction survey) Build a website more user friendly, Extend the range of statistics available from the website, The website should have time series facilities and report generator capacities, Communication with the users has to be improved (give more information on methodology, revisions, and better publication timetable) Establish and Maintain BPS Credibility Improving timeliness without a significant loss in accuracy  some changes to operational procedures or methodological techniques is required. All of statistics activities have to be based on professional practices (UN Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics)

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