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.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. Previous meetings 10 May 2016Ville Vertanen2

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 List of Members of the Oslo Group 10 May 2016Ville Vertanen3

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 10 May 2016Ville Vertanen4

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.International Recommendations for Energy Statistics (IRES)IRESits forty-second session － In 2013 the group completed the Energy Statistics Compilers Manual (ESCM). The final version of the ESCM is expected to be ready after 10 th OG meetingEnergy Statistics Compilers Manual (ESCM) － As part of the preparation of the ESCM, a country practice template was developed by the Oslo Group in cooperation with UNSD.a country practice template － Country Practices, Presentations and Papers May 2016Ville Vertanen5

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 10 May 2016Ville Vertanen6

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 10 May 2016Ville Vertanen7