Scope and Compliance Survey UNSD

Background Para. 20, Minutes of the prelim. meeting: Further, the Committee encouraged UNSD to undertake a benchmark scope and compliance survey in countries to assess the current status of implementation of different environment-economic accounts, priorities and future plans.

Scope and compliance survey Part I – general questions on the types of accounts compiled, future plans, possible uses of the accounts etc. Part II and III short and detailed versions of the module-specific survey for water resource accounts. Refer to document unceea/1/12 The S&C will be sent to statistical office through mail, email, fax, internet The questionnaire will cover a general part of the compilation of environmental accounts and a module specific one covering: MFA, resource specific accounts (water, mineral and energy, forest, fisheries, land, waste,

Part I Countries compiling Environmental Accounts: Questions on the type of accounts compiled, uses of these accounts, future plans… Countries not compiling Environmental Accounts: Questions on the existence of an environment statistics programme, future plans, constrains Part II Type of accounts compiled, how often, at which level (national, subnational), uses, future plans Part III Data source and definitions

Options to carry out the survey Option I: Survey in two phases : Phase I: general part + the short version of the module-specific Survey Phase II: detailed version of the module-specific Survey Option II: Survey in two phases: Phase I: general part Phase II: short and detailed version of the module-specific Survey Option III: Survey in one phase internet based

Questions to the UNCEEA According to which Option (or other options) should the Scope and Compliance Survey be carried out Do you agree with the questions contained in general part of the Scope and Compliance Survey (Annex I)? Chapter/leading agency coordinators

Questions to the UNCEEA (2) Depending on the chosen option: Do you agree with the questions in the short version of the module-specific part (Annex II)? Do you agree with the questions contained in the detailed version of the module-specific part (Annex III)? Who should be in charge of developing the various module-specific parts of the Survey? Chapter/leading agency coordinators