PARIS21/UNESCAP High-level Forum on Strategic Planning in Statistics for South-East Asian Countries 6-8 June 2006, Bangkok, Thailand

Users-producers Dialogue Establish since 2000, on yearly basis NSC’s initiative to mainly coordinate statistics activity

Users-producers Dialogue Issues Understanding of statistics ( example: GDP,GNI, GNP, their relation, Poverty.. ..) Timeliness of information ( speed of changing of needs domestically and internationally) Appreciation of quality of statistics Relation between users and producers is not on the same platform( Producers have to produce, Users can use other sources

Users-producers Dialogue Possible attention that could be made. Training of users ( SIAP could play an important role) A frame for the need of statistics Establishing the meta data base as an integrated part of the statistics production (friendly user approach for statistics) Well balance between quality, timely and funding for the production of statistics * Recognition of statistics as public goods