NSDS National Strategy for the Development of Official Statistics Seminar of the World Bank and The Ministry of Statistics and Analysis 15 – 16 March 2007

What is NSDS ? the target model of the national system of official statistical (NSS) of the country and methods of its dynamic updating,the target model of the national system of official statistical (NSS) of the country and methods of its dynamic updating, the roadmap of driving the NSS from existing statistical system into the direction determined by the target model,the roadmap of driving the NSS from existing statistical system into the direction determined by the target model, the methods and approaches of anticipating adjustment of the NSS to social, political, economic and technological changes of the country in global, more opened, market - driven economy,the methods and approaches of anticipating adjustment of the NSS to social, political, economic and technological changes of the country in global, more opened, market - driven economy, the ways of coherent development of the NSS as an integral part of the information infrastructure of the countrythe ways of coherent development of the NSS as an integral part of the information infrastructure of the country approaches and practical action to implementing international standardsapproaches and practical action to implementing international standards

What is NSDS ? approaches to optimization of the resources for official statistical activities by all stakeholders of statistical processes,approaches to optimization of the resources for official statistical activities by all stakeholders of statistical processes, resources (staff, finances, infrastructure, ICT) needed for the realization of the framework program, resources (staff, finances, infrastructure, ICT) needed for the realization of the framework program, strategic actions necessary for effective implementing of the program of development of official statistics, strategic actions necessary for effective implementing of the program of development of official statistics, effective implementing and use of modern ICT for optimizing statistical production processeseffective implementing and use of modern ICT for optimizing statistical production processes methods of monitoring and auditing the progresses of development of statisticsmethods of monitoring and auditing the progresses of development of statistics

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Dimensions of transition of the national system of official statistics – statistical capacity building in the following dimensions: Institutional dimensionInstitutional dimension Economic dimensionEconomic dimension Social dimensionSocial dimension Methodological dimensionMethodological dimension Technological dimensionTechnological dimension International dimensionInternational dimension

Transitional dimensions (1) Institutional dimension – legal and organizational frameworks of official statistics adjusted to the changes of the functions of governments, regulations of businesses and other institutions, strengthening institutional capacities of the NSS,Institutional dimension – legal and organizational frameworks of official statistics adjusted to the changes of the functions of governments, regulations of businesses and other institutions, strengthening institutional capacities of the NSS, Economic dimension – from the statistical system incorporated to the administrative information systems supporting the model of centrally-planned economy to the statistical system of the national economy specific to Belarus in its process of transition: from centrally planned economy to market – driven planned economy (planovo – rynotshnaya ekonomika) with stepwise growing share and role of market processes.Economic dimension – from the statistical system incorporated to the administrative information systems supporting the model of centrally-planned economy to the statistical system of the national economy specific to Belarus in its process of transition: from centrally planned economy to market – driven planned economy (planovo – rynotshnaya ekonomika) with stepwise growing share and role of market processes.

Transitional dimensions (2) Social dimension – from state statistics ad the information support of the governmental organizations providing social services, controlled by the state or directly realized by governments, into the system providing information to the society and important segment of social information security network.Social dimension – from state statistics ad the information support of the governmental organizations providing social services, controlled by the state or directly realized by governments, into the system providing information to the society and important segment of social information security network. Methodological dimension – from statistical system based on MPS standards and administrative information standards of governments and state owned enterprises, to the system coherent with global methodological standards.Methodological dimension – from statistical system based on MPS standards and administrative information standards of governments and state owned enterprises, to the system coherent with global methodological standards.

Transitional dimensions (3) Technological dimension – from “paper – driven” data collection from “reporting units”, processing and dissemination of data in the forms of paper publications to integrated statistical information system working in modern ICT environment, with wide use of computerized administrative records as the sources of primary data for statistical compilations, storage and processing of data using modern database technologies and dissemination of data and metadata via ICT networks.Technological dimension – from “paper – driven” data collection from “reporting units”, processing and dissemination of data in the forms of paper publications to integrated statistical information system working in modern ICT environment, with wide use of computerized administrative records as the sources of primary data for statistical compilations, storage and processing of data using modern database technologies and dissemination of data and metadata via ICT networks. International dimension – strengthening the integration of the NSS with the global system of official statistics and tight cooperation with international statistical organizations and services.International dimension – strengthening the integration of the NSS with the global system of official statistics and tight cooperation with international statistical organizations and services.