ACSS Journey: Slowly but Surely with a Proper Planning Towards the ACSS Strategic Plan ASEANstats Presentation ASEAN Regional Workshop on Strategic Planning: Towards a Stronger ASEAN Community Statistical System ASEAN-Eurostat-PARIS21 workshop, ASEAN Secretariat, Jakarta, November 2012

Background “Strategic Plan for the Establishment of the ASEAN Community Statistical System (ACSS) ” o Vision: The ACSS will by 2015 be a forward looking and reliable provider of relevant, timely and comparable statistics in support of the ASEAN Community. o Mission: The ACSS will provide relevant, timely and comparable ASEAN statistics in support of evidence based policy and decision making and enhance the statistical capacity of the Member States and ASEAN Secretariat. o Strategies: 1.Strengthening institutional framework. 2.Strengthening ASEAN statistics. 3.Narrowing the development gap

Background Expected achievements in Strengthening institutional framework Broad Framework for the Sustainable Development of ASEAN Statistics (Rev.1). ACSS Committee established Adoption of the Rules of Procedure Adoption of the Code of Practice. Multi Year Plan and Annual Work Plans adopted. Monitoring mechanisms adopted. User producer consultation process defined.

Background Expected achievements in 2015 (cont.) 2. Strengthening ASEAN statistics Progress in harmonising IMTS, FDIS and SITS. ASEAN statistical report on MDGs. ASI framework expanded including the ACPMS. Statistical data processing and dissemination tools developed (REXDBS, ASEANstats website). Regional statistical dissemination policy elaborated and more statistical publications available. ASEANstats’ organisation and resources strengthened. 3. Narrowing the development gap Significant improvement of IMTS, FDIS and SITS in the CLMVs

Background Risks and Possible Obstaacles 1.Strengthening the institutional framework Insufficient involvement of the AMS in the functioning of the ACSS. Programming and monitoring need further developments. More suitable mechanism of reporting to SEOM/AEM have to be found. Dialogue with users to be further developed, especially the dialogue with the ASEAN bodies. Strengthening of ASEANstats: resources constraints and sustainability of the project supports.

Background Possible outstanding issues in Strengthening ASEAN statistics Inability to answer to the ASEAN decision maker data needs in some key areas for surveillance, and in other ASEAN policy priority fields. No progress in some statistical fields mentioned in the Strategic Plan. 3.Narrowing the development gap Still an important gap between ASEAN6 and CLMV Specific support needed by Myanmar

Background Next steps for ASEAN after 2015  Master Plan on Connectivity  Bali Concord III  Others ASEAN Finance Cooperation and Economic Integration (AFMM) ASEAN Comprehensive Investment Agreement (ACIA) ASEAN Framework for Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) ASEAN Framework Agreement on Services (AFAS) ASEAN Agreement on the Movement of Natural Persons (MNP)

Future development of the ACSS Major strategic issues o Improve the response to ASEAN data needs  More and further harmonised data:  IMTS, FDIS, SITS  Data needed for monitoring macroeconomic surveillance, ACPMS, MDGs, ASCC scorecards  Food and energy security  Monitoring of the Master plan on connectivity: statistics on transport, ICT and energy, SITS, tourism, migrations  More visibility and better access to the available statistics

Future development of the ACSS Major strategic issues o Consolidate the ACSS  Greater involvement of the AMS in the work of the ACSS  More technical inputs (Committee, WG)  Bilateral and sub-regional cooperation between the AMS  Greater involvement of ASEANstats in the support to the AMS  Improvement of the dialogue with the ASEAN bodies  Better aligned with and mutually supportive NSDS

Future development of the ACSS Major strategic issues o Strengthen the capacity of ASEANstats  Improve the efficiency of the production process  Consolidate the human resources  Improve assistance to the NSS of the CLMV o Organise the dialogue of the ACSS with the international organisations and development partners  Define the specific objectives of the cooperation between the ACSS and the international organisations and development partner  Set up partnerships with international organisations and development partners

Future development of the ACSS Challenges o Longer-term challenges still remain  Strengthening ASEAN statistics and ASEANstats  Narrowing the development gap

Future development of the ACSS Challenges o What could be the new challenges?  Consolidate the ACSS  Strengthen the answer of the ACSS to the monitoring and surveillance for regional integration  Expand the scope of ASEAN statistics in key policy fields  Develop targeted partnership in statistics with international organisations and development partners.

Preparation of the next RSDS o The process  A mid-term review of the on-going multiyear plan  Possible next steps  define the thrusts,  identify some major elements of the Strategic plan,  have a first thought on the vision 2020,  Definition of the strategy and multi-year plan o Resources  ASEANstats and  the Sub-Committee for Planning and Coordination

Preparation of the next RSDS o Draft calendar  November 2012 strategic workshop  January-March 2013: review the Strategic Plan  January-July 2013: 1 st draft  September 2013: Discussion by ACSS Committee  January-July 2014: Finalization  September 2014: Adoption by ACSS Committee

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