1. Strengthening Industrial Statistics in the Lao PDR
Ministry of Industry and Commerce
Department of Industry and Handicraft
EIF Tier-2 Project (Component B):
Strengthening Industrial Statistics in the Lao PDR
Project Review Committee Meeting
25 May 2016

2. Contents Project Summary for Component B
Project Implementation Progress
2016 Work plan
Challenges
Way forward

3. Project Summary for Component B
Expected Outputs:
Enhanced institutional capacity of the MoIC’s DIH to carry out policy-oriented statistical analysis of the country’s manufacturing sector in accordance with international standard methodologies.
Enhanced policy making capabilities.
Key Activities:
Establishing a central statistical information system
Training analysts and IT staffs
Conducting survey

4. Project Implementation Progress
Trainings for analysts and IT staffs:
Study Visit: Thai’s experiences and best practices of industrial statistics
Training on input data system design with tabulation with Microsoft Excel
Training on basic statistics, industrial statistics and industrial index
On the job training through survey processes

5. Project Implementation Progress
1st part of industry survey conducted:
Designing questionnaire
Planning and budgeting
Training the central and provincial statisticians
Additional training on IT topics to statisticians in Bolikhamxay, Vientiane, Champasack and Savannkhet Province.

6. Project Implementation Progress
1st part of industry survey conducted (cont.)
The outcome of the industrial establishment survey had been classified in to four categories:
Large scale industries are 514 units
Medium scale industries are 735 units
Small scale industries are 2,721 units
Micro 1,521 units
Total: 5,491 units

7. Project Implementation Progress
1st part of industry survey conducted (cont.)
From the outcome, the large and medium scale industries would have to be conducted survey in total number is 1,249 units, and there would be 10% for taking sampling of small and micro units, so this number is 422.
The total number for the conducting the National Survey of Manufacturing Establishments 2016 (Reference Year: Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2015) is 1,671 units.

8. Manufacturing Establishment Survey
2016 Work Plan
Manufacturing Establishment Survey
Preparing the list of establishment to be survey
Designing Questionnaire
Designing System
Conducting the survey
Data tabulation and database set up
Drafting statistical report

9. Statisticians designation process
Challenges
Manufacturing Establishment Listing took longer time than anticipated due to:
Fund transfer process
Statisticians designation process
The plan to do listing and survey at the same time has not been feasible
Late start of the survey affecting the achievement of crucial project indicators, i.e. methodology development of framework for policy relevant analysis, analytical and statistical report derided from quarterly index of industry production (IIP) survey.

10. Project duration extension for 12 months for:
Way Forward
Project duration extension for 12 months for:
Analytical Capacity Building
Training to assigned MoIC’s staffs
Analytical reports on surveyed data
Quarterly Index of Industry Production (IIP) Survey (New)
Designing questionnaire
Conducting survey
Designing system
Creating database

11. Way Forward (Cont.) DIH to conduct the survey annually
As routine job should be done by the MoIC annually, and project can support with concerned issues
Trainings on IT system/IT applications
End of project seminar

12. Thank You for your attention