1. CCSA Medium-term Work Programme
CCSA Co-Chairs
22nd Session of the CCSA
Ankara, 6 September 2013

2. Overview Communication and Orientation
Main Directions of the CCSA work in the forthcoming years

3. Communication and Orientation
Answers to questions such as:
What is the CCSA doing?
What does the CCSA plan to do?
What are the subjects the CCSA addresses within its Terms of Reference?
What are the CCSA priorities now and in the forthcoming years?

4. Communication and Orientation
Format of the communication:
Concise document of about 2-3 pages
Main direction, no details
No achievements, but objectives and “projects”
Tentative timetable
No allocation to CCSA members
Presentation on the CCSA website
Revolving update each second year

5. Main Directions
Summary of the CCSA Member Survey on preferred topics and potential barriers
presented to the 21st CCSA meeting

6. First Main Theme
New approaches for data collection, analyses and dissemination and communication on statistics
Geospatial Information
Virtual Statistical System
Communication methods and tools
Organisational aspects on the implementation of SDMX
Cooperation among regional, supranational and international organization – and between them and countries.

7. Second Main Theme Quality in international statistics
Common views and recommendations on quality standards
Best practices, examples and benchmarks
Use of alternative sources in international statistics
Development and implementation of a data quality framework
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8. Third Main Theme Cooperation among international statistics bodies
Sharing of vacancies
Exchanges of human capital
Training
Common CCSA positions for UNSC annual meetings
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9. Fourth Main Theme
Cooperation with national statistical institutions and other reporting agents
Common recommendations on best practices
Memoranda of understanding
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10. Fifth Main Theme Standardization of data exchanges
Progress on the implementation of SDMX
Harmonised reporting templates
Development and maintenance of global and regional Data Structure Definitions (DSDs)
Coordination of regional and global aggregates
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11. Sixth Main Theme Statistical methodology
Compilation of regional and global aggregates
Common views and recommendations on recording and measuring new statistical concepts
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12. Seventh Main Theme Common statistics hubs for international statistics
Share of experience (such as UNdata or Principal Global Indicators)
Joint Dissemination Framework
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13. Other Aspects? ?
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