1. Outcome of the 42nd session of the UN Statistical Commission
Ilaria DiMatteo
UNSD
6th Oslo Group Meeting
2-5 May 2011

2. Outline
Brief historical background: from 5th Oslo Group meeting to the UN Statistical Commission
42nd session of UN Statistical Commission
UNSD future activities in energy statistics

3. Brief historical background
February th Oslo Group meeting the provisional draft of IRES was discussed and comments were include for the provisional draft of IRES for the worldwide consultation
July-August 2010 – 2nd stage Worldwide consultation
November 2010 – 2nd Expert Group meeting on energy statistics
January 2011 – Submission of IRES to the UN Statistical Commission

4. Report to the UN Stat. Comm.
It described the process and activities that lead to IRES
It emphasized the key elements of IRES
It outlines UNSD future activities in energy statistics
It submitted IRES for review and adoption

5. The UN Statistical Commission:
• Noted that the work carried out on IRES illustrates effective cooperation among agencies, experts groups and countries
• Adopted IRES
• Endorsed the main elements of the implementation programme
• Requested that the guidelines on data sources applicable to a wide range of countries be considered in the ESCM

6. IRES Chapter 1 – Introduction Chapter 2 – Scope of energy statistics
Chapter 3 – Standard International Energy Product Classification
Chapter 4 – Measurement units and conversion factors
Chapter 5 – Energy flows
Chapter 6 – Statistical units and data items
Chapter 7 – Data collection and compilation

7. Chapter 8 – Energy balances
Chapter 9 – Data Quality assurance and metadata
Chapter 10 – Dissemination
Chapter 11 – Use of basic energy statistics and balances

8. UNSD implementation programme
• Preparation of the Energy Statistics Compilers Manual (ESCM)
• Technical assistance to countries
• Data collection by UNSD

9. Thank you!