1. © OECD/IEA 2013 8 th Meeting of the Oslo Group Energy Statistics Baku, 24-27 September 2013 Looking ahead InterEnerStat and Oslo Group Jean-Yves Garnier Head, IEA Energy Data Centre

2. © OECD/IEA 2013 © OECD/IEA, 2010 A short background At the 36 th Session of the UN Statistical Commission, energy was in the spotlight of the Commission This led to the Ad-hoc Energy Group Meeting on 23-25 May 2005 organised by UNSD in New York This subsequently led to the recommendation to establish: A City Group (the Oslo City Group) An Inter Secretariat Working Group (InterEnerStat)

3. © OECD/IEA 2013 © OECD/IEA, 2010 TOR/Activities of the City Group TOR/Activities of the Inter Secretariat Working Group Common Zone Avoid duplication _________ Maximise co-operation Avoid duplication _________ Maximise co-operation Oslo Group - InterEnerStat

4. © OECD/IEA 2013 © OECD/IEA, 2010 A glance at the terms of reference City Group 1)To identify users’ needs 2)To define scope of official energy statistics 3)To identify and collect national and international best practices 4)To review and contribute to the updating of UNSD handbooks and manuals on energy statistics 5)To identify gaps in coverage (e.g. fuel types, flows) and to develop methodology to cover gaps 6)To adopt link or develop bridges to inter-national standard concepts and classifications in economic/ environment statistics to facilitate the integration and interface of energy statistics with other statistical systems 7)To recommend a core set of tables as minimum requirement at national and international level to satisfy major users’ needs City Group 1)To identify users’ needs 2)To define scope of official energy statistics 3)To identify and collect national and international best practices 4)To review and contribute to the updating of UNSD handbooks and manuals on energy statistics 5)To identify gaps in coverage (e.g. fuel types, flows) and to develop methodology to cover gaps 6)To adopt link or develop bridges to inter-national standard concepts and classifications in economic/ environment statistics to facilitate the integration and interface of energy statistics with other statistical systems 7)To recommend a core set of tables as minimum requirement at national and international level to satisfy major users’ needs Inter-Secretariat Working Group 1)To make inventory of the current data collection- processing-dissemination system of the major organisations working on energy statistics 2)To reduce the reporting burden by harmonizing (when possible) data collection, data processing and dissemination by limiting duplication and/or by building links/bridges between the existing energy statistics questionnaires, concepts and methods and timetables 3)To improve distribution of the collecting/ processing work between organisations and enhance data sharing and transmission once data validation procedures have been agreed and implemented 4)To improve coordination of energy statistics with social, economic and environmental statistics and on the international level 5)To promote training and capacity building and coordinate the related efforts 6)To create joint forums to promote the dialogue of statisticians and the user community 7)To raise the profile of energy statistics and energy statisticians at all levels Inter-Secretariat Working Group 1)To make inventory of the current data collection- processing-dissemination system of the major organisations working on energy statistics 2)To reduce the reporting burden by harmonizing (when possible) data collection, data processing and dissemination by limiting duplication and/or by building links/bridges between the existing energy statistics questionnaires, concepts and methods and timetables 3)To improve distribution of the collecting/ processing work between organisations and enhance data sharing and transmission once data validation procedures have been agreed and implemented 4)To improve coordination of energy statistics with social, economic and environmental statistics and on the international level 5)To promote training and capacity building and coordinate the related efforts 6)To create joint forums to promote the dialogue of statisticians and the user community 7)To raise the profile of energy statistics and energy statisticians at all levels

5. © OECD/IEA 2013 © OECD/IEA, 2010 Coop eration between Organisations Joining forces Each organisation has strengths and weaknesses Organisations have particular areas of expertise Organisations, like countries, face resources cuts Same objective: better energy statistics Raising the profile of energy statistics and statisticians Energy offer suffer of a deficit of image Global initiatives draw the attention of policy makers at the highest level JODI had started to certainly contribute to raising profile of energy statistics Improve global transparency Reduce the risks of differences between data released by various organisations Same information collected by all countries Potential reduction of the processing work for organisations Reduce the reporting burden passed to countries Only to prepare one questionnaire instead of 3, 4, 5… Mexico: APEC, IEA/OECD, UNSD (US, Canada, Chile, Japan, …) EU countries: Eurostat, IEA/OECD, UNECE, UNSD.

6. © OECD/IEA 2013 © OECD/IEA, 2010 A quick look at membership Country A Country Z Country Y Country E Country D Country B Country C Oslo Group InterEnerStat OCG Country X Country F

7. © OECD/IEA 2013 © OECD/IEA, 2010 Harmonisation Methodologies Definitions Units Conversion factors Harmonised demands and questionnaires Handbooks and manuals Training Quality framework Harmonisation Methodologies Definitions Units Conversion factors Harmonised demands and questionnaires Handbooks and manuals Training Quality framework Co-operation Raising political awareness Harmonisation Joint Questionnaires Joint Training Common manuals Joint quality assessment Exchange of data Co-operation Raising political awareness Harmonisation Joint Questionnaires Joint Training Common manuals Joint quality assessment Exchange of data Two Clear Requests

8. © OECD/IEA 2013 © OECD/IEA, 2010 Priority was harmonisation of definitions 4 years of meetings, mail exchanges, rounds of discussion to arrive at an agreement 4 years of meetings, mail exchanges, rounds of discussion to arrive at an agreement

9. © OECD/IEA 2013 © OECD/IEA, 2010 Avoid duplication _________ Maximise co-operation Avoid duplication _________ Maximise co-operation Complementarity OCG - InterEnerStat InterEnerStat Oslo City Group

10. © OECD/IEA 2013 © OECD/IEA, 2010 Harmonisation Methodologies Definitions Units Conversion factors Harmonised demands and questionnaires Handbooks and manuals Training Quality framework Harmonisation Methodologies Definitions Units Conversion factors Harmonised demands and questionnaires Handbooks and manuals Training Quality framework Co-operation Raising political awareness Harmonisation Joint Questionnaires Joint Training Common manuals Joint quality assessment Exchange of data Co-operation Raising political awareness Harmonisation Joint Questionnaires Joint Training Common manuals Joint quality assessment Exchange of data Two Clear Requests    

11. © OECD/IEA 2013 © OECD/IEA, 2010 UN OPEC OAPEC AFREC        Harmonisation of definitions a pre-condition to harmonised questionnaires

12. © OECD/IEA 2013 © OECD/IEA, 2010 Why a need for more international cooperation Markets are more and more global More work passed to statisticians Lack of resources Stronger together Need international consensus (definitions, for instance) Reduce the burden passed to countries Raise the profile of energy statistics at the highest level

13. © OECD/IEA 2013 © OECD/IEA, 2010 A tailor made questionnaire for Africa based on the same logics as the 5 joint IEA-Eurostat-UNECE questionnaires The payback on cooperation with AFREC was very high: the first edition of the Africa Energy Statistics book Example: cooperation with AFREC Why a need for more international cooperation

14. © OECD/IEA 2013 © OECD/IEA, 2010 Harmonising questionnaires Joint training sessions Cooperation encompasses various aspects Writing common manuals Exchanging statistics and information Launching joint initiatives Development of energy statistics

15. © OECD/IEA 2013 © OECD/IEA, 2010 Harmonisation Methodologies Definitions Units Conversion factors Harmonised demands and questionnaires Handbooks and manuals Training Quality framework Harmonisation Methodologies Definitions Units Conversion factors Harmonised demands and questionnaires Handbooks and manuals Training Quality framework Co-operation Raising political awareness Harmonisation Joint Questionnaires Joint Training Common manuals Joint quality assessment Exchange of data Co-operation Raising political awareness Harmonisation Joint Questionnaires Joint Training Common manuals Joint quality assessment Exchange of data What’s next on the list…               

16. © OECD/IEA 2013 © OECD/IEA, 2010 Some thoughts for future activities Harmonisation of training material and common training sessions seem to be a top priority for many organisations. A need of harmonised guidelines on data quality checking Joint training sessions and common material already happen/exist: JODI training sessions, UNSD-IEA, AFREC-IEA, JODI, etc. Solid biofuels account for 10% of global energy supply and demand, but it could be very well 15% or 20%. Therefore the need of a manual or guidelines on good and best practices to collect these data. A need for a manual specific topics of methodology: for instance, energy balances (on the radar screen of Eurostat) Thank you InterEnerStat meeting on training at the IEA in December 2012: a need to follow it up on the topic (internet based, etc.) Energy efficiency manual is also key, but IEA should have one ready by end of the year. Important to note that Eurostat has established a brainstorming group on the future of energy statistics (EU)