1. ASEAN Secretariat Views on the National Strategies for the Development of Statistics in Southeast Asia Agus Sutanto and John Frederick de Guia PARIS21 Forum for Southeast Asia 6-8 June 2006 Bangkok

2. ASEAN Secretariat Views on NSDS PARIS21 Forum for Southeast Asia 6-8 June 2006 Bangkok 1.Introduction 2.Some recent initiatives 3.Challenges 4.Some measures to address challenges 5.Closing views

3. ASEAN Secretariat Views on NSDS Vientiane Action Programme The Vision ASEAN Community by 2020 ASEAN Economic Community ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community ASEAN Security Community Narrowing the Development Gap PARIS21 Forum for Southeast Asia 6-8 June 2006 Bangkok

4. ASEAN Secretariat Views on NSDS Some recent initiatives AHSOM  Framework of Cooperation on Statistics  Plan of Action on Statistics Harmonization of statistical classifications Groundwork for harmonization of IMTS & SITS Harmonization of industrial and commercial statistics Data support in the preparation of the ASEAN Baseline Report, 2003 Other statistical developments PARIS21 Forum for Southeast Asia 6-8 June 2006 Bangkok

5. ASEAN Secretariat Views on NSDS Challenges Basic data issues  Availability  Accessibility  Reliability  Consistency  Comparability Need to monitor progress of the VAP PARIS21 Forum for Southeast Asia 6-8 June 2006 Bangkok

6. ASEAN Secretariat Views on NSDS Some measures to address challenges EC-ASEAN Programme  Statistical capacity building for improvement and harmonization of IMTS, SITS, and FDIS, and Non- observed economy, health, and education statistics VAP Evidenced-based Monitoring System ASEAN Statistical Indicators Web-enabled statistical database Strengthening the AHSOM and integrated regional planning on statistics PARIS21 Forum for Southeast Asia 6-8 June 2006 Bangkok

7. ASEAN Secretariat Views on NSDS PARIS21 Forum for Southeast Asia 6-8 June 2006 Bangkok ASEAN Community Economic, socio-cultural and political integration Narrowing the development gap NSDS

8. ASEAN Secretariat Views on NSDS Thank you. PARIS21 Forum for Southeast Asia 6-8 June 2006 Bangkok