1. 1 STESEG MANDATE IN CONTEXT OF OECD COMMITTEE ON STATISTICS STESEG MANDATE IN CONTEXT OF OECD COMMITTEE ON STATISTICS SHORT-TERM ECONOMIC STATISTICS EXPERT GROUP (STESEG) 28 – 30 JUNE 2004

2. 2 STESEG was created in January 2002 First meeting held in June 2002 Objective: The primary objective …… is to improve the quality (including comparability and timeliness) of short-term indicators in priority areas of OECD and Member country need. It will do this through the provision of a forum for exchanging information on current best practice and the preparation of recommendations to the OECD Secretariat and Member country statistical agencies for implementation. Work topics: The work …… will cover an appropriate balance between specific subject areas of short-term indicators (such as prices, services, business statistics, business tendency survey results, finance, balance of payments, etc) and cross-cutting issues (such as comparability, seasonal adjustment, quality assessment, timeliness, etc). REVIEW OF STESEG MANDATE

3. 3 Mandate scheduled to be reviewed in 2004 Review overtaken by events – with recommendation to be an official body of the OECD Committee on Statistics (together with national accounts expert group) Nevertheless still worthwhile reviewing what we are doing What needs to be changed – especially use of task forces? REVIEW OF STESEG MANDATE

4. 4 Review process Current discussion Meeting evaluation forms Feedback / comments on meeting report (to be sent in mid July) REVIEW OF STESEG MANDATE

5. 5 Changes in operation in line with other OECD WPs: Chaired by a Member country delegate Report to OECD Committee on Statistics Output to be approved by Committee REVIEW OF STESEG MANDATE

6. 6 Changes in operation in line with other OECD WPs (cont.): More formality in procedures  OECD Delegations determine which national agency attends – need to establish contact  Use of written procedure for ad hoc requests, activities  Documents classified for set period established by Committee  Use of OLISnet for dissemination prior to meeting  Committee approves which non-Member and other I/O to attend REVIEW OF STESEG MANDATE