ASEAN to set up statistics system committee
ASEAN agreed to establish a common
statistics system committee in 2011 as the top regional authority in
policy making and coordination at a two-day meeting that closed in
Hanoi on December 9.
ASEAN agreed to establish a common
statistics system committee in 2011 as the top regional authority in
policy making and coordination at a two-day meeting that closed in
Hanoi on December 9.
The move, which is considered a step forward in the grouping’s roadmap to found an ASEAN Community Statistics System (ACSS) by 2015, highlights the important content of a 13-point ASEAN statement on statistics cooperation released at the closing session.
The ACSS will consist of statistics office heads in 10 ASEAN member countries and head of the ASEAN Secretariat statistics office (ASEANstats), which will be responsible for providing high quality, on time ASEAN statistical data. The statistics data base is required to coalesce policy, standards and statistics systems in an effort to upgrade members’ statistics infrastructure, develop human resources and strengthen institutional capacity.
The event, officially called the 11th ASEAN Heads of Statistics Offices Meeting (AHSOM-11), also emphasised a need to materialise the ASEAN Framework of Cooperation in Statistics in the 2010-15 period, build relevant mechanisms and tools to ensure the ACSS becomes operational by 2015 and complete an ASEAN statistics development strategy by mid-2011.
The Minister of Planning and Investment, Vo Hong Phuc, pledged Vietnam’s strong support for current operations related to the ASEAN community statistics programme.
Phuc said ASEAN members should work out concrete steps in every year to effectively implement the ASEAN Framework of Cooperation in Statistics, the progress of which should be assessed by regional statistics office heads at their annual meetings (AHSOM).
He added that reports to AHSOM should include progress reports from members on implementing relevant commitments in the year and concrete plans for the following year.
The AHSOM-11 agreed on Vietnam’s initiative in assigning the country which holds the ASEAN presidency with the role of AHSOM chair from 2012 in order to make it easy for the AHSOM chair to fulfil its job.
AHSOM-12 will take place in Indonesia in November, 2011, under the chair of the Indonesian statistics office./.
The move, which is considered a step forward in the grouping’s roadmap to found an ASEAN Community Statistics System (ACSS) by 2015, highlights the important content of a 13-point ASEAN statement on statistics cooperation released at the closing session.
The ACSS will consist of statistics office heads in 10 ASEAN member countries and head of the ASEAN Secretariat statistics office (ASEANstats), which will be responsible for providing high quality, on time ASEAN statistical data. The statistics data base is required to coalesce policy, standards and statistics systems in an effort to upgrade members’ statistics infrastructure, develop human resources and strengthen institutional capacity.
The event, officially called the 11th ASEAN Heads of Statistics Offices Meeting (AHSOM-11), also emphasised a need to materialise the ASEAN Framework of Cooperation in Statistics in the 2010-15 period, build relevant mechanisms and tools to ensure the ACSS becomes operational by 2015 and complete an ASEAN statistics development strategy by mid-2011.
The Minister of Planning and Investment, Vo Hong Phuc, pledged Vietnam’s strong support for current operations related to the ASEAN community statistics programme.
Phuc said ASEAN members should work out concrete steps in every year to effectively implement the ASEAN Framework of Cooperation in Statistics, the progress of which should be assessed by regional statistics office heads at their annual meetings (AHSOM).
He added that reports to AHSOM should include progress reports from members on implementing relevant commitments in the year and concrete plans for the following year.
The AHSOM-11 agreed on Vietnam’s initiative in assigning the country which holds the ASEAN presidency with the role of AHSOM chair from 2012 in order to make it easy for the AHSOM chair to fulfil its job.
AHSOM-12 will take place in Indonesia in November, 2011, under the chair of the Indonesian statistics office./.
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