International Workshop on Energy Statistics
Baku, Azerbaijan
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Legal foundations and institutional arrangements
on Energy statistics in the Republic of
Azerbaijan
Yusif Yusifov,
Head of division Industry, transport
and communication statistics
State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan
yusify@azstat.org
27-30 September2 011
Institutional aspects
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State Statistical Committee
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Mission
Structure and organisational aspects
Internal organisation of the SSC
Appointment procedures, terms in office
Regional structure
Scientific institutes
Organisation and working conditions
Information technology
Central Bank and other institutions
Legal framework on Statistics
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Law on Official Statistics
Main and principal law in Azerbaijan
 Accepted by the National Parliament of the Republic of
Azerbaijan and confirmed by decree of the President of the
Republic of Azerbaijan (1994)
 Considered UN Fundamental Principles of Statistics
 Considered Model law on statistics of EU
 Global Assessment of National Statistical System of the
Republic of Azerbaijan by the Eurostat, EFTA and UNECE
in 2010
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Legal base on Energy Statistics
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Extracts from the law on official statistics
 Independence
of statistics;
 Responsibilities of units;
 Access to administrative data;
 Confidentiality;
 Relation between other institutions
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General view for official statistics (Global
Assessment)
Background to the development
of Energy Statistics
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Reach energy resources (50% of GDP, contract of
century, 51 million ton crude oil, 26.0 milliard cubmeter natural gas 2010, oil pipeline BTC, South
Caucasus gas pipeline)
Creation of new institutions (Ministry of Industry
and Energy, the State Agency on Alternative and
Renewable Energy)
Increasing of needs (national policymakers,
international organizations – IEA, UN, JODI and
etc)
State policy on development
of the Energy Statistics
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State program on statistics which approved by the
President of Republic (11.5 percent (6 from 52) of
considered activities in real sector concerning to energy
statistics. As the main executor and coordinator of this
program is fixed the State Statistical Committee and
concrete execution date of the works demonstrated. )
Report for President and Prime Minister every year on
carry out works (The State Statistical Committee of the
Republic of Azerbaijan should report Government and
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan once in a year
about the progress of the works and were given tasks to the
corresponding organization for the allocation of state
budget funds).
Activity and aims for development
of the Energy Statistics (1)
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From State Program
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Activity 1. Working out of the methodological instruction on
energy statistics (Improvement of the energy statistics covering
used concepts and definitions and taking into account main point
of the national energy statistics, source, observation methods)
Activity 2. Working out and improvement of the national
energy balance according to the international standards
(Reorganization of the energy statistics according to the
international standards; comparability of national energy
balance indicators with indicators of developed countries.)
Activity 3. Re-compilation of the official statistical report
forms on energy, updating of the existed indicators, working
out of the methodological recommendations (Correspondence
of the existed report forms and methodology on energy statistics
with international standards, improvement of the indicators)
Activity and aims for development
of the Energy Statistics (2)
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From the State Program
Activity 4. Improvement of the main indicator system of
the energy statistics (Harmonization of the indicators of
national energy statistics with international indicators)
 Activity 5. Creation and improvement of the alternative
and regenerated energy statistics’ sources (Obtaining of
the statistical information on alternative and regenerated
energy sources)
 Activity 6. Statistical publication of “Energy in
Azerbaijan” (Systematization and analysis of the statistical
information on energy, presentation of this information to
government, international organizations and other users)
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Theoretical activities for improvement
Energy Statistics
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Main activities of the SSC
 Member of Oslo Group
 Participation in the meetings of IEA, UNSD, JODI
 Learning experience of foreign countries
 Discussion of Energy Statistics each quarter
 Creation of working group in SSC
Practical activities for improvement
Energy Statistics
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Decisions for improvement of energy statistics (2006-2007)
National methodology and recommendations on energy statistics
(2007);
National recommendations on energy statistics indicators (2007);
Improvement of questionnaires according to energy balance
(Eurostat) (2007);
Creating of model of energy balance on the base of Eurostat
(2007);
Agreement structure of balance with all relation government
organizations, IEA and adaptation (2007-2008);
Compilation energy balance (2008);
Publication new energy balance (2008);
Organization of Energy Statistics in the SSC
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Department of Industry,
transport and communication
statistics
Production and transfer of
energy products
Department
fuel – energy
and material balances statistics
Import
and export
Data on energy statistics
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Transformation and
consumption
energy products
Global view
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Energy statistics in Azerbaijan has undergone a
significant development in recent years and new
initiatives have been undertaken or are planned for
the near future. Taking into account its importance in
Azerbaijan, the continuous process of the increase of
availability and quality of statistics is highly
desirable. The improvements in data availability and
timeliness of data are related to statistics presented
on the website of the SSC, which concerns mainly
energy balances (from Global Assessment of
National Statistical System of the Republic of
Azerbaijan implemented by the Eurostat, EFTA and
UNECE in 2010
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Thank you for attention!