Project Management Framework
Revision of the SEEA
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Project Management Framework
• Issues for review
• Governance of the project
• UNCEEA
• Bureau
• Advisory Group
• Project Manager
• Editor
• London Group and other Groups
• Decision-making process
• Timeline
• Financing
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Governance
UN Statistical
Commission
UN Committee of
Experts on
EnvironmentalEconomic Accounting
(UNCEEA)
Bureau UNCEEA
Stakeholders from national
and international statistical
system and users1
Project on the revision the SEEA
Trust fund
Project
Manager
Editor
Technical Expert Groups2
City Groups3
Project Manager
Tasks of the PM include:
•
Review and confirm the overall work plan, prepare
schedules for intermediate outputs and activities, track
progress and take appropriate action as needed
•
Prepare and monitor cash and in-kind Project budget
(fund raising being the task of the Bureau under
delegated authority from the UNCEEA);
•
Assign or negotiate tasks to the city and other technical
expert groups
•
Reporting and communicating
Editor
Tasks and responsibilities of the editor include:
• Drafting recommendations for change
• Preparing draft text of the revised SEEA
• Reporting to the Programme Manager, who, in
turn, reports to the Bureau of the UNCEEA
• Providing oversight of the overall internal
consistency of the revised SEEA and of the
consistency with other macroeconomic
standards
Decision-making process
• UNCEEA assisted by the Bureau is responsible for
managing and coordinating the revision process of the
SEEA
• UNCEEA takes decisions on the scope of the revision and
on technical and conceptual issues
• Issues are deliberated first by the city groups
• Recommendations from the city groups are considered for
final recommendations and then circulated to countries and
regional commissions
• Consolidated recommendations will be submitted to the
UN Statistical Commission for adoption
Deliverables
• Volume 1 – International statistical standard
• Volume 2 – Covering topics for which
consensus could not be reached but are
highly policy relevant
• Volume 3 – Applications (covering both
Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 topics)
Timetable
2007-2009
• Discussion of issues
• Fundraising
• Appointment of editor and PM (1/12009)
• Recommendations of city groups are
circulated to the UNCEEA and then upon
its approval to countries (Vol.1)
• Drafting text for chapters Vol.1
Timetable (2)
2010-2011
• Revision of recommendations on the basis of
comments from consultation (Vol. 1 and part of
Vol.3)
• Submission of consolidated recommendation
(Vol.1 and part of Vol.3) to UNSC (2011)
2012
• Submission of Vol.1 and part of Vol.3 to
UNSC for adoption
Timetable Vol. 2
2010 – 2011
• UNCEEA reviews recommendations from city
groups
• Consultation with countries
2012
• Consolidated recommendations are submitted
to the UNSC for adoption
2013
• Adoption by the UNSC
Financing
• Resource requirement in cash to fund
salaries and travel of Editor and PM is
estimated to $900,000
Questions to the UNCEEA
1. Do you agree with the criteria for including issues in
the research agenda? [Section B]
2. Do you agree with the governance of the Project
including the tasks and responsibilities of the
Bureau, the Project Manager and the Editor?
[Section C]
3. Do you agree with the decision-making process for
the revision of the SEEA? [Section D]
4. Do you agree with the time schedule and proposed
budget of the work programme? [Section E]
5. Do you agree with the Terms of Reference of the
Project Manager and the Editor [Annexes I and II to
the paper]