30 January – February 1,2013
Kingston, Jamaica
The Statistical Institute of Jamaica
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Institutional arrangements are critical in
the development of an integrated
economic statistics system
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Institutional arrangements will vary based
on the statistical arrangements of the
respective countries
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Coordination in the Statistics System
Legislative framework
Organizational Structure
Strategic Management
Process Management
Human & Financial Resources
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Coordination among data producers, providers and
users
Use of advisory committees
memorandums of understanding
service level agreements
cross-agency teams;
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Jamaica has a decentralised statistics system –
The major players are:◦ Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN)
 Responsible for collecting, compiling,
analyzing, abstracting and publishing
statistical information relating to the
commercial, industrial, social, economic and
general activities and condition of the people
◦ Ministry of Finance and Planning
 Responsible for producing government financial statistics including
statistics on debt
◦ Bank of Jamaica
 Responsible for financial and monetary statistics and balance of
payments
◦ Ministries, Departments and Agencies, for
e.g.
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Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries – statistics on agriculture & fisheries
Ministry of Education – statistics on education
Ministry of Tourism – statistics on visitor expenditure and arrivals
Ministry of National Security – statistics on crime
There is no governing legislation for a national
statistics system in Jamaica
 No coordination at the national level and no
standards throughout the system
Exceptions
 Bank of Jamaica – Balance of Payments
 Ministry of Finance – Government Finance
Statistics
 Jamaica Tourist Board- Tourism Expenditure
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Statistics Act is currently being
amended to incorporate the
establishment of a national statistics
system
Assessment of the capacity of the
MDAs in the production of official
statistics and a user needs gap
analysis of both private & public
sectors
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Meetings with agencies in the compilation of
statistics on an ad hoc basis
Service level agreements regarding the
provision of data such as Tax Administration
Jamaica
Developing MOU with the Central Bank
regarding the compilation of Trade in
Services Statistics
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The Statistics Act governs the operations of
STATIN – not the entire statistics system
Addresses
◦ responsibility of the Institute
◦ sets out the framework under which
statistical information is collected,
collated and disseminated
◦ issues of confidentiality
Proposed amendments to establish
the Statistical Commission
 To establish the supremacy of the Act
in relation to the collection of data
 Release of micro data
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STATIN in the process of restructuring the
organization to make it
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more flexible as the demand for statistical products
increase
To increase efficiencies in the business processes
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Strategic Plan 2002-2005 documented and
shared with staff
Personnel & Organization
Service Activities – client service culture,
efficient business processes
Technology
Statistics programmes
Funding of the organization
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Draft 2012-2017 Strategic Plan
Continuation of the modernization process
started under previous plan
Highlighted achievements of previous plan
Analysis of targets not achieved –”Lessons
Learnt”
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STATIN has started the review of core statistical
business processes and related quality assurance
systems
Value Chain was developed, demonstrates the
connectivity and relatedness of the support
systems to efficient delivery of statistical products
and services to the clients of the Institute
The Generic Statistical Business Process Model
(GSBPM) version 4.0 was used as a guide
DQAF will be used as the standard to guide the
documentation of metadata
Figure 1: Business Process Model
Physical Infrastructure
IT - Infrastructure
Core
Processes
Design
& Planning
Data
Collection
Data
Processing
Data Analysis &
Reporting
Dissemination
Data Storage
&Archiving
Legal Framework
Administrative Framework – HR Systems, Financial Systems & General Administration
Evaluation
Statistical
Products &
Services
Figure 2: Levels 1& 2 of the Statistical Core Processes (as agreed July 10, 2012)
Quality Management / Metadata Management
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Design & Planning
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Collect
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Process
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Analyze & Report
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Disseminate
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Archive
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Evaluate
1.3.1
Build data
collection
instrument
2.1
Set up collection
3.1
Integrate data
4.1
Prepare drafts
outputs
5.1
Update output
systems
6.1
Define archive
rules
7.1
Gather evaluation
inputs
1.2.2
Design variable
descriptions
1.3.2
Build or enhance
process
components
2.2
Run collection
3.2
Classify and code
4.2
Validate outputs
5.2
Manage release of
dissemination
products
6.2
Manage archive
repository
7.2
Conduct
evaluation
1.1.3
Establish output
objectivs
1.2.3
Design data
collection
methodology
1.3.3
Configure work
plan
2.3
Finalize collection
3.3
Review, validate &
edit
4.3
Scrutinize &
explain
5.3
Promote
dissemination
products
6.3
Preserve data and
associated
metadata
7.3
Agree action plan
1.1.4
Identify concepts
1.2.4
Design frame &
sample
methodology
1.3.4
Test production
system
3.4
Impute
4.4
Apply disclosure
control
5.4
Manage user
support
6.4
Dispose of data &
associated
metadata
1.1.5
Check data
availability
1.2.5
Design statistical
processing
methodology
1.3.5
Test statistical
business process
3.5
Derive new & add’l
variables &
statistical units
4.5
Finalize outputs
1.1.6
Prepare business
case
1.2.6
Design production
systems and
workflow
1.3.6
Select Sample
3.6
Calculate weights
4.6
Produce Analysis
& Reports
1.3.7
Finalize
production
systems
3.7
Calculate
aggregates
1.1
Specify Needs
1.2
Design
1.3
Build
1.1.1
Determine needs
for information
1.2.1
Design outputs
1.1.2
Consult and
confirm needs
3.8
Finalize data files
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Strategic plans recognise the fact that one
strength of STATIN resides in its corporate
intellectual capacity
Succession planning
◦ Plan to rotate staff at middle management to
expose them to the other programmes
◦ Managerial training
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Training
Threats facing the organization is inadequate
budgetary support
Thank you