Way Forward
Seminar on Developing a Programme on
Integrated Statistics in support of the
Implementation of the SNA for CARICOM countries
3-5 February 2014, Castries, Saint Lucia
United Nations Statistics Division
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Elements of the statement of strategy
 Mandate,
 Mission statement
 Values
 High-level goals
 Specific goals
 Required actions
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Required actions
 Regulatory and institutional framework –
strengthening the functioning of NSS, its programming,
management and performance
 Statistical infrastructure – strengthening of use of
standards (2008 SNA), classifications (ISIC Rev 4),
registers and frames, modernizing information
management and information technology
 Statistical operations – strengthening of data
collection, compilation, dissemination and analysis
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Develop an integrated business and international
statistics programme (IBIS)
 Statement of strategy provides reasons for renewal
 Re-think the way in which we produce business statistics
 Adopt an approach that ensures coherence from start to
finish and across the different programmes that produce
business statistics
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IBIS
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The IBIS programme is an important transformational
project:
▫ Examined from a conceptual point how to function
▫ Operationalize the conceptual approach
▫ Develop infrastructure
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Base it on the Generic Statistical Business Process
Model (GSBPM)
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The Generic Statistical Business Process Model
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To successfully achieve integration across
many programs and processes requires:
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Continuous support from Senior leaders
Very strong governance over life of project
Extensive collaboration across the organization
Ability to negotiate and adapt: generic solutions have
limitations
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Integration
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Example: Surveys
 Make educated trade-off decisions that
• minimize survey errors,
• costs, and
• response burden,
• while maintaining survey data quality.
 Describe the current situation and identify areas of work
 Designing and Conducting Business Surveys by Snijkers
et.al•
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Example: Surveys – elements to consider
 Determining the survey content, considering user needs,
the business context, and total survey quality
 Planning the survey as a project
 Sampling frames, procedures, and methods
 Questionnaire design and testing for self-administered
paper, web, and mixed-mode surveys
 Survey communication design to obtain responses and
facilitate the business response process
 Conducting and managing the survey using paradata and
project management tools
 Data processing, including capture, editing, and imputation,
and dissemination of statistical outputs
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shops/2014/St_Lucia/lod.asp
sna@un.org
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