ACSS Journey: Slowly but Surely
with a Proper Planning
Towards the ACSS Strategic Plan 2016-2020
ASEANstats Presentation
ASEAN Regional Workshop on Strategic Planning:
Towards a Stronger ASEAN Community Statistical System
ASEAN-Eurostat-PARIS21 workshop, ASEAN Secretariat, Jakarta, 28-29 November 2012
Background
“Strategic Plan for the Establishment of the ASEAN
Community Statistical System (ACSS) 2011-2015”
o Vision:
The ACSS will by 2015 be a forward looking and reliable provider of
relevant, timely and comparable statistics in support of the ASEAN
Community.
o Mission:
The ACSS will provide relevant, timely and comparable ASEAN statistics
in support of evidence based policy and decision making and enhance
the statistical capacity of the Member States and ASEAN Secretariat.
o Strategies:
1. Strengthening institutional framework.
2. Strengthening ASEAN statistics.
3. Narrowing the development gap
Background
Expected achievements in 2015
1. Strengthening institutional framework
• Broad Framework for the Sustainable
Development of ASEAN Statistics (Rev.1).
• ACSS Committee established
• Adoption of the Rules of Procedure
• Adoption of the Code of Practice.
• Multi Year Plan 2010-2015 and Annual Work
Plans adopted.
• Monitoring mechanisms adopted.
• User producer consultation process defined.
Background
Expected achievements in 2015 (cont.)
2. Strengthening ASEAN statistics
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Progress in harmonising IMTS, FDIS and SITS.
ASEAN statistical report on MDGs.
ASI framework expanded including the ACPMS.
Statistical data processing and dissemination tools
developed (REXDBS, ASEANstats website).
• Regional statistical dissemination policy elaborated and
more statistical publications available.
• ASEANstats’ organisation and resources strengthened.
3. Narrowing the development gap
• Significant improvement of IMTS, FDIS and SITS in the
CLMVs
Background
Risks and Possible Obstaacles
1. Strengthening the institutional framework
• Insufficient involvement of the AMS in the functioning
of the ACSS.
• Programming and monitoring need further
developments.
• More suitable mechanism of reporting to SEOM/AEM
have to be found.
• Dialogue with users to be further developed, especially
the dialogue with the ASEAN bodies.
• Strengthening of ASEANstats: resources constraints and
sustainability of the project supports.
Background
Possible outstanding issues in 2015
2. Strengthening ASEAN statistics
• Inability to answer to the ASEAN decision maker data
needs in some key areas for surveillance, and in other
ASEAN policy priority fields.
• No progress in some statistical fields mentioned in the
Strategic Plan.
3. Narrowing the development gap
• Still an important gap between ASEAN6 and CLMV
• Specific support needed by Myanmar
Background
Next steps for ASEAN after 2015
Master Plan on Connectivity
Bali Concord III
Others
• ASEAN Finance Cooperation and Economic Integration
(AFMM)
• ASEAN Comprehensive Investment Agreement (ACIA)
• ASEAN Framework for Regional Comprehensive
Economic Partnership (RCEP)
• ASEAN Framework Agreement on Services (AFAS)
• ASEAN Agreement on the Movement of Natural
Persons (MNP)
Future development of the ACSS
Major strategic issues 2016-2020
o Improve the response to ASEAN data needs
More and further harmonised data:
 IMTS, FDIS, SITS
 Data needed for monitoring macroeconomic
surveillance, ACPMS, MDGs, ASCC scorecards
 Food and energy security
 Monitoring of the Master plan on connectivity:
statistics on transport, ICT and energy, SITS,
tourism, migrations
More visibility and better access to the available
statistics
Future development of the ACSS
Major strategic issues 2016-2020
o Consolidate the ACSS
Greater involvement of the AMS in the work of
the ACSS
 More technical inputs (Committee, WG)
 Bilateral and sub-regional cooperation between the
AMS
Greater involvement of ASEANstats in the support
to the AMS
Improvement of the dialogue with the ASEAN
bodies
Better aligned with and mutually supportive NSDS
Future development of the ACSS
Major strategic issues 2016-2020
o Strengthen the capacity of ASEANstats
 Improve the efficiency of the production process
 Consolidate the human resources
 Improve assistance to the NSS of the CLMV
o Organise the dialogue of the ACSS with the
international organisations and development
partners
 Define the specific objectives of the cooperation between the ACSS
and the international organisations and development partner
 Set up partnerships with international organisations and development
partners
Future development of the ACSS
Challenges 2016-2020
o Longer-term challenges still remain
Strengthening ASEAN statistics and ASEANstats
Narrowing the development gap
Future development of the ACSS
Challenges 2016-2020
o What could be the new challenges?
Consolidate the ACSS
Strengthen the answer of the ACSS to the
monitoring and surveillance for regional
integration
Expand the scope of ASEAN statistics in key policy
fields
Develop targeted partnership in statistics with
international organisations and development
partners.
Preparation of the next RSDS
o The process
A mid-term review of the on-going multiyear plan
Possible next steps
 define the thrusts,
 identify some major elements of the Strategic plan,
 have a first thought on the vision 2020,
Definition of the strategy and multi-year plan
o Resources
ASEANstats and
the Sub-Committee for Planning and Coordination
Preparation of the next RSDS
o Draft calendar
November 2012 strategic workshop
January-March 2013: review the Strategic Plan
2011-2015
January-July 2013: 1st draft
September 2013: Discussion by ACSS Committee
January-July 2014: Finalization
September 2014: Adoption by ACSS Committee
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