International Statistical System:

1
International Statistical System

• Increased accountability

2
Levels of accountability

• Member States setting standards, providing
  technical assistance helping to mobilise
  resources
• International community obtaining
  disseminating comparable statistics relevant for
  policy-making
• The public assuring the quality of disseminated
  statistics
• Each other collaboration coordination of
  activities

3
UN Statistical Commission (UNSC)

• Member states elected by ECOSOC
• Objectives relating to the ISS
• development of central statistical services of UN
  Secretariat
• coordination of statistical work of specialized
  agencies
• achieving an integrated system for the
  collection, processing and dissemination of
  international statistics

4
Coordinating Committee for Statistical Activities
(CCSA)

• Heads of Statistical Services of interested
  international and regional organizations
• Objectives promoting coordination, integration
  and complementarity among statistical programmes
  of members.
• Reports to the Chief Executives Board UNSC

5
Constraining Issues

• voluntary nature of participation
• Informalisation of arrangements
• Lack of demand for a global system (until MDGs)

6
Principles

• Quality, Accessibility Confidentiality of
  statistics
• Transperancy, professional integrity and
  independence
• Operational activities
• Governance internal coordination
• Cooperation between agencies

7
MDG Process

• Catalyst for working in an almost integrated
  manner
• Recognition of common challenges on data-related
  activities so need for joint solutions
• Creation of a technical reference group (MDGI
  Experts Group), useful for CCSA policy
  recommendations

8
Action Plan Action 6

• Principles - important but early days.
• CCSA increased effective coordination of
  agency activities, active promotion of joint
  programmes very promising
• International spending - a challenge

9
Some constraints

• Statistical needs for policy of individual
  organisations
• Internal coordination within IOs
• Equitable participation at UNSC

10
International Statistical System A Proposal