GCC-Stat: Brief IntroductionCCSA 24th Session

Rome, 12th September 2014

• Introduction.

• Strategic Objectives.

• Vision, Mission, & Values.

• Mandate.

• Organizational structure.

• Achievements.

GCC-Stat:

• One of the achievements of the cooperation Council of the Arab Gulf states (UAE, Bahrain, KSA, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait).

• Aims to achieve coherence, integration and coordination on statistical work in the Gulf region.

• Provides planners, policy makers, and decision makers with data and information.

• Promotes the institutionalization of systematic statistical work according to international frameworks.

GCC-Stat:

• A decision of the Supreme Council in its (33rd ) summit, held in Manama in December 2012 , endorsed the Statute of the center.

• Supreme Council confirmed the autonomy of the center.

• The center is the only official statistical source to the GCC.

• Permanent headquarter for the GCC statistical center in Muscat, capital of the Sultanate of Oman.

• Staff with ID number 1 started his first day on May 15th

2013.

• Center consists of;

Board of Directors (the heads of national statistical offices) reports to the Council of Ministers (Minsters of Foreign Affairs)

Center management (The technical and administrative team )

Vision, Mission, & Values

Vision: “A reliable resource and a dynamic driver of the GCC Statistical System.”

Mission: “Leverage the Power of Statistical Information to Support Decision Making, Research & Dialogue within the GCC Nations”.

Values: Integrity Excellence Professionalism Collaboration

Mandate:

• Collection, compilation, storage and analysis of data and statistics and the establishment of statistical databases.

• Capacity building in Member States via training programs and workshops.

• Provide technical support for the statistical work of the Member States.

• Contribute to build statistical culture & raise awareness of Statistics.

• The adoption of international best practices in dissemination and circulation of statistics.

• Deploy the international statistical standards in all areas, & unify standards, methodologies, definitions, and classifications to ensure quality of statistical work.

Strategic Objectives:1. Build and strengthen the statistical & Institutional capacity of the countries of the Gulf Cooperation

Council to meet the statistical requirement at GCC level, in particular and international level in general.

2. Promote and improve the quality and quantity of statistical products on a sustainable basis.

3. Projecting the GCC region as a unified economic and social agglomeration.

4. Developing, expanding and marketing statistical dissemination.

5. Establish joint work programs between the national statistics centers and GCC-Stat.

6. Unifying the national statistics strategies in GCC countries with joint statistics programs in accordance with best international practice.

7. Build the culture of statistics and raise the awareness about statistics and strengthen actual and correct use of data and information in decision making and policy formulation in GCC countries.

8. Ensure that the GCC region has an effective presence in international statistical development.

9. Ensure long term organizational sustainability of GCC-Stat.

Board of Directors

Internal Auditor

DG

Financial Auditor

DG office Advisors

A. DG Statistics

PMO

Communication

A. DG Technical Support

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Social & Demography

Economic Statistics

Geo, Env, Tourism, Energy

Studies & Development

HR & Finance

ICTCommittees & Tech Support

Top Priorities for Developments:

1- National Accounts.

2- Price Indices & Short Term Indicators.

3- Trade in goods & Services.

4- Environment & Energy.

5- Population Census Register based (2020).

6- Labor Market Statistics.

7- Progress & Development Indicators.

8- Maximization Use of Administrative Records.

9- Data Quality & Classifications.

10- Financial & Monetary Statistics.

Achievements:1) Technical

• Data collection and dissemination.

• Technical Missions (9 missions to 5 countries).

• Current Status Survey for 6 countries through field countries visits:

• Identify gaps.

• Identify good practices.

• Country report (for individual countries).

• GCC overall report (for Board discussions).

• Draft strategy for development & capacity building.

• Draft a Road Map & Work plan.

Achievements:1) Technical

• 6 workshops (the 7th will start next week in cooperation with ILO).

• Several Committees & Taskforces meetings.

• Discussion Paper on single inflation indicator for GCC countries.

• User survey for GCC Institutions (14 units).

• Strong coordination & cooperation with: IMF, UNSD, Eurostat, ESCWA, & ILO.

Achievements:2) IT infrastructure

• GCC statistics in smart phones.

• Tender awarded for Open Data and Data Portal (including data collection

module from member countries).

• Electronic Archiving (on testing stage).

• E-Library (smart phones) for ALL GCC official statistics publications (Pre

tendering stage).

• HR & Finance manuals are near completion (developed by E & Y).

2015 Work-Plan at Glance

• Beginning of 5 year Road Map for top priority projects.• Clear work-plan• TA• Workshops• Committees on actions• Methodological work

• Focused program at GCC level.

• Different program per country.

• Transmitting Tables (data & Metadata set).

• Dissemination (national level/GCC level).

• Full cooperation with the regional & international community.

Thank yousalharbi@gccstat.org

Through collaborative efforts, research and

in-depth studies and according to the values

and mission of the esteemed organization,

the logo has been designed. It is based on

the unity of the GCC and inspired by the

common bond of the sea. A source of

prosperity and livelihood for the region, the

sea and the sea faring vessel of the dhow

forms the central idea in the design theme.

Symbolically, the logo represents the flow of

statistics from GCC to the world.The logo design is inspired by the dhow. The traditional dhow takes pride ofplace in the cultural context of the region. It heralded progress, ensuredprosperity and helped communities thrive. The structure of the dhow formedby various planks coming together to form one, symbolises the six nationscoming together to form one forward thinking organization.

Like how the dhow steers ahead, always moving forward, in the very same way GCC STAT helps navigate the way forward with the help of statistical data that enables decision makers and organizations explore new research and reach new conclusions. It symbolically serves in navigating a way forward. A metaphorical symbol for GCC-STAT of the flow of statistics from the GCC to the rest of the world