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Jirawan Boonperm Deputy Secretary General NSO Thailand
20 February 2009
United Nations, New York
Thailand NSS: Thailand NSS: Governance IssueGovernance Issue
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Population 66.9 million Population 66.9 million
(2009)(2009)
Thailand ProfileThailand Profile
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Evolution of Statistics Work in Evolution of Statistics Work in ThailandThailand
1915 Statistical Forecast Bureau (SFB) was found
under
Ministry of The Royal Treasury
1951 SFB was upgraded to Central Statistical Office
under National Economic Council
1952 First Statistics Act was enacted to outline
National
Statistical System
1965 Statistics Act was promulgated by amending
1952 Act
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Thailand NSS: Decentralized SystemThailand NSS: Decentralized System
NSO
o Produce fundamental statistics
o Provide statistical services for public and private
sectors :
statistical data and statistical technical advice
o Coordinate with other statistical units at national
and
international levels Other statistical units in line-ministries
o Produce statistics from administrative data
o Produce specific statistics by surveys for their own
purposes
Roles and responsibilities of statistical organizations
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Problems of Decentralized SystemProblems of Decentralized System
1.Duplication,omission,user confusion
of statistics produced by gov.
agencies
2.Quality and statistical standards
problem
3.Insufficient use of statistics
(linkage &integration problem)
4.Problem on coordination
&collaboration among gov.
agencies
1.Duplication of development &
operation of IS and related works
among ministries
2.Use of administrative records is
limited
3.Utilization of statistics not
sufficiently reflex new needs and
advance ICT
4.Coordination problem
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Governance ProblemsGovernance Problems
Weak performance of coordinating agency
No system to assure quality of statistics
produced by government agencies
No mechanism to increase collaboration among
agencies to lead to data linkage, sharing and
integration under advance ICT environment
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Amending Stat. Act:Promulgate new Act in Amending Stat. Act:Promulgate new Act in 20072007
1. Decentralized Stat. System with
clear roles, function & relationship
among various statistical units
2. Empower NSO to do better
coordination roles
3. Promote government data
integration system
1. To build appropriate rules &
framework for official statistics
2. To establish mechanism to
develop official statistics
efficiently
3. To strengthen function of
“headquarters” for development
of official statistics.
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Main Points in New ActMain Points in New Act
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1. Draft the Statistical Master Plan :
framework to manage NSS
2. Draft Sectoral Master Plan : to
define responsibilities of
statistical units in implementing
stat. work under the Master Plan
3. Create statistical network among
statistical units to develop
important & timely country
statistical database
1. Establish a Basic Plan on the
development of official statistics
2. Promotion of effective utilization
of stat. data
3. Establishment of Statistics
Commission to deal with matters
based on the provision of the Act.
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National Committee on Statistical National Committee on Statistical DataData
CABINETCABINET
Sectoral Statistical Committee
Official Statistics Profile
Stat. development plan (16 sectors)
Consider and select Official Statistics
Investigate and approve in quality
assurance
Capacity building for stat. units (if needed)
Statistical Units Profile
16 sectors Implementation plan
(16 sectors)Annual report on sector status (16
sectors)KPI REPORTER
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Info.C
Info.B
Info. NSO
Info.E
Info.D
Data sharing and linkage
Annual report
Governance Structure in the Thai NSSGovernance Structure in the Thai NSS
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Sectoral Statistical Master Plan Sectoral Statistical Master Plan (SSMP)(SSMP) Jointly developed by NSO and counterparts
in
each sector
• The Statistical Mapping
– list of Official Statistics to be produced
– capacity building for agencies (if needed)
• Statistical Development Plan (short & long
term)
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Sectoral Statistical Committee Sectoral Statistical Committee (SSC)(SSC)• Develop and agree on the SSMP
• Produce statistical calendar of sector
• Supervise and coordinate stat. production and
storage
• Coordinate with NSO Quality Assurance Team
(QAT)
• Publish Annual Report of the sector
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Role of NSO in SSC Role of NSO in SSC
• Co-chair all the SSCs
• Act as the secretary of the SSCs
• Establish and operate QAF
• Provide technical assistance
• Publish Annual Report on Status of sector
• Develop and update Data Directory
• Develop a system to coordinate, link and
integrate data and statistics
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Thank you Thank you
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