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The International Statistical System focuses on improving accountability levels through setting standards, providing technical assistance, and mobilizing resources. Member States collaborate in developing central statistical services, while the Coordinating Committee for Statistical Activities promotes coordination among statistical programs. Constraints like voluntary participation and lack of demand have been identified, but the MDG Process has catalyzed cooperation and joint solutions. The Action Plan emphasizes principles and effective coordination. Challenges include meeting statistical needs for policy and ensuring equitable participation. This proposal aims to enhance international spending and ensure data quality, transparency, and professionalism.
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International Statistical System: Increased accountability
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
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
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
Constraining Issues • ‘voluntary’ nature of participation • Informalisation of arrangements • Lack of demand for a global system (until MDGs)
Principles • Quality, Accessibility & Confidentiality of statistics • Transperancy, professional integrity and independence • Operational activities • Governance & internal coordination • Cooperation between agencies
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
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
Some constraints • Statistical needs for policy of individual organisations • Internal coordination within IOs • Equitable participation at UNSC