CCSA Mediumterm Work Programme CCSA CoChairs 22 nd

CCSA Medium-term Work Programme CCSA Co-Chairs 22 nd Session of the CCSA Ankara, 6 September 2013 1

Overview 1) Communication and Orientation 2) Main Directions of the CCSA work in the forthcoming years 2

Communication and Orientation Ø Answers to questions such as: • What is the CCSA doing? • What does the CCSA plan to do? • What are the subjects the CCSA addresses within its Terms of Reference? • What are the CCSA priorities now and in the forthcoming years? 3

Communication and Orientation Ø Format of the communication: • Concise document of about 2 -3 pages • Main direction, no details • No achievements, but objectives and “projects” • Tentative timetable • No allocation to CCSA members • Presentation on the CCSA website • Revolving update each second year 4

Main Directions Ø Summary of the CCSA Member Survey on preferred topics and potential barriers presented to the 21 st CCSA meeting 5

First Main Theme Ø New approaches for data collection, analyses and dissemination and communication on statistics • Geospatial Information • Virtual Statistical System • Communication methods and tools • Organisational aspects on the implementation of SDMX • Cooperation among regional, supranational and international organization – and between them and countries. 6

Second Main Theme Ø Quality in international statistics • Common views and recommendations on quality standards • Best practices, examples and benchmarks • Use of alternative sources in international statistics • Development and implementation of a data quality framework • Xxx 7

Third Main Theme Ø Cooperation among international statistics bodies • Sharing of vacancies • Exchanges of human capital • Training • Common CCSA positions for UNSC annual meetings • Xxx 8

Fourth Main Theme Ø Cooperation with national statistical institutions and other reporting agents • Common recommendations on best practices • Memoranda of understanding • Xxx 9

Fifth Main Theme Ø Standardization of data exchanges • Progress on the implementation of SDMX • Harmonised reporting templates • Development and maintenance of global and regional Data Structure Definitions (DSDs) • Coordination of regional and global aggregates • Xxx 10

Sixth Main Theme Ø Statistical methodology • Compilation of regional and global aggregates • Common views and recommendations on recording and measuring new statistical concepts • Xxx 11

Seventh Main Theme Ø Common statistics hubs for international statistics • Share of experience (such as UNdata or Principal Global Indicators) • Joint Dissemination Framework • Xxx 12

Other Aspects? Ø ? • Xxx 13