Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Statistics Astana, 2012 Report on the Activity of the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Statistics

2 The new Law on State statistics of the Republic of Kazakhstan was enacted on Marсh 2010 Main innovations provided by the law: administrative data used for Statistics; compulsory use of classifiers by state agencies in their activity; secured confidentiality guarantees for the primary statistical information; administrative responsibility is specified for the breached order of the administrative data presentation, primary statistical data collection according to the statistical form which is not approved and agreed; nonintervention to work of statistics bodies. Strategic plan of the Agency for Main line of activity -to Improve quality of the submitted information 1. Improve statistical methodology and toolkit. 2. Elaborate, introduce and develop information systems. 3. Improve provision of users with statistical information. Objectives: Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Statistics

IS Scheme of the Agency till 2010 Elaborate, introduce and develop information systems 3

Схема ИС Агентства в результате проекта ИИС «е-Статистика» 4 Elaborate, introduce and develop information systems

“Legal entities” PDB of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan Vehicle DB of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan 2. IS of the tax committee of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan 3. DB of the transport control committee of the MTC of the Republic of Kazakhstan 4. Integrated information system of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan 5. Civil Registry Office IS of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan 6.“Compulsory pension taxes” AIS of the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of population 7. Address register PDB of the MTC of the Republic of Kazakhstan 8. IS of the Customs Control Committee of the MF of the Republic of Kazakhstan 9. Natural persons PDB of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan 10. Register of real estate PDB of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan Management of agro-industrial complex industries «E-agriculture» IAS* of the Ministry of Agriculture 2. Berkut Integrated IS of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan 3. е-Akimat IS of the of the Astana local government 4. Integrated national testing IS of the Department of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan 5. Registration station for documentation and registration of population IS of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan Furthermore, agreement of the administrative accounting form is under work as of November 1, 2012, forms of 17 state agencies are agreed. * Integrated analytical system 5 Integration with information systems of other state agencies Elaborate, introduce and develop information systems

6 Reduce load on responders; Exclude of double indicators and divergence; Get additional information to improve quality of statistical data. Integration with information systems of other state agencies helps to: Elaborate, introduce and develop information systems

Aimed to reduce load on responders Advantages: reduced financial, labor, transport and temporary expenditures of the responders; eliminated administrative barriers; reduced risk of errors during data input; possible choice of necessary items from directories and classifiers. from July of the current year 65 statistical forms are switched to online mode; + 55 statistical forms - in Data collection on-line IS Elaborate, introduce and develop information systems

Taldau information analysis system 8 convenient indicator retrieval system; possibility to construct tables, charts, maps, graphs from the necessary indicators; Advantages: possibility for every user to open personal account, which allows to store and automatically update statistical information; possibility to carry out analysis of statistical indicators. statistical information available to all users at any convenient time; Improve provision of users with statistical information Interface convenient to work with DB of aggregated indicators, containing over 2000 indicators presented in dynamics and by different sections.

over visits are registered as of November 1, 2012, this is 5 times more, than in – – – – – Visitors of Internet-resource 9 Improve provision of users with statistical information 2014–

10 Elaborate, introduce and develop information systems Integrated information analysis environment of the state agencies Ministry of Finance Ministry of Justice Ministry of labour and social protection of the population Ministry of economic development and trade Ministry of Internal Affairs Ministry of Agriculture agency for civil service affairs Ministry of transport and communication National Space Agency o ARKS Agency on Regulation of Natural Monopolies Agency for Construction, Housing and Utilities Ministry of Environment Agency on sports and physical training Competition Protection Agency Oil and Gas Ministry General Prosecutor’s Office Ministry of Industry and new technologies Ministry of education and science Ministry of health National Bank

11 Data in ACAP* is received from one source– ASRK; Data of the state agencies are available to all users at one place–Taldau IAS at any time; All data and processes are standardized (classification maintenance; process of data generation; data transmission format); Process automation (transparency, minimized errors); Different tools for data analysis; Convenient data visualization (maps, graphs, charts); historical series (storage base); Introduction of meta description (data on data), this will improve understanding and interpretation of indicators. * Analytical complex of the Administration of the President Advantage of the created integrated information analysis environment of the state agencies : Elaborate, introduce and develop information systems

12 Annual plan of statistical work, which consists of 270 statistical observations and 417 works, is under implementation 143 statistical forms are improved during ; 20 new statistical methods are improved and developed; Pl an for SNA 2008 introduction is under implementation ; Weekly monitoring of prices for socially important products is introduced according to the list, approved by the government since February1, 2011 ; Monthly observation of the mutual trade statistics with member-countries of the Customs Union is introduces since July 1, 2011; Survey on the position of women and children was carried out jointly with the UNICEF (MICS-4) and report was presented in the Senate of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan; Survey of crime rate and fixation of its results under the order of the Security Council of Kazakhstan is almost completed; Implementation of the “KazStat” project on the enhancement of the statistical system efficiency, including the improvement of statistical methodology was launched jointly with the World Bank * Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey Improve statistical methodology and toolkit Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Statistics

1313 KAZSTAT: “STRENGTHENING THE NATIONAL STATISTICAL SYSTEM OF KAZAKHSTAN PROJECT” jointly with the World Bank To enhance the efficiency of the Kazakhstan statistical system 1.To improve coordination of statistical work between state bodies 2.Introduce progressive informative-communication technologies 3.Improve workforce capacity 4.Introduce international standards and methodology 5.Improve work with users and responders  reduced quantity of reports up to 15%;  reduced time spent by enterprise to fill up forms of statistical reporting by 40%;  users’ complacency with the quality of statistical data up to 80%. Law on the ratification of the agreement on loan of the Republic of Kazakhstan is signed on December 27, For the moment the Agency has signed the contract with Consortium Destatis (Statistical offices of Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Russia, Slovakia, and South Korea) Aim Aim Goals Goals Expected results Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Statistics

14 System of quality management of the Agency Certificate of conformity with the requirements of the International standard ISO 9001:2008, is collected on December 2011 Certified by the international concern TÜV Rheinland Group, acknowledged in more than 70 world countries Certificate of conformity with the requirements of the National standard ST of the RoK ISO was collected Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Statistics

15 Assessment of the efficiency of state agency work Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated No lines of activities: 1. Achieve and implement strategic aims and goals in the coordinated branch/sphere/region 2. Budgetary funds management 3. Execution of acts and orders made by the President, State Secretary, Government, Administration of the President, Prime Minister's Office 4. Use of information technologies. 5. Rendering of government services 6. Human resources

16 Base lines in the improvement of state statistics : Statistical methodology according to the international standards will be further improved to improve quality of the statistical information and increase users’ confidence,, including under the implemented KazStat project joint with the World Bank; Implementation of the project of the creation and development of the integrated information system “е-Statistics” will be kept and integration with data systems of other state agencies will be implemented to reduce load on responders, increase efficiency of the statistical data collection and processing and quality of statistics; Within the framework of increase of availability of the departmental statistical indicators, information analysis system of state agencies will be created and distribution of departmental statistical indicators on the site of the Agency in Taldau IAS will be automated. Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Statistics

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