United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Statistical Division Workshop on Human Resources Management and Training in Statistical Offices September 2012, Budapest Proposal for a compilation of good practices in HRMT

UNECE Statistical Division Slide 2 Why a compilation of good practices in HRMT? A number of substantive papers on HRMT have been presented at the HRMT CES seminar in 2006 and HRMT workshops in 2008, 2010 and 2012 The papers address a broad variety of topics within both HRM and Training, and reflects different developments and practices in countries CES Bureau has asked for concrete output There are much to be learned from good practices in other countries! Growing focus on international level in production and products calls for exchange of HRMT experiences

UNECE Statistical Division Slide 3 A compilation of good practices in HRMT should: Communicate experiences and good practices in HRMT in NSOs Highlight the importance and potentials of HRMT in official statistics Serve as input for further discussions and work on HRMT Include selected papers from The Steering Group (Netherlands, Poland and UNECE) will be responsible for drafting an introduction and an overview chapter

UNECE Statistical Division Slide 4 Papers selected should Provide practices or guidance that can be used in other countries Address both HRM and Training and cross-cutting issues Address current and future challenges

UNECE Statistical Division Slide 5 Papers that could be selected Towards customer-oriented training at Statistics Finland, Statistics Finland 2.The role the Statistical Office has to play in educating the public in preparing future producers and users of statistics, CSO of Poland 3.Introduction of statistical training activities in the United Nations Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific, SIAP

UNECE Statistical Division Slide Statistical excellence through capability development and planning – reflections on experience, ABS 5.Strategy based HR management in practice - experience of Statistics Finland, Statistics Finland 6.Beyond Vocational Training – Competence Management at Statistics Sweden, Statistics Sweden 7.Statistics Canada’s Human Resource Management Strategy, Statistics Canada 8.Reengineering the statistical production process and the changing needs for human resources – some experiences from Norway, Statistics Norway 9.Career Thinking and Expert Career Paths as a Method of Continuous Learning, ONS UK

UNECE Statistical Division Slide 7 10.The new Learning and Development Framework for the European Statistical System (ESS-LDF) and International Exchange Programmes, Eurostat 11.Train to Gain: Statistics Canada's Strategy for Statistical Education, Statistics Canada 12.Managing Human Resources in a Small Statistical Office, The FYR of Macedonia 13.Managing human resources under organisational changes, changes in the budget or the statistical system or other changes; key factors and possible solutions, CSB Latvia 14.Theory and Proactive in the Comprehensive Training Program of the Hungarian Central Statistical Office, HCSO 15.Performing more than can be expected - Motivation in NSIs in Sub-Saharan Africa, Statistics Norway

UNECE Statistical Division Slide Destatis' experience in conducting staff opinion surveys, Destatis 17.Staff opinion survey in the National Statistical Committee of the Republic of Belarus, NSC of the Republic of Belarus 18.How to identify and train future leaders in official statistics? - Training programme for future leaders at Statistics Sweden (SCB), Statistics Sweden 19.Statistics Finland's personnel survey, Statistics Finland 20.Methods and Main Results of Staff Migration Motivation Research at the Hungarian Central Statistical Office 21.Moving from introduction towards integration of new employees – objectives and methods, Statistics Norway 22.Actions to retain and motivate new staff at the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, IBGE

UNECE Statistical Division Slide 9 23.Becoming an attractive employer for future employees: Some experiences from Statistics Norway, Statistics Norway 24.Leadership development in Statistics Norway, Nicole Njaa 25.The European Statistical System (ESS) Competence Profile for staff supporting the ESS, UK 26.Why and how to improve competence descriptions and evaluations in a statistical institute? Statistics Norway 27.Training Programs for Statistical Competency Development in STI of Korea, STI Korea, 28.Setting up in-house training: Some issues to consider, Statistics Norway 29.Towards a Knowledge Builders' Competence, ISTAT 30.Training Programme in Statistical Skills -towards top statistical know-how and solid professional identity, Statistics Finland 31.Results of the survey on staff turnover, UNECE

UNECE Statistical Division Slide 10 How to select the papers? September: The Steering Group proposes a first list of possible papers to be selected September: Countries provides suggestions October: The Steering Group makes the final selection of papers October-November: Authors of selected papers have the possibility to review/update their papers if needed

UNECE Statistical Division Slide 11 The further steps February 2013: Consultation with the CES Bureau March 2013: The Steering Group finalises the compilation June 2013: The compilation is submitted to the CES Plenary Session Please send your proposals to