1. Asia-Pacific Network for the Coordination of Statistical Training
Overview

2. Background http://www.unsiap.or.jp/tnetwork/index.html
ESCAP Committee on Statistics, September 2013
Working Group on the Regional Coordination of Statistical Training, 2010
Advisory Group for the coordination of statistical training in the Asia-Pacific region, with the Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific (SIAP) as its secretariat, 2012
Key role: beyond advisory--facilitate information sharing and coordination among statistical training institutions in the region rather than just providing advice, September 2013

3. Composition
(a) Heads of statistical training institutions of ESCAP member and associate member States with statistical training facilities or active training programmes on official statistics that cater to both national (internal) and foreign (external) clients; (b) Representatives of ESCAP member States, regional and international organizations, and sub-regional cooperation entities that deliver training on official statistics or provide substantive donor resource support to statistical training activities in the Asia-Pacific region; (c) The Chair or Co-Chair of the Partners for Statistics Development in Asia and the Pacific; and (d) The Chair of the Governing Council of SIAP.

4. Network for the Coordination of Statistical Training in Asia and the Pacific
Australia
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
China
Eurostat
India
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Indonesia
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Islamic Republic of Iran
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Japan
International Statistical Institute (ISI)
Malaysia
PARIS21
New Zealand
Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC)
Pakistan
Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC)
Philippines
United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)
Republic of Korea
The University of the South Pacific (USP)
Russian Federation
World Bank
Thailand

5. Objectives of Coordination
Increase demand-driven statistical training and improve its impact on capacity building
Facilitate better resource use, planning and effective implementation of training programmes by statistical training providers
(c) Identify and fill training gaps
(d) Provide an environment within which training recipients and training providers can use a common language and set of tools to describe priority needs and identify and fill training gaps in the region.

6. Expected Outcomes
(a) Appropriate approaches and processes for coordination (b) Working cooperation among the training providers and relevant stakeholders in mobilizing technical and financial resources (c) Training gaps addressed

7. Some Strategies Sharing people, training materials and infrastructure
Focal points for sub-regional initiatives that bring the network activities to the attention of sub-regions (ECO, SPC, OIC, ASEAN, SAARC,..)
Database and website for collecting and disseminating information on capacity building activities specially training
Developing models for cooperation with universities
Developing tools and methods for coordinated training needs assessment

8. Some results and activities in progress
Training needs assessments tools
Core skills frameworks
Subgroup for Agricultural and Rural Statistics
Subgroup for … [e.g., Economic statistics; SDGs data and statistics]]
Database: experts and resources
Database: capacity building initiatives
Process of certification of trainers

9. Global Network for the Coordination of Statistical Training = Network of Regional Networks
A Proposal