1. Project support meeting
Sri Lanka
Project support meeting
Regional Programme on Economic Statistics
Bangkok, Thailand | 30 November 2016

2. Overview of Progress What is the progress of the project?
What issues have you faced?
How have you overcome them?
What plans do you have to maintain the improvement in capacity or functionality?
What is your plan to progress the project (including timelines)?
What have you learnt from the project so far?

3. Progress of the project
Overall NSDS will be developed in collaboration with PARIS 21 but excluding Economic Statistics component
Economic Statistics component will be developed with ESCAP collaboration
Review Questionnaire sample reviewed by DCS and comments shared with ESCAP
Availability of Statistical data & key stakeholder institutions identified which will be refined during ESCAP Mission

4. Issues
Public Invest Plan (PIP) of the Government is yet to be published, and we have to interlining the NSDS with PIP; the overall development plan for the next 3-5 years.
Capacity gap analysis and capacity development plan should be adjusted accordingly
Demand for certain sectors and new statistical indicators for economic component should be evaluated.
The demand for new indicators and high-quality statistics for monitoring and evaluating progress of new economic development strategy, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) etc.

5. Overcoming the issues
Preparation of drafts and plans which will be fine-tuned no sooner the Public Invest Plan (PIP) of the Government is out
Ongoing capacity enhancement process such as application of advancement of ICT to improve quality and timeliness of statistics
List of sectors identified and data availability mapping is ready

6. Plans to maintain the improvement (capacity / functionality)
Continuous capacity building and technical improvements through a number of collaborative projects
Partnerships formed with local institutions UN Agencies and other institutions

7. Plan to progress / timelines
Application of advancement in ICT for improving timeliness and quality of official statistics
Use of online communication (website and social media) for dissemination of official statistics

8. Q&A