1. Scope and Compliance Survey
UNSD

2. Background Para. 20, Minutes of the prelim. meeting:
Further, the Committee encouraged UNSD to undertake a benchmark scope and compliance survey in countries to assess the current status of implementation of different environment-economic accounts, priorities and future plans.

3. Scope and compliance survey
Part I – general questions on the types of accounts compiled, future plans, possible uses of the accounts etc.
Part II and III short and detailed versions of the module-specific survey for water resource accounts.
Refer to document unceea/1/12
The S&C will be sent to statistical office through mail, , fax, internet
The questionnaire will cover a general part of the compilation of environmental accounts and a module specific one covering: MFA, resource specific accounts (water, mineral and energy, forest, fisheries, land, waste,

4. Part I
Countries compiling Environmental Accounts:
Questions on the type of accounts compiled, uses of these accounts, future plans…
Countries not compiling Environmental Accounts:
Questions on the existence of an environment statistics programme, future plans, constrains
Part II
Type of accounts compiled, how often, at which level (national, subnational), uses, future plans
Part III
Data source and definitions

5. Options to carry out the survey
Option I: Survey in two phases :
Phase I: general part + the short version of the module-specific Survey
Phase II: detailed version of the module-specific Survey
Option II: Survey in two phases:
Phase I: general part
Phase II: short and detailed version of the module-specific Survey
Option III: Survey in one phase
internet based

6. Questions to the UNCEEA
According to which Option (or other options) should the Scope and Compliance Survey be carried out
Do you agree with the questions contained in general part of the Scope and Compliance Survey (Annex I)?
Chapter/leading agency coordinators

7. Questions to the UNCEEA (2)
Depending on the chosen option:
Do you agree with the questions in the short version of the module-specific part (Annex II)?
Do you agree with the questions contained in the detailed version of the module-specific part (Annex III)?
Who should be in charge of developing the various module-specific parts of the Survey?
Chapter/leading agency coordinators