1. 1 Seminar on Innovations in Official Statistics Jirawan Boonperm Deputy Secretary General NSO Thailand 20 February 2009 United Nations, New York Thailand NSS: Governance Issue

2. 2Administration Structure Structure CentralAdministration 20 Ministries 20 Ministries 134 departments 75 provinces LocalAdministration Municipal Offices 1,465 Tambon Administration Organize 6,315 Population 66.9 million (2009) Thailand Profile Seminar on Innovations in Official Statistics

3. 3 Evolution of Statistics Work in Thailand  1915 Statistical Forecast Bureau (SFB) was found under Ministry of The Royal Treasury  1951 SFB was upgraded to Central Statistical Office under National Economic Council  1952 First Statistics Act was enacted to outline National Statistical System  1965 Statistics Act was promulgated by amending 1952 Act Seminar on Innovations in Official Statistics

4. 4 Thailand NSS: Decentralized System  NSO o Produce fundamental statistics o Provide statistical services for public and private sectors : statistical data and statistical technical advice o Coordinate with other statistical units at national and international levels  Other statistical units in line-ministries o Produce statistics from administrative data o Produce specific statistics by surveys for their own purposes Roles and responsibilities of statistical organizations Seminar on Innovations in Official Statistics

5. 5 Problems of Decentralized System 1.Duplication,omission,user confusion of statistics produced by gov. agencies 2.Quality and statistical standards problem 3.Insufficient use of statistics (linkage &integration problem) 4.Problem on coordination &collaboration among gov. agencies 1.Duplication of development & operation of IS and related works among ministries 2.Use of administrative records is limited 3.Utilization of statistics not sufficiently reflex new needs and advance ICT 4.Coordination problem ThailandJapan Seminar on Innovations in Official Statistics

6. 6 Governance Problems  Weak performance of coordinating agency  No system to assure quality of statistics produced by government agencies  No mechanism to increase collaboration among agencies to lead to data linkage, sharing and integration under advance ICT environment Seminar on Innovations in Official Statistics

7. 7 Amending Stat. Act:Promulgate new Act in 2007 1.Decentralized Stat. System with clear roles, function & relationship among various statistical units 2.Empower NSO to do better coordination roles 3.Promote government data integration system 1.To build appropriate rules & framework for official statistics 2.To establish mechanism to develop official statistics efficiently 3.To strengthen function of “headquarters” for development of official statistics. ThailandJapan Seminar on Innovations in Official Statistics

8. 8 Main Points in New Act ThailandJapan 1.Draft the Statistical Master Plan : framework to manage NSS 2.Draft Sectoral Master Plan : to define responsibilities of statistical units in implementing stat. work under the Master Plan 3.Create statistical network among statistical units to develop important & timely country statistical database 1.Establish a Basic Plan on the development of official statistics 2.Promotion of effective utilization of stat. data 3.Establishment of Statistics Commission to deal with matters based on the provision of the Act. Seminar on Innovations in Official Statistics

9. 9 National Committee on Statistical Data CABINET Sectoral Statistical Committee Official Statistics Profile Stat. development plan (16 sectors) Consider and select Official Statistics Investigate and approve in quality assurance Capacity building for stat. units (if needed) Statistical Units Profile 16 sectors Implementation plan (16 sectors) Annual report on sector status (16 sectors) KPI REPORTER XML XML XML Convertor Info. A Info. C Info. B Info. NSO Info. E Info. D Data sharing and linkage Annual report Governance Structure in the Thai NSS Seminar on Innovations in Official Statistics

10. 10 Sectoral Statistical Master Plan (SSMP) Sectoral Statistical Master Plan (SSMP) Jointly developed by NSO and counterparts in each sector The Statistical Mapping – list of Official Statistics to be produced – capacity building for agencies (if needed) Statistical Development Plan (short & long term) Seminar on Innovations in Official Statistics

11. 11 Sectoral Statistical Committee (SSC) Develop and agree on the SSMP Produce statistical calendar of sector Supervise and coordinate stat. production and storage Coordinate with NSO Quality Assurance Team (QAT) Publish Annual Report of the sector Seminar on Innovations in Official Statistics

12. 12 Role of NSO in SSC Role of NSO in SSC Co-chair all the SSCs Act as the secretary of the SSCs Establish and operate QAF Provide technical assistance Publish Annual Report on Status of sector Develop and update Data Directory Develop a system to coordinate, link and integrate data and statistics Seminar on Innovations in Official Statistics

13. 13 Thank you Thank you Seminar on Innovations in Official Statistics