INVITATION LETTER		INFORMATION NOTE
Ma Jiantang Commissioner, National Bureau of Statistics of China	Paul Cheung Director, United Nations Statistics Division		Shaida Badiee Director, Development Data Group, World Bank

The Forum is being jointly organised by the National Bureau of Statistics of China (NBS), the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) and the World Bank (WB).

National statistics offices are being asked to assemble increasingly sophisticated datasets to guide the formulation and monitoring of national development policies. These datasets include, but are not limited to, those recording inputs and outputs by industrial sector, processing of intermediate goods, and trade in gross and value-added terms. To monitor the impacts of economic development, data are also needed on social development and environmental outcomes.

he Forum will examine how new statistical frameworks are evolving to reflect the needs of researchers and policy makers and the demands they are placing on the capacities of national statistical offices. Forum participants will have the opportunity to discuss their experience and current activities. They will also discuss how capacity development efforts could be designed and geared up to assist developing countries to meet these data challenges.

We envisage the following outcomes from the Forum:

• A programme of work for capacity development on economic, social, and environment statistics.
• A framework or template for tracking socioeconomic development with a focus on changing economic structure, employment and education.
• An initial consideration and endorsement of a Plan of Action on Statistics highlighting the important areas of statistics that the development community should focus on in the next 10 years. This Plan will be submitted to the Ministerial Aid-Effectiveness Conference to be held in late November in Busan.

Opening Remarks	Ma Jiantang, Commissioner, National Bureau of Statistics of China
	Paul Cheung, Director, United Nations Statistics Division
	Shaida Badiee, Director, Development Data Group, World Bank
Annotated Agenda
Program of Work
Statistics for Transparency, Accountability, and Results
Final Report
Presentations
MONITORING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Keynote 1: Statistics and National Development
Justin Yifu Lin Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, the World Bank
Zhang Weimin Deputy-Commissioner, National Bureau of Statistics of China
Volker Treichel Lead Economist, Development Economics Operations and Strategy Department, the World Bank	Statistics and National Development - Implications of New Structural Economics
Country Case Studies: Monitoring Economic Development
Mohamed Taâmouti Directeur, Direction de la Statistique, Haut Commissariat au Plan, Morocco	Monitoring Economic Development in Morocco
Sheikh Hamad bin Jabor Al-Thani President, Qatar Statistics Authority	Monitoring Economic Development of Qatar
T.C.A. Anant Chief Statistician of India, National Statistical Organization, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, India	Monitoring National Development in India
A Framework for Monitoring Economic Development
Robert Edwards Inter-regional Adviser, United Nations Statistics Division	A Framework for Monitoring Economic Development: Dataset of Interest
Eric Swanson Senior Adviser, Development Economics Data Group, the World Bank	A Framework for Monitoring Economic Development: Data for understanding structural change
Some Statistical Challenges in Economic Statistics
Phetsamone Sone Deputy Director General, Lao Department of Statistics, Lao PDR	Key Statistical Challenges in Economic Statistics in Lao PDR Key Statistical Challenges in Economic Statistics in Lao PDR
Alexander Surinov Chairman, Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat), Russian Federation	Economic Statistics in Russia: Development and New Challenges
Shigeru Kawasaki Director General, Statistical Research and Training Institute, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan	Challenges in Economic Statistics: How they evolved in Japan
Panel Discussion: Statistics for Measuring Growth and Structural Change
Bernard Williams Branch Head, International Accounts and Financial Statistics, Australian Bureau of Statistics	Statistics for Measuring Growth and Structural Change in Australia
Douglas Brooks Assistant Chief Economist, Asian Development Bank (ADB)	Statistics for Measuring Growth and Structural Change
Sabir Said Al-Harbi Director General of Economic, Statistics, Ministry of National Economy, Oman	Issues and Challenges: Oman Case
MONITORING SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEVELOPMENTS
Keynote 2: Monitoring Education Development
Albert Motivans Head of Education Statistics Department, UNESCO Institute for Statistics	Monitoring Education Development
Keynote 3: Monitoring Employment
Rafael Diez de Medina Director, Department of Statistics, International Labour Organization(ILO)	Monitoring Decent Work and  Labour Statistics
Country Case Studies: Monitoring Social Developments
Kecuk Suhariyanto Director of Statistical Analysis and Development , BPS-Statistics Indonesia, Indonesia	Monitoring Social Development in Indonesia
Eduardo Sojo Garza-Aldape Presidente del Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI), Mexico	Monitoring Social Development in Mexico
Sonam Tenzin Chief Statistician, National Statistics Bureau, Bhutan	Issues and Challenges: Bhutan Case
Monitoring the Environment
Jaewon Lee Director of the Research Planning Division, Statistical Research Institute of Statistics Korea (KOSTAT), Republic of Korea	Reflections on the International Seminar on Green Economy and Official Statistics
Joe de Beer Deputy Director-General, Statistics South Africa, South Africa	Monitoring the Environment: The South African Case Study
Abdullah Harun Pasha Director, Bureau of Statistics, Ministry of Planning, Bangladesh	Compendium of Environment Statistics of Bangladesh Compendium of Environment Statistics of Bangladesh
Panel Discussion: A Framework for Monitoring Social and Environmental Developments
Xian Zude Chief Methodologist, National Bureau of Statistics of China	A Framework for Monitoring Social and Environmental Developments in China
John B. Male-Mukasa Executive Director, Uganda Bureau of Statistics	Monitoring Social Development: Issues and Challenges
STATISTICAL CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT
Launch of the China International Statistical Training Centre
Tian Lusheng Director-General, China International Statistical Training Centre in collaboration with UN Statistics	Introduction of China International Statistical Training Centre in collaboration with UN Statistics
Kecuk Suhariyanto Director of Statistical Analysis and Development , BPS-Statistics Indonesia, Indonesia	Education and Training Centre in BPS-Statistics Indonesia
Insook Jeong Director, International Statistical Cooperation Division, KOSTAT, Republic of Korea	Statistics Korea’s Experience in Statistical Capacity Building
Shigeru Kawasaki Director General, Statistical Research and Training Institute, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan	Statistical Capacity Development - Japan’s Experiences
Country Case Studies: Training and Capacity Development
Joe de Beer Deputy Director-General, Statistics South Africa, South Africa	Training and Capacity Development: The South African Case Study
Khalifa Al-Barwani Director General of Social Statistics, Ministry of National Economy, Oman	Training and Capacity Building in Statistics As Depicted by the Statistic Strategy of the Sultanate of Oman
Jessamyn Encarnacion OIC-Director, Social Statistics Office, National Statistical Coordination Board, Philippines	Statistical Training and Capacity Development: The Philippine Experience
James Whitworth Head of International Statistical Co-operation, Eurostat	ASTRA: An IT tool for the Assessment for Statistical TRAining
A.K. Mehra Central Statistics Office Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation	National Academy of Statistical Administration (NASA)
A Plan of Action on Statistical Development
Shaida Badiee Director, Development Data Group, the World Bank	Statistics for Transparency, Accountability, and Results: An Action Plan
Frances Harper Head of Profession for Statistics Research and Evidence Division, DFID	Busan – Building on MAPS: A bilateral donor perspective
James Whitworth Head of International Statistical Co-operation, Eurostat	From Marrakech to Busan …via Beijing

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