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Tenth Meeting of the Heads of National Statistical Offices of East Asian Countries
Date/Venue:
17-18 November 2003/Kyoto, Japan
Organizer:
Statistics Bureau of Japan
Aim
The Meeting of the Heads of National Statistical Offices of East Asian Countries aims at promoting development of official statistics in this region through informal exchanges of experiences and thoughts among the heads of national statistical offices. Since its initiation in 1980, the meeting has been held about every 2 years.
Theme
The overall theme of the Meeting was "Major Current Issues that Each NSO is Facing and the Approaches to Cope with Them" with the five sub-themes: "Critical Management Issues in Statistical Systems", "Capacity Building in Statistical System", "Interface of Policy and Statistics: Separation or Integration", "The Future of Statistical Systems in Asia and the Pacific" and "Promoting Regional Cooperation".
Programme
Monday 17 November
Meeting of the Heads of National Statistical Offices of East Asian Countries
9:15 Opening remarks [Mr. Negi Takanobu, Japan]
9:30 - 10:30 Session I Overview
[Mr. Kawasaki Shigeru, Japan]
[Dr. Paul Cheung, Singapore]
11:00 - 12:30 Session I-I Critical Management Issues in Statistical Systems
Statistics for Development in Malaysia: Current Issues
The Case of the Philippines
14:00 - 15:15 Session I-I Critical Management Issues in Statistical Systems
15:45 - 17:30 Session III Capacity Building in Statistical System
Capacity Development for Statistics in Cambodia
Tuesday 18 November
9:15 - 11:00 Session IV Interface of Policy and Statistics: Separation or Integration
Provision of Micro Data for Individual Targeting
11:30 - 12:30 Session V-I The Future of Statistical Systems in Asia and the Pacific
Opportunities and Challenges in Official Statistics of China
[Mr. Zhang Yinghua, China]
14:00 - 15:30 Session V-I The Future of Statistical Systems in Asia and the Pacific
16:00 - 17:30 Session VI Promoting Regional Cooperation, Conclusion
How Can We Best Utilise the New Arrangements for Regional Co-operation in Asia/Pacific Statistics