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The Eleventh Meeting of the Heads of National Statistical Offices of East Asian Countries

Date/Venue:

6-8 November 2006/Tokyo, 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 theme of the Meeting was "Major Current Issues that Each NSO is Facing and the Approaches to Cope with Them" as follows: "2010 Population and Housing Census", "Improvement of data collection for basic economic and social statistics" and "Statistical system / Administration and management of statistical organizations".

Programme

Monday 6 November

Meeting of the Heads of National Statistical Offices of East Asian Countries

9:00 - 9:05 Announcement from the Secretariat

9:05 - 9:20 Opening Remarks [Mr. Etoh Hidesato, Director-General, Statistics Bureau of Japan]

Topic 1 2010 Population and Housing Census

9:20 - 11:40 Session 1 Lessons learned from the 2005 round Censusu

Session Leader: [Mr. Feng Nailin, China]

- E-census as a New Approach to the Population and Housing Census(PDF:379KB)

[Mr. KIM, Dae You, Korea]

-Lessons Learned from Population Census

[Mr. Samaychanh Boupha, Laos]

- General Household Survey 2005 Innovations in Fieldwork Operations(PDF:182KB)

[Ms. Wong Wee Kim, Singapore]

- The 2006 Census of Population and Housing(PDF:38KB)

[Ms. Susan Linacre, Australia]

- New Zealand Census-2006 and Looking Forward(PDF:51KB)

[Mr. Brian Pink, New Zealand]

- Experience in Conducting the 2005 Population Census and Policy for Improving the Next Census(PDF:33KB)

[Mr. Kameda Mototsugu, Japan]

14:00 - 16:40 Session 2 Planning for the 2010 round Population Census

Session Leader: [Mr. Etoh Hidesato, Japan]

- Status of the Review and Revision of the United Nations Principles and Recommendations for the 2010 Rounds of Population and Housing Censuses(PDF:39KB)

[Mr. Takami Akira, Japan]

- An Abridged Report of the Seminar on Population and Housing Censuses held by the Conference of European Statisticians(PDF:18KB)

[Mr. Inami Shozo]

- Planning for the 2010 Round Population Census Cambodia(PDF:2,307KB)

[Mr. Has Bunton, Cambodia]

- Lessons Learnt from the 2005 One-percent Population Survey of China and Initial Plans for 2010 Round of Census(PDF:90KB)

[Mr. Feng Nailin, China]

- Planning for the 2010 Population and Housing Census in Indonasia(PDF:55KB)

[Dr. Rusman Heriawan, Indonesia]

- Gearing Up for 2010 Census of Population and Housing(PDF:415KB)

[Ms. Carmelita N. Ericta, The Philippines]

- Planning for the 2010 Population and Housing Census(PDF:75KB)

[Ms. Jirawan Boonperm, Thailand]

- The 2009 Vietnam Population and Housing Census(PDF:46KB)

[Dr. Le Manh Hung, Vietnam]

Tuesday 7 November

9:00 - 9:05 Announcement from the Secretariat

9:05 - 9:20 Welcoming Remarks [Mr. Kubushiro Yutaka, Director-General for Policy Planning(Statistical Standards)]

9:20 - 11:40 Topic 2 Improvement of data collection for basic economic and social statistics

Session Leader: [Mr. Brian Pink, New Zealand]

- The data collection method using the Internet(PDF:80KB)

[Mr. KIM, Dae You, Korea]

- Establishment Directories and Economic Databases in Malaysia:Potential benefits and challenges in data sharing(PDF:176KB)

[Mr. Aziz @ Fikry Mohammad, Malaysia]

- Improvement of data collection on economic and social statistics(PDF:24KB)

[U Thein Tun, Myanmar]

- A Concept Paper on The Web-enabled Questionnaire of the Quarterly Survey of Philippine Business and Industry(PDF:259KB)

[Ms. Carmelita N. Ericta, The Philippines]

- The Design and Development of Business Common Sampling Frame of Establishments in Thailand(PDF:50KB)

[Ms. Jirawan Boonperm, Thailand]

- Development of the Economic Census of Japan(PDF:221KB)

[Mr. Takami Akira, Japan]

11:50 - 12:00 Announcement of the 2007 UN Statistical Commission [Dr. Paul Cheung, UN]

14:00 - 17:00 Topic 3 Statistical system / Administration and management of statistical organizations

Session Leader: [Ms. Carmelita N. Ericta, The Philippines]

- Statistical System in Indonesia: Challenges and Prospects(PDF:180KB)

[Dr. Rusman Heriawan, Indonesia]

- The Statistical system of Lao PDR-the present situation and challenges in the years ahead(PDF:331KB)

[Mr. Samaychanh Boupha, Laos]

- Organizational transformation of the Department of Statistics, Malaysia:Implications for the future(PDF:289KB)

[Mr. Aziz @ Fikry Mohammad, Malaysia]

- Statistical systems / Administration and management of statistical organizations in Mongolia(PDF:65KB)

[Mr. Gerelt-Od. G, Mongolia]

- The National Statistical System of Myanmar(PDF:86KB)

[U Thein Tun, Myanmar]

- National Statistical System Initiatives(PDF:32KB)

[Mr. Brian Pink, New Zealand]

- A New Direction in Reform of the Statistical System in Japan(PDF:24KB)

[Mr. Kitada Hiroyuki, Japan]

16:40 - 17:00 Closing Remarks [Mr. Etoh Hidesato, Director-General, Statistics Bureau of Japan]

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