NSDSNSDSNational Strategy for the National Strategy for the Development of Official Development of Official

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The Ministry of Statistics and The Ministry of Statistics and Analysis Analysis

15 – 16 March 200715 – 16 March 2007

What is NSDS ?What is NSDS ?• the the target modeltarget model of the national system of official statistical of the national system of official statistical

(NSS) of the country and methods of its dynamic updating, (NSS) of the country and methods of its dynamic updating, • the the roadmaproadmap of driving the NSS from existing statistical of driving the NSS from existing statistical

system into the direction determined by the target model, system into the direction determined by the target model, • the the methods and approachesmethods and approaches of anticipating adjustment of anticipating adjustment

of the NSS to social, political, economic and technological of the NSS to social, political, economic and technological changes of the country in global, more opened, market - changes of the country in global, more opened, market - driven economy, driven economy,

• the the ways of coherent developmentways of coherent development of the NSS as an of the NSS as an integral part of the information infrastructure of the integral part of the information infrastructure of the countrycountry

• approaches and practical action to approaches and practical action to implementing implementing international standardsinternational standards

What is NSDS ?What is NSDS ?

• approaches to approaches to optimization of the resourcesoptimization of the resources for official statistical for official statistical activities by all stakeholders of statistical processes, activities by all stakeholders of statistical processes,

• resourcesresources (staff, finances, infrastructure, ICT) needed for the (staff, finances, infrastructure, ICT) needed for the realization of the framework program,realization of the framework program,

• strategic actions strategic actions necessary for effective implementing of the necessary for effective implementing of the program of development of official statistics, program of development of official statistics,

• effective implementing and use of effective implementing and use of modern ICTmodern ICT for optimizing for optimizing statistical production processesstatistical production processes

• methods of methods of monitoring and auditingmonitoring and auditing the progresses of development the progresses of development of statistics of statistics

Transition of official Transition of official statisticsstatistics

• ContinuationContinuation• ContinuityContinuity

Dimensions of transition of the national Dimensions of transition of the national system system

of official statisticsof official statistics – statistical capacity building in the following – statistical capacity building in the following

dimensions:dimensions:

• Institutional dimensionInstitutional dimension• Economic dimensionEconomic dimension• Social dimensionSocial dimension• Methodological dimensionMethodological dimension• Technological dimensionTechnological dimension• International dimensionInternational dimension

Transitional dimensions Transitional dimensions (1)(1)

• Institutional dimensionInstitutional dimension – legal and organizational – legal and organizational frameworks of official statistics adjusted to the frameworks of official statistics adjusted to the changes of the functions of governments, changes of the functions of governments, regulations of businesses and other institutions, regulations of businesses and other institutions, strengthening institutional capacities of the NSS,strengthening institutional capacities of the NSS,

• Economic dimensionEconomic dimension – from the statistical system – from the statistical system incorporated to the administrative information incorporated to the administrative information systems supporting the model of centrally-planned systems supporting the model of centrally-planned economy to the statistical system of the national economy to the statistical system of the national economy specific to Belarus in its process of economy specific to Belarus in its process of transition: from centrally planned economy to transition: from centrally planned economy to market – driven planned economymarket – driven planned economy ( (planovo – planovo – rynotshnaya ekonomikarynotshnaya ekonomika) with stepwise growing ) with stepwise growing share and role of market processes.share and role of market processes.

Transitional dimensions Transitional dimensions (2)(2)

• SocialSocial dimension dimension – from state statistics ad the – from state statistics ad the information support of the governmental information support of the governmental organizations providing social services, organizations providing social services, controlled by the state or directly realized by controlled by the state or directly realized by governments, into the system providing governments, into the system providing information to the society and important segment information to the society and important segment of social information security network.of social information security network.

• Methodological dimensionMethodological dimension – from statistical – from statistical system based on MPS standards and system based on MPS standards and administrative information standards of administrative information standards of governments and state owned enterprises, to the governments and state owned enterprises, to the system coherent with global methodological system coherent with global methodological standards.standards.

Transitional dimensions Transitional dimensions (3)(3)

• Technological dimensionTechnological dimension – from “paper – driven” – from “paper – driven” data collection from “reporting units”, processing data collection from “reporting units”, processing and dissemination of data in the forms of paper and dissemination of data in the forms of paper publications to integrated statistical information publications to integrated statistical information system working in modern ICT environment, with system working in modern ICT environment, with wide use of computerized administrative records as wide use of computerized administrative records as the sources of primary data for statistical the sources of primary data for statistical compilations, storage and processing of data using compilations, storage and processing of data using modern database technologies and dissemination of modern database technologies and dissemination of data and metadata via ICT networks.data and metadata via ICT networks.

• International dimensionInternational dimension – strengthening the – strengthening the integration of the NSS with the global system of integration of the NSS with the global system of official statistics and tight cooperation with official statistics and tight cooperation with international statistical organizations and services.international statistical organizations and services.