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With 25 Years in ESCAPContentsPage

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Section 1

What is SIAP?

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Section 2

Messages for celebration

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Present members of the Governing Council and their messages

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Section 4

Past, present and future of SIAP

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Section 5

Brief history regarding setting up of SIAP

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Picture brief of training, meetings and ceremonies in last fifty years

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Phase 1

1970-197925

Phase 2

1980-1989

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Phase 3

1990-1999

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Phase 4

2000-200938

Phase 5

2010-201944

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Summary of alumni of the Institute50

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Experiences of eminent persons who had undergone training in SIAP

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Section 9

Contributions from partners

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Section 1 What is SIAP?
Organization
United Nations
SIAP is a professional statistical training center forgovernment officials from developing countries.
SIAP is a regional institution of the Economic andSocial Commission for Asia and the Pacific(ESCAP), located in Chiba city, Japan. It has been
assisting developing countries in their humanresource development through training officials not
only of the countries in Asia and Pacific region but
also in other areas of the World.

ESCAP(Economic and Social Commission for Asia and thePacific)

SIAP(Statistical Institute for Asiaand the Pacific)

OutlineMission• Practically oriented statistical training or government officials• Assist establishing or strengthening statistical training capability

Participants• Around 20,000 from 1970 to 2019

Recent Focus• Training for monitoring the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Location• Chiba city, Japan

Training Courses
E-learning Courses
Official Statistics, Health Statistics, Poverty Statistics, Basic-level
System of National Accounts (SNA), Intermediate-level SNA,
Fisheries and Aquaculture Statistics, System ofEnvironmental-Economic Account (SEEA), etc.
Long Term Face-to-Face Courses
Theory and Practices in Official Statistics, etc.
Short Term Face-to-Face
Regional Courses
Leadership for Heads of National
Statistical Offices, National Strategy
for the Development of Statistics(NSDS), Quality of Statistics, Gender
Statistics, Supply and Use Tables,
Environment Statistics and SEEA,
Big Data, etc.

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Short Term
Face-to-Face
Sub-Regional Courses
Training for Central Asia,
Training for the Pacific, etc.
Short Term
Face-to-Face Courses
for Focused Countries

The coverage of the training curriculum is very
wide, from methodological issues to practical
exercises, including analytical methods instatistics, survey methodologies, the statisticalbusiness process, and specialized domainsof social, population, gender, economic,
agricultural and rural, and environment
statistics. The programmes aim to improveknowledge and skills of government officials
in producing, disseminating and using quality
statistics and modernizing national statisticalinstitutions. Most training courses focus on
monitoring SDGs. The training programmes
are planned, managed and delivered with thehelp of countries, training institutes,
universities and international organizations.

3SIAP is the secretariat of the Network for the Coordination of Statistical Training in Asia and the Pacific, which
was created in September 2013 on the recommendation of the Committee on Statistics of ESCAP to facilitate
coordination of statistical training in the region. Members of the Network are 13 countries and 13 internationalorganizations. The Network has identified the following priority areas:a. Coordination, including for the development of common training programmes in response to therequirements of key regional statistics development programmes;b. Share information on the work of statistical training providers, to facilitate cooperation among the providers
and relevant stakeholders; andc. Periodically review the implementation of the proposed coordination activities, and identify and implement
further actions required.

Network Members for the Coordination of Statistical Training in Asia and the PacificRussianFederation

Thailand
ADB

China

Eurostat

Republic of
Korea

India
FAO
ISI

Pakistan
Islamic
Republic of
Iran

IMF

ILO

PARIS21

Secretariat
SIAP

SESRIC

UNSD
SPC

USP

Australia

Philippines

World
Bank

UN
Women

Malaysia

Japan

Indonesia
New Zealand

Actions of SIAP are determined based on needs and demands of countries. Countries in the region are atdifferent stages of statistical development and therefore their needs also vary considerably. Countries express
their demands through the Governing Council of SIAP and in the Committee on Statistics of ESCAP. The
Strategic Plan of SIAP is developed in such a manner that it takes into consideration requirements of all thecountries. To implement activities of the Strategic Plan, SIAP needs financial and human resources from thecountries. SIAP listens to these demands of the countries in the Governing Council and develops a consensus
while developing the Strategic Plan. The Governing Council is composed of eight countries and the host country,
Japan. Membership of countries in the Governing Council is for a period of three years and is decided based onelection from all the member States of ESCAP during a Commission session.
SIAP Statute
The Statute constitutes the basis of SIAP’s legal existence, the objectives and functions of the Institute asdecided by ESCAP Resolution 50/5 “Status of the Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific” and taking into
account amendments and revisions since then. The Statute of the Institute was last revised in 2011 pursuant
to resolution 67/13 of ESCAP.
Find out more: http://unsiap.or.jp/about/statute.html

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Section 2 Messages for Celebration
Name and Title

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Ms. Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana
United Nations Under-Secretary-General
Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)

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Ms. Takaichi Sanae
Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan

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Mr. Motegi Toshimitsu
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Japan8

Mr. Kitaoka Shinichi
President, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)

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Mr. Kawasaki Shigeru
Chair of the 51st Session of the United Nations Statistical Commission
Former Director-General, Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications,
Japan

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Mr. Stefan Schweinfest
Director of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), the Department of Economic and Social
Affairs11

Ms. Ariunzaya Ayush
Chair, Governing Council of SIAP
Chairperson, Nation Statistics Office of Mongolia

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Mr. Ashish Kumar
Director of SIAP

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Message from Ms. Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana
United Nations Under-Secretary-General
Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)

It gives me immense pleasure to convey my warm congratulations and best wishes to the Statistical
Institute for Asia and the Pacific (SIAP) on its 50th anniversary. The United Nations is proud of SIAP’sachievements over the last half a century in service to the members and associate members of ESCAP and tocountries from other regions.
The United Nations Charter emphasizes the maintenance of international peace and security, theprotection of human rights, promotion of social progress and better standards of life and upholding of internationallaw. To promote social progress and better standards of life, given that progress needs to be measured against
established standards, statistics is the key tool for a regular assessment of progress and the development ofstrategies, and, therefore, critical in fulfilling the ambitions of the Charter. The world is facing its biggest socioeconomic crisis since the creation of the United Nations due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Statistics can play animportant role in assisting to address the challenge of this public health crisis.
The production of reliable statistics is a challenging task. It requires regular development of methodology
and capacity-building of the personnel engaged in the processes, and hence there is a need for statisticaltraining institutions. SIAP is an institution unique to the United Nations, one fully devoted to practical training on
official statistics and established to meet this demand.
I would like to commend the Government of Japan for its farsightedness and thank the 20 other countries
who came together along with the United Nations and the United Nations Development Programme in setting
up this institution. SIAP has been able to deliver capacity-building activities due to the continuous support of
the Government of Japan and other member States. Their contributions have been invaluable in developing theskills required by government statisticians in the region and beyond, which has improved statistical systems
around the globe.
It is a challenging time for all the governments when the ambitious Sustainable Development Goals
are to be achieved on one hand and uplift the economy and society from the impact of the COVID-19 on theother. Governments need their statistical systems to be enabled and empowered to deliver required data formonitoring performance and SIAP is key to this process.
As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of SIAP, it is not only a time to consider its achievements but also
how it can help the people of Asia and the Pacific strive for an even better future. With the continued support of
the Government of Japan, the other member States of ESCAP and the United Nations agencies, I am confident
that SIAP will be able to support the ambitions of countries to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals andalso in recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic, thus contributing to ending poverty, protecting the planet andimproving the lives and prospects of everyone, everywhere.

Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana
United Nations Under-Secretary-General
Executive Secretary of ESCAP

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Congratulatory Message by Ms. Takaichi Sanae,
Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications 50th Anniversary of the Statistical
Institute for Asia and the Pacific

As the Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications of the host country, I extend my heartfelt
congratulations to the United Nations Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific (SIAP) on its 50th anniversary.
SIAP’s history of excellence is a reflection of the outstanding leadership of Director Ashish Kumar and his
distinguished predecessors. This success also owes much to the untiring efforts of SIAP lecturers and staff
members, as well as to the unfailing support and cooperation of ESCAP, its members and associate members,
and other related organizations. I take this opportunity to express my deepest gratitude for their efforts.
In 1960s, many countries in the Asia-Pacific region were struggling for nation building. It was urgent
necessity for those countries to train statisticians to produce official statistics as the base of national plans for
economic and social development. On the other hand, Japan was in the midst of a period of rapid growth andsearching for new way to contribute to the region. I would like to admire the wisdom of the leaders to havemade Japan invite the statistical institute to Tokyo and made the institute take one of the most important roles in
the region for nation building – capacity building of the government officials. As the head of the ministry with anational statistical office in a country that leads the regional economy, I am proud of these 50 years to contributeto the building of the foundations of statistical capacity in the region through SIAP.
SIAP has provided trainings not only to the huge number of the participants - approximately 20,000
government statisticians from 145 countries – but also to the leading statisticians in the governments. It is also
my pleasure that many statisticians of the governments have experienced the life in Japan in the occasion toattend lectures of the SIAP. SIAP has also provided indispensable opportunities to study with other governments’
officials who share the same purpose and different background. I hope they have grown their own networks
and made good use of it. Although the days of nation building are over, roles of SIAP to address to emerging
challenges continue. I believe SIAP has responded to the needs of each country, by changing the training
contents according to the trends. For instance, the development of e-learning is one of the useful supporting
methods as pre-training of face-to-face training. Furthermore, in order to develop Sustainable Development
Goal indicators (SDG indicators) requiring innovative methods of statistics, further capacity building would be
crucial for the governments. I hope those trained in SIAP climb the career ladder utilizing their acquired skills.
I recognize the importance of the functions performed by SIAP and I am fully informed of the highappreciation from related organizations for the performance of SIAP. Therefore, I sincerely look forward to thecontinued development of SIAP. I believe SIAP should be able to contribute to all over the world furthermore,since the current Asia-Pacific region is one of the important centers of the world economy. As the host country,
it is my earnest intention to support the operation of this unique institute in the world actively. I would also liketo take this opportunity to appeal to all countries for their understanding, strong supports and cooperation with
SIAP.

Takaichi Sanae

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Message for the Fiftieth Anniversary Volume for the Statistical Institutefor Asia and the Pacific by Mr MOTEGI Toshimitsu,
Minister for Foreign Affairs of JapanFirst of all, I would like to express my heartfelt congratulations on the 50th anniversary of the Statistical
Institute for Asia and the Pacific (SIAP).
In 1954, even before its accession to the UN, Japan joined the United Nations Economic Commission
for Asia and the Far East (ECAFE), the predecessor of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission
for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). Since then, Japan has striven for social and economic development hand inhand with its Asia-Pacific partners.
In 1970, SIAP, a regional institution of ESCAP, was established in Japan. As the host country, Japan has
made financial and human resource contributions to SIAP for the past fifty years. This was because we firmly
believed, based on our own experiences, that the strong foundation of Japan’s post-war economic recovery anddevelopment relied significantly on the development of the statistics system. Subsequently, Japan establishedthe Japan-ESCAP Cooperation Fund (JECF) in 1977 and has made voluntary contributions every year to avariety of projects to support ESCAP activities.
The Asia-Pacific countries have realized remarkable economic and social transformations since then.
While globalisation and rapid progress of science and technology advance at mind-boggling speed, inequality
within and across countries in the region is growing at an alarming rate. There is no room for complacency on
the need to tackle global challenges such as climate change and infectious diseases.
Policy-making that is science-based, and especially data-based, has never been more important. This
year marks the beginning of the “decade of action” to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It
is therefore vital to monitor the progress in implementation of the goals through steady follow-ups and reviews.
To that end, building the capacity of officials in statistics departments is essential. For the past half-century,
SIAP has strengthened the capacity of nearly 20,000 government officials mainly in Asia and the Pacific andbeyond, including Africa and Latin America. I believe the role of SIAP is truly significant in developing statistics
capabilities in each country. I wish to express my sincere respect for the activities and support of countries andorganisations for SIAP.
10 years from now, in 2030 we will celebrate the 60th anniversary of SIAP, that coincides the target yearof the SDGs. Japan is determined to continue supporting SIAP and ESCAP activities, to realise the vision ofsustainable, diverse and inclusive societies where no one is left behind.
Let me conclude my remarks on this Golden Jubilee by extending my best wishes to all the people
concerned for their further success and advancement.
MOTEGI Toshimitsu

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A congratulatory message from JICA President
for the 50th anniversary of the establishment of SIAP

As President of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), I would like to offer my most sincere
congratulations on the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations Statistical Institute for Asiaand the Pacific (SIAP).
As the implementing agency of Japan’s official development assistance (ODA), JICA has been working
with more than 150 countries and regions around the world for their socio-economic development.
Aspiring to a peaceful, stable and prosperous world, JICA set out its mission in 2017 as “to achieve
human security and quality growth,” in tandem with the vision as “leading the world with trust.” The guiding
principle of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of “leaving no one behind” also encompasses the coreessence of human security. Furthermore, JICA continues to strengthen its collaborations with both internationaland domestic partners, such as international organizations, private companies, universities, local governments,and other various partners, to encourage developing countries to better address their challenges.
Our relationship with SIAP is one such partnership. Since the establishment of SIAP, we havesuccessfully conducted statistical training programs together. The number of government statisticians trained at
SIAP to date totals around 20,000 from 145 countries. Among them, around 2,600 were invited from developing
countries through the partnership with SIAP and JICA. After the programs, the participants have contributed tothe socioeconomic development of their home countries by taking charge of the population census and otherstatistical services. It is my pleasure that, in this fiscal year, JICA also plans to offer the course, “Theory andPractices in Official Statistics for Monitoring SDGs” in cooperation with SIAP.
Statistics including the population census serve as the basis of each country’s public administration,
legislation and taxation, and thereby play a critical role in the foundations of democracy and national governance.
Accurate data-gathering and monitoring with the latest technology are essential in producing reliable statistics
that provide vital evidence for policy decision. In this sense, it is important to foster government officials withstatistical capabilities in developing countries. I would like to appreciate that SIAP has played a valuable role inthis field in close collaboration with JICA.
A population census will be carried out in Japan in 2020. This census will mark the 100th year since the first
census was taken in 1920. Amid an uncertain and unpredictable global environment, I sincerely hope that
SIAP would further contribute to improving the statistical capabilities of government statisticians in developing
countries, utilizing its abundance of valuable statistical knowledge as well as the knowledge obtained thus far
through its cooperation with Japan. Simultaneously, JICA also continues to deepen its cooperation with SIAP.
Lastly, I would once again like to congratulate SIAP for marking its 50th anniversary and wish you further
success and prosperity in the future.

KITAOKA Shinichi
President
Japan International Cooperation Agency
May 2020
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Message from Kawasaki Shigeru, Chair of the 51st Session of the UN
Statistical Commission Best wishes towards the next half century

I would like to extend my heartfelt congratulations upon the 50th anniversary of the UNSIAP, andcommend the many great achievements made by the current and the past UNSIAP staff and the those whohave been providing continuous support.
The UNSIAP has been making significant contributions to the development of official statistics in Asiaand the Pacific region through providing high quality training services. The fact that the participants in its courses
exceeded 20 thousand is one good proof of its many achievements. Many of the graduates from the courses
are playing leading roles in the NSOs, and constitute international networks of professionals. All those who havebeen involved in the UNSIAP should take pride in these achievements.
In the half century since the foundation, the training courses of the UNSIAP made a remarkable evolution
by adapting to the rapidly changing environment. In early days, the courses had emphasis on the basics, suchas census and survey methodologies and data processing. I fondly recall memories of my first association
with the UNSIAP in mid-1970s when I was invited to a household survey course as a country resource person.
At the time, the participants and I went on a field trip to observe a household survey operation. We had good
discussions of sampling methods and management techniques, and made good friends to each other through thisprocess. Now, the emphasis of the UNSIAP courses is placed more on advanced subjects, such as monitoringof the Sustainable Development Goals, the National Strategy for the Development of Statistics, use of new data
sources, etc. The modalities of the courses are more diversified to meet the needs of participants by expanding
the country courses and e-learning courses. Such new attempts have contributed to the effectiveness of thecourses.
In regard to the development of the UNSIAP, the roles of the Governing Council should be appreciated.
The Governing Council deliberates every year on the effectiveness of the courses and gives guidance on
future directions. Such close interactions between the UNSIAP and the member countries clearly give impetus
to continuous improvement of the value of the UNSIAP. It is essential to maintain and strengthen the close
cooperation of member countries.
In the rapidly changing world, the importance of official statistics in informed decision making cannot be
overemphasized. As the discussions in the UN Statistical Commission and the ESCAP Committee on Statistics
indicate, official statistics is now in need of transformation to better meet the needs of the society it serves. On
the other hand, resources and information sources available for producing reliable and relevant statistics arequite limited. I believe the UNSIAP has even more important roles in resolving the current complex challenges
in official statistics. To this end, supports from member countries and other stakeholders are becoming more andmore indispensable than before. Taking this opportunity, I urge member countries and other parties concernedto step up the support to and collaboration with the UNSIAP.
I sincerely look forward to an even more fruitful half century to come for the UNSIAP.

Kawasaki Shigeru
Former Director-General, Statistics Bureau, Japan
Chair of the 51st Session of the UN Statistical Commission

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Message of Stefan Schweinfest, Director of the United Nations Statistics
Division (UNSD) of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA)

I am delighted to congratulate the Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific (SIAP) to the 50th
anniversary of its founding. SIAP is of paramount importance for the statistical capacity development in the Asia
and Pacific Region and is an important partner for UNSD in the advancement of statistical capacity worldwide.
Today, national statistical systems experience a series of important technological changes that redefine
how official statistics are collected, processed, and disseminated. The availability of new data sources and theemergence of new data producers has led to an increase in the supply and demand of information. Confronted
with the multitude of information available, users are showing a heightened interest in data that is more detailed,
but also trustworthy and of high-quality. The national statistical systems worldwide strive to meet this increased
demand of our data users by providing new and improved official statistics and acting as data stewards for theentire data ecosystem. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development requires highly disaggregated data toensure that the progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is inclusive and leaves no one
behind.
The data needs to monitor the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda require significant investment innational statistical capacities. This offers great opportunities for the modernization of official statistics but also
represents enormous challenges for the national statistical systems. Therefore, the 2030 Agenda also calls forenhancing capacity building. SIAP is an active partner in this effort and significantly contributes to the Strategic
Areas outlined in the Cape Town Global Action Plan for Sustainable Development Data adopted by the UN
Statistical Commission and endorsed by the UN General Assembly.
SIAP has partnered for many decades with UNSD in providing statistical capacity training to the Asia
and Pacific Region. We have organized countless events together and I sincerely hope that this very fruitfulcooperation will continue for decades to come, as we value SIAP as a valuable and reliable partner. SIAP has
become an indispensable part of the global fabric of institutions active in statistical capacity development. SIAP
not only provides statistical training for its own region but has become increasingly important for other regions in
the world, especially for Africa. Its active participation in the Global Network of Institutions for Statistical Training(GIST), of which it is a founding member, underscores SIAP’s commitment to the global statistical community.
I am also looking forward to further modernizing statistical training together, for instance through developing
e-learning tools.
SIAP is uniquely positioned within the UN system. There is no other UN institution like SIAP that is solely
dedicated to statistical capacity development. As Voltaire would have probably phrased it: If SIAP did not exist,
we would have to invent it.
Congratulations again!

Stefan Schweinfest
Director of UNSD

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Message of Ariunzaya Ayush, Chair, Governing Council,
Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific (SIAP)

Dear Mr. Ashish Kumar,
It gives me great pleasure to offer you and your dedicated team my warmest congratulations on Fiftieth
Anniversary of the Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific. SIAP has played a significant role in promoting
and advancing official statistics in Mongolia by developing professional skills and providing opportunity for
networking with statisticians in Asia and the Pacific and beyond. The Institute has made and been making
effective contributions in reforming official statistics as an essential basis for the development, particularly during
the transition period from the centrally planned economy towards market one. Today, many SIAP alumni are
holding high-level positions at NSO, Bank of Mongolia and other government organizations of Mongolia. The
experience gained through SIAP activities has helped considerably developing my areas of official statistics
in Mongolia such as the system of national accounts, financial statistics, population census, environmental
statistics, poverty statistics, sample surveys in variety of fields, the management of statistical system and manyother areas.
The National Statistics Office of Mongolia has been actively cooperating with the SIAP since 1989. It is
our honor to be elected as a member of the Governing Council for the period from 2019 to 2022. I served as achair of the Governing Council session in 2019. It was a great experience for me to understand the Institute’s
training strategy in wider spectrum and to support SIAP staying committed to its goal of building sustainable
national statistical capacity to produce reliable and timely statistics and indicators measuring countries’ progress.
I would like to congratulate and express deep appreciation to the Government of Japan for its immense
support in statistical capacity building thus contributing towards sustainable development in Asia and the Pacificand beyond.
I would like also to acknowledge ESCAP, especially the Statistics Division for their strong support andguidance in achieving SIAP’s goal.
I sincerely wish the management of SIAP, especially its Director, Mr. Ashish Kumar and the entire staff
every success in your future endeavors.

Ariunzaya Ayush
Chairperson
National Statistics Office of Mongolia

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Message from Ashish Kumar, Director, Statistical Institute for Asia and thePacific (SIAP) To be the most modern statistical training Institution

I am honored and privileged to be Director of the Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific (SIAP)
specially so when we are celebrating 50th year of its service to the members and associate members of ESCAP.
My distinguished predecessors brought to the Institute immense wealth of knowledge and experience andhelped in making it a premier training institute of official statistics.
The Institute has been delivering training programmes keeping in view the evolving needs of countries
not only by topics but also methods and levels of training. In late twentieth century, national statistics offices
were to produce two important indicators - GDP and population and a few indicators on human development, theinstitute provided practical training in these areas. In 2000, adoption of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
required compilation of 60 indicators to track the progress, it changed its emphasis to provide training on MDG
related statistics.
In 2015, the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development has entrusted national statistics offices tocompile 231 indicators for tracking progress of 17 Goals and disaggregation of indicators by various dimensions,the Institute has reoriented its programmes to meet the demand. It has also introduced programmes for use of
big data including administrative, satellite, scanner, mobile and citizen generated data.
Apart from face to face training, the Institute has evolved to conduct blended learning and eLearning to
improve effectiveness and reach of its training programmes. It has also moved from training in basic statistics
to advanced subjects specially keeping in view the requirements of monitoring of SDGs. Its programmes on
statistical leadership and statistical development planning have strengthened institutional capability of national
statistical offices. I would like to thank Government of Japan, countries in the region and UN institutions for the
support provided to the institute in delivering the services.
In the present context, when the world is facing biggest public health crisis due to the COVID-19
pandemic, role of the institute becomes specially important for providing training on understanding the incidence
data being reported from administrative sources and also later when frequent social and economic data would
be required to closely monitor the changes during recovery phase. The institute is developing an eLearning
programme to meet immediate requirement and would continue to develop needed training programmes toassist the countries.
The Institute will continue to evolve to meet the demands of member states and to address newchallenges like internet-based system for dissemination of all official statistics, threat of unreliable data anduneven development of statistical systems across countries in the region. SIAP’s role has become even more
important with the increasing digitization of activities in the society that would require capacity building in new
methods for data collection, processing and analysis, and use of technologies like integration of information fromvarious sources, artificial intelligence, quantum computing etc.
In the next 50 years, I envision SIAP becoming a leading modern statistical training institution with thesupport of governments and the UN agencies, funds and programmes. Statistics will become the underlying
language and logic for policy and decision making, and I see the institute’s role becoming even more importantin the future.

Ashish Kumar
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Section 3 Present Members of the Governing Council and their Messages
Country

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Name

Title

Bangladesh

MohammadTajul Islam

Additional Secretary, Statistics and Informatics
Division, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics

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China

Ning Jizhe

Commissioner, National Bureau of Statistics of
China

India

PravinSrivastava

Secretary and Chief Statistician, Ministry of
Statistics and Programme Implementation

Japan

YokotaNobutaka

Director-General, Policy Planning on Statistical
Standards, Ministry of Internal Affairs andCommunications

Mongolia

Ariunzaya
Ayush

Chairperson, National Statistics Office ofMongolia

Pakistan

Zafar Hasan Secretary/Chief Statistician, Ministry of Planning
Development and Reform

Republic of
Korea

Kang Shinwook

Commissioner, Statistics Korea

RussianFederation

Pavel
Malkov

Head, Federal State Statistics Service

Thailand

WanpenPoonwong

Director-General, National Statistical Office,Ministry of Digital Economy and Society

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Message from Ning Jizhe
On the occasion of celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific (SIAP), I
wish to extend, on behalf of the National Bureau of Statistics of China, our sincere congratulations to you andall the staff of SIAP.
Over the past 50 years, the institute has made a significant contribution to the statistical training for developing
countries in Asia and the Pacific. The Institute has successfully held various training courses and workshops,
providing lectures and practical trainings to countless statisticians and achieved good results, which has played
an important role in the development of statistics in Asia the Pacific. The National Bureau of Statistics of China
sent statisticians to participate in the training courses and workshops of the Institute many times, which has
greatly promoted the quality of Chinese statisticians and the development of statistics in China. The National
Bureau of Statistics of China has been actively cooperating with and supporting the work of the Institute andhas maintained a good cooperative relationship with the institute. I believe our cooperation will be further
strengthened in the future.
On the occasion of this celebration, I would like to extend to you again my warm congratulations and best wishes
to the Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific for further success in its regional statistical training.
With best regards.
Yours sincerely,

Ning Jizhe
Commissioner, National Bureau of Statistics of China
Message from Pravin Srivastava
I congratulate the UN Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific (SIAP), Japan on behalf of Ministry of Statistics
and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), Government of India on the occasion of their 50th anniversarycelebration. India appreciates the contribution of SIAP in capacity building of statistical personnel of various
National Statistical Offices (NSOs) to assist in the strengthening of their statistical systems. India has been
associated with SIAP, since its inception in 1970, as an active partner and has closely coordinated in the various
activities and services provided by the Institute to facilitate production of quality statistics for measuring thedevelopment of economy, society and environment. SIAP has done commendable work in customising theirlong-term and short-term training curricula to suit the needs of NSOs in the Asia-Pacific Region. The use of e­learning courses by SIAP has further facilitated capacity building to reach those participants who cannot attend
the regular training classes.
In the globalised economic order and the UN SDG 2030 Agenda, there is an increasing demand for robust,
quality and timely official statistics. The role of SIAP in assisting the transformation/ modernization of national
statistical systems through capacity development is significant and SIAP is steadily responding to these needs.
I am confident that SIAP will continue to play this role effectively and be a strong partner with the countries in
the region, while promoting strategic partnerships. Once again, I compliment Mr. Ashish Kumar, Director and his
team for the wonderful work done by UN SIAP.

(Pravin Srivastava)
Secretary and Chief Statistician, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, India

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Message from Kang Shin-wook
On behalf of Statistics Korea (KOSTAT), I have the honor of extending my warmest regards to the community of
the Statistical Institute of Asia and the Pacific (SIAP) on its 50th anniversary.
SIAP has been rendering training for statistical experts in Asia and the Pacific region to improve the collection andanalysis of data and promoting the high quality production of official statistics in support of the nations’ economic
and social development. In addition, SIAP has been striving to disseminate the latest training techniques instatistics by adopting various approaches, including classroom lecturing, e-learning, blended learning, and more.
In doing so, SIAP has contributed to the social and economic development and environmental sustainability of
the Asia and the Pacific countries, which will surely bolster their ability to achieve a better future.
KOSTAT has been playing an active role in the office of the Governing Council of SIAP since 2005, and has
been, in collaboration with SIAP, offering two or more study visits each year to train government officials indeveloping countries. In recent years, our training programs have evolved to reflect certain emerging topics,
such as SDGs and big data in connection with Korea’s proficiency in IT, with the aim of assisting countries in theregion to monitor and implement the SDGs.
Reassuring that KOSTAT will continue to actively cooperate with SIAP for its future development, I offer SIAP mysincere gratitude for its undertakings in the regional statistical capacity building over the past fifty years, as wellas my best wishes for its evolution into the regional leader of statistical training and education.
Thank you.

Kang Shin-wook
Commissioner, Statistics Korea
Message from Pavel Malkov
First of all, please allow me to extend my warmest congratulations on the 50th anniversary of SIAP. As arepresentative of the Russian Federation I would like to note that our country has always considered SIAP a very
important institution that makes a lot of efforts in promotion of statistical literacy in the ESCAP region.
I would like to underline that today training of statisticians is probably more important that it has ever been
before. The number of information is growing, and we must change to face new challenges. Digitalization, Big
Data, Data Science and traditional statistical domains demands qualified staff with new competencies as well.
The growing data demand needs better communication skills from us as well. We never paid too much attention
to that but there is a requirement to explain our data as well – users want us to provide them with analysis ofwhat we produce every day.
The statistics is transforming right now to meet modern challenges, and we need regional and international
training institutions for NSOs to evolve and have a staff with the new skills, and that is where SIAP might be ofgreat help.
Let me once again express my deep appreciation to SIAP for the meaningful and useful work it has been doing.
I hope to continue our effective and successful cooperation in the future and wish the institute the best of luckin its projects and activities.
Pavel Malkov
Head, Federal State Statistics Service, Russian Federation

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Message from Wanpen Poonwong
On behalf of the National Statistical Office of Thailand (TNSO), I am pleased to extend our heartiest congratulations
to SIAP on this auspicious occasion of the 50th anniversary of the founding of SIAP on June 3. Throughout its
history, SIAP has been a key partner contributing to the strengthening of statistical capacity of Thailand through avariety of practical trainings of official statisticians. These noble and collaborative efforts have led to a productionof accurate, timely and high quality national statistics that can be successfully utilized for social, economic andenvironmental development planning. SIAP has a share in this evidence-based decision making process thathas resulted in a betterment of the Thai society in various aspects. For these important contributions, I wish totake this opportunity to express sincere appreciation to SIAP.
I sincerely wish SIAP greater and continuous successes in realizing its visions and missions in Asia and thePacific in decades to come. I look forward to continuing close collaboration and strong partnership between
SIAP and TNSO in co-driving achievements of sustainable development goals through the sufficiency economy
philosophy approach in Thailand.

Miss WANPEN POONWONG,
Director-General, National Statistical Office of Thailand

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Section 4 Past, Present and Future of SIAP
Developing Roles of Statistics and SIAP
Statistics
Main Statistics-Populatin Census,
GDP, international trade, etc. tograsp the current situation
1970

Insufficient reliable,
up-to-date and readily
accessible data, andpeople skilled in theirproduction and use

National policy makers started
expressing need of statistics indiverse areas to help them
identify priorities and improveddelivery of programmes topeople in their countries

1990

1995

Human development reports(measuring multidimensional
development)

SIAP

Established by 20 countries, UN
and UNDP on the initiative ofJapan
Started training on fundamentals
of statistics

training on
statistics toStarted training on automatic
officials fordata processing and later on
countries to enhance microcomputers
statistical capacity
building to produce
Conduct training on Human
timely andDevelopment Indicators
high-quality statistics

Accorded the status of subsidiary
body of ESCAP with support fromJapan as the host country
2000

2015

MDGs with 8 goals, 21 targets and 80
indicators including area on poverty,
hunger and health have to bemonitored

Established training on MDG
related statistics
E-Learning course started

Increasing use of ICT in production
and dissemination of statistics
SDGs with 17 goals, 169 targets and
231 indicators on broader area
including on environment, energy
and inequality have to bemonitored
Increased data demand from
non-traditional sources

All training related to SDG
monitoring indicators
Established training on use of big
data, citizen generated data andsatellite imagery data
Established training on latest
software for conduct of datacollection, processing andanalysisPresently funded by 32 ESCAP
member states and associate
members including Japan

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Outlining SIAP History1970• Established in Tokyo as an international center.
• First training course: general training course with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
started.

1980• Automatic Data Processing (ADP) course started.

1990• Statistical analysis course started.
• Accorded the legal status of a subsidiary body of ESCAP and relocated to Chiba.

2000• Training on MDG related statistics established.
• Training on Geographic Information System (GIS) started.
• Distance-learning course started.

2010• E-learning course started.
• Short term courses with other organizations developed.
• Training for heads of National Statistical Offices (NSOs) started.
• Training on use of big data, citizen generated data and satellite imagery data started.
• Training on latest software on conduct of data collection, processing and analysis including
Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI) started.
• All training related on SDG monitoring indicators.
• Network for the Coordination of Statistical Training established.

2020• Training on areas difficult to monitor SDG to be covered.
• Increased development and delivery of e-learning courses.
• Sub-regional training courses for the Central Asia and the Pacific developed for delivery.
• Training on use of big data, citizen generated data and satellite imagery data further
strengthened.
• Network and partnership to be further extended and strengthened.

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SIAP Future Activities, Outputs, Outcomes and Impact
SIAP programmes and activities
Long termcourses(principles andpractices ofofficial statistics
for SDGs)

Short termcourses/workshop(new data,
management,
data visualization,
analysis, etc.
for SDGs)

E-learning

Training oftrainers

Community ofstatisticians

Increasedcapacity ofnational
statisticaltraining
institutes

Increased
opportunities forcooperation andcoordinationin statisticaltraining at
regional andnational level

Outputs
Increasedcapacity of
government
statisticians to
produce quality
data for SDGs
monitoring andother domains

Increased accessto regional
knowledge andexpertise bygovernment
statisticians
through
networking

Increased
number ofqualifiedtrainers

Short and medium term outcomes
NSOs implement
measures to improve
quality of statistics
for monitoring of
SDGs and otherdomains

NSOs increase
coverage and qualityof training
programmes

NSOs, regional andinternationalorganizations
cooperate in deliveryof training
activities/eventsLong term outcome
Countries increase availability ofquality statistics for monitoringof SDGs and other domains

Countries increase use ofstatistics for policy-making

ImpactImproved monitoringof SDGs

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Improved evidencebased policy-making

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Section 5 Brief History Regarding Setting up of SIAP
Following a recommendation made by the Conference of Asian Statisticians and supported by an Expert Groupappointed by the Secretary General of the United Nations which was organized to formulate a plan to establish
a statistical research and training centre for the region, the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East
(ECAFE), in March 1966, requested the Executive Secretary of ECAFE to take appropriate steps to create sucha regional training centre as soon as possible.
In April 1967, at the twenty-third session of the Commission, the offer of the Government of Japan to provide hostfacilities was accepted, and the necessary funds were pledged by the United Nations Development Programme(UNDP) and the member countries to support the Institute.
The Asian Statistical Institute was formally inaugurated in Tokyo in June 1970.
A signing ceremony of a plan of operation, to the Asian Statistical Institute to begin with at Tokyo in May 1970,
was held at headquarters at the United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East (ECAFE),
1 May 1970.

Ushiroku Torao,
Ambassador ofJapan to Thailand
is signing.

U Nyuu, Executive
Secretary, ECAFE

Inaugural ceremony at Tokyo International Centre, 3 June 1970

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Group Photo of Staff, 1972

The Institute was renamed the Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific (SIAP) in September 1977 according
to the rename of ECAFE to the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).
With the resolution adopted at fifty-first session of ESCAP, SIAP was made a subsidiary body of ESCAP in
April 1995 in order to strengthen its legal status. As such, a Governing Board was established to review theoperations as well as to consider and adopt the annual and long-term programmes of work of the Institute. The
Board consisted of a representative nominated by the host country: Japan and eight representatives nominatedby other members and associate members of ESCAP elected by the Commission. This board was later renamed
as Governing Council.
SIAP was relocated to Chiba in November 1999.
Former Building of SIAP in Tokyo

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Current Building of SIAP in Chiba

Visiting Minister for MIC by the Executive Secretary of UNESCAP, 29 July 2019

Ishida Masatoshi,
Minister forInternal Affairs andCommunications(MIC)

Amida Salsiah
Alisjahbana,
Executive
Secretary
UNESCAP

Executive Secretary of UNESCAP and her
attendants with staff of SIAP, 31 July 2019

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Past Directors of SIAP

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From

To

Name

Country

9. 1969

7. 1971

Raymond T. Bowman

United States of America

5. 1973

9. 1975

K. R. NairIndia

1. 1976

12. 1984

John G. Miller

Australia

1. 1985

12. 1987

Tito A. Mijares

Philippines

3. 1988

6. 1996

Srinivasa Ananda Meegama

Sri Lanka

7. 1996

3. 2001

Lau Kak En

Singapore

5. 2001

5. 2006

Tomas P. Africa

Philippines

5. 2006

2. 2012

Davaasuren Chultemjamts

Mongolia

2. 2012

11. 2016

Margarita F. Guerrero

Philippines

12. 2016

at present

Ashish Kumar

India

Photo

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Section 6 Picture Brief of Training, Meetings and Ceremonies in Last Fifty Years
Phase 1

1970-1979

Ceremonies
Advisory Council First Meeting, 11 - 12 August 1970

Training Course in General Statistics, 1972 - 1973, Opening Ceremony

Lectures
Training Course in General Statistics, 1972 - 1973

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Discussion amongst Lecturers, 1971 – 1972

Advance Course,1975 – 1978

Lecture in progress, 1976

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Field trip
Training Course in General Statistics, 1 August 1973 - 30 May 1974:
Field Trip to Fukuoka Prefecture, 3 - 8 March 1974

Training Course in General Statistics, 1 September 1974 - 30 May 1975:
Field Trip to Ishikawa Prefecture, 10 - 15 November 1974

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Phase 2

1980-1989

Ceremonies
10th Anniversary Ceremony and its Reception, 12 December 1980

Nakasone Yasuhiro,
State Minister/Director
General, Administrative
Management Agency

Training Course in General Statistics, 1985 - 1986: Opening Ceremony

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Lectures
Training Course in General Statistics, 1985 – 1986

Lectures in progress

Studing with computers

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Field trip
Training Course in General Statistics, 5 January - 17 July 1984:
Field Trip to Fukui Prefecture, 13 - 17 November 1984

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Training Course in General Statistics, 5 January - 17 July 1984:
Field Trip to Fukui Prefecture, 13 - 17 November 1984

Training Course in General Statistics, 19 September 1985 - 28 March 1986:
Field Trip to Saga Prefecture, 21 - 25 January 1986

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Training Course in General Statistics, 19 September 1985 - 28 March 1986:
Field Trip to Saga Prefecture, 21 - 25 January 1986 (Continued)

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Phase 3

1990-1999

Ceremonies
Training Course in Practical Statistics 4 October 1993 - 25 March 1994: Opening Ceremony, 4 October 1993

Koike Yuriko,Parliamentary Vice Minister,Management andCoordination Agency (MCA)
Training Course in Analysis and Interpretation of Statistics, 24 July – 22 September 1995

Training Course in Practical Statistics, 5 October 1995 – 27 March 1996: Opening Ceremony, 5 October 1995

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Lectures and studies
Training Course in Automatic Data Processing for Statisticians, 16 May – 15 July 1994

Training Course in Automatic Data Processing for Trainers, 15 May – 14 July 1995

Training Course in Automatic Data Processing forTrainers, 13 May -12 July 1996

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Studying in the Library 1990

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Field Trip
Training Course in Practical Statistics, 1 October 1992 –19 March 1993: Visit to Statistics Center,
Management and Coordination Agency (MCA), 3 February 1993

Training Course in Automatic Data Processing for Statisticians, 16 May - 15 July 1994: Field Visit, 29 May 1994

Training Course in Practical Statistics, 4 October 1993 – 25 March 1994:
Field Trip to Iwate Prefecture, 24 - 28 January 1994

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Training Course in Practical Statistics, 4 October 1993 – 25 March 1994:
Field Trip to Iwate Prefecture, Household Visit, 24 - 28 January 1994

Training Course in Practical Statistics, 6 October 1994 – 29 March 1995:
Field Trip to Nara Prefecture, 23 - 27 January 1995

Training Course in Practical Statistics, 6 October 1994 – 29 March 1995:
Field Trip to Nara Prefecture, Household Visit, 25 January 1995

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Training Course in Practical Statistics, 5 October 1995 – 27 March 1996: Field Trip to Hiroshima Prefecture

Training Course in Practical Statistics, 5 October 1995 – 27 March 1996:
Field Trip to Saga Prefecture, 29 January - 2 February 1996

Training Course in Practical Statistics, 5 October 1995 –27 March 1996:
Field Trip to Fukuoka Prefecture, 29 January - 2 February 1996

Training Course in Practical Statistics, 5 October 1995 –27 March 1996: Field Trip to Fukuoka Prefecture,
Household Visit, 29 January - 2 February 1996

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Phase 4

2000-2009

Ceremonies and meetings
Seventh Session of the Governing Council, 16 December 2008

Training Course in Application of Information andCommunications Technology to Production and
Dissemination of Ofﬁcial Statistics, 11 May – 12 July
2005: Opening Ceremony, 11 May 2005

Training Course in Analysis, Interpretation and
Dissemination of Ofﬁcial Statistics, 19 July -19
September 2005: Opening Ceremony, 19 July 2005

Third Workshop on Forging Partnerships for Statistical Training in Asia and the Paciﬁc, 20 - 21 November 200738

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Lectures
Training Course in Application of Information and Communications Technology to Production and
Dissemination of Ofﬁcial Statistics, 11 May – 12 July 2005: Country Report, 11 May 2005

Distance Learning in 2008

Lecture in Russian language in progress

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Field trip
Training Course in Modules on Core Ofﬁcial Statistics, 6 October 2003 - 19 March 2004:
Field Trip to Akita Prefecture, 27 - 30 January 2004

Training Course in Modules on Core Ofﬁcial Statistics, 6 October 2003 - 19 March 2004:
Field Trip to Akita Prefecture, Household Visit, 27 - 30 January 2004

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Training Course in Modules on Core Ofﬁcial Statistics, 4 October 2004 - 18 March 2005:
Field Trip to Aomori Prefecture, 25 - 28 January 2005

Training Course in Modules on Core Ofﬁcial Statistics, 4 October 2004 -18 March 2005:
Field Trip to Aomori Prefecture, Household Visit, 25 - 28 January 2005

Training Course in Application of Information and Communications Technology to Production and
Dissemination of Ofﬁcial Statistics, 11 May –12 July 2005:
Field Trip to Hiroshima Prefecture, 29 June - 1 July 2005

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Training Course in Modules on Fundamental Ofﬁcial Statistics, 3 October 2005 - 17 March 2006: Field Trip to
Iwate Prefecture, 31 January - 3 February 2006

Training Course in Modules on Fundamental Ofﬁcial Statistics, 3 October 2005 - 17 March 2006: Field Trip to
Iwate Prefecture: Household Visit, 31 January - 3 February 200642

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Training Course in Analysis, Interpretation and Dissemination of Ofﬁcial Statistics, 23 July – 21 September
2007: Field Trip to Osaka Prefecture, 5 – 7 September 2007

Country Course on Small Area Estimation, Timphu, Bhutan, 16 - 20 November 2009

Visit
Visiting SIAP, 7 March 2008

Sanjaasuren Oyun,
Mongolian Foreign
Minister

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Phase 52010-2019

Ceremonies and meetings
Training Course in Improving Capability in Producing Ofﬁcial Statistics Relating to MDGs Indicators,
19 August – 20 December 2013: Closing Reception, 20 December 2013

Kamikawa Yoko,
State Ministry ofInternal Affairs andCommunications(MIS)
Twelefth Management Seminer for Heads of National Statistical Ofﬁces, 2 - 3 December 2015

Fourth meeting of the Network for the Coordination of Statistical Training in Asia and the Paciﬁc,
12 September 201844

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Fifteenth session of the Governing Council, 9 December 2019

Lectures and studies
Training Course in Modules on Fundamental Ofﬁcial Statistics, 5 October 2009 - 19 March 2010

Training Course in Analysis, Interpretation and Use of Ofﬁcial Statistics, 20 July – 17 September 2010

Training Course in Production and Development of Ofﬁcial Statistics in Support for National Development
Including the Achievement of MDGs, 15 November 2010 – 18 March 2011

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Training Course in Production and Development of Ofﬁcial Statistics in Support for National Development
Including the Achievement of MDGs, 22 August – 22 December 2011

Training Program on the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA) Central Framework
for Asia and the Paciﬁc, 23 - 26 February 2016

Training Programme on Production and Statistical Analysis of Monitoring Indicators in Supportof Inclusive Development Policies, 16 May – 24 June 2016

Workshop on Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI), 31 July – 4 August 201746

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Training Programme on Innovations in Use of New Data Sources and Methodologies for SDG Statistics,
28 January - 8 March 2019

CommutingTraining Programme on Statistical Analysis of Disaggregated SDG Indicators for Inclusive
Development Policies, 29 May - 12 July 2019

Field trip
Training Course in Application of Information Management and Related ICT for Ofﬁcial Statistics,
10 May – 9 July 2010

Training Course in Production and Development of Ofﬁcial Statistics in Support for National Development
Including the Achievement of MDGs: Household visit, 22 August – 22 December 2011

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Training Programme on Improving Capability in Producing Ofﬁcial Statistics for Monitoring the Post-2015
SDGs, 21 August - 15 December 2017: Field trip to Miyagi Prefecture, 13 - 15 November 2017:
Visit to a damaged area by the Great East Japan Earthquake, 15 November 2017

Training Programme on Statistical Analysis of Disaggregated SDG Indicators for Inclusive Development
Policies, 29 May - 12 July 2019: Visit to the National Statistics Center, 21 June 2019

Group photo
Training Course in Improving Capability in Producing Ofﬁcial Statistics Relating to MDGs Indicators,
17 August – 18 December 2015

Training Programme on Improving Capability in Producing Ofﬁcial Statistics for Monitoring the Post-2015
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Regional Training Course on Big Data for Sustainable Development, Daejeon, Republic of Korea,
25 - 29, June 2018

Regional Course on SDG Indicators: Measuring Decent Work in the Context of the SDGs, 19 – 22 November 2018

Country Course on Population and Housing Censuses: International Recommendations and Use of Emerging
Technologies and Methodologies, Perak, Malaysia, 14 - 18 October 2019

Training Programme on Theory and Practices in Ofﬁcial Statistics for Monitoring SDGs,
19 August - 30 November 2019, 30 November 2019

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Section 7 Summary of Alumni of the Institute

Number of Participants
7,000

face to face

6,000

e-learning

5,000
4,000
3,000
2,000
1,000
0

1970-1974 1975-1979 1980-1984 1985-1989 1990-1994 1995-1999 2000-2004 2005-2009 2010-2014 2015-2019

Share of Participants of Face-to-face Training among Sub-regions
1970-1979
1980-1989
1990-1999
2000-20092010-2019
0%

50

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

East and North-East Asia

South-East Asia

South and South-West Asia

North and Central Asia

Pacific

Others

80%

90%

100%

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Number of Courses and Participants for Some Specific Topics from 1970 to 2019
TopicsNumber of Courses

Number of Participants

Advanced Statistical Methods

39

607

ICT

118

2,097

Human Development Index (HDI)

27

759

Millennium Development Goals (MDG)

31

727

Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)

92

5,958

Big Data

2

45

Leadership3

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Countries with Many Participants from 1970 to 2019
Countries

Number of Participants

1 Indonesia

2,918

2 Philippines

1,184

3 Thailand

1,115

4 Myanmar

1,017

5 China921

6 Sri Lanka

906

7 Viet Nam

814

8 Malaysia

776

9 Nepal736

10 Mongolia

669

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Distribution of Number of Participants in Asia and the Pacific from 1970 to 2019

- 100

52

101-400

401-700

701-1000

1001-

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Bowman Prize Winners
Year

Name

Country

Year

Name

Country

1972 Moon-Cheong Leong

Hong Kong, China

2000 Artak Harutyunyan

Armenia1973 Sethu Chinnathambi

India

2002 Dipankar Roy

Bangladesh

1974 Sarayu Aiyengar

India

2003 Faustina Frempong
AinguahGhana

1975 Yat-nam Li

Hong Kong, China

2004 Stanimira Vasileva
Kosekova

Bulgaria

1976 Thatavarty Rama Rao

India

2005 Weerakoon Arachchilage Sri Lanka
Chandani Wijebandara

1977 Hyu Bong Chung

Republic of Korea

2006 Salpadoru Tuppahi
Chandani Gaveshika

Sri Lanka

1978 Fushimi Yoshifumi

Japan

2007 Arman Bidar Bakhtnia

Iran (Islamic Republic of)1979 Fun-tai Choi

Hong Kong, China

2008 Aileen Sobrevilla
OliverosPhilippines

1980 Kang Wah Pang

Malaysia

2009 Manoj Kumar Mishra

India

1981 Naresh Kumar

India

2010 Mae Rosaupan AlmontePhilippines

1982 Leticia Directc Delecn

Philippines

2011 Attiq-Ur-Rehman

Pakistan

1983 Wai Yoke Soh

Singapore2011 Muhammad Usman

Pakistan

1984 Sangye Bida

Bhutan2012 Ma. Goretti Misiano
NovillaPhilippines

1985 Hoo-Kit Au

Hong Kong, China

2013 Warunee Muriga

Thailand1986 Teresita C. Perez

Philippines

2014 Jim Jamieson Brown
Nimerota

Cook Islands

1987 Arniati Abubakar Neng

Indonesia

2014 Manohar Ghimire

Nepal

1988 Man-Ying Kong

Hong Kong, China

2015 Yatchoukeu Hyacinthe
Njiki

Cameroon

1989 Kam-Wah Chan

Hong Kong, China

2016 Jeremiah Sixtus
Nwinkum Dery

Ghana

1990 Luat Ho Ngoc

Viet Nam

2016 Manvashi Devi Dookhy

Mauritius

1991 Cindy Lam Siu-Kwai

Hong Kong, China

2017 Yuniarti

Indonesia

1992 Wah Kia Tan

Singapore2018 Carla Irene Castillo
Yumbulema

Ecuador1993 Leh Tin Tan

Singapore2019 Fisca Miswari Aulia

Indonesia

1994 Tak Yau Keung

Hong Kong, China

1995 Lai Wah Wong

Hong Kong, China

1996 Pui Fai Chun

Hong Kong, China

1997 Chung Ching See

Hong Kong, China

1998 Debasree Mukherjee

India

1999 Taraneh Abarin

Iran (Islamic Republic of)1999 Bandana Dasgupta

India

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The Raymond T. Bowman
Prize was established inmemory of the late Raymond
T. Bowman,
first Director of SIAP.

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Kawai Prize Winners
Year

Name

Director’s Prize Winners
Country

Year

Name

Country

2000 Tono Iriantono

Indonesia

2004 Yasir Waseem

Maldives

2001 Purnendu Kishore
BanerjeeIndia

2005 Geeta Singh RathoreIndia

2003 Dewi Kundalini
SaraswatiIndonesia

2006 Elma Hadzovic

Bosnia andHerzegovina

2004 Mohammad Reza Anari

Iran (Islamic Republic of)2007 Didier Uyizeye

Rwanda2008 Ernest Enyan

Ghana

2009 Patra Pantupat

Thailand2010 Chetna Shukla

India

2011 Ayenew Legesse
TeferraEthiopia2012 Sebahire Jean
Nepomuscene

Rwanda2019 Tserendulam Ichinnorov

Mongolia

2005 Hector Master Kankuwe Malawi
2006 Sakulkarn Khankhaeng

Thailand2007 Mariano Alberto Lanne

Argentine

2008 Bandana Sen

India

2009 Yu Bingbin

China2010 Swapna Bhattacharya

India

2012 Hardeep Singh Chopra

India

2013 Rakesh Kumar

India

2013 Priscille Cezar
Villanueva

Philippines

2014 Sedric Edmond Tioboo
Papou

Cameroon2015 Reem Ismail Mohamed
Elsybaey

Egypt2015 Ana Mercedes
Rivadeneira Alava

Ecuador2016 Nosratollah Haghgoo

Iran (Islamic Republic of)2016 Budsara Sangaroon

Thailand2017 Najjahbinti Tohar

Malaysia

2017 Iyad Dhaoui

Tunisia2018 Natthamon
Mayurasakhon

Thailand2019 Dhiar Niken LarasatiIndonesia

The Director’s Prize was awarded fromincumbent Director of SIAP: Tomas P. Africa for2004 and 2005, Davaasuren Chultemjamts from2006 to 2011, Margarita F. Guerroro for 2012,
and Ashish Kumar for 2019.

The Kawai Prize wasestablished in memoryof the late Kawai
Saburo, DirectorGeneral of
Administrative
Management Bureau,
Administrative
Management Agency

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Section 8 Experiences of Eminent Persons Who Had Undergone Training in SIAP
Message from Ieong Meng Chao

Congratulations to the Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific on your 50th anniversary!
For a half-decade of dedication to the official statistics community, SIAP has been making substantial contribution
to improving knowledge and skills of government officials in producing, disseminating and using quality statistics.
In 1994, I had the privilege and pleasure of participating in the Third Microcomputer Course for Training ofTrainers held in Tokyo, Japan. The course has instilled in me a higher level of sensitivity and awareness tothe importance of information technology in official statistics, while giving me a greater insight and a deeper
understanding of the essential skills of effective training. It was a valuable opportunity to enhance my knowledge
through discussion and sharing ideas and experiences with statistics-related professionals.
High-quality official statistics is crucial for decision making and policy formulation in support of sustainable
development. With the ever-increasing demand for timely and accurate official statistics, computerization andinformation technology are undoubtedly of paramount importance in maximizing efficiency in the production of
statistics while minimizing resource use. Throughout these years, the Statistics and Census Service of Macao
SAR, China has been striving to promote application of information technology in statistical activities, fromdata collection, processing and analysis, to dissemination of statistical information, which has indeed greatly
improved the quality of data and facilitated easy access to official statistics.
On behalf of the Statistics and Census Service of Macao SAR, I would like to extend my heartfelt gratitude to
SIAP and the team and wish you many more decades of continued success!

Ieong Meng Chao
Director, Statistics and Census Service, Macao SAR, China

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Message from Aritita Tekaieti

Training at SIAP for 3 months gives me a whole new means of looking at Statistics in a diverse perspective andas a career. From the learning at SIAP and its environment had particularly enhanced the horizon of a world inwhich I live in to open boundaries to reach out and move forward. Coming from a Small Island Developing State,
it is an eye opener on how to think about how to modernize the system of data collection for the Kiribati NSO.
In 2000 Statistics follows international standards and procedures and best practices in the way it collects data.
Almost 20 years later data collection had turned over a page and start to move into modern technology using
Computer Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI) to improve the quality of data and timeliness. This methodology
had been standardized to incorporate changes that had been implemented in the data collection and theprocessing of data. An example of the package CSPro was part of the learning topics which also had beenmodernized to be incorporated in CAPI system.
With the theme Better Data Better Lives, modernisation in systems of data collection had improved lives in one
way or another with the efficiency in upgrading and modernizing systems that are now used in data collection
making it easier and improved quality of data that had been utilized in policy making and had contributed to thebenefit of the lives of the people of Kiribati, the Pacific region and the world as a whole.
With great pleasure I wish UNSIAP the best in its 50th Anniversary and wishing it the best with our grand Kiribati
wishes of Te Mauri, Te Raoi ao Te Tabomoa – Health, Peace and Prosperity.

Aritita Tekaieti
Government Statistician, Kiribati

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Message from Samaychanh BouphaFirst of all, we would like to express our sincerely thank for SIAP to provide a good opportunity for us on training various
programmes to help on Development Human Resources for Lao National Statistics System.
1. In previous, the result of training course on 17/3/2000 almost 20 years, it was very knowledgeable for us, we are very
appreciated with Japan Government and SIAP, which give opportunity for me to attend this training course that I justgraduated PhD for Economics from Russia. I got a lot of lesson learnt and knowledge from this training and adopted into
our work such as:• 2000-2003, I was responsible for Reproductive Health survey supported by UNFPA and LECS I survey supported byWorld Bank through UNDP in Laos to help us by using Excel and SAS programme for Data Analysis.
• I was designated to be a Deputy Director General, National Statistics Center and responsible for Data Collection
such as: Population and Housing Censuses, Agriculture Censuses and Economics Censuses, MICS Survey, LECS,
Village Statistics and Administrative data. Therefore, using IT into Data Processing was important for National Statistics
System in particularly using into data collection period, questionnaire design and link to data integrated (QuestionnaireData Processing -Data Analysis), it was the basic knowledge that I have learnt from SIAP, l used this knowledge into
my work such as: survey design and discussion using IT into data collecting system, integrating and dissemination(Especially census and survey reports).
• 2004-2010, I was designated to be a Director General of National Statistics Center under Ministry of Planning andCooperation. I was responsible for statistics, which using decree 140/NA for implementation of National Statistics
Center, which the system is not centralize. However, National Statistics Center was still responsible for censuses
and surveys and administrative data with other lines Ministries and localize, that using IT from Double Data Entry into
Scanner system. In additional, reports and dissemination by Website, Lao info and another channel.
• 2011-until now, I was designated to be a Head of Lao Statistics Bureau, equivalent into Vice Minister, 2010 National
Assembly approved First Statistical Law, then amended Statistical Law and Lao Statistics Bureau became to SubMinistry and Head of Lao Statistics to be a Vice Minister of Ministry of Planning and Investment. In additional, IT wastransformed into modernize, which means it became to Digital (Double Data Entry-Scanner-Tablet-CAPI-GDDS). In
recently, Lao Statistics Bureau begun using Tablet into Data Collecting such as: using into LSIS II survey, Labor Forcesurvey, LECS VI survey and planning for using into Economics survey TU and Lao Agriculture census III, 2020.
2. Since 2000, overall, we got the training from SIAP, it was the fundamental knowledge for us, especially IT and otherrelated with collecting data and analysis, which we mentioned above. I was using lesson and experience into goodpractices with our work, in particularly, producing statistics by using software and Data analysis. Recently, Lao Statistics
Bureau did not use widely (SAS Programme), we used the SPSS software, STATA, CSPro and other, which it was similar
for using to data analysis for accumulate and timeliness, quality and user’s friendly understand and using data widely insocial.
3. Recently, Lao Statistics Bureau is a member of SIAP, we also supported and contribute some funding from government
to SIAP activities, attending various meetings, workshops, conferences and trainings. We also nominated our seniorstaffs to attend meeting, which supported by SIAP in Japan and Domestics. However, recently, it changes into E-learning
System, it is a good experience to learn, we hope to use it into our country as well.
Finally, we are appreciated with sincerely thank to SIAP for always support us, we will do our best to contribute to SIAP asmuch as we could do for our cooperation and collaboration in the future.
Thank you for your assistance and support to us.

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Message from Mohd Uzir Mahidin

On behalf of Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM), I would like to extend my heartiest congratulations
to Statistical Institute of Asia & the Pacific (SIAP) for the 50th anniversary. The institution has always been
serving the countries in the region by providing trainings to the National Statistical Offices (NSO) engaging
in production, processing and analysis of data. SIAP has provided numerous comprehensive courses which
are very useful and beneficial. I believe that all the participants who attended the courses would have gain an
extensive knowledge specifically from the aspect of technical. Personally, I feel privileged and honored for theopportunity of experiencing courses organised by SIAP as it was very significant in enhancing my career path
to serve my nation and the global statistical community and recently we have successfully organised the 62nd
International Statistical Institute World Statistic Congress (ISI WSC) 2019 at Kuala Lumpur.
One of the most important transformation that I have undertaken is to modernise ways in sharing the statistical
data that can be accessed intensively from the website and social media. Delivery of statistical data can berealised in just one click and hence the public can get the latest updates regardless wherever they are. The
community at large able to get the insight on the overall performance of the nation as well as by sectors at
granular level. By introducing a modernise and user-friendly ways to share the data, awareness of statistical
literacy is enhanced, and more people can be brought to attention on the importance of statistics in their daily
lives.
Generally, SIAP has continuously contributed to NSO capacity building development in various fields. Finally, I
hope to continue our close collaboration particularly in moving towards the direction of Capacity Development
4.0 framework. I would like to wish SIAP all the success for many more years and once again, Happy 50th
Anniversary, SIAP!

Mohd Uzir Mahidin
Chef Statistician, Department of Statistics Malaysia

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Message from Aishath Shahuda

Participation in the First Group Training in Practical Statistics in Tokyo during 1990-1991, was a very good
exposure, at the beginning of my career in statistics. It has been a good foundation and helped me in my workat the National Statistics Office of Maldives. I am thankful for the opportunity to attend this training.
Training covered key aspects of official statistics such as statistical methods, sampling, statistical operations,demography, social statistics, national accounts, and price statistics. I cherish memories of my wonderfulteachers; Ueda San my demography teacher, Heidi who taught national accounts, Uddin who taught statisticalmethods and Pansy, computing.
It included visits to statistics agencies to expose us to official statistics practices, as well as field work within
Japan. Exercises, project works and assessments helped in learning and afterwards, I was able to apply mostof what I learned in practice in my work. The hand books and training materials also served as a great resource
for reference during my work, and I still have most of them.
Active engagement in data collection and analysis allowed me to contribute to our society, by highlighting
development issues, through the power of data and statistics. I believe that the availability of national statistics
on various aspects of the economy and society, has resulted policy makers and general public to make more
informed decisions.
It is heartening to see many improvements in the SIAP trainings over the years, with wider outreach, more online
and blended trainings.
I wish UNSIAP many more successful years ahead.

Aishath Shahuda (Ms)
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Message from Ipia Darrel Gadabu

I was told that a samurai always keeps a toothpick in his mouth so that no one knows he is hungry. The only
reason we are here is because we hunger for wisdom and knowledge.
I did not attend the course for official statistics as a director of statistics, but as a disciple seeking to improve myoffice, and the institution and it’s participants have given me the ability and knowledge to achieve this.
In all walks of life, there is always a language barrier. However, there is only one language in stats:•••

Numbers;
standards andprocedures

Like myself two of my staff went to Japan and Korea under the assistance and tutelage of the Statistical Institutefor Asia and the Pacific, and returned to Nauru Bureau of Statistics with a wider perspective of Statisticalknowledge and what it encompasses. They felt more accomplished and confident in their work as NBS staff andit was evident in their attitude towards their individual roles.
NBS staff needs to be trained so they can see the bigger picture. It is not to address the NBS, but to address
the national stats office between other agencies in order to boost capacity, so that it becomes more holistic insustainable strategical planning and policy development, based on evidence. The system can wholly benefit
from what this institute can offer and more importantly in my own biased but patriotic perspective what thepeople of Nauru can turn their aspirations and into reality.
The Institute and fellow peers have provided me with improved perspectives of not only my role, but also of mystaff, and provided me with better opportunities. Furthermore, my colleagues have assisted me in improving my
output and deliveries, source of knowledge, and quality outcomes.
I thank the statistical institute in their continued support in developing the scope in this region for futurestatisticians. Especially with this challenging agenda in climate change and SDGs.
And I wish to conclude with this quote by the His Excellency, former President elect John Fitzgerald Kennedy:
We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because
they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, becausethat challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend
to win.
Sincerely,
Ipia Darrel Gadabu
Director Nauru Bureau of Statistics, Nauru
Chairman of the Pacific Statistics Steering Committee
Chairman of the Heads of Planning and Statistics for the triennial meeting of the Secretariat of the PacificCommunity

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Message from I.R. Bandara

I am deeply honored for this opportunity to send a message to the 50th year anniversary of the SIAP as an
officer who benefited from SIAP to build a strong statistical system in my country. I recollect with fond memories
of my first ever trip abroad to participate in the First Group Training Course in Practical Statistics (FGTCPS)
program conducted by SIAP thirty years ago in the autumn of 1990.
I joined the Department of Census and Statistics (DCS) in 1986 as a young officer at that time and fortunate to
become the Director General, head of the DCS from 2018. I had an opportunity to learn from expert lecturers
such as Dr. Uddin, Dr. Arboleda and Mr. Ueda in FGTCPS course. The lecture notes and practical sessions
contributed very much to develop my knowledge. I still refer some of those notes as they were simple, yet richin content. I have conducted various lecturers using the knowledge gained from this course as I got a strong
foundation for my career from this training. Further, it ignited my passion for data analysis, which caused me tokeep searching for new vistas even at this advanced stage of my career.
SIAP organized various timely training programs and workshops covering range of officials from young officers
as well as senior officers working in NSOs in the Asia and Pacific region. I will remain indebted to SIAP for theknowledge and skills imparted in me to serve my department, my country and my fellow citizens of my country.
While thanking the Government of Japan for providing funds to maintain this important institution I wish SIAP
could continue its service in continuously in the future.
I.R. Bandara
Director General, Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka

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Section 9 Contributions from Partners

SIAP’s capacity in terms of access to financial and human resources has been expanded considerably
through its work with partners, who contributed to joint initiatives through financial and in-kind
contributions. Working with a variety of partners on the various topics of statistical training has added
significant value to the training programme.

In terms of budget, SIAP has depended to a large extent on the contributions of member states, with theGovernment of Japan being the largest provider of financial and in-kind resources. This has provided theorganization with a considerable amount of un-earmarked resources. Moreover, partner agencies have often
contributed resources, by paying for part of the training expenses or providing in-kind support.

As the host, the Government of Japan has been providing SIAP both managerial and financial support.
The managerial support is in the form of full time dedicated administrative staff to assist the Institutein organizing various training programmes and other events. The Institute has been provided withrequired premises to carry out its functions. Government of Japan has been providing financial support
for meeting major part of operational cost of the Institute.
In addition, the Government of Japan has been supporting in delivery of training programmes by
sharing knowledge related to practices in Japan from various statistical government organizations.
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has been providing tremendous financial support
by fully sponsoring all the participants of all the long-term training courses. In the long-term courses,
a whole day programme is included to explain about statistical system and activities of Japan by theofficials of statistical offices of the Government of Japan. Field trip for the participants of the long-termcourses is organized to give them firsthand experience of the system of data collection in Japan. Thisis done in collaboration with enumerators and officials in prefectural government offices as well as thecentral government and JICA.

SIAP has worked with various UN agencies, funds and programmes in these years. By working with a variety ofpartner organizations, the institute has managed to tap into their expertise, jointly developing training curriculaand courses, adding to statistical training and training materials. Moreover, implementing training programmes
together with national statistical training institutes has resulted in a more systemic approach to statistics capacity
development.
Partners have brought variety of expert knowledge to the training programmes of the Institute. Working withpartners has enabled the use of the knowledge, skills and experience of partners in their field of statistics in the
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Major partners of SIAP have been Statistical Division of ESCAP. and the United Nations Statistical Division(UNSD) of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs.

An example of SIAP cooperation with UN agencies is cooperation with Food and Agriculture Organizationof the United Nations (FAO) under Global Strategy for Improvement of agriculture and rural statistics.
This initiative was part of the Asia-Pacific Regional Action plan to Improve Agricultural and Rural
Statistics in the region which established a framework to rebuild statistical systems for producing
agricultural statistics. The plan aimed to address the needs to monitor agricultural development aswell as cross-cutting development issues in order to inform policy formulation and supported theintegration of agricultural statistics systems into national statistics systems. The Regional Action Plan
was based on an assessment of the capacities and constraints of the agricultural statistics systems
in the Asian and Pacific countries. SIAP played an important role in coordination and delivery of the
training component of the plan.

SIAP enhanced its partnerships which contributed towards development of training materials on emerging
statistical topics, like indicators of selected SDG themes, modernization of statistical business processes,
coordination between National Statistical Offices and Ministries, dissemination of data and information, andgathering of new types of data including big data, administrative data and private sector data. This approachhas been further expanded to collaborate with custodian agencies of SDG indicators. The material so developed
has been used for development of e-learning courses and also delivery of blended programmes. SIAP has,moreover, developed an easily accessible platform for development of a community of statistics practitioners in
the region that would enable trainees of the various sub-regions to share learnings and experience.

Highlights of collaboration in 2019
SIAP and the Statistics Division, ESCAP developed a collaboration with the Russian Federal State
Statistics Service (ROSSTAT) and the Moscow Higher School of Economics at the National Research
University with a focus on joint development and delivery of face-to-face and distance learning
programmes in the Russian language that meet the requirements of Central Asian countries.
SIAP also relied heavily on its partnerships with statistical offices and training institutes to deliver on its
work programme. Many face-to-face training programmes were delivered with the support of experts
and co-financing arrangements with the Government of Japan, the Statistics Korea (KOSTAT) and
Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) in Chiba, Japan; Daejeon, Republic of Korea and Perak,
Malaysia respectively.
Partnerships with international organizations through the pooling of expertise and cost-sharing also
resulted in the delivery of quality and cost-effective joint training courses and workshops. In this context,
SIAP collaborated with
• United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) on a workshop on
quality of statistics for SDG indicators;• International Labour Organisation (ILO) on decent work statistics;• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on farm survey;• UN Women on a training on gender statistics;• Partnership in Statistics for Development in the 21st Century (PARIS21) on statistical leadership,
National Strategy for the Development of Statistics (NSDS) and planning tools for statistical offices;and• PARIS21 and Asian Development Bank (ADB) on data visualization and related issues.

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American Samoa: Research and Statistics Division, Department of Commerce, American Samoa Government
Armenia: National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia
Australia: Australian Bureau of Statistics
Azerbaijan: The State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Bangladesh: Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics
Bhutan: National Statistics Bureau
Brunei Darussalam: Department of Economic Planning and Development, Prime Minister OfficeCambodia: National Institute of Statistics
China: National Bureau of Statistics
Cook Islands: Cook Islands Statistics Office
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea: Central Bureau of Statistics
Fiji: Fiji Bureau of Statistics
French Polynesia: Institut de la Statistique de la Polynésie française
Georgia: National Statistics Office of Georgia
Guam: Bureau of Statistics and Plans
Hong Kong, China: Census and Statistics Department
India: Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
Indonesia: BPS-Statistics Indonesia
Iran (Islamic Republic of): Statistical Centre of IranJapan: Director-General for Policy Planning on Statistical Standards, Ministry of Internal Affairs andCommunications
Kazakhstan: Committee on Statistics, Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Kiribati: National Statistics Office
Kyrgyz Republic: National Statistical Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic
Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Lao Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Planning
Macao: Statistics and Census Service
Malaysia: Department of Statistics Malaysia
Maldives: National Bureau of Statistics
Marshall Islands: Economic Policy, Planning and Statistics Office
Micronesia (Federated States of): Office of Statistics, Budget and Economic Management, Overseas
Development Assistance and Compact Management
Mongolia: National Statistics Office
Myanmar: Central Statistical Organization
Nauru: Bureau of Statistics
Nepal: Central Bureau of Statistics
New Caledonia: Institut de la Statistique et des Études Économiques
New Zealand: Stats NZ
Niue: Statistics Niue
Northern Mariana Islands: Central Statistics Division
Pakistan: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics
Palau: Bureau of Budget and Planning
Papua New Guinea: National Statistical Office
Philippines: Philippine Statistics Authority
Republic of Korea: Statistics Korea
Russian Federation: Federal State Statistics Service

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India: National Statistical Systems Training Academy, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
Indonesia: Education and Training Centre, BPS-Statistics Indonesia
Iran (Islamic Republic of): Statistical Research and Training Centre
Malaysia: Statistical Training Institute, Department of Statistics Malaysia
Philippines: Philippine Statistical Research and Training InstituteRepublic of Korea: Statistical Training Institute, Statistics Korea

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CELADE: Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
ESCAP: Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
FAO: Food and Agriculture Organization
GSARS: Global Office of the Global Strategy to Improve Agricultural and Rural Statistics
ILO: International Labour Organization
IMF: International Monetary Fund
ISI: International Statistical Institute
PARIS21: The Partnership in Statistics for Development in the 21st Century
SAARC: South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
SPC: Secretariat of the Pacific Community
UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNFPA: United Nations Population Fund
UNICEF: United Nations Children’s Fund
UNODC: United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime
UNSD: United Nations Statistics Division
UN Women: United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
USP: The University of the South Pacific
WHO: World Health Organization
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