United Nations

ESCAP/74/26

Economic and Social Council

Distr.: General
25 January 2018
Original: English

Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the PacificSeventy-fourth session
Bangkok, 11–16 May 2018
Item 3 (h) of the provisional agenda*
Review of issues pertinent to the subsidiary structure of theCommission, including the work of the regional institutions:
statistics

Report of the Governing Council of the Statistical
Institute for Asia and the Pacific on its thirteenth session
Summary
The thirteenth session of the Governing Council of the Statistical Institute for Asia and thePacific was held in Chiba, Japan, on 4 and 5 December 2017. During the session, the Council
reviewed the activities and achievements of the Institute in 2017, including progress in implementing
its 2015–2019 strategic plan, and its administrative and financial status.
The Council noted the progress made in implementing the programme of work and commended
the Institute for successful outcomes in 2017. Through 22 courses and workshops, a total of
831 government statisticians and ministry officials from 64 countries and institutions were instructed
on improving the quality of their statistical output, and as a result they increased the use of such output
in development planning, policy formulation and the monitoring of progress on the Sustainable
Development Goals. The Council expressed gratitude to the Economic and Social Commission for
Asia and the Pacific for filling the Institute’s vacant posts but acknowledged that the Institute wasrunning on a deficit and encouraged member States to increase their contributions. The Council also
urged appropriate action or decisions to address the Institute’s projected budget deficit in 2018.
The Council endorsed the Institute’ programme of work and the financial plan for 2018–2019.
The Council also endorsed the creation of a friends of the Chair group to review implementation of
the current strategic plan and start developing the strategic plan for the period 2020–2024.
The Council acknowledged the Institute’s ongoing efforts to address training needs, especiallyin the context of tracking progress on the Sustainable Development Goals, and recommended
continued support for the least developed countries and small island developing States in the region.
The Council also recommended that training efforts should focus on the foundational elements ofofficial statistics and on specific subjects to build capacity on Sustainable Development Goal
indicators, with increased use of e-learning, blended learning and training of trainers courses toenhance retention and reach.
In the context of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development andefforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, the Council recommended that the Institutebuild capacity in areas such as climate change statistics, the quality of official statistics, the use ofadministrative data sources, small area statistics and the potential use of big data.
The Council acknowledged with deep appreciation the high level of support provided by thehost Government, Japan, to the Institute through cash and in-kind contributions, and stated thatmaintaining such support was of crucial importance.

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I.

Matters calling for action by the Commission or brought
to its attention

A.

Recommendations and decisions
1.
The Governing Council of the Statistical Institute for Asia and thePacific acknowledges the ongoing efforts of the Institute to address training
needs and recommends continued support for the least developed countries andsmall island developing States in the region. Such training efforts should focus
on the foundational elements of official statistics and specific subjects to build
capacity on Sustainable Development Goal indicators, with increased use of
e-learning, blended learning and training of trainers courses to enhance
retention and reach.
2.
In the context of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development and efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development
Goals, the Council recommends that the Institute build capacity in areas suchas climate change statistics, the quality of official statistics, the use ofadministrative data sources, small area statistics and the potential use of big
data.
3.
The Council notes the importance of delivering training courses toaudiences that include persons in subnational offices and persons outside
national statistical offices with varying levels of statistical literacy.
4.
The Council recommends that the Institute, as the secretariat of the
Network for the Coordination of Statistical Training in Asia and the Pacific,
work with its members to develop possible modalities for accrediting courses
on official statistics in the region.
5.
In order to improve North-South, South-South and triangularcooperation in statistical training, the Council recommends that the Institutefacilitate the exchange of training materials already developed by member
States.
6.
The Council also recommends that the Institute make use of national
expertise, including that offered by the representatives of Japan, India, Nepal,
the Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation, Sri Lanka and the AsianDevelopment Bank (ADB).
7.
The Council endorses the Institute’s work programme and financial
plan for 2018–2019 and notes the various suggestions regarding thereorientation of courses, including to add research-based training programmes.
8.
The Council recommends that the Institute collaborate with statisticaltraining institutes, academic institutions and universities in the region in thedelivery of training programmes.
9.
The Council notes the suggestion made by the representative of the
Republic of Korea with respect to the joint organization of training
programmes on the Sustainable Development Goals and big data.
10.
Recognizing the need to improve the statistical capacity of national
statistical systems to monitor progress towards the Sustainable Development
Goals, the Council recommends that member States accord high priority to
training programmes on statistics in the annual training needs survey of theJapan International Cooperation Agency.

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11.
Recognizing that the strategic plan of the Institute is a living document,
the Council agrees to establish a friends of the Chair group by March 2018,consisting of representatives of not more than seven member States, that would
take stock of progress made on the 2015–2019 strategic plan and develop the
2020–2024 strategic plan to better address national, subregional and regional
training priorities to build capacity on the Sustainable Development Goal
indicators. The group will conduct its work mainly by email and teleconference.
The membership of the group will be determined in subsequent months.
12.
The Council expresses gratitude to the Economic and Social
Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) for filling the Institute’s vacantposts but acknowledges that the Institute is running on a deficit and encourages
member States to increase their contributions.
13.
Noting suggestions by the representatives of Japan and the Republic ofKorea, the Council urges the Institute to take appropriate action or makedecisions to address the Institute’s projected budget deficit in 2018.
14.
The Council recommends that the Institute explore the possibility ofsetting up a web-based system for the exchange of information on bestpractices adopted by countries with respect to monitoring progress on the
Sustainable Development Goals.
15.
The Council expresses support for initiatives related to the upcoming
fiftieth anniversary of the Institute, with a view to increasing its profile andexpanding its support base.
16.
The Council decides to hold its fourteenth session in Bangkok in thefirst week of December 2018.

B.

Acknowledgements
17.
The Council acknowledges with deep appreciation the contributions
and the high level of support extended to the Institute by the host Government,
Japan, including cash and in-kind contributions made through its Ministry ofInternal Affairs and Communications and the Japan International Cooperation
Agency.
18.

The Council also expresses its appreciation to:(a) Members and associate members of ESCAP for their cash
contributions to the Institute for 2017;(b) The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
for the multi-year collaborative partnership under the Asia-Pacific Regional
Action Plan to Improve Agricultural and Rural Statistics;(c) The Governments of Azerbaijan, the Islamic Republic of Iranand the Republic of Korea for sharing resources for and collaborating on theprovision of regional courses;(d) The regional and international statistics development partners
that collaborated with the Institute to conduct courses and provide resource
persons: ESCAP Statistics Division; International Labour Organization (ILO);
Partnership in Statistics for Development in the 21st Century; KOF Swiss
Economic Institute; Pacific Community; Statistics Division of the Secretariat;
Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing; and WorldBank.

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II.

ProceedingsA.

Round-table discussion: the role of the Statistical Institute for Asiaand the Pacific in implementing the global indicator framework for
the Sustainable Development Goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda
for Sustainable Development(Agenda item 2)
19.
A round-table discussion involving members of the Council as well as
observers elicited views on the role of the Institute in implementing the global
indicator framework for tracking the targets of the Sustainable Development
Goals.
20.
It was suggested that the Institute should place emphasis on developing
e-learning courses so that its reach could be further increased and a large
number of statistical personnel in the Asian and Pacific region could benefit.
The representative of the Russian Federation suggested that there was a needfor modernization of the statistical training delivery mechanism and that basic
training on statistics should be provided through e-learning courses. The
representative of China, expressing agreement with that suggestion, stated that
it would benefit a large number of statistical personnel in provincial offices.
The representative of Maldives suggested that there should be fasterdevelopment of e-learning courses on all aspects. The representative of ADB
provided information about the availability of various e-learning programmes
developed by the World Bank and other agencies that could be used.
21.
To increase the pace of training statisticians in the region, it wasnecessary to have North-South, South-South and intraregional multilateral
cooperation. In that regard, there was a need to develop a web-based platform
for national statistical offices to share experiences on issues relating to thedevelopment of methodologies on the Sustainable Development Goal
indicators. The representative of China suggested that there was a need toconnect with international organizations to invite their experts for training
programmes related to tier I and tier II Sustainable Development Goal global
indicators.
22.
The representative of Japan suggested that there was a need to develop
cooperation in capacity development where the Institute was playing a leadingrole and expressed appreciation for the work being done by the Network for
the Coordination of Statistical Training in Asia and the Pacific on capacitybuilding in collaboration with the Institute. The representatives of India, Japan,
the Russian Federation and Sri Lanka suggested that they could provide
resource persons to the Institute in view of their long experience in various
areas of statistics. The Deputy Executive Secretary of ESCAP expressed
appreciation for such support.
23.
The representative of Maldives suggested that there was a need forcollaboration with entities such as universities and civil service institutes andthat the Institute should emphasize training of trainers activities so that theirbenefits could be extended to a large number of statistical personnel.
24.
To meet the challenge of compiling data on the large number of
Sustainable Development Goal indicators, it was emphasized thatadministrative data should be fully and effectively used. The representatives ofGeorgia, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Viet Nam requested that the Instituteshould contribute to enhancing the quality of administrative data through thetraining of personnel. The representative of the Philippines mentioned a need4

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to develop data ecosystems for the use of administrative data for the
Sustainable Development Goal indicators.
25.
Tracking progress on the Sustainable Development Goals had become
especially challenging in view of the inclusion of a number of indicators
relating to the environment. There was a need for increased training activities
on environment-related statistics, including the System of EnvironmentalEconomic Accounting and ocean statistics. That need was specificallymentioned by the representatives of Solomon Islands and Vanuatu in thecontext of the need for climate change statistics.
26.
The use of new and innovative methodologies and new sources of data
was important and there was a need for regular training activities in that regard.
The representative of Nepal specifically agreed to share experiences in regard
to the measurement of multidimensional poverty, a survey on drug users, ane-platform for an economic census and a climate change survey. There was asuggestion from the representative of Indonesia with respect to training on theuse of small area estimation and the analysis of big data, which was supportedby the representative of Vanuatu. The representative of Myanmar suggested
that there was a need for training on infographics.
27.
The representative of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic stressedthat training on the use of international statistical classifications was very
important for collecting accurate data and also for proper international
comparisons.

B.

Matters arising from the twelfth session of the Governing Council(Agenda item 3)
28.
The Council had before it the document on matters arising from thetwelfth session of the Council (E/ESCAP/SIAP/GC(13)/1). The Council notedwith satisfaction the action taken and the current status of the matters listed.
29.
The representative of Japan explained that the courses provided by theJapan International Cooperation Agency were geared towards providing
government officials with high-quality statistical knowledge to do their official
work. Recalling that the Agency contacted the countries each year around
August, the representative of Japan urged each country to contact theirtechnical coordination agency, usually the ministry of foreign affairs, and to
give high priority to the training courses offered by the Institute and the
Agency.

C.

Report of the Director of the Institute(Agenda item 4)
30.
The Council had before it the report of the Director of the Institute to
the Council at its thirteenth session (E/ESCAP/SIAP/GC(13)/2).
31.
The Director highlighted key results and accomplishments in 2017 andsummarized the Institute’s financial and administrative status. He presented
the programme of work for 2018–2019, which had been prepared inaccordance with the Institute’s strategic plan for 2015–2019.

1.

Key results and implementation strategies
32.
The Director stated that the mandate of the Institute was to strengthen
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high-quality statistics for economic and social development planning. The
Institute was also mandated to strengthen the training capability of national
institutions in member countries. He stated that in 2017 the major focus of theInstitute had been on improving the capability of member countries to produce
high-quality statistics on the indicators for monitoring progress on the
Sustainable Development Goals and that this would continue to be the focus insubsequent years.
33.
The Institute had held 22 training courses, workshops and seminars,
which had been attended by 831 participants from 64 countries. They included
basic and advanced courses relating to economic, social, agricultural andenvironmental statistics. The courses also covered subjects such as statisticalmethods, data collection and the building of business registers.
34.
A number of new courses had been introduced, covering areas such as
computer-assisted personal interviewing, service sector statistics, informal
sector statistics and climate change statistics relating to the Sustainable
Development Goals.
35.
The achievement of work during the year was consistent with thestrategic plan of the Institute and the approval given by the Council at its
previous session.
36.
The implementation strategy for holding the training programmes was
also based on the countries’ requirements. The Institute continued tocollaborate with statistical offices and training institutes. Partnerships had
resulted in a pooling of substantive expertise as well as increased costeffectiveness, through joint organizing and conducting of training courses. All
the courses were being conducted keeping in view the Sustainable
Development Goal indicators in the fields of economic, social andenvironmental statistics. Successful models for effective partnerships had been
provided through collaboration with the Pacific Community and the WorldBank on computer-assisted personal interviewing; with the Statistics Divisionof the Secretariat and the KOF Swiss Economic Institute on service sector
statistics; with ILO and Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing andOrganizing on informal sector statistics and Sustainable Development Goal
indicators; with the ESCAP Statistics Division on climate change statistics;
and with the Partnership in Statistics for Development in the 21st Century on
national strategies for the development of statistics in the context of thecompilation of indicators for monitoring progress on the Goals.
37.
The Institute had prioritized further improvement of e-learning systems
and training materials and continued to redesign its e-learning platform. It had
continued the review of courses and course materials for the purposes ofimproving the materials and prioritizing topics for developing a suite of courses
to be offered online.
2.

Management and administration(a)Human resources
38.
The Director stated that, as of 2 October 2017, the Institute had 11 corefull-time staff posts. Of those, seven were professional level posts: one Director(D-1), one Deputy Director (P-5), one Senior Statistician/Lecturer (P-5), andfour Statisticians/Lecturers (one P-4 and three P-3). The remaining four weregeneral service posts: one Training Assistant (G-6), one Administrative
Assistant (G-6), one Programme Management Assistant (G-5) and one Staff
Assistant (G-5). All the positions at the Institute had been filled.

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Financial resources
39.
The Director stated that, as of 30 September 2017, the Institute had afund balance of $4,124,683, resulting from a total income of $2,293,748, lessexpenditure of $1,894,543, plus the fund balance as of 1 January 2017 of$3,725,478. He requested the representatives to adequately support its
activities.
40.
The representative of China stressed that more government officials
needed access to the Institute’s e-learning courses.
41.
The representative of Japan stated that the Institute would have a budget
deficit in 2017 which was mainly caused by the increase in staff costs following
the change in its staffing pattern from 2016 to 2017 and that the deficit would
increase in subsequent years because of salary raises for each staff member.
Therefore, it was requested that the staffing structure, without reducing thenumber of lecturers, should be reviewed, taking into account the compositionin the past as a reference and rectified by June 2018.
42.
The representatives of the Republic of Korea also agreed with thestatements by the representative of Japan and expressed concerns, stating thatthey would report on that matter to their headquarters to perhaps consider
reviewing contributions to the Institute. Further, they pointed out that staff costs
should not exceed the contributions of the host Government and requested that
the Institute balance its budget in accordance with the request from therepresentative of Japan so that contributions from other member States would be
used for training programs.

D.

Work programme and financial plan for 2018–2019(Agenda item 5)
43.
The Council had before it the work programme and financial plan of
the Institute for 2018–2019 (E/ESCAP/SIAP/GC(13)/3). The 2015–2019
strategic plan would continue to be implemented through the work programme.
Under the strategic plan, the outputs and key activities of the work programme
would support the achievement of three outcomes: (a) improved knowledge
and skills of government officials and statisticians to produce, analyse andmanage high-quality official statistics in support of measuring progress
towards sustainable and inclusive development goals; (b) strengthened
capacity of national statistical systems to provide appropriate statisticaltraining; and (c) strengthened capacity of national statistical systems to
advocate and obtain support for statistics development.

1.

Goals and strategies of the work programme for 2018–2019
44.
The Director stated that the proposed training courses, workshops,
seminars, training development activities and indicative timetable were
presented according to the outcomes and outputs set in the Institute’s 2015–2019 strategic plan and the regional road map.

2.

Financial plan for 2018–201945.
The Director stated that, in order to realize the work programme for
2018–2019, the Institute would have to hold 27 training courses, seminars andworkshops each year. Their estimated costs would be $757,000 in 2018 and$693,000 in 2019. The estimated funding gap was expected to be met by
support from collaborative partnerships, including financing of travel and daily
subsistence allowances for some experts or participants.

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46.
The representative of the Republic of Korea requested that starting from2018, some regional courses on the Sustainable Development Goals and big
data should be conducted in collaboration with the Government of the Republicof Korea. He also requested that the Government of the Republic of Korea takethe lead in planning and teaching the curriculum in consultation with theInstitute in accordance with his Government’s requirements that it disseminate
its know-how on producing statistics by using innovative methods on
administrative data and big data and by utilizing its human resource pool ofstatisticians, statistics professors and experts in related fields. He further
requested that the above be incorporated into the Institute’s work programme
and financial plan for 2018–2019 for continued collaboration and contributions,while detailed discussion would follow in due course.
47.
The representative of the Maldives requested the Institute to conduct
country training courses and to identify the areas of research and follow-up
research after each training course.
48.
The representative of Vanuatu requested the Institute to collaborate
with the University of the South Pacific and offered to provide a contact person.
49.
The representative of Timor-Leste requested country training courses
and mentioned that coordination on training other ministry officials in statistics
would be possible. This request was made to ensure that those officials assist
the national statistical office in providing and compiling required data for the
Sustainable Development Goal indicators.
50.
The representative of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic requested
country training courses, training of trainers courses for the Sustainable
Development Goal-related courses, and guidelines for conducting the 2019agricultural census for use in his country’s training programmes to provide
know-how on that topic.
51.
The representative of Sri Lanka had identified five modules on statistics
for local training and mentioned that they could be further developed forinternational training purposes. The Government was planning to conduct a
training on how to write research papers and would identify and connect
professors from Sri Lanka to the international staff members for training
programmes.
52.
The representative of Japan gave the results of the training course needs
assessments of the Japan International Cooperation Agency for 2017:16 countries requested priority for the group training course on theory andpractices in official statistics for monitoring the Sustainable Development
Goals, 13 countries requested priority for the group training course on
statistical analysis of disaggregated Sustainable Development Goal indicatorsfor inclusive development policies, and 7 countries requested priority for thegroup training course on innovations in the use of new data sources andmethodologies for Sustainable Development Goal statistics. The Agency wasconsidering holding those three courses in collaboration with the Institute in
the 2018 fiscal year (April 2018–March 2019). The representative of Japan
asked countries to put a high priority on the Institute-Japan International
Cooperation Agency courses and to pay special attention as the Ministry ofForeign Affairs of Japan could notify the requesting countries by the end of2017 to nominate course candidates.
53.
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the Statistics Division of the Secretariat and would also support the Institute’s
training activities on gender statistics to take advantage of that opportunity.
54.
The Director asked the meeting participants to take the help of theUnited Nations resident representatives and the United Nations country teams
in supporting the sponsorship of candidates to the Institute’s training
programmes.

E.

Programme of work to formulate the 2020–2024 strategic plan of
the Institute(Agenda item 6)
55.
The Council had before it the document on the formulation of the 2020–2024 Statistical Institute’s strategic plan (E/ESCAP/SIAP/GC(13)/4).
56.
The Director explained the process to create the Institute’s 2020–2024
strategic plan and indicated that the plan needed to incorporate the changes tothe requirements to address the training needs of member countries for tracking
Sustainable Development Goal indicators, which had not been very clear at thetime of the creation of the 2015–2019 strategic plan.
57.
In 2018, the training needs assessment would be consolidated in thecontext of the member States’ Sustainable Development Goal indicators. That
information would be shared with the members of the Council in 2018 in order
to seek further guidance on the development of the 2020–2024 strategic planin 2019.
58.
The Director stated that the strategic plan should be based on a feasible
financial plan and the available resources.
59.
Countries were encouraged to volunteer to be a part of the friends of
the Chair group.

F.

Other matters(Agenda item 7)
60.
The representatives of Maldives and China requested that training
materials, including video, be saved and uploaded on the Institute’s website.
61.
The representative of Sri Lanka requested the Institute to develop astandard statistical knowledge level for new statisticians.
62.
The representative of Tonga requested that the methodologies forcompiling Sustainable Development Goal indicators be shared and, if possible,
a step-by-step guide on how to use the methodologies be posted on theInstitute’s website.
63.
The representative of Maldives asked countries to share information on
and to make contributions for the fiftieth anniversary of the Institute.

G.

Dates of and venue for the fourteenth session of the Governing
Council(Agenda item 8)
64.
The Council had before it the document on the proposed dates of andvenue for its fourteenth session (E/ESCAP/SIAP/GC(13)/5).

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65.
The Council decided to hold its fourteenth session in Bangkok in thefirst week of December 2018.

H.

Adoption of the report of the Governing Council(Agenda item 9)66.
On 5 December 2017, the Council endorsed section I of the present
report. It was agreed that, as Secretary of the Council, the Director of theInstitute would prepare the full report of the Council on its thirteenth session,for submission to the Commission at its seventy-fourth session.

III.

Organization

A.

Opening, duration and organization of the session
67.
The Council held its thirteenth session in Chiba, Japan, on 4 and 5
December 2017.
68.
An opening statement was delivered by the Deputy Executive Secretaryof ESCAP.
69.

B.

The Director of the Institute officially opened the session.

Attendance70.
The session was attended by representatives of the host Government,
Japan, and six of the seven elected members of the Council: China; India;
Philippines; Republic of Korea; Russian Federation; and Vanuatu. Pakistan
was unable to send a representative to the session.
71.
Representatives of the following members and associate members
attended the session as observers: Afghanistan; Cambodia; Cook Islands;
Georgia; Indonesia; Iran (Islamic Republic of); Lao People’s Democratic
Republic; Maldives; Mongolia; Myanmar; Nepal; Samoa; Solomon Islands;
Sri Lanka; Timor-Leste; Tonga; and Viet Nam.
72.
Representatives of the International Telecommunication Union and
ADB attended the session as observers.

C.

Election of officers
73.

D.

The Council elected the following officers by acclamation:
Chair:

Ms. Josie Perez (Philippines)

Vice-Chair:

Mr. Naoki Makita (Japan)

Adoption of the agenda
74.

The Council adopted the following agenda:
1.

10Opening of the session:(a)Opening statements;(b)Election of officers;(c)Adoption of the agenda.
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2.

Round-table discussion: the role of the Statistical Institute for
Asia and the Pacific in implementing the global indicator
framework for the Sustainable Development Goals and targetsof the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

3.

Matters arising from the twelfth session of the Governing
Council.

4.

Report of the Director of the Institute.

5.

Work programme and financial plan for 2018–2019.

6.

Programme of work to formulate the 2020–2024 strategic planof the Institute.

7.

Other matters.

8.

Dates of and venue for the fourteenth session of the Governing
Council.

9.

Adoption of the report of the Governing Council.

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Annex I
List of documents
SymbolTitle

Agenda item

E/ESCAP/SIAP/GC(13)/1

Matters arising from the twelfth session of
the Governing Council

3

E/ESCAP/SIAP/GC(13)/2

Report of the Director of the Statistical
Institute for Asia and the Pacific to theGoverning Council at its thirteenthsession

4

E/ESCAP/SIAP/GC(13)/3

Work programme and financial plan of
the Institute for 2018–2019

5

E/ESCAP/SIAP/GC(13)/4

Formulation of the 2020–2024 Statistical
Institute’s strategic plan

6

E/ESCAP/SIAP/GC(13)/5

Proposed dates of and venue for the
fourteenth session of the Governing
Council

8

E/ESCAP/SIAP/GC(13)/L.1

Annotated provisional agenda

1 (c)E/ESCAP/SIAP/GC(13)/L.2

Draft report

9

General series

Limited series

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Annex II
Financial statement of the Statistical Institute for Asia and thePacific for the year ended 31 December 2017
(United States dollars)
IncomeContributions

2 359 348

Interest income

39 562

Total income
Less: Expenditure
Net income over expenditure
Fund balance as at 1 January 2017
Refunds to donors
Fund balance as at 31 December 2017

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(2 610 515)
(211 606)
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Annex III
Financial statement of the Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacificfor the year ended 31 December 2017, by project component(United States dollars)

Joint
contributions –capacity
development
project

Asia-PacificRegional
Action Plan to
Improve
Agricultural and
Rural Statistics(Food andAgriculture
Organization of
the United
Nations)

Total

IncomeContributions

2 359 348—

2 359 348

Interest income

36 0333 529

39 562

Total income

2 395 381

3 529

2 398 909

(2 206 075)

(404 440)(2 610 515)

189 305(400 911)(211 606)

3 093 287

632 192

3 725 478———

3 282 592

231 281

3 513 873

Less: Expenditure
Net income over expenditure
Fund balance as at 1 January 2017
Refunds to donors
Fund balance as at 31 December 201714

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Annex IV
Cash contributions to the Statistical Institute for Asia and thePacific for the institutional support account received for the year
ended 31 December 2017
(United States dollars)Year ended
31 December 2017

Year ended
31 December 2016

151 327a—

Azerbaijan——

Bangladesh

5 000

5 000

Bhutan

1 000

1 000

b

15 000—

Cambodia

b

2 000

2 000

China

70 00070 000

Fiji

9 472

9 532

Hong Kong, China

30 00030 000——Indonesia

30 00030 000

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

15 000

15 000

b

—

5 000

5 000

Kiribati

10 000c—

Macao, China

20 000

20 000

Malaysia

20 000

20 000Maldives——

Mongolia

7 600—

Myanmar

1 000d—Pakistan

15 00014 893

Papua New Guinea——

Philippines—

36 750

Republic of Korea

56 00054 500Russian Federation

15 00030 000a—Singaporeb

15 000

15 000

Sri Lanka

10 000

10 000Thailand

23 000

20 000

e

—

Tonga

f

15 000—Turkey——Tuvalu——Country/area
Australia

Brunei Darussalam

India

Japan
Kazakhstan

Samoa

Timor-Leste

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4 000

6 000

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Year ended
31 December 2017

Year ended
31 December 2016

Vanuatu

7 249g—Viet Nam

17 000

15 0002 359 348

403 675

Country/area

Total
a

Including $75,663 and $2,000 received in 2017 for payment of contributions for 2018.

b

Received in 2017 for payment of contributions for 2016.

c

Received in 2017 for payment of contributions for 2015–2016.

d

Received in 2017 for payment of contributions for 2015.

eIncluding $4,000 received in 2017 for payment of contributions for 2015–2016.

fIncluding $10,000 received in 2017 for payment of contributions for 2015–2016.

g

Including $4,749 received in 2017 for payment of contributions for 2015–2016.
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