STRATEGIC PLAN OF SIAP FOR AY 2010 – AY 2014

CONTENTS
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Executive summary..................................................................................................

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Introduction ..............................................................................................................

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I. SITUATION ANALYSIS ...............................................................................

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A. The current status of the Institute in terms of capacity-building and
its impact ..................................................................................................

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B. The need to create stronger statistical capacity in the region ...................

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II. PROPOSED STRATEGY ...............................................................................

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III. EXPECTED RESULTS .................................................................................. 10
IV. MANAGEMENT AND RESOURCES........................................................... 11
V. MONITORING AND EVALUATION ........................................................... 13
ANNEXESI. Logical framework .......................................................................................... 15
II. Training Courses organized by SIAP from 1 April 2004 to
1 December 2008 ............................................................................................. 21
III. Number of participants who attended SIAP training programmes during
the period 1 April 2004 to 1 December 2008 .................................................. 26

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Executive summary
1.
The United Nations has been strongly emphasizing the delivery of efficientand results-oriented services to its members and associate members. Its planning andbudgeting have gradually become more strategic and the linkages between various
programmes more explicit, so that the expected accomplishments of each entity has
contributed to the achievement of the common goal. In line with this, the Executive
Secretary of ESCAP is working to strengthen the regional institutions of theCommission. The Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific (SIAP), as a subsidiary
body of ESCAP, works closely with the Statistics Division of ESCAP to implement theCommission’s subprogramme on statistics.
2.
The financial resources of the Institute are derived principally fromcontributions of the host Government (Japan) and cash contributions from members
and associate members of ESCAP. The Government of Japan also sponsors
fellowships for all Tokyo Metropolitan Area-based training courses, through the Japan
International Cooperation Agency.
3.
Over the past years, SIAP has been developing partnerships with national
statistical offices and international organizations, including the United Nations
Development Programme, in carrying out its mission. As of 1 December 2008, 11,305
participants from 123 countries had been trained by the Institute.
4.
The goal of the ESCAP subprogramme on statistics for the 2010-2011
biennium is “To increase the use of statistics for evidence-based decision-making andfoster the development and dissemination of key demographic, social, economic andenvironmental statistics in the ESCAP region” (see E/ESCAP/64/22/Rev.1). SIAP willcontribute to this goal by achieving its stated outcome for the academic years
2010-2014, which is “Strengthened statistical capability of developing countries in
Asia and the Pacific to meet statistical requirements and thereby facilitate solutions
aimed at enhancing economic prosperity, social progress and environmental
sustainability”.
5.

The Institute will focus its assistance on the following three key areas:(a)Supporting monitoring and evaluation of national development
strategies with respect to the Millennium Development Goals and sustainable
development;(b)Strengthening capability in producing and disseminating integrated
economic statistics, including implementation of the 2008 System of National
Accounts (SNA);(c)
Strengthening national capability in the application of information
management and related Information and Communications Technology for national
statistical systems.
6.
Strong emphasis will be placed on organizational and institutional
capacity-building. In doing so, different modalities of training activities will be used toreach a broader target group. The training programme of the Institute will expand its
training horizon to encompass e-learning and distance training while improving
efficiencies and the effectiveness of other programmes.
7.
SIAP will strengthen partnerships it has forged with other organizations within
and outside the United Nations system and with members and associate members of
ESCAP, and create new partnerships with other international organizations andcountries in order to maximize the use of limited resources and to have a greater impact

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8.
The objectives of the strategic plan cannot be achieved without two
fundamental components: (a) strong sense of national ownership by members andassociate members; and (b) demand-driven training programmes. The proposed
strategic plan will allow SIAP greater flexibility to: (a) enable countries to strengthen
their awareness of national ownership; and (b) increase its responsiveness to thediverse capability-building needs of countries in the region.
Introduction
9.
In response to a request made by the Governing Council at its third session on
22 and 23 November 2007 in Bangkok (see STAT/SIAP/GC(3)/Rep), the proposed
strategic plan of the Institute for the five-year period of 1 April 2010 to 31 March 2015
has been prepared to ensure the medium- to long-term stability of the Institute.
10.
The Institute’s current five-year Programme of Work for the academic years 1
2005 to 2009 will be completed by the end of academic year 2009 (31 March 2010).
The programme has been effective and has achieved most of its intermediate goals inbuilding statistical capability in developing countries, in particular priority countries of
ESCAP.
11.
Nevertheless, demand for training remains huge. Many countries in the region,
especially landlocked, least developed and small island developing countries as well as
those with economies in transition, are struggling to produce even the basic
development indicators. At the same time, however, countries are striving to produce
statistics in new policy areas related to inclusive and sustainable development.
Furthermore, countries are facing challenges in implementing new or revisedinternational standards in various areas of official statistics. Thus, action-oriented
training, with a multiplier effect to facilitate the wide dissemination of knowledge, is inhigh demand. It is necessary to broaden the target groups for training beyond thenational statistical offices, so as to include those who are involved in the production of
official statistics in line ministries and other Government agencies, as well as training
institutes, universities and users.
12.
The proposed plan provides strategies and direction for the Institute to enhance
its effectiveness and increase its responsiveness to the needs of countries in the region.
The plan has been developed based on feedback from countries and with guidance andrecommendations from ESCAP and the Governing Council of SIAP.
13.
The Institute is shifting from a multi-year work programme to a more strategic,
results-oriented approach of planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. The
proposed strategic plan has been developed using the results-based management
approach of ESCAP.
14.
The strategic plan is outlined below. Section I describes the current status of
the Institute in terms of capacity-building and opportunities to build stronger statistical
capacity in the region. The proposed programme description is presented in Section II.
Expected results are discussed in Section III and Management and Resources are
discussed in Section IV. Monitoring and Evaluation are described in the Section V. The
present document also includes the logical framework, which identifies the results andthe performance indicators for which SIAP will be accountable to its stakeholders. The
results indicated in the logical framework must be wholly owned by members andassociate members. The rough estimates of required resources are also included in the1

The academic year runs from 1 April to 31 March of the following year.

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proposed plan. A detailed implementation plan describing the actions of the Institute,available resources, timelines, and methods for ensuring accountability is underdevelopment, and will be submitted to the Governing Council of SIAP in November
2009.
I. SITUATION ANALYSIS
A. The current status of the Institute in terms of capacity-building and its impact
1. SIAP mission
15.
SIAP is a regional institution of ESCAP with a worldwide reach. It was
founded in May 1970 in response to a critical shortage of personnel trained in official
statistics in most developing countries of Asia and the Pacific. It operated on a projectbasis until it became a subsidiary body of ESCAP in 1995. The statute of theInstitute was last reviewed in 2005. 2 The work programme of SIAP contributes to theachievement of objectives set in the strategic framework for the ESCAP
subprogramme on statistics.
16.
The objectives of SIAP are “to strengthen, through practically oriented training
of official statisticians, the capability of the developing members and associate
members and economies in transition of the region to collect, analyse and disseminate
statistics as well as to produce timely and high-quality statistics that can be utilized for
economic and social development planning, and to assist those developing members
and associate members and economies in transition in establishing or strengthening
their statistical training capability and other related activities”. 3 These will be achievedby undertaking such activities as (a) training of official statisticians, directly and by
utilising existing centres and institutions for training available in member States; (b)networking and partnership with other international organizations and key
stakeholders; and (c) knowledge management.
17.
Both ESCAP and the Governing Council of SIAP, which holds a session oncea year, provide guidance on the Institute’s functioning. In its resolution 64/1 of 30 April
2007, the Commission requested the re-established Committee on Statistics to provide
the secretariat, including its regional institutions “with guidance in reviewing the
proposed strategic framework and program of work”. 4
2. SIAP resources
18.
SIAP has seven professional staff: the Director, the Deputy Director (Training)
cum lecturer, and five eminent lecturers/statisticians with extensive theoretical andpractical expertise in official statistics. In addition, SIAP has four general service staff
and receives further support services from 10 officials assigned by the cooperating
agency of the host Government of Japan, namely, the Ministry of Internal Affairs andCommunications. The Institute occasionally contracts services from external guest
lecturers, and ESCAP staff from various divisions have provided training on important
topics of official statistics.
19.
The financial resources of SIAP are principally derived from the cash
contributions of the host Government and other members and associate members of
ESCAP. The annual contribution provided by Government of Japan constitutes the mainbulk (on average over 87 per cent) of the total annual cash contributions received frommembers and associate members.
2

See Commission resolution 61/2 of 26 July 2005.
See Commission resolution 61/2 of 26 July 2005, annex I, para. 4.
4
See Commission resolution 64/1, annex I, para. 9.
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In addition to cash contributions, the host Government provides administrativeand infrastructure support, such as the provision of office space, equipment, facilities andservices of local personnel and lecturers as resource persons for Tokyo Metropolitan
Area (TMA)-based training courses. The Government of Japan also sponsors fellowships
for all TMA-based training courses through the Japan International Cooperation Agency(JICA).
21.
The Institute has been receiving support from other countries in the region as well.
Australia and New Zealand have been providing resources in the form of experts to
conduct training programmes. China, Indonesia, the Islamic Republic of Iran, theRepublic of Korea and the Philippines, as well as Hong Kong, China have been
cooperating with SIAP to conduct regional and subregional training courses.
3. Partnerships that strengthen the impact of SIAP
22.
SIAP has developed strong partnerships with other organizations both insideand outside the United Nations System, including the Department of Economic andSocial Affairs, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Economic
Commission for Europe, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the AsianDevelopment Bank, the International Labour Organization, the International Monetary
Fund, the World Bank, and the Secretariat of the Pacific Community in organizing
various training programmes. UNDP has been a major donor for and supporter of SIAP
since its establishment. In 2007, SIAP completed the implementation of a UNDP
project on statistical capability-building for the promotion and generation of quality
and reliable data to monitor the progress of the Millennium Development Goals. These
partnerships are critical for strengthening the impact of the capacity-building
programme of the Institute.
4. SIAP training activities
23.
The training programme of the Institute consists of (a) TMA-based training
courses conducted jointly by SIAP and JICA at the Institute in Chiba, Japan; (b) the
Outreach Programme, conducted outside of Japan, which includes regional, subregionaland country training courses (including a research-based regional training programme)
as well as workshops and seminars conducted in collaboration with host country
institutions and/or regional and international agencies; and (c) distance training (on a trial
basis), using the JICA-Net service (see Annex II).
24.
TMA-based courses. The premier training courses of SIAP, these provide
important theoretical knowledge and practical skills that are relevant to carrying out themain tasks of national statistical offices. The practicality of these courses is supportedby their unique project work programme, in which participants undertake projects toapply their newly acquired knowledge and skills under the supervision of faculty
members. The training also provides participants with an invaluable opportunity toobserve an advanced official statistical system—that of Japan—in practice, and tounderstand the role of well-coordinated, timely and reliable statistical information onevidence-based policymaking. The current TMA-based training courses are listed inTable 1. More information about the training programme and course contents isavailable at www.unsiap.or.jp/prog_overview/trainingprog_overview.htm.

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Table 1. Tokyo Metropolitan Area-based training courses
CourseTarget groupSix-month Group Training Course in Modules on
Fundamental Official Statistics (statistical and survey
methods, national accounts and economic statistics anddemographic and social statistics)

Junior-levelstatisticiansTwo-month Group Training Course in Application ofInformation and Communications Technologies for
Production and Dissemination of Official Statistics

Mid-level statisticians
and computer personnel

Two-month Group Training Course in Analysis,
Interpretation and Dissemination of Official Statistics(alternate years for economic and social statisticians)

Mid-level statisticiansTwo-month Area-focused Training Course in Collection and Mid-level statisticians
Analysis of Official Economic Statistics for Central Asianand Caucasus Countries (with interpretation into Russian)25.
Outreach Programme. This programme complements the TMA-based courses
and is carried out in collaboration with national statistical organizations, related
training institutes, and other international organizations. The outreach programme,
including regional, subregional and country courses, covers a wide range of topics, inparticular related to the Millennium Development Goals, poverty reduction, gender
statistics, disability and health statistics, 1993 SNA, statistical quality management andfundamental principles of official statistics. The Institute has also been conducting the
Research-based Training Programme since 2001, as well as a series of management
seminars. The seminars, held in collaboration with the Statistics Division of ESCAP
and the United Nations Statistics Division, provide the heads and senior officials ofnational statistical offices with opportunities to discuss and share experiences onimportant and emerging issues relevant to their management responsibilities.
26.
Distance training. SIAP, with strong support from the Government of Japanand JICA (headquarters as well as overseas offices), has initiated distance training on a
trial basis in order to increase the Institute’s responsiveness to the growing training
demand in the region.
5. Achievements to date27.
As of 1 December 2008, 11,305 participants from 123 countries have been
trained by the Institute. Most of the participants (11,111) came from countries of the
ESCAP region; 193 came from other regions (West Asia, 31; Africa, 79; Europe, 27;
and the Americas, 57).
28.
SIAP training programmes contribute to a sense of community among official
statisticians by giving participants the opportunity to build networks within the region
and beyond. Such networks facilitate communications among statistical offices,
encouraging them to: (a) align their statistical programmes to international standards
and methodologies; (b) disseminate knowledge of best practice; and (c) exchange
expertise in various fields of official statistics.
29.
The training programmes, especially the TMA-based courses, have beenhighly valued by developing countries and quoted as a model for other regions of theworld. A number of former participants of SIAP courses now hold influential positions
in statistical organizations in their countries and are actively helping to improve theavailability of quality data and services of national statistical system.

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B. The need to create stronger statistical capacity in the region
30.
While there is evidence that the statistical capacity is improving in the region,
many developing countries are unable to compile a minimum set of basic statistics.
Relevant and reliable statistics are a fundamental requirement for the development ofevidence-based policies and their implementation. Moreover, the increasing
recognition of the role of transparency and accountability in public policy delivery andresource allocation has fuelled the demand for timely and high-quality statistics.
31.
The proposed strategic plan would be completed in 2015, only a few months
before all countries and areas of the region are expected to have reached, or be very
near reaching, the Millennium Development Goals. Many national statistical offices in
the region face the significant challenge of developing an appropriate information
system for the monitoring and evaluation of progress towards achieving the Goals. The
need for quality statistics applies also to monitoring sustainable development,
including environmental issues.
32.
Since the adoption of the United Nations Millennium Declaration5 and related
indicators, SIAP has focused on training statisticians to produce data for development
indicators. The content of the Institute’s training programme has been adjusted
periodically on the basis of the guidance from the Governing Council, the results of aseries of surveys conducted to identify the training needs, and consultations with
ESCAP, partner agencies and other experts. The results from the latest surveys,
conducted in 2006 and 2008, showed that many countries needed existing courses tocontinue. The countries also requested courses on: (a) analysis and interpretation ofcensus and survey data; (b) data quality control; (c) Millennium Development Goal
indicators; (d) population-based statistics; (e) health statistics; (f) integrated economic
statistics; and (g) national accounts. Vital registration, emerging socio-economic
issues, and gender and the environment have also been recognized as areas in which thepotential for statistics training as well as for improving the dissemination practices ofofficial statistics is high.
33.
Recently, SIAP received requests from more than 30 countries in the region,
showing strong demand for TMA-based training courses. A number of countries depend
heavily on such courses, since their statistical development plans entail more
professional statisticians. Moreover, many countries lack professional staff and have
limited training capacities of their own, and thus rely on SIAP courses to train the
trainers.
34.
Many countries in Asia and the Pacific are still at the stage of moving from the1968 to the 1993 version of SNA. Countries in the region need to strengthen theircapabilities in developing integrated economic statistics and implementing the 2008
SNA as the common conceptual framework for such statistics. For integrated economic
statistics, the conceptual, statistical production and institutional issues will need to be
introduced in the context of the region, and then ways and means must be sought to build
towards the integrated whole from the capabilities that now exist.
35.
In addition, rapid developments in information management and related
information and communications technology (ICT) significantly influence the operationsof national statistical systems. For example, Internet and electronic business transactions
generate huge volumes of data; national statistical offices need to be able to extract, store
and manage data effectively. ICT could have a potential role in developing
well-coordinated, consistent and coherent national statistical information systems.
However, many countries in the region are not able to exploit the full potential of
5

See General Assembly resolution 55/2.

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information management and related ICT, and constantly express to SIAP their strong
need for systematic training in ICT for national statistical systems.
36.
Taking this evidence into account, we can identify the following as ourchallenges:(a)Development towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals
has been requiring more policy-oriented statistical indicators.
(b)Such policy needs have put pressure on national statistical systems toprovide more integrated and coordinated data among official statistics, particularly
those related to economics.
(c)
Rapidly changing information management and ICT, includingInternet technologies, have led to ever-stronger pressure for official statistics to follow
suit. Otherwise, the system could easily become outdated and not be able to meet thechanging needs for statistics.
37.
A strong sense of national ownership by members and associate members and ademand-driven training programme are key enablers for effectively addressing thesechallenges. The proposed strategic plan will allow greater flexibility to enable countries
to strengthen their awareness of national ownership and help SIAP increase its
responsiveness to the diverse capability-building needs of members and associate
members of ESCAP.
II. PROPOSED STRATEGY38.
The direction of the proposed strategic plan derives mainly from: (a) General
Assembly resolutions 55/2, containing the United Nations Millennium Declaration, and60/1, containing the 2005 World Summit Outcome, in particular as they relate to themonitoring of the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium
Development Goals; (b) Economic and Social Council resolution 2006/6 onstrengthening statistical capability; (c) ESCAP resolutions 61/2 on the statute of theStatistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific, 62/10 on strengthening statistical capacity in
Asia and the Pacific, and 64/1 on the restructuring of the conference structure of theCommission, in which the Committee on Statistics was re-established; and (d) the
Principles Governing International Statistical Activities (E/CN.3/2006/13, annex).
39.
The SIAP work programme is integrated into the ESCAP subprogramme on
statistics, allowing SIAP and the Statistics Division of ESCAP to work closely together.
There is a clear division of labour, with each having a complementary role in addressing
the statistical capacity-building needs of countries in Asia and the Pacific.
40.
The Institute will intensify its training activities by expanding their scope,
range and modalities in order to increase responsiveness to the needs of countries andto facilitate the implementation of ESCAP priorities. It will do so by focusing on thefollowing three areas:(a)Supporting monitoring and evaluation of national development
strategies with respect to Millennium Development Goals and sustainable developmentin the region. The focus of SIAP is shifting from providing national statistical offices
with only technical skills of collection, processing and compilation of Goal-related
indicators to creating knowledge and skills for the national statistical systems to support
monitoring and evaluation of national development strategies with respect to Millennium
Development Goals and sustainable development. Social statistics, especially thoseneeded to achieve and analyse the Goals, will be prominent in the curricula of mostcourses. The proportion of time allocated to measures of disparity, social

Page 9inclusion/exclusion and social protection will be increased, and related policy
implications will be discussed in a greater depth. Methods for providing small-area anddisaggregated socio-economic statistics for policy analysis have evolved and will betaken into account in course design. Gender related issues will be mainstreamed into all
activities of SIAP.
(b)Strengthening national capability in integrated economic statistics,
including the implementation of the updated 2008 SNA. The Institute will focus its
training programme on the 2008 SNA, as it provides a conceptual framework forcoordinating economic statistics to ensure not only numerical but also conceptual
consistency.
(c)Strengthening national capability in the application of information
management and related ICT for national statistical systems. The training focus will beon statistical databases, including: (a) data management; (b) the management anddevelopment of integrated databases for micro- and macrodata; (c) data mining; and (d)use of the appropriate hardware with associated software for data processing, analysis
and dissemination.
41.
are:

Proposed strategies to achieve the Institute’s outcome for the planning period(a)Strengthening partnership with other organizations. SIAP will
strengthen its partnership with organizations inside and outside the United Nations
system as well as with members and associate members of ESCAP to ensure that theobjectives of the strategic plan are achieved. Alignment of programmes with the workof United Nations country teams and relevant regional entities will be pursued inaccordance with ongoing efforts to strengthen system-wide coherence. SIAP will
coordinate with members and associate members, the Statistics Division of ESCAP,
the United Nations Statistics Division and other partners in reviewing and updating its
training programme; organizing joint training activities, including workshops,
seminars; and developing training materials. Only through such efforts can more
coherent and fully harmonious results be expected.
(b)Developing complementary training modalities with increased use of
ICT. SIAP will initiate e-learning and distance training. While not replacing
face-to-face training at SIAP, these modalities will provide opportunities to reach abroader target group and provide continuous and sustainable training for Government
officials/statisticians and training institutes. Additional resources will be sought tocreate a programme that makes use of multimedia and collaborative tools to provide
user-friendly access not only to SIAP training materials, but also to materials, alreadyavailable on the Internet.
(c)
Strengthening partnership agreements with national training
institutions and multiplying the impact of SIAP training through the “training thetrainers” scheme. The Institute will offer a training programme that will accommodate
the different training needs of Government officials and statisticians in the region, fromentry-level statistical skills, through intermediate and professional development, up toadvanced-level statistical training. Strong emphasis will be attached to “training thetrainers” in order to facilitate the building of national capability in training andensuring the sustainability of the Institute’s efforts. The participants will be equippedwith skills to design training programmes, teach others and make effective
presentations. The requirement of having a knowledge-sharing plan on return to officewill be retained and adjusted as may be required. SIAP will assume the role of aclearing house for training materials, and will develop common standards for assessing
the quality of statistical training materials. The Institute will play a coordinating role instrengthening the regional dimension of training by supporting training institutions andPage 10courses at the country level. This will help South-South cooperation and facilitate
networking among countries in the region.
42.
Special attention will be given to strengthening national statistical capability inlandlocked, least developed and small island developing countries as well as incountries with economies in transition.
III. EXPECTED RESULTS
A. Goal, outcome and outputs
43.
SIAP will deliver the outputs as described in Table 2 in order to achieve its
outcome and to contribute to the ESCAP subprogramme on statistics. The outcome is inline with the subprogramme for the biennium 2010-2011. The outputs and thecorresponding synopsis of activities of SIAP have been endorsed in general by theGoverning Council.
Table 2. Results framework of the Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific, forthe five-year period from academic years 2010 to 2014
Goal
To increase the use of statistics for evidence-based decision-making and foster thedevelopment and dissemination of key demographic, social, economic andenvironmental statistics in the ESCAP region.
OutcomeIndicators of achievement

Strengthened statistical capability ofdeveloping countries in Asia and thePacific to meet statistical requirements
and thereby facilitate solutions aimed atenhancing economic prosperity, social
progress and environmental sustainability.

Increased percentage of trainees of SIAP
who indicate that they are better able totake measures to improve the availabilityof quality data and services provided bynational statistical systems.
Need views and feedback from heads ofnational statistical offices.

Outputs and related activities
A. Improved knowledge and skills of
Government officials and statisticians inregard to producing, managing and using
data supported by appropriate informationand communications technology.
• Conduct Tokyo Metropolitan
Area-based training courses• Conduct outreach programme,
including regional, subregional andcountry-level training, workshops
and seminars
B. Improved remotely guided learning• Coduct distance and online training(a) Difference between pre- andpost-test scores;(b) Percentage of participants who
indicate much improved/fairly improved
confidence in implementing the newly
acquired knowledge and skills upon
return;(c) Percentage of participants who
indicate that training was very
useful/useful to their work.

Number of participants who find that thetraining or training materials were very
useful/useful.

• Provide electronic learningmaterials
C. Increased multiplier effect of SIAP(a) Number of training activities
organized by national statistical offices,

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training at country levels• Train the trainers in the Tokyo
Metropolitan Area-based training
courses• Include training the trainers in theoutreach programme• Expand cooperation with country
partner institutions
D. Improved skills of managers ofnational statistical offices

training institutions, centres or units inwhich the knowledge and skills of former
participants of SIAP courses as well as
training materials or other training
resources prepared by the Institute are
used.
(b) Increased number of country partner
institutions.

(a) Percentage of heads of national
statistical offices who attend a seminar;• Organize management seminars for (b) Percentage of deputy heads ofnational statistical offices who attend a
the heads, deputy heads andworkshop or seminar;
mid-level managers of national
statistical offices(c) Percentage of mid-level managers
of national statistical offices who attend a
training, workshop or seminar;(d) Percentage of participants who
indicate that the training, seminar orworkshop(s) was/were very useful/usefulto their work;(e) External assessment by stakeholders
and some practical examples of how theassessment made a difference.
E. Improved coordination of statisticaltraining in the region

Number of jointly conducted training
activities held during the year.

• Organize joint training activities
with training institutions, members
and associate members of ESCAP,
international organizations• Develop training materials incollaboration with other institutions

IV. MANAGEMENT AND RESOURCES
44.
In implementing the proposed plan, the Institute will follow up on the guidance
and recommendations of the Commission, the Governing Council of SIAP and theCommittee on Statistics and make annual adjustments as necessary to reflect thechanging environment and new opportunities as they arise. A detailed implementation
plan for the period 1 April 2010 to 31 March 2015 describing the Institute’s actions,available resources, timelines and methods for ensuring accountability is underdevelopment. At its fourth session, held in November 2008, the Governing Council
was informed that the Institute would present the final draft implementation plan at the2009 session of the Governing Council (STAT/SIAP/GC(4)/4).
45.
The Director of the Institute would be the main person responsible for theoverall implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the proposed strategic plan. The

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Director will be supported by the Deputy Director, faculty members and other staff
members of the Institute in achieving and monitoring the outcome and outputs.
46.
The strategic plan will be implemented in close collaboration with theStatistics Division of ESCAP. It is also expected that, with the support of otherinternational organizations, the plan will be instrumental in achieving development
goals, including the Millennium Development Goals, in the countries of the ESCAP
region.
Budget and resource requirements
47.
SIAP depends on voluntary contributions from the host Government and othermembers and associate members of ESCAP. The Government of Japan, based on its
relevant and applicable laws and regulations and in accordance with its budgetary
appropriations, provides the main bulk of cash and in-kind contributions. In 2007,
Japan contributed $1,685,280 in cash, constituting 87 per cent of all such contributions
for that year. Cash contributions from other members and associate members in 2007
come to $271,456. Among the 58 members and associate members in the region, fewer
than 25 are regular contributors. Several contribute only token amounts.
48.
The annual cash contributions from members and associate members of
ESCAP will continue to be the major source of funding for the implementation of thisstrategic plan. Total resource requirements for the five-year period from 1 April 2010
to 31 March 2015, have been set at $12,050,885, an increase of approximately$1,300,000 over the budget of the previous five-year period (1 April 2005 to 31 March
2010). The required amount of cash contributions is $10,320,290. The Instituteanticipates that other members and associate members other than Japan will provide
cash contributions totalling $2.1 million. The Institute also anticipates that theGovernment of Japan will contribute the remaining cash contribution, $8,220,290,
which would represent about 80 per cent of the total.
49.
Considering that some reduction of cash contributions to SIAP from theGovernment of Japan could be applied, the Institute will initiate substantial efforts tosignificantly increase cash and in-kind contributions from other members and associate
members of ESCAP. Otherwise, the Institute may not be able to continue theimplementation of activities, due to insufficient funds. Therefore, strong support fromother members and associate members and a significant increase in their cash
contributions are crucial to ensuring the sustainability of the Institute’s training
programme.
50.
To increase its resources and thereby ensure the implementation of thestrategic plan and the achievement of its planned objectives, the Institute will carry out
the following initiatives:(a)Expand cash contributions by: (i) increasing the number of members
and associate members of ESCAP that contribute to SIAP; (ii) increasing the level ofannual cash contributions; (iii) increasing the number of multi-year pledges andcontributions; and (iv) attracting resources from non-traditional sources, such as theprivate sector, private foundations and individual giving;(b)
Actively involve potential donor Governments in cost sharing during
the preparation of projects as well as in the preparation of the annual work
plan/activities;(c)Encourage members and associate members of ESCAP to provide
more support in priority areas of the work programme;

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Development Goals, implementation of the System of National Accounts ande-learning;(e) Utilize funds from country offices of international organizations incollaborative training activities in those countries;(f)Encourage members and associate members of ESCAP to sponsor theirnominated official for training activities offered by the Institute;(g) Allocate additional administrative overhead costs to SIAP in order tofinance activities;(h) Stimulate creative fund-raising, including collaboration with thebusiness community and in-kind contributions from private sources.
Table 3. Required financial resources, AY 2010-AY 2014
(In United States dollars)
Anticipated expenditures
Anticipated financial resources_____________________________ _______________________________________
Consultants
500 000 Cash contributions
Professional staff

6 665 500

Japan

8 220 290

Administrative support
staff

1 596 500

Members and associate
members of ESCAP

2 100 000

Co-funding, other forms of cost
sharing, external projects

1 730 595

Travel227 500

Training

1 500 000

Miscellaneous

175 000

Administrative
overhead costs

1 386 385

TOTAL

12 050 885

12 050 885

V. MONITORING AND EVALUATION
The implementation of the strategic plan will be monitored and evaluated based on theinstitutional logical framework described in annex I of the present document, the SIAP
programme of work, and in accordance with the ESCAP subprogramme on statistics.
Monitoring and evaluation will be guided by the ESCAP monitoring and evaluation
system. Ongoing monitoring of SIAP activities will be undertaken by SIAP. The
Institute will also continue to adopt evaluative and peer reviews of programme resultswith support from the Statistics Division and Programme Management Division of
ESCAP. SIAP will continue to report the results of these monitoring and evaluation
activities to members and associate members regularly through its Governing Council,
as well as through ESCAP and its Committee on Statistics. A comprehensive
evaluation of SIAP will be undertaken in 2009 (tentatively scheduled for July), which
will further strengthen its programming planning and implementation. This evaluation
will also represent the first milestone for the review of the present strategic plan.

Page 14Annex ILOGICAL FRAMEWORK
Target Countries:

Project Title:
Support to the Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific (SIAP) and Key Capacity
Building Programmes

ESCAP membership in Asia and the Pacific

Subprogramme:

Thematic Focus:

Starting Date:

Duration:

Statistics

Support achievement of theMillennium Development Goals
and reduction in poverty

1 January 2010

Five years

Objectives and activities

Indicators

Means of verification

Important assumptions

Project goal: To increase the use of statistics forevidence-based decision-making and foster thedevelopment and dissemination of key demographic,social, economic and environmental statistics in the
ESCAP region.
Outcome: Strengthened statistical capability of
Increased percentage of trainees ofdeveloping countries in Asia and the Pacific to meet
SIAP who indicate that they arestatistical requirements and thereby facilitate solutions better able to take measures to
aimed at enhancing economic prosperity, social
improve the availability of quality
progress and environmental sustainability.
data and services provided bynational statistical offices.

Progress reports of SIAP training
participants, certified by national
statistical offices.

Need views and feedback fromheads of national statistical offices.
Output A:(a)

Improved knowledge and skills of Government
officials and statisticians to produce, manage and use
data supported by appropriate information and

Difference between pre- andpost-test scores;(b)

Percentage of participants
who indicate much

For the project goal:(a) Decision makers arepromoting an evidence-based
approach and considering
statistics as a fundamental
factor in policy actions;(b) Sufficient resources exist fordeveloping official statistics.

(a) Pre- and post-test results;

For the outcome:(b) Evaluation of participants’presentations;(a) SIAP participants, after
completing their training, areassigned to the appropriate(c) Evaluation/participants’Page 15
Objectives and activities

Indicators

communications technology.

improved/fairly improved
confidence in implementing
the newly acquired
knowledge and skills upon
return;(c)

Means of verification

Important assumptions

action plans;

fields of statistics;(d) Participants’ evaluation
survey.

(b) Countries nominate the right
persons for appropriate
training.

Percentage of participants
who indicate that training
was very useful/useful totheir work.

Major activities A:

For Output A:

A.1 Conduct: TMA-based training courses incollaboration with the Japan International
Cooperation Agency:(a) Participants continue to workwith the nominating
agency/organization;• Six-month Group Training Course in Modules
on Fundamental Statistics (the title of the course
will be revised);• Two-month Group Training Course in Analysis,
Interpretation and Dissemination of Official
Statistics (the title of the course will be revised);• Two-month Group Training Course in
Application of Information Management andrelated Information and Communications
Technology for National Statistical Systems;• Two-month Area-focused Training Course in
Official Economic Statistics, including the
System of National Accounts, for Central Asian
countries (with interpretation in Russian),academic years 2010-2011;
A.2

Conduct short-term TMA-based training
course/workshop/seminar(s);(b) Participants are given
appropriate opportunities inthere work places to apply theknowledge and skills acquired
from the training.

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Objectives and activities
A.3

Indicators

Means of verification

Important assumptions

Conduct Outreach Programme, including
regional, subregional and country training
courses, workshops or seminars on important
aspects related to Millennium Development
Goal indicators, integrated economic statistics
and implementation of the 2008 System of
National Accounts, and application of
information management and related
information and communications technology
for national statistical systems at regional,
subregional and country levels.

Output B:
Improved remotely guided learning.

Number of participants who findthat the training or training
materials were very useful/useful.

Feedback questionnaire/survey
results.

For the outcome:(a) Appropriate technology is inplace;(b) Participants have access to
on-line training.

Major activities B:

For Output B:

B.1 Conduct distance training in selected topics
using JICA-Net services;(a) Countries identified
appropriate participants;

B.2 Conduct on-line training with tutor;(b) Participants are posted
appropriately.

B.3 Conduct on-line training without tutor;
B.4 Provide and compile training materials.

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Objectives and activities
Output C:
Increased multiplier effect of SIAP training atcountry levels.

Indicators(a) Number of training activities
organized by national
statistical offices, training
institutions, centres or units inwhich the knowledge andskills of former participants in
SIAP courses as well as
training materials or othertraining resources prepared by
the Institute are used;

Means of verification
Follow-up information/
report/feedback survey.

Important assumptions
For the outcome:
SIAP trainees are encouraged tohold training/seminar/workshops
for their colleagues at their homeoffices.

(b) Increased number of country
partner institutions.
Major Activities C:

For Output C:

C.1

Train the trainers in the TMA-based training
courses;

C.2

Provide training the trainers in the outreachprogramme;

An action plan developed by
SIAP trainees is in line with thestrategy of their nominating
agencies or organizations.

C.3 Provide access to training materials;
C.4 Provide advice on developing training activities;
C.5 Expand the cooperation with country partner
institutions.

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Objectives and activities

Indicators

Means of verification

Important assumptions

Output D:

For the outcome:

Improved skills of managers of national statistical
offices.

Managers of National Statistical
Offices are aware of the need for
improvement.

Major activities D:

For Output D:

D.1 Conduct management seminars for the heads of
National Statistical Offices;
D2: Conduct workshops/seminars for deputy heads of
National Statistical Offices;
D.2: Conduct trainings/workshops/seminars for
mid-level statisticians of National Statistical Offices.

(a) Percentage of heads of
National Statistical Offices
who attend the seminar;(b) Percentage of deputy heads of
National Statistical Offices
who attend theworkshop/seminar;(c) Percentage of mid-level
managers of National
Statistical Offices who attend
the training/workshop/
seminar;(d) Percentage of participants
who indicate that thetraining/seminar/workshop(s)was/were very useful/usefulto their work;(e) External assessment and some
practical examples of how thismade a difference.

(a) SIAP data base on training/seminar/workshop(s);(b) Evaluation survey.

Interest of target beneficiaries inmanagement issues is sustained.

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Objectives and activities
Output E:
Improved coordination of statistical training in
the region.

Indicators
Number of jointly conductedtraining activities held during
the year.

Means of verification
SIAP data base on jointly
conducted activities.

Important assumptions
For the outcome:Partner institutions promote theuse of statistics for evidence-based
decision-making.

For Output E:
Major Activities E:
E.1

E.2

Organize joint training activities with training
institutions, members and associate members of
ESCAP, and international organizations;
Develop training materials in collaboration
with other institutions.

(a) Country partner institutions
make effective contributions;(b)National statistical offices
and other agencies haveinterest in organizing joint
training activities.

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Annex IITRAINING COURSES ORGANIZED BY SIAP FROM 1 APRIL 2004 TO 1 DECEMBER 2008
CourseNumber ofparticipants

Numberofcountries

Start
date

End date

Tokyo Metropolitan Area-based courses
Six-month courses: modules on official statistics
1 Sixth Group Training Course on Core Official Statistics

349
122
33

33

10/4/04

3/18/05

2 First Group Training Course on Fundamental Official Statistics

25

15

10/3/05

3/17/06

3 Second Group Training Course on Fundamental Official Statistics

30

23

10/2/06

3/16/07

4 Third Group Training Course on Fundamental Official Statistics

34

28

10/1/07

3/14/08

23

23

5/10/04

7/9/0420

17

5/11/05

7/12/0518

16

5/11/06

7/12/06

18

17

5/10/07

7/11/071410

5/12/08

7/11/0812

11

7/20/04

9/17/0412

11

7/19/05

9/16/0513

13

7/18/06

9/15/0620

18

7/23/07

9/21/0722

20

7/14/08

9/12/088

7

7/26/04

9/24/0498

7/25/05

9/22/0588

7/24/06

9/22/06

4 Area Focused Training Course in Collection and Analysis of

8

8

7/17/07

9/14/07

Official Economic Statistics
Area Focused Training Course in Collection and Analysis of
Official Statistics

5

4

7/22/08

9/22/0815
15

15

9/22/08

9/26/08

Two-month courses: application of information and communications
technology
1 Third Group Training Course in Application of ICT to Statistical
Processes
2 First Group Training Course in Application of ICT to Production
and Dissemination of Official Statistics
3 Second Group Training Course in Application of ICT to
Production and Dissemination of Official Statistics
4 Third Group Training Course in Application of ICT to Production
and Dissemination of Official Statistics
5 Fourth Group Training Course in Application of ICT to Production
and Dissemination of Official Statistics
Two-month courses: analysis, interpretation and dissemination of
official statistics
1 Third Group Training Course on Official Statistics (Social
Statistics)
2 First Group Training Course on Analysis, Interpretation and
Dissemination (economic statistics)

3 Second Group Training Course on Analysis, Interpretation and

93

79

Dissemination (social statistics)

4 Third Group Training Course on Analysis, Interpretation and
Dissemination (economic statistics)

5 Fourth Group Training Course on Analysis, Interpretation and
Dissemination (social statistics)
Two-month courses: collection and analysis of official statistics forCentral Asian countries (with interpretation into Russian)
1 Area Focused Training Course in Collection and Analysis of
Official Statistics
2 Area Focused Training Course in Collection and Analysis of
Official Statistics
3 Area Focused Training Course in Collection and Analysis of
Official Economic Statistics

5

One-week course: labor statistics
1 SIAP/ILO Asia Regional Training Course on Child Labour Data
Collection through Baseline Surveys and Rapid Assessment,
Chiba, Japan38

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Individual Training
1 Census and Survey Processing System (CS Pro)2
2

1

6/2/04

6/15/04

Outreach programme

2051

Regional/subregional courses
Statistical Quality Management and Fundamental Principles of
Official Statistics
1 First Regional Course, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

855

22

20

6/27/05

Second Regional Course/Workshop, Putrajaya, Malaysia

19

17

6/12/06

6/16/0622

21

10/15/07

10/19/07

2

3 Third Regional Course/Workshop, Beijing, China

7/1/05

Statistics for Millennium Development Goal Indicators:

4 Inception Seminar/Workshop on Upgrading Statistical

12/15/04
32

19

12/13/04

14

7

4/30/05

5/11/0522

7

6/20/05

7/1/05

6

Capabilities, Trivendrum, Kerala, India
First Subregional Training Course/Workshop, Tehran, Islamic
Republic of Iran
Second Subregional Training Course/Workshop, Beijing, China

7

Third Subregional Training Course/Workshop, Hanoi, Viet Nam

23

7

7/4/05

7/15/05

8

Fourth Subregional Training Course/Workshop, Nadi, Fiji

18

7

9/12/05

9/23/0512

5

4/24/06

5/5/06

Seminar/Workshop on Evaluation Capacity-building Initiatives
for Statistics, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Workshop on Statistics for Monitoring the Achievement of the
MDGs in Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok, Thailand

35

20

11/30/05

12/2/056732

7/31/06

8/2/06

Subregional Training Course/Workshop for the Countries inTransition of Central Asia and Caucasus, Tehran, Islamic
Republic of IranPoverty Measurements

11

7

4/21/07

5/2/075

9 Fifth Subregional Training Course/Workshop, Nadi, Fiji
10
11
12

13 First Regional Course, Jakarta, Indonesia
14
15
16

12/10/04
23

22

11/29/04

Second Regional Course, Jakarta, Indonesia

25

20

2/13/06

2/24/06

Third Regional Course, Jakarta, Indonesia

24

19

3/20/07

3/30/07

Fourth Regional Course, Jakarta, Indonesia

21

18

5/6/08

5/16/08

System of National Accounts

17
18

10/28/05

First Regional Course, Macao, China

35

21

10/10/05

Second Regional Course, Metro Manila, Philippines

23

20

5/15/06

Sample Design for Household and Establishment Surveys

19 Tenth Course/Workshop, Kolkata, India

6/2/06
11/12/04

20

18

10/18/04

20

Eleventh Course/Workshop, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran

23

19

6/11/05

7/6/0521

Twelfth Course/Workshop, Tehran, Republic of Iran24

19

6/24/06

7/19/06

22

Thirteenth Course/Workshop, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran

22

17

4/19/08

5/7/08

Statistics for Pacific Island Developing Countries

3/23/05

23 First Subregional Course, Nadi, Fiji

12

8

2/28/05

24 Second Subregional Course, Guam
25 Third Subregional Course, Nadi, Fiji

13

8

2/6/06

3/1/0613

8

11/20/06

12/1/06

26 Fourth Subregional Course, Nadi, Fiji

6

4

10/27/08

11/14/08

Price Statistics and the International Comparison Programme

9/29/05

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27

First Regional Course, Male, Maldives23

19

9/25/05

28

Second Regional Course, Jakarta, Indonesia

22

17

6/5/06

Forging Partnerships in Statistical Training in Asia and the Pacific

11/24/04

29 Second Workshop, Bangkok, Thailand

22

20

11/23/04

30 Third Workshop, Bangkok, Thailand

28

19

11/20/07

Disability and Health Statistics

31 First Regional Course, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
32 Second Regional Course, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

6/9/06

11/21/07
12/6/0622

19

12/2/0622

21

9/22/08

Integrated Economic Accounts

9/26/08
5/4/0733 First Regional Course, Metro Manila, Philippines

23

21

4/16/0734 Second Regional Course, Metro Manila, Philippines

25

21

5/26/08

6/13/0835 Training Course on the Production of Statistics on the Information

24

16

2/18/08

2/22/0813

6

11/15/08

11/19/08

25

6

4/7/08

4/11/08

16

7

3/20/06

3/24/06

95

5/14/08

5/16/08

16

16

8/16/04

9/24/04

14

14

7/25/05

9/2/0510

9

11/2/05

12/9/05

18

18

7/3/06

8/11/06

16

16

7/9/07

8/17/0714

14

6/30/08

8/8/08Economy, Incheon, Republic of Korea

36 SIAP/ECE Subregional Training Course on New Challenges in
Economic Statistics, Tehran, Iran

37 Subregional Course on Labour Force and Manpower Projections,
Hong Kong, China

38 Subregional Course on Industrial Statistics, Goa, India
39 Workshop on Informal Employment and Informal Sector Data
Collection II: Evaluation, Processing and Utilization of Data from“1-2” Surveys, Bangkok, Thailand
Research-based programme

1
2
3
4
5
6

Second Research-based Regional Course, Daejeon, Republic of
Korea
Third Research-based Regional Course, Daejeon, Republic of
Korea
Fourth Research-based Regional Course, Metro Manila,
Philippines
Fifth Research-based Regional Course, Daejeon, Republic of
Korea
Sixth Research-based Regional Course, Daejeon, Republic of
Korea
Seventh Research-based Regional Course, Daejeon, Republic of
Korea

Management Seminar for the Heads of National Statistical Officesin Asia and the Pacific

88

191

1

Third Management Seminar, Bangkok, Thailand

39

33

1/31/05

2/2/052

Fourth Management Seminar, Putrajaya, Malaysia

31

28

9/28/05

9/30/05

3 Fifth Management Seminar, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

4233

9/18/06

9/20/06

4 Sixth Management Seminar, Hong Kong, China

44

33

5/28/07

5/30/07

Seventh Management Seminar, Shanghai, China

35

29

10/13/08

10/15/08

5

Country courses on:917

1 Analysis of Statistics for Monitoring Millennium Development48

1/3/05

1/7/0524

2/26/07

3/10/0731

4/26/04

4/30/04

2
3

Goals, Thimphu, Bhutan
National Accounts and Informal Sector, Bandar Seri Begawan,
Brunei Darussalam
Statistical Classifications, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

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4 Statistical Analysis of Cambodia Household Social Economic

23

2/14/05

2/25/0535

5/17/04

5/21/0428

7/4/05

7/15/0532

11/30/05

12/9/0534

4/19/04

4/21/0423

4/22/06

4/26/0623

5/22/06

6/2/0613

6/19/07

6/28/0728

7/12/04

7/17/0424

4/23/07

4/27/07

14 National Accounts and Economics Analysis, Male, Maldives27

9/4/06

9/15/06

15 Data Analysis, Interpretation and Research in Statistics, Male,28

3/18/07

3/29/0726

1/3/06

1/13/0620

12/17/07

12/21/07

24

9/15/08

9/19/0820

12/13/04

12/17/04

23

6/30/08

7/4/0821 Income Distribution and Poverty Measurement, Islamabad,23

4/2/07

4/6/07

Pakistan
Statistical Capability for MDGs, Islamabad, Pakistan

22
23 Small Area Estimation, Metro Manila, Philippines

19

6/11/07

6/15/0721

7/19/04

7/30/04

24 Geographic Information System in the Philippines, Metro Manila,

17

1/24/05

2/4/05

Philippines
Statistical Methods in Data Analysis, Colombo, Sri Lanka24

6/14/04

6/25/04

26 Database Development, Management and Maintenance, Colombo,

27

8/9/04

8/20/0420

4/3/074/7/0719

12/10/07

12/14/07

26

7/7/08

7/11/0830 Training Course on International Migration, Dushanbe, Tajikistan

19

4/21/08

4/25/08

31 Advance Techniques on Data Imputation for Processing

31

10/25/05

11/4/05

32 Computer-assisted Survey Data Processing, Bangkok, Thailand

33

11/7/05

11/11/05

33 Designing Training for Government Statisticians of the National23

5/21/07

5/25/07

Survey, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

5 Environmental Statistics, Beijing, China
6 DevInfo and MS Access Software, Pyongyang, Democratic
7

People’s Republic of Korea
Statistical Analysis Using SPSS, Pyongyang, Democratic People’s
Republic of Korea

8 Country Course/Workshop on Strategic Planning, Bogor,
910
11

Indonesia
Use of Administrative Registers for Social and Cultural Statistics,
Tehran, Iran
Statistical Capability for Millennium Development Goals,
Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Statistical Capability for MDGs, Tarawa, Kiribati

12 Analysis of Survey Data, Putrajaya, Malaysia
13 Price Statistics and International Comparison Programme,
Putrajaya, Malaysia

16

Maldives
Poverty Statistics, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

17 Agriculture Statistics, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
18 MDGs and Use of Administrative Data Systems for Statistical
Purposes, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

19 Use of STATA for the Myanmar Integrated Household Living
Conditions Assessment/Survey, Yangon, Myanmar

20 MDGs and Use of Administrative Data Systems for Statistical
Purposes, Kathmandu, Nepal

25

27
28

Sri Lanka
Projection of Demographic and Economic Indicators, Colombo,
Sri Lanka
Small Area Estimation, Colombo, Sri Lanka

29 MDGs and Use of Administrative Data System for Statistical
Purposes, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Establishment/Enterprise Survey Data, Bangkok, Thailand

Statistical Office of Thailand in Light of MDG Concepts andIndicators, Bangkok, Thailand

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34 Use of Statistical Matching to link Poverty, Informal Employment28

6/27/07

6/29/0727

9/8/08

9/19/0826

9/22/08

9/26/08

Distance-learning course on:
1 Use of STATA Software, Bangladesh and Nepal

95
20

6/25/07

7/6/072 Introduction to the System of National Accounts, Lao People’s30

2/18/08

2/21/08

3 Introduction to STATA Software, Cambodia and India20

4/1/084/9/084 Introduction to STATA Software, Lao People’s Democratic

25

6/24/08

7/4/0835
36

and MDG indicators, Bangkok, Thailand
Design, Implementation and Management of Sample Surveys,
Hanoi, Viet Nam
MDGs and Use of Administrative Data Systems for Statistical
Purposes, Hanoi, Viet Nam

Democratic Republic and Viet Nam

Republic, Pakistan and Sri Lanka

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Annex IIINUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS WHO ATTENDED SIAP TRAINING PROGRAMMESDURING THE PERIOD 1 APRIL 2004 TO 1 DECEMBER 2008
Country/Area

Total

Tokyo-based
Programme

Outreach
Programme

Distance-learning
Programme

Total

2 495

349

2 051

95

ESCAP countries/areas

2 409

275

2 039

95

East and North-East Asia
China
Democratic People’s
Republic of Korea
Hong Kong, China
Japan
Macao, China
Mongolia
Republic of Korea

393
90

18
5

375
85

0

South-East Asia
Brunei Darussalam
Cambodia
Indonesia
Lao People’s
Democratic Republic
Malaysia
MyanmarPhilippines
Singapore
Thailand
Timor Leste
Viet Nam

922
38
108
92

74

90
104
52
107
13
189
9
120

7
8
6
12

South and South-West Asia
Afghanistan
Bangladesh
BhutanIndia
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Maldives
Nepal
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
TurkeyNorth and Central Asia
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Georgia
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Russian Federation
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan

71
39
4
29
123
37

1
2
10

71
38
2
29
113
37
798
38
86
83

50

25

13
2
5

58
96
46
95
13
176
7
100

750
20
53
78
61
93
98
75
86
180
6

86
5
15
6
12
7
7
8
12
11
3

619
15
28
72
39
86
91
57
65
163
3

45

125
13
14
13
15
20
2
34
3
11

56
7
7
6
7
10

69
6
7
7
8
10
2
26

0

12
9

8
3
8

3

10

15

10
10

10
9
6

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Pacific
Australia
Cook Islands
Fiji
Guam
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Micronesia (Federated
States of)
Nauru
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Niue
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Tonga
TuvaluVanuatu
Non-ESCAP
countries/areas
Algeria
Argentina
Benin
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Bulgaria
Cote d'Ivoire
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Egypt
Ethiopia
FranceGermany
Ghana
GuatemalaHonduras
Iraq
Jamaica
Kenya
LatviaLuxembourg
Madagascar
Malawi
Mauritania
Republic of Moldova
Niger
Nigeria
Oman
Palestine
Paraguay

219
7
10
45
3
24
4

41

13
4
4
8
4
4
23
24
4
20
8
10

5
2

86
1
1
1
3
2
2
1
1
2
1
1
1
4
1
3
1
3
1
2
2
1
1
1
2
1
3
2
2
1
4
2

6
6
1

2
6
6
4
3
74
1
1
1
3
2
2
1
1
2
1
1
1

178
7
4
39
3
23
4
8
2
4
8
4
2
17
18
4
16
8
7
12

4
1
3
1
3
1
2
2
1
1
1
2
1
3
2
2
1
4
2

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Peru
Romania
RwandaSaint Lucia
SenegalSerbia and Montenegroa
Swaziland
Switzerland
Tanzania
United States of America
UkraineUruguay
ZambiaZimbabwe
a

2
2
2
2
1
1
3
2
9
3
2
1
1
1

2
2
2
1
1
1
3

1

2
9
3
2
1
1
1

On June 2006, Montenegro became an independent State.

. . . . .