1.
History
and development
The first ASEAN Heads of Statistical Offices Meeting (AHSOM)
was inaugurated on 10 October 1997, marking a historical milstone for a
regional cooperation in statistics, kicking off a series of important events
for ASEAN Statistics.
In 2000,
the Statistics Unit was established at the ASEAN Secretariat. In 2001, AHSOM 3
adopted the first ASEAN Framework of Cooperation in Statistics. In 2002, the
ASEAN statistical indicator system (ASI) was issued. In 2003, the ASEAN Task
Forces on Statistics were established with the task of setting up medium-term
statistical objectives to integrate into the Vientiane Action Program.
In 2007,
AHSOM 8 adopted the establishment of the Task Force on International
Merchandise Trade Statistics (IMTS), the Task Force on Statistics of
International Trade in Services (SITS), the ASEAN Statistical Yearbook, and
organized the first workshop on National Accounts System. In 2010, the ASEAN
Framework of Cooperation in Statistics (AFCS) 2010-2015 was adopted at the 17th
ASEAN Summit, constituting the first step to strengthen the organizational
framework and statistical capacity of ASEAN towards the establishment of an
ASEAN Community Statistical System (ACSS) in 2015.
In August
2011, the ASEAN Heads of Statistical Offices
adopted the Strategic Plan for the Establishment of the ASEAN Community
Statistical System (hereafter called the ACSS
Strategic Plan) 2011-2015. The ACSS Committee was officially established in
2011, setting a new stage of development for ASEAN Statistics.
2.
ASEAN Community Statistical
System (ACSS)
The ASEAN Framework of Cooperation in
Statistics (2010-2015) defines the ACSS as the partnership between and among the national statistical systems of
the ASEAN Member States (AMSs), the ASEAN Community Councils, and the
ASEAN Secretariat.
The ACSS
comprises:
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ACSS Committee;
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National statistical systems of
all ASEAN Member States;
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ASEAN Secretariat through
ASEANstats;
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ASEAN Community Councils.
The national
statistical authorities of the ASEAN Member States and the ASEAN Secretariat,
through its statistics section are engaged in partnership with all concerned
ASEAN bodies and working groups and task forces under the three pillars of the
ASEAN Community and together define the ASEAN Community Statistical System.
The ACSS
Committee leads in building the ASEAN Community Statistical System by 2015
through the following:
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Strengthening the capacity of
national statistical systems and the ASEAN Secretariat;
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Improving comparability of ASEAN
statistics;
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Enhancing users-producers
communication;
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Establishing clearer mandate and
appropriate institutional framework for ASEAN statistics; and
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Supporting evidence-based
decision making in a rules-based ASEAN Community.