Section 23 Regular programme of technical cooperation
Subprogramme 3. Statistics Implementing entity: Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistics Division Budget summary (thousands of United States dollars) Relationship to the biennial program plan for the period 2014-2015: programme 7, subprogramme 4, expected accomplishment (c) 2010-2011 expenditure 2012-2013 resources at revised rates 2014-2015 estimate General temporary assistance 990.8 1 370.8 1 438.8 Consultants 41.7 53.0 50.3 Travel of staff 404.6 423.9 418.8 Contractual services – – 12.6 Furniture and equipment – 6.9 5.2 Individual fellowships 59.4 190.7 157.1 Participants in seminars 520.8 584.4 570.1 Objective: To support national efforts in building and strengthening the national statistical and geospatial information capacity of developing countries, particularly the least developed countries and countries with economies in transition, to produce reliable and timely statistics and geospatial information for national policymakers and for other users at the national and international levels Total 2 017.3 2 629.7 2 652.9 Expected accomplishments Indicators of achievement Activities/outputs/projects (a) Enhanced capacity of government statisticians and national statistical systems to routinely collect, compile, store, analyse and disseminate data in all fields of official statistics, including statistics related to the Millennium Development Goals, in accordance with international standards (a) (i) Percentage of participants trained that implemented recommendations on statistical information methodologies and best practices Baseline 2010-2011: 68 per cent Estimate 2012-2013: 68 per cent Target 2014-2015: 70 per cent (ii) Percentage of countries assisted that implemented changes in their work as a result of the subprogramme’s interventions Baseline 2010-2011: 69 per cent Estimate 2012-2013: 69 per cent Target 2014-2015: 71 per cent (b) Enhanced national capacity to produce and disseminate policy-relevant cartographic and geospatial information, in line with international standards (b) Percentage of participants trained that implemented recommendations on geospatial information methodologies and best practices Baseline 2010-2011: not applicable Estimate 2012-2013: 65 per cent Target 2014-2015: 67 per cent The capacity-development programme on statistics covers, inter alia, the field of geospatial information, which is a new priority area of the subprogramme following the adoption by the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of resolution 2011/24 and the creation of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management. The subprogramme’s capacity-development programme will be implemented through: (a) advisory services, upon governments’ requests, aimed at building sound national statistical and geospatial information systems of developing countries, which include solid institutional infrastructures, systematic data-collection activities, the compilation of aggregate macroeconomic and social statistics in accordance with global standards and norms, and a multichannel data dissemination system; (b) training workshops and seminars for developing countries in various areas of statistics, such as social and demographic statistics, including civil registration and vital statistics, gender statistics, national accounts, industrial statistics, international trade in services and tourism statistics, international trade and business registers, international economic classifications, environment statistics, environmental economic accounting, energy statistics, organization of national statistical systems, Millennium Development Goal (MDG) indicators, and geographic information management; and (c) fellowships, study tours and on-the-job training for national statisticians and geospatial information experts from developing countries to upgrade and strengthen their knowledge and skills in the areas of statistics and geographic information management and to establish regional and international networks.