Sub-regional Advocacy Workshop on MDGs :

Strengthen the evidence base for development

effectiveness

Ms. Budsara Sangaroon

Statistician

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MDGs

• In MDG Report 2004 Thailand have been achieved

national MDG targets ahead of global schedule

- Poverty - Hunger

- Gender - HIV/AIDS

- Malaria

• Thailand not satisfied with these achievements

• We try to set more ambitious targets “ MDG Plus”

which is suitable for Thai context

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MDGs Plus

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• The challenge targets beyond national targets

and suitable and feasible to Thai context

• Point to the persistent disparities among

region and groups and vulnerable groups

- below-average condition health in the Northeast

- poverty in remote highland areas of the North

- Muslim communities in 3 provinces of the South

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How to Monitor the MDG Plus

• Participatory process and engagement by all policy makers

● Networking and multi-sectoral actions through the

function of the Committee

● Integrating MDG strategy into the country National

Development Plan

• Each champion and related agencies are responsible for

respective strategic goal.

● Most of the data of the related agencies would be used

to calculate those indicators, including monitoring the

situation of the indicators

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Thank You

For Your AttentionNESDB Focal point

Poverty

EducationGender

Maternal Health Child Health

Sustainable Development

Malaria, Tuberculosis

and Heart disease

HIV/AIDS

NESDB,NSO

MSDHS,NSO

MoE,NSO

MoPHMoPH

MoPH,Dept. of PA

MoNRE,MoE,MoI,

MoPH

Champion Agencies and Related Goals

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Lessons Learned

• The participatory approach by the form of

committee created the close networking of

multi-sectoral

• Integration into the National Development Plan

• The MDG+

targets are too ambitious for the

national level.

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The Challenges

• The MDG+

goals and targets should be set and

point to the problem of specific population group

in specific area.

● The people and policy maker in the specific area

should be paticipate in the MGD+ processing.

• Thailand have MDG at sub-national level;

call “ MDG* “

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Role of National Statistics Office

on MDGs

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The National Statistical Office (NSO)

To provide through consultation with national

consultants during target, indicator, data and

methodology research, documentation and

analysis, and through cluster meeting.

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The NSO's Role on the MDGs

The NSO provides not only consultation and

cluster meeting, but also through survey and

census conducted which could provide data using

for measuring MDG indicators. Furthermore, the

function in compiling and analyzing statistical

data is used to support government policies and

those could support for MDG indicators.

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The NSO is the statistical data center, which

provides information, produced by the NSO and

the other government agencies including the

data for the MDG indicators. However, data from

various agencies might have different coverage

and definitions.

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The different definition and classification, make

them could not compare to each other.

Therefore, the NSO has to coordinate with other

statistical producers to promote the use of

statistical standard. Statistical advice and

consultancy services in terms of statistical

production and data processing such as

statistical methodology, questionnaire design,

data collection and compilation, data processing

and analysis are provided to other agencies

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Line AgenciesIndicators (MDGs)

Indicators (MDGs+)

Total

No. %

1. NSO 21 7 28 47.4

2. Ministry of Public Health 13 13 26 44.1

3. Ministry of Education 3 14 17 28.8

4. Ministry of Interior 8 6 14 42.4

5. NESDB 4 3 7 10.2

6. Others 7 8 15 25.4

Total Indicators* (goal 1 – goal 7) 31 24 59

Table 1 Number of indicators provided by the line agencies* Include 4 indicators of goal 8

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ROLE OF STATISTICS FOR DEVELOPMENT PLANNING

and MDGs TARGET

The NSO, as the consultant and producer would

fulfill the gap in consulting and producing the

continuity, consistency statistics data timely

including policy analysis. The NSO would also

conduct the survey, those that are important and

not produced by the other statistical units.

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Plan and Activities of NSO

- A statistics strategic development plan “Thailand Master Plan”

- The database would be developed to provide complete and correct data and information timely

- Conducted Thailand Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey

- Capacity building- Project on Key National Development Indicator

with MDGs Indicators (CountryData)

Thailand’s Statistical Master Plan

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Current Situation of Thailand National Statistical System

Thailand National Statistical System Decentralized Statistical System

Too many data produced

Could not do any analysis or make decision for national policies formulation & for urgent crisis

(user confusion, coordination problems)

Too many sources of data collection

Due to data are not being integrated and linked

Could not find the right source/kind of data(duplication, omission,

quality & statistical standards problems)

• Thailand National Statistical System is still Decentralized System, but with clear roles, function and relation of various agencies in the National Statistical System

• To empower NSO to do better coordination roles for effective management of National Statistical System

• Statistical Data of Government organizations will be linked and used integratedly

Amendment of Statistics Act in 2007(1952 → 1965 → 2007)

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Section 5 NSO is the central state agency in charge of the technical statistics work

Section 6 NSO has authority and duties:(1) Preparing the Master Plan for the implementation of the government

statistical work(2) Preparing statistics standards to present to the cabinet for approval

(5) Coordinating & consulting with agencies to prepare plans that definethe responsibilities in implementing the statistical work under the Master Plan as mentioned in (1)

(7) Coordinating with agencies to create statistical network in order to obtain important & timely statistical database of the country

Section 7 NSO shall coordinate with relevant agencies and prepare the plan in such a waythat it is consistent with the national policy and development plan.Relevant agencies shall follow the Master Plan.

Section 8 Agencies shall prepare their statistics in accordance with the plan defining the responsibilities under section 6(5), and shall ensure thatthey meet statistical standards. In the event that any agency fails to perform according to paragraph one, the National Statistics Office shall report to the cabinet for instructions as it is deemed appropriate.

Statistics Act 2007

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• Official Statistics concept be used as reference data of the country

• Consideration of Official Statistics be done by each sector

• Development of system to link, integrate and share statistical data from government agencies

• Promote and support the use of statistical data

• Improvement of quality of Official Statistics - Develop the capacity of statistical teams and units

- Improve quality by upgrading the standard and quality of statistics by minimizing redundancy and workload

Strategy in Development of Thailand National Statistical System

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Vision: “Thailand has a statistical system that drives all the agencies together. Thailand will have the official statistics to develop country.”

Vision and Strategy of Thailand Statistical Master Plan 2011-2015

Strategy for the development of statistical systems:

Strategy #1 Efficient management of the statistical systemGoals : 1. Thailand has Official Statistics.

2. Thailand has a statistical system of high standard and efficiency.

3. Thailand has a system to develop statistical teams and units.

Strategy #2 Standardized statistical productionGoals : 1. Thailand has good statistical practices.

2. Thailand produces statistical data in accordance withthe quality standards.

Strategy #3 Equal access to statistical dataGoals : 1. People have equal access to statistical data.

2. Official Statistics are widely used.

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Thailand Statistical Master Plan: Principal Idea

Statistical Committee

Sectoral Statistics Sub-committees(21 sub-committees)

Provincial Statistics Sub-committees(76 sub-committees)

Sub-committees

Official Statistics &

responsible agencies

Government Policy

Good Governance

MIS DSS EIS

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“ Key statistical items in each sector that are commonly used for national development planning and monitoring, and ensure that Official Statistics (OS) are produced and disseminated periodically, timely, and high quality”

Official Statistics Concept

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Committee on National Statistical System Management

(3 Major Stat.: Social, Economics, and Natural resources and environment)

Academic Advisory Committee

Cabinet approval, 3 May 2011

Sectoral Statistical Sub-committee

(21 sectors)

(Function Base)

Provincial Statistical Sub-committee(76 provinces)

(Area Base)

Constructing the country statistical database from registered base data, survey/census data

- have official statistics; key statistics items in each sector with quality, completeness and no duplication, host agency of official statistics will be clearly identified

- all levels of administrators will have statistical data for decision making

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The Implementation of Thailand Statistical Master Plan 2011-2015Cabinet approval, 28 Dec 2010

Implementing TSMP: List of 21 Sectoral StatisticsSocial Statistics

1. Demographic, population and housing statistics

2. Labour statistics3. Education statistics4. Culture statistics5. Health statistics6. Social security statistics7. Gender statistics8. Statistics of household

income and expenditure

9. Justice and other social statistics

Economic Statistics

1. National accounts2. Agricultural statistics3. Industrial statistics4. Energy statistics5. Trade statistics and price

statistics6. Transportation statistics7. Information communication

and technology statistics8. Tourism statistics9. Money, finance and

insurance statistics10. Fiscal statistics11. Statistics of science and

technology

Natural Resources and Environment Statistics

1. Natural resources and environment statistics (including Meteorology statistics)

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Implementing TSMP: Challenges

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1) The plan was to launch all 21 sectors at the same time, which was big job and needed more staff.

2) NSO internally established three bureaus as following:- the Statistical Management Bureau; mainly responsible

for coordinating the endorsement and implementation of the TSMP

- the National Information Center; mainly responsible for developing the system for linking and exchanging statistical data & information from all government agencies

- the Human Resource Development Group; mainly responsible for providing training to statistical staff from all statistical units

3) NSO also recruited internal staff for assisting as committee and secretary assistance

Cabinet

Committee on NationalStatistical System Management

Sectoral Statistical Sub-committee (21 sectors)

Implementing TSMP: Role & Responsibility

Provincial Statistical Sub-committee (76 provinces)

- Chair: ICT minister - Members: Perm Sec-Gen of

line Ministries- Secretariat: NSO (DG)- Duty: - consider & approve

framework of TSMP - report progress

to Cabinet

- Core component: 1) Responsible Ministries serves as

Chairman (Perm Sec-Gen) and Secretary2) NSO serves as Vice Chairman

and Assistant Secretary3) Agencies responsible for OS

and other concerned- Duty: - identify OS and responsible agencies

- outline measures for quality development of OS- outline measures to enhance the capacity

of Statistical units and necessary resources- implement the plan- prepare annual report to the above committee

- Chair: Provincial Governor- Members: Representatives from concerned

statistical units- Secretariat: NSO provincial officer- Duty: - identify OS and responsible agencies

- investigate and approve in quality assurance

- outline measures for quality development of OS

- outline measures to enhance the capacityof Statistical units and necessary resources

- implement the plan- prepare annual report to the above committee

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Sectoral Committee on Statistics Data (21 sectors)

Link / Integrate / Data Sharing

OS of Population statistics sector

OS of Labor statistics sector ...

OS of Environmental and Resources statistics sector

Sub-committeeSector 1

Sub-committeeSector 2

... Sub-committeeSector 21

Prime Minister Operation Center:

(PMOC)

Can be analyzed and found its relation

Can be presented in an easy format (table / graph / map)

Implementing TSMP: Function Base Approach

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Linkage / Integration / Data Sharing

Can be analyzed and found its relation

Can be presented in an easy format (table / graph / map)

1. Mind Map

2. Function ; Y = a + bx1+ cx2 + …

water

Source of water

Area

Weather

Status

Budget

Water use

Quality

ground

undergroundforest

catchment

reservoir

irregated

rain

storm

demand

usage

demand

usage

contaminated

treatment

prevention for flooding/drought

remedial for flooding/drought

irregation project

2545 2552 2554Gini Coefficient (5 groups) 0.403 0.385 0.376Monthly current income per capita 3,844 6,219 7,226

Evidence base for decision making

Implementing TSMP: Function Base Approach (cont’d)

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“Official Statistics” are available to support policy-making at national and sector levels

Statistical Units have strong capacity to produce OS

Government convinced that investing in good quality statistics is significant and worthwhile

The public can easily access and well understand of OS and their usage

Implementing TSMP: Achievements

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Sectoral Statistics

Development Plan

Implementation plan

OS Production and

dissemination &

Capacity Development of

Statistical Units

Annual Report

The Cabinet

Committee on National

Statistical System

Management

Implementing TSMP: General workflow process

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1) Setting a governance structure in the form of committees and sub-committees

2) Visiting high-level executive in order to have closely collaboration among relevant stakeholders

3) Scheduling the meeting of each statistics sectors in order to have sectoral statistical master plans, a list of official statistics and annual report of each sector

4) Introducing the use of the guideline for good statistical practice and the quality assessment framework

5) Developing the centralized system for statistical service such as Data Networking

Steps of TSMP Implementation

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Implementing TSMP: Recent Progress (2011-2012) Collaboration from line ministries and the perception of high-

level executive on the significance and usefulness of statistical data for national development as well as for the development of their agencies

A well understanding and pursuing by relevant staff from all agencies

Be able to establish the Sectoral Statistical Master Plan of each sector

Having the quality statistics from each sector

Having an annual report (for a fiscal year 2012)of each sector

On the process of preparation for

- The Guideline for Good Statistical Practice (GSP)

- The Quality Assessment Framework (QA)17

Implementing TSMP: Problems / Obstacles The implementation of TSMP is so far having a well collaboration

from line ministries, however the progress was slightly delayed.

This is because

1) The system is new to both NSO and other agencies, many issues need discussion and clarification, many details of the system need to be worked out, as well as the need for well plan and structure from conceptual idea to practical implementation.

2) Concerning that TSMP involves almost all government agencies – saying that it is a big job. And it is somewhat an extra assignment to all participated line ministries concerning that most of them have their usual work.

3) Concerning that each sectoral sub-committee chaired by the permanent secretary of the respective ministry which needs an advance booking – saying that it is difficult in scheduling the meeting date of each sector.

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Implementing TSMP: Way Forward

NSO will conduct the assessment of TSMP implementation of the first phrase (year 2011 – 2012)

NSO will prepare the centralized system for statistical service (including the development of the input, searching and presentation feature) such as Data Networking, for which the statistics is used worthwhile

NSO will construct the capacity building programs;

1) a good practice for the production of statistics

2) the use of statistical service system

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Statistical Master Plan

• Sectoral statistical master plan (identify Official Statistics and responsible agencies)

• Quality Assessment of Official Statistics

• Good Statistical Practices : GSP

• Human Resource Development

• Statistical Standard Management

Supporting the useof statistics

Data exchange andintegration

National Statistical Management in Thailand

Investigate current Status of sector statistics and

their operation (Supply)(quality, duplication, problems/obstacles on statistics production, etc.)

3

Obtain Sector Statistics

Development Plan

Gap

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Study current situation and development of sector statistics

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Study plans/strategy for country

development (Demand)

2

Obtain Official Statistics of each sector

necessary & important statistics

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Process for developing the Sectoral Statistical Development Plan

1. Collaborative work among relevant agencies, where NSO serves as center coordinators

2. Study strategic plans of each agencies

3. Identify Official Statistics and responsible agencies for each OS

4. Develop the Statistics Development Plan in accordance with standard framework for which the plan can be used widely and internationally comparative

5. Build statistical capacity for each agency

6. Linkage of statistical data from government agencies and used integratedly

7. Develop the statistical service system for easy access

8. Develop the statistical information system in a form of easy to use and understand, such as GIS, graphs and charts, and such information can be used as evidence-base decision making for high executives

9. Produce an annual report to the Cabinet

Procedure of National Statistical System Development

The TSMP is “a tool for management of national statistical system” and

“used as the guideline for direction, objectives, main goals, structures and strategic framework for the development of national statistical system”

Concept for Thailand Statistical Master Plan (TSMP

• Establishing a multi-stakeholder mechanism (data producers and data users)• Evaluation the status and the capacity of statistical system as well as concerning the expectation of current users• Building a share vision and goal among relevant agencies for the development of national statistical system• Establishing a strategic framework, setting priorities in order to accomplish vision and goals• A clear defined action plan including time and budget planning in accordance with strategic plan• Establishing a monitoring and evaluation mechanism in order to assess the progress of the plan

Guideline for implementing TSMP

Office of StatExchange

Database

Server

BI Platform Analysis User

InternetOS2

OS1

21

Servers

OS21

...BI Content

ServerAnalytical Reports

NSO Data Warehouse

Other Data Sources

Data Warehouse

Text/Excel/CSV

File

TSMP: from Planning to Sharing

1) It is new issue to both NSO and line agencies

- need to have clear understanding for the concept and the usefulness of TSMP

2) It is needed to translate from conceptual idea to practical implementing

- need well plan and structure

3) It has new role for NSO to be ‘manager and coordinator’

- need for capacity building

Challenges of the TSMP implementation

1) It is new issue to both NSO and line agencies

- need to have clear understanding for the concept and the usefulness of TSMP

2) It is needed to translate from conceptual idea to practical implementing

- need well plan and structure

3) It has new role for NSO to be ‘manager and coordinator’

- need for capacity building

Challenges of the TSMP implementation