Third International Seminar on Early Warning and Business Cycle indicators

Session 6Communication and Dissemination: Country

experiences

Discussant: Geert Bruinooge

Countries; Morroco; Chile; Indonesia; China

Morroco - National Statistical System

• High Commission of Planning (HCP) official statistical authority

• Focal point of the Moroccan national statistical system

• Legal responsibility to release statistical output

• Statistical Information National Council (to be established)

Dissemination Policy

• Provide all categories of users with comprehensive and accurate data

• Respond to user needs when developing and disseminating information

• Increase access to information by disseminating directly and through others

• Free of charge access to general information• Pricing of specialized information• Annual calendar• Media, internet, papers, electronic publications• Micro data sets

Main Economic Indicators

• GDP: Q; 90 days• Industrial production: Q; 75 days• Industrial production prices: M; 15 days• Foreign trade: Q• Wage Indices: Q (in development)• Business Confidence Survey: Q• Household Confidence Survey: Q; 35 days• CPI: M; 15 days• Quarterly Conjuncture Report: Q• Employment Evolution: Q

Ongoing work

• Quarterly National Account: reduction of timelag (now 90 days)

• Flash GDP: in development by using partial or estimated information

• Cooperation at international level

Chile – National Statistical System

• Instituto National de Estadistica (INE) national statistical authority

• Mission: to generate, analize and disseminate official and public statistics

• Emphasis on open access of all statistical information to all citizens

• Statistics must be placed at the service of the community and all citizens

• Full adherence to principles of transparency and accessibility; annual publication calendar

• Strong link with respondents• Confidentiality and embargo up to publication

Improving communication channels

Principles of communication process• Quality: in terms of of making the totality of information

available in a timely manner• Transparency: communication of all stages of production

process to all involved• Availability of methods and methodoligal aspects to

users

Outreach tools• Website• Publications• Half-yearly meeting with specialized users• Educational efforts

Main Economic Indicators

• CPI: M; 8 days• Earnings statistics: M; 8 days• Transport costs: M; 8 days• Manufacturing Production Index: M, 25 days• Mining Production Index: M; 25 days• Electricity, gas and Water Index: M; 25 days• Retail sales Index: M, 25 days• GDP (Central Bank): Q: according to calendar

Indonesia – National Statistical System

• Badan Pusat Statistik (BPS) official statistical authority• Main agency for reliable and up to date statistical

information to government and public• Director-General BPS directly responsible to President• Statistical Education and Training Center• International collaboration• Training for journalists

Dissemination Policy

• Objective: ensure a continuous flow of information to target audiences

• Identify target audiences: public, journalists, government, internal BPS

• Reports tailored to targets groups• Communication vehicles: website, press conferences,

executive reports, internal website• Data presentations: press releases; tables and graphs;

executive summary

Main economic indicators

• CPI: M, 1 day• Foreign Trade: M, 30 days• Worker’s wages: M, 1 day• Farmers’s term of trade: M 30 days• Wholesale Price Index: M, 30 days• Tourism: M, 30 days• Transportation: M’30 days• GDP: Q, 35 days• Business and Consumers Confidence Indicators: Q, 35

days• Manufacturing Production Index: Q, 30 days• Forecast Food Crops: 4 monthly, forecast current year

China -National Statistical System

• National Bureau of Statistics is National statistical authority

• Focal point of the national statistical system• Responsible for unified organisation and coordination of

statistical data, dissemination, public information and interviews

Issues and Challenges

• Website more user friendly• Extend range of statistics on website• Timeseries and report generator on website• Improve communication (information on methodology,

revisions and better publication timetable)• Improving timeliness without loss in accuracy• All statistics must be based on professional practices

Dissemination Policy• Strengthen work of journalism and propaganda• Pressconferences with system of pressspookmen• Website: China Statistical Information network• China Statistical Archive:dedicated to public to provide

statistical data, information inquiries and consulting services for free

• Systen of national statistical databases for public need for statistical information inquiries (thematic approach; keyword search, output of a variety of files, mapping etc.)

• Regular release calendar• Media, internet, television, radio, national and regional

yearbooks, CD-roms

Main Economic Indicators

• Pressconference on Economic situation: M• GDP: Q, 15 days• Efficiency of Industrial Economy: M• Business Climate Index: M• Entrepreneur Confidence Index: M• Statistical Survey Programs: M

Common Issues

• Dissemination Policy• Focus on Website• Improvement of timeliness• Improvement of services to users• Release calendar

New Issues?

• All statistical output must be available on website

• Free access to website

• Access to micro data

• Timeliness vs accuracy

• Use new media and technology: Twitter, Smart phones, I-pad, You tube

• Statistical literacy, Storytelling