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SESRIC

IMPLEMENTED ACTIVITIES OF THE

OIC STATISTICAL COMMISSION

7 November 2016 – 1 May 2018

CELEBRATING

40th ANNIVERSARY

OIC STATISTICAL COMMISSION

OIC-StatCom

since 2011 403

Participants

53 MCs

25 IOs

NEW WEB PAGE OF OICSTATCOM

STATISTICS and INFORMATION DEPARTMENT

STATISTICS AND INFORMATION

DATA and INFORMATION MANAGEMENT (DIM)

Developing common methodologies for indicators specific to OIC countries

Collecting, collating, processing and disseminating socio-economic and sustainable data and information based on official statistics

Maintaining and enriching current databases and rosters

Developing and improving Statistical Applications and E-learning Platforms (SAEP)

Preparing Statistical Info Briefs (SIB) and short reports on selected areas

Developing, circulating and analysing specific surveys towards improving NSS of OIC countries

STATISTICAL OUTREACH and PROJECTS (SOP)

Assuming the role of Secretariat of OIC-StatCom

Establishing collaborative relationships with statistical departments of national, regional and international organizations and maintaining/improving continuous and direct contacts and networks with the constitutents of NSS agencies

Developing projects geared towards improving NSS of OIC countries

Circulating statistics based knowledge to relevant stakeholders including press

Conducting and improving Statistical Capacity Development and Outreach Programmes including STATCAB

OIC STATISTICS DATABASE (OICSTAT)

First and only international official statistics repository covering all OIC Countries

Currently hosts over 380 indicators under 22 categories dating back to 1985

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More Explanatory Metadata

Major Country Groupings

Easily Searchable Indicators

Quick Access to the Most Recent

Year Available Data

Years Archived

More Reporting Sources

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Release Calendar

FEATURES

STATISTICAL APPLICATIONS


Closely works with the OICStat

Comprehensive information on

Background, Geography and

Climate, Society and

Demographics, Government and

Politics, Economy and Sectors,

Country in Figures, International

Partnerships, Logistics, Special

Links

"Info Note" production feature

OIC Countries

in Figures

(OIC-CIF)


ROSTER OF STATISTICS EXPERTS (ROSE)

http://www.sesric.org/rose.php

DIRECTORY OF OTHER NATIONAL

INSTITUTIONS

STATISTICAL APPLICATIONS Central Banks, Chambers, Development

Agencies, Research Institutes / Think Tanks,

Training Institutes, Unions, Universities /

Higher Education Institutes

SESRIC MOBILE APPLICATION

STATISTICAL PUBLICATIONS

SWOT Outlook

on OIC Countries

SESRIC

Statistics

Newsletter

Infographics

OIC ISLAMIC FINANCE INDUSTRY DATABASE (IBFSTAT)

Objective

To facilitate the development of a

database with a standardized structure

for the Islamic finance industry

covering banking, capital markets,

insurance, and non-bank financial

ınstitutions sectors within OIC

member countries

Target

Group

NSOs, Central Banks & Monetary

Authorities, Capital Markets

Authorities, and other financial

supervisory and regulatory bodies of

OIC Member Countries as well as

relevant international institutions

SURVEY on IBFSTAT

A Stakeholders Meeting was organized at World Bank – IMF Meetings in

October 2016

The Centre has developed and circulated a survey on ‘Islamic Finance

Industry Database for OIC Member Countries’ to gather a preliminary

insight about existing data collection, compilation and dissemination

concerning Islamic finance practices in OIC member countries first in January

2017.

As of May 2018, 42 Institutions from 29 Countries have submitted the survey

responses:

Status Countries

NSOs (13) CBs & MAs (18) Other (11)

Complete to

a Greater

Extent (18)

Chad, Egypt, Gabon,

Indonesia, Qatar, UAE

Brunei, Iran, Jordan,

Kuwait , Malaysia,

Pakistan, Saudi Arabia

Bangladesh, Iran, Malaysia,

Pakistan, Palestine

Incomplete

(24)

Bangladesh, Iraq,

Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco,

Nigeria, Palestine

Bahrain, Bangladesh,

Guinea, Indonesia,

Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon,

Maldives, Mauritania,

Qatar, Suriname, UAE

Cote d'Ivoire, Jordan (2),

Oman, Senegal, Turkey

INTERNATIONAL INTERACTIONS

SESRIC recently joined the Inter Secretariat Working

Group on National Accounts (ISWGNA ) Task Force on

Islamic Finance initiated by UNSD

Task Force aims at strengthening the synergy to improve

the Islamic finance data quality and sound infrastructure

for better data production and dissemination

Two working groups:

Sectorization and Classification: Develop practical

guidance and recommendations on the sector

Data Coordination & Collection: [SESRIC]

Harmonise efforts to collect Islamic finance data

and compile Islamic finance statistics from SNA

perspective

CONSULTATIVE MEETING ON DEVELOPING ISLAMIC FINANCE INDUSTRY DATABASE FOR OIC MEMBER COUNTRIES

10 MCs

30 Participants

6 IOs

Objective

To brief the Central Banks and Monetary

Authorities, NSOs and other Financial

Regulatory and Supervisory Authorities

of OIC countries about the SESRIC

Project on Developing Islamic Finance

Industry Database and ultimately

gather feedback from the representatives

of the stakeholders.

Participation

Date: 24 September 2017

Venue: Bodrum, Turkey

Organiser: SESRIC

THE WAY FORWARD: IBFSTAT

1. Increasing the availability of more indicators which are related to

Islamic banking and finance industry by determination of sectoral

priorities based on the level of accessibility of data (Islamic

Banking, Islamic Capital Markets, Takaful, etc.)

2. Comprehensive analysis of the survey results after taking

responses from more countries and institutions for planning and

conducting statistical capacity building programs for countries

where there is a need for collecting, compiling and dissemination

Islamic finance data.

3. Collaboration with various stakeholders at national and

international levels to improve the Islamic finance data quality

and sound infrastructure for better data production and

dissemination.

SYRIA PALESTINIANS EMPLOYMENT AND

ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (SPEED)

13th Islamic Summit Conference Resolution OIC/SUM-

13/2016/PAL-RES (Istanbul, 2016): Support and

expand the Program for the economic empowerment of

the Palestinian people and mobilize additional resources

for the Program through voluntary contributions

A 6-stage-business model with capacity development,

social safety/protection, and finance/investment

From statistical perspective, SESRIC directly

contributes to the identification of the capacities and

needs of Palestinian refugees in Turkey through

questionnaire design and orienting the pollsters for data

collection

SYRIA PALESTINIANS EMPLOYMENT AND

ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (SPEED)

THE WAY FORWARD: SPEED PROJECT

Orientation Workshop on the Needs and Capacity

Assessment Questionnaire of the SPEED Project

To be conducted by SESRIC on 20-21 June 2018

at its Headquarters

To train over 50 volunteering pollsters coming

from different provinces of Turkey

To cover the issues related to the completion of

the said Questionnaire

DEVELOPMENT FINANCE STATISTICS

Mapping the Landscape of Development Assistance and Cooperation in OIC Countries

DAC receives ODA figures from 86 different countries and organisations and calculates estimates for 10 countries (including Indonesia and Qatar).

6 OIC countries (Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and UAE) are among the 20 non-DAC countries reporting to DAC.

AIMS OF THE PROJECT:

To contribute to alleviate data paucity in development assistance flows data concerning OIC countries;

To map the landscape of development assistance and cooperation in OIC countries: Organisational Structure,

WORKSHOP ON DEVELOPMENT FINANCE STATISTICS

18 MCs

2 IOs

Topics

• Main Concepts of DAC Statistics

• Differences between ODA and TOSSD

• OECD-DAC Data Reporting Formats

• Country Experiences

• Benefits and Challenges of Reporting

Development Finance Flows

• Questionnaire!!

Participation

Venue: Ankara, Turkey

Dates: 12-13 July 2017

Organisers: SESRIC, OECD


Membership of SESRIC in TOSSD Task Force

Objective: To further elaborate the features of TOSSD and prepare a first set of Reporting Instructions

Among 22 Members of TOSSD, 4 of them are OIC member countries: Senegal, Tunisia, Bangladesh, Nigeria.

SESRIC is a member of TOSSD as an international organisation

Three Meetings so far: Paris, July 2017; San Jose, December 2017; Ottawa, January 2018

Upcoming Meeting: Brussels, end of May 2018

THE WAY FORWARD: ODAStat

Analyse the responses received for the Survey

Establish a Directory of Development Assistance

Agencies of OIC Countries

Contribute to improving the statistical capacities of OIC

countries concerning the measurement of the

development assistance inflows and outflows based on

TOSSD reporting methodology upon its finalisation

Conduct pilot exercises on the implementation of the

TOSSD in collaboration with OECD-DCD in

volunteering OIC countries

OIC STATCAB PROGRAMME

• OIC StatCaB Programme facilitates flow of statistical and professional know-how among NSSs of OIC countries based on a South-South and Triangular Cooperation approach.

• Needs and capacities identification through biannual questionnaires.

• Questionnaires are made available in three official languages of the OIC and also accessible online.

• For the biennium 2018-2019, questionnaire has been circulated in August 2017.

STATCAB SURVEY FOR BIENNIUM 2018-2019

• The Centre circulated the survey in August 2017. Reminders were sent on 4 and 23 October 2017, 12 November 2017, 3 and 12 January 2018.

• 42 institutions from 41 countries submitted the StatCaB survey.

STATUS INSTITUTION

COUNT COUNTRY

SUBMITTED 42

AFGHANISTAN, ALBANIA, AZERBAIJAN, BANGLADESH,

BENIN, BRUNEI, CAMEROON, CHAD, COMOROS,

DJIBOUTI, EGYPT, GABON, INDONESIA, IRAN, IRAQ,

JORDAN, KAZAKHSTAN, KUWAIT, LIBYA, MALAYSIA,

MALDIVES, MALI, MAURITANIA, MOZAMBIQUE, NIGER,

OMAN, PAKISTAN, PALESTINE, QATAR, SAUDI ARABIA,

SENEGAL, SIERRA LEONE, SOMALIA, SUDAN, SURINAME,

TAJIKISTAN, TOGO, TURKEY, UGANDA (NSO), UGANDA

(MINISTRY OF PUBLIC SERVICE), UAE, YEMEN

ASKED 15

ALGERIA, BAHRAIN, BURKINA FASO, COTE D’IVOIRE,

GAMBIA, GUINEA, GUINEA-BISSAU, GUYANA,

KYRGYZSTAN, LEBANON, MOROCCO, NIGERIA, TUNISIA,

TURKMENISTAN, UZBEKISTAN

11 7 7 8

15 15 15

42

55 51

74

17

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

Number of Statistical

Activities,

by Year, 2007 – April 2018

SESRIC STATISTICAL ACTIVITIES

Statistics

Courses,

216

EGM /

WS, 55

Study

Visits, 27

Technical

Missions,

13

OIC-

StatCoM,

6

Distribution of Statistical

Activities,

by Type, 2007 – April 2018

Partners Involved 56 23 23 Beneficiaries Provider NSOs Other Providers

Distribution of Statistical Activities, by Domain, 2007- April 2018

Economic

Statistics, 121

Methodology of

Data Collection,

Processing,

Dissemination &

Analysis, 61

Demographic &

Social Statistics,

51

Environment &

Multi-Domain

Statistics, 41

Strategic &

Managerial

Issues of Official

Statistics, 30

Professional

Skills for Official

Statisticians, 10


Number of Statistical Activities Conducted, by Theme, 2007 - April 2018

1 1 1 1 1 1

3 3 3

4 4 4

5 5

6 8

9 10 10

12 13

14 16

17 17

18 18

19 19

26 48

CultureDev. Assist

EnterpreneurSustainable Dev.

TransportYearbook & Compendia

BusinessEnergy

OIC-PeerEco. Accounts

EnvironmentMMC

Coord. & Coop.Income & Consumption

DemographyGender

Edu. & STIFinance

Professional SkillsPrice

InfrastructureTrade

SurveysHealth

PovertyAgriculture

National AccountsLabour

TourismMulti Dimension

Data


SESRIC STATCAB PROGRAMME

17 12 10 10 10 9 9 9 8 8

TOP 10 COUNTRIES BENEFITED FROM STATCAB,

2007 – April 2018

62

25 24 19 18 13 12 12 10 10

TOP 10 COUNTRIES CONTRIBUTED TO STATCAB,

2007 – April 2018

STATISTICS COURSES

‘Income and Consumption

Statistics’

in Malaysia

March 2018

Provider: BPS-Statistics Indonesia

‘Business Statistics’ in Uganda

August 2017

Provider: GBOS of Gambia

‘Transport Statistics’

in Azerbaijan

October 2017

Provider: TurkStat of Turkey

‘Metadata’

in Benin

September 2017

Provider: INS of Cameroon

‘Energy Statistics’

in Azerbaijan

February 2018

Provider: SCI of Iran

‘Data Analysis’

in Saudi Arabia

January 2018

Provider: CAPMAS of Egypt

STUDY VISITS & TECHNICAL MISSIONS

‘International Statistical Classifications’ in Bahrain

September 2017

Provider: DoS of Jordan

‘Income and Consumption Statistics’ to Tunisia

September 2017

Beneficiary: LBSC of Libya

‘Labour Statistics’ to Brunei

January 2018

Beneficiary: GASTAT of Saudi Arabia

‘Metadata’ to Turkey

February 2018

Beneficiary: NCSI of Oman

MEETING WITH THE DELEGATES OF NATIONAL STATISTICAL OFFICES OF OIC MEMBER COUNTRIES

19 MCs

35 Participants

2 IOs

Agenda

• The progress of the OIC-StatCom

activities including future projects

• Current surveys conducted by

SESRIC.

• Possible themes of the 7th Session of

OIC-StatCom

Participation

Venue: New York, USA

Dates: 8 March 2018

Organiser: SESRIC

REGIONAL MEETING OF LABOUR STATISTICIANS IN PREPARATION FOR THE 20TH ICLS

• To inform participants about the review process in preparation for the 20th ICLS;

• To present the current proposals for new international standards for statistics on

work relationships;

• To share information about national experience with statistics on work

relationships;

• To identify potential opportunities for testing of the proposals; and

• To gather feedback and promote discussion among participants to generate new

ideas and further refinements to the proposals.

Venue: Muscat, Oman

Dates: 9-11 October 2017

Organisers: ILO in

collaboration with

SESRIC and GCC-

STAT

Objectives

SUMMER SCHOOL ON MULTIDIMENSIONAL POVERTY MEASUREMENT & ANALYSIS’

Topics

• Unidimensional poverty measures;

• Methodologies to analyse multidimensional poverty;

• The Alkire Foster methodology of multidimensional poverty measurement;

• Measurement design;

• Estimation of multidimensional poverty and interpretation of the results;

• Subgroup decomposition and mapping;

• Multidimensional poverty changes over time;

• Econometric analysis of multidimensional poverty and impact evaluation; and

• Institutions, policies, and communication.

Venue: Marrakesh, Morocco

Dates: 3-15 July 2017

Organisers: SESRIC, OPHI,

IDB, HCP of Morocco

TQS INTEGRATION PROJECT

Fourth

Session of

OIC-StatCom

in April 2014

The importance of public

health issues and tobacco

control

Integration of the Tobacco Questions for Surveys

(TQS) into the National Surveys in OIC Member

Countries

Discussed

MoA signed with CDC Foundation on 12 September 2014

TQS INTEGRATION PROJECT

Integration of the Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS) into the National Surveys

in OIC Member Countries

COMPLETED

DECLARED

COMMITMENT

Azerbaijan, Egypt, Gambia,

Indonesia, Mali, Mauritania,

Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo

Cameroon, Chad, Cote d’Ivoire,

Gabon, Tajikistan

PROPOSED Palestine, Suriname

WORKSHOP ON TQS: DATA ANALYSIS & DISSEMINATION’

Participation

13 MCs

5 IOs

Topics

• Tobacco Burden

• Monitoring and Surveillance

• TQS Survey Questions

• Implementation Guidelines

• Analysis

• Data Dissemination


Dates: 16-17 Aug 2017

Organisers: SESRIC,

CDC, CDC

Foundation, WHO

THE WAY FORWARD: TQS

SESRIC will continue to provide technical support upon the requests of the pilot countries within the framework of the project, namely:

• Study Visits and Technical Missions: Consultation through short term technical visits on survey design, methodology, sampling, etc.

• Questionnaire Review: Consultation on question wording, placement, and general flow.

• Study Design: Consultation on sample design, and data collection and management procedures.

• Analysis and Reporting: Consultation on analyzing and reporting data obtained from TQS questions, including the construction of indicators, tables, and graphs.

• Training materials and consultation for multi-country TQS and tobacco control trainings. Next Workshop on TQS planned to be held in August 2018.

OIC-PEER

Fifth Session of

OIC-StatCom

in May 2015

The importance of M&E to

better plan and coordinate the

future strategies of NSOs.

“Peer Review for National Statistical Offices in the OIC

Member Countries (OIC-Peer)”

• Enhancing the credibility of the NSOs of OIC countries

• Strengthening the capacity of NSSs of OIC countries to produce high-quality

statistics.

• Reassuring stakeholders about the quality of data that the NSS produces and the

trustworthiness of the NSS.

• Encouraging OIC countries to benefit from the Peer Review mechanism to

objectively learn the strengths (including the identification of innovative

practices) and weaknesses of their NSOs and to get effective recommendations

to improve their systems.

OIC-PEER INCLINATION SURVEY (OPRIS)

• The Centre circulated a survey in January 2017 called ‘OIC-Peer Review Inclination Survey (OPRIS)’ to the NSO of OIC Member Countries with the aim to learn the current situation on the implementation of Peer Reviews. Reminders were sent on 17 February, 6 March, 24 March, and 19 April 2017.

• As of December 2017, 25 countries have submitted the completed survey.

STATUS PARTS COUNT COUNTRY

COMPLETE

INTRODUCTION 33

AFGHANISTAN, ALBANIA, BAHRAIN, BANGLADESH, BENIN,

BRUNEI, CAMEROON, CHAD, COTE D'IVOIRE, EGYPT (2),

GABON, INDONESIA, IRAN, IRAQ, JORDAN, KUWAIT, LIBYA,

MALAYSIA, MOZAMBIQUE, NIGER, NIGERIA, OMAN,

PAKISTAN, PALESTINE, SAUDI ARABIA, SUDAN,

TAJIKISTAN, TOGO, TUNISIA, TURKEY, UAE, UGANDA,

YEMEN

OPRIS 25

AFGHANISTAN, ALBANIA, BAHRAIN, BANGLADESH, BENIN,

CAMEROON, COTE D'IVOIRE, CHAD, EGYPT (2), GABON,

INDONESIA, IRAN, MALAYSIA, MOZAMBIQUE, NIGER,

NIGERIA, PAKISTAN, PALESTINE, SAUDI ARABIA,

TAJIKISTAN, TOGO, TUNISIA, TURKEY, UAE, UGANDA

INCOMPLETE

INTRODUCTION 0 NONE

OPRIS 8 SUDAN, OMAN, IRAQ, JORDAN, LIBYA, KUWAIT, BRUNEI,

YEMEN

WORKSHOP ON PEER REVIEW MECHANISMS FOR NATIONAL STATISTICAL OFFICES IN OIC MEMBER COUNTRIES

25 MCs

38 Participants

4 IOs

Objective

To better understand the peer

review mechanism and to learn

more about the benefits and

challenges of the peer review

for OIC countries.

Participation

Date: 19-20 December

2017


Organiser: SESRIC

THE WAY FORWARD: OIC-PEER

work together with all relevant national, regional, international and

supranational stakeholders for the implementation of OIC-Peer

Programme and supported the proposal of a multilateral agreement

among SESRIC, Eurostat, PARIS21 and AUC.

participate in peer reviews as an observer and/or partner institution

through incorporating the know-how and experience gained by the

relevant stakeholders.

host an Online Repository of Peer Review Documents with proper

intellectual property acknowledgements and requested relevant

stakeholders to share the related documents with SESRIC.

SESRIC to ameliorate the features of Roster of Statistics Experts

(ROSE) (available on www.sesric.org/rose.php) to gather a pool of

eminent experts that will be candidates for the teams of OIC-Peer

Programme. The received experts nominated by the NSOs are being

entered into SESRIC ROSE system.








MONITORING FOOD SECURITY

19 MCs

40 Participants

7 IOs

Participation


Dates: 22-23 February 2017

Organisers: SESRIC, FAO

25 Participants

11 MCs

3 IOs


Dates: 14-15 November 2017

Organisers: SESRIC, FAO

• POU and FIES Philosophies

• Pertinence of Information Provided for Food

Security Policy

Participation

• Country Experiences on Governing Food Security

Data

• Problems Encountered during Household Surveys

• Data Analysis Demonstration on FIES Data

WAY FORWARD: FIES

Signing of an official document to concretise the

cooperation between SESRIC and FAO to organise joint

activities concerning food security monitoring

Organisation of statistical skills enrichment activities on

R statistical computing and graphics language on which

FIES data analysis modules are built upon

Conduct together with FAO statistics courses, study

visit, and technical assistance missions for the

collection, collation, and dissemination of relevant SDG

2 indicators

OIC Accreditation & Certification Programme for

Official Statisticians: E-Learning Platform

OIC-CPOS PROGRAMME: E-LEARNING

Currently hosted under oicstatcom.org domain

Hosting four sections, namely: About, Certification

System, Study Materials, and Registration.

The Study Materials webpage was updated to include

presentations received from all kinds of statistical

activities and projects of SESRIC.

The presentations received from all kinds of statistical

activities are being uploaded to Study Materials

webpage:

http://www.oicstatcom.org/study-materials.php

Current presence of the E-Learning Platform.

OIC-CPOS PROGRAMME: E-LEARNING

STATISTICAL OUTREACH TOOLKIT

• This project aims at developing a generic guide in a

Statistical Outreach Toolkit (SOT) format to assist the

National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of OIC member

countries in structuring strategies concerning their

outreach activities not only through traditional channels

but also especially through emerging ones and

engagement with a broad spectrum of stakeholders.

• A Workshop is planned to be held in 2018 with the aim

to draw the outline and discuss the content of the SOT

together with the potential contributors/experts from

National/international agencies including UNECE,

PARIS21, Eurostat, TurkStat, Anadolu Agency, etc.

COOPERATION WITH PARTNERS

MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING

to collaborate in carrying out activities conducive to help OIC member countries

improve their statistical systems to collect, process and disseminate relevant, quality

and timely data for evidence based policy making to achieve their national

development goals and strive towards the Sustainable Development Goals.

Venue: Amman,

Jordan

Date: 30 April 2018

Venue: Iran,

Tehran

Date: 16 January

2018

Venue: Ankara,

Turkey

Date: 16 August

2017

ECO

Venue: Marrakesh,

Morocco

Date: 19 July 2017

DGSEE of

GABON

WORLD

BANK

AITRS

GLOBAL NETWORK OF INSTITUTIONS FOR STATISTICAL TRAINING (GIST)

The UNSD invited SESRIC to be the Founding Members on

1 November 2017.

Established on 5 January 2018.

Overall objective: to facilitate collaboration among members

of the network in the delivery of trainings on statistics in a

more harmonized and standardized manner.

SESRIC attended the first meeting of GIST on 8 March 2018

in New York, USA.

THANK YOU

Statistical, Economic and Social Research and

Training Centre for Islamic Countries

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