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Fundamental characteristics of the national
statistical system of Kazakhstan
Bangkok, 25 August 2016
Jarkinbayev Zhasser
Vice Chairman
Committee on statistics of the Ministry of National
Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Structure of the NSS of Kazakhstan
Legislation
Human resources
Strategic planning
Coordination of the NSS
Relations with users and data providers
Areas for improvement
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Committee on statistics of the Ministry of National
Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan
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Government
Ministry of National Economy
Committee on Statistics
Other producers of official statistics
(National Bank, Ministry of
Finance, Ministry of Energy, etc.)
Users (central and local
government, NGOs, population, academia,
etc.
Data providers (economic entities,
households & population,
administrative sources)
National Statistical System of Kazakhstan
Division of the main functions between Ministry and
Committee
Ministry:
- appoints Chairman (approval of the Government) and Vice-Chairmans of the
Committee;
- defines state policy in the area of official statistics;
- coordinates statistical activity of other producers of official statistics;
- approves annual Statistical Program (in 2016 it is planned to conduct 152 surveys
and form 363 statistical publications).
Committee:
1) forms statistical methodology according with international standards;
2 conducts statistical surveys according to the Statistical program;
3) maintains statistical registers;
4) approves all survey forms, including forms of other producers of official statistics
and administrative forms;
5) develops methodologies of using classifications and metadata by all producers of
official statistics;
6) Implements state control in the area of official statistics.
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Law on Statistics of the Republic of Kazakhstan
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First Law on Statistics of the Republic of Kazakhstan was
adopted
Second Law on Statistics of the Republic of Kazakhstan was
adopted. Goals and principles of the state policy in the area of
state statistics, requirements to statistical bodies and their
status
New version of the Law on Statistics was adopted.
Start of the new stage of the development of official statistics in
Kazakhstan
1992
1997
2010 год
Amendments to the Law on Statistics:
- Authorized body is given a right to carry out on site
inspections regarding administrative sources,
- Authorized body is given a right to get contact data from
mobile and fixed line operators.
2015 год
- Law on Statistics of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
- Specific legislation (Government resolutions related to Statistics, etc.)
- Orders of the Ministry of National Economy (Statistical Program,etc.);
- Regulations of the Committee on Statistics;
- Orders of the other producers of official statistics.
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Central Office in Astana
16 Regional Departments
194 District offices
Human resources
Total staff 287 2560
Central office Regional offices
Average age of civil servants – 33 years
Employees under 29 years of age – 44% of all staff
Average length of civil service – 9 years,
Average length of service in current position – 2,6 years
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Information on Central office staff:
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Strategic planning
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In 1991-2008 development of official statistics in Kazakhstan was based on
the implementation of the Programs of improvement of state statistics:
1.«State program on development of statistics 1992-1995».
As a result the National statistical system of the independent state was formed
2. «Improvement of State statistics 1996-1998»
Development of subject matter statistics, creation of conditions for the meeting of all user
demands in official statistics. As a result the new Law on Statistics was adopted, cooperation
with international organizations and NSOs of other countries was established
3. «Improvement of State statistics 1999-2005»
The mail goal was to develop official statistics and systemic reform of the statistical
infrastructure, including statistical registers and classifications.
4. «Improvement of State statistics 2006-2008».
Priority was the improvement of quality of statistical data by implementation of
international standards and development of the SNA.
Strategic planning (2)
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From 2009 development is based on Strategic plans of each ministry and agency
according to the System of state planning of Kazakhstan
Strategic plans of the Agency on Statistics of Kazakhstan for the years 2009-2011,
2010-2014, 2011-2015.
Currently measures on development of the statistical activity are reflected in the
Strategic plan of the Ministry of National Economy for 2014-2018 годы.
- Statistical Master-Plan for 2010-2015 was prepared. Under this Master-
Plan currently the Project “KAZSTAT: Strengthening of the National statistical
system 2012-2016” is being implemented
In addition to this for the development of official statistics:
- Statistical Master-Plan for 2017-2025 is currently under preparation.
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According to the Law on Statistics of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Authorized body: - coordinates activities of ministries, local authorities and National Bank of
Kazakhstan in the area of official statistics;
- approves survey forms of all producers of official statistics;
- develops methodologies of using classifications and metadata by all
producers of official statistics; - can ask all producers of official statistics to present necessary
documents to check for the compliance with approved methodologies;
- conducts on site inspections;
- imposes fines on responsible officials of producers of official statistics;
- consultative bodies (economic statistics, social statistics, etc);
- data sharing agreements, working groups;
- Training, seminars, etc.
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Relations with users
According to the Law on Statistics users have the following rights:
- Equal access to the official data according to the release calendar;
- Use of official data for own purposes with reference to the source.
Committee on statistics conducts annual user satisfaction surveys
Share of users mostly satisfied was :
2012 – 80%,
2013 – 80,8%,
2014 – 82,2%,
2015 – 84,4%.
Under the KAZSTAT project user satisfaction surveys were conducted in 2014 and
2016 by independent research companies.
According to the results of surveys more than 85% of all users are mostly satisfied.
• Annual Day of open doors, centralized call center, social networks
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Relations with data providers
According to the Law on Statistics data providers have the following
rights:
1) to get official statistical information;
2) for data confidentiality ;
3) to get explanations from the authorized body on filling of survey forms;
4) to get free of charge paper or electronic survey forms and related
software.
and responsibilities:
1) provide correct primary data;
2) to comply with the requirements of the authorized bodies.
To decrease burden on data providers :
- annual improvement of survey forms, joint working groups;
- mutual agreements with administrative sources on data exchange;
- information systems of the Committee on statistics are constantly improved;
- new methods of data collection (CATI, CAPI).
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What is required for the successful; monitoring of GDSs in Kazakhstan?
4 main areas for improvement:
1. Further improvement of the Law on Statistics of Kazakhstan
2. Improvement of the coordination of the statistical system of
Kazakhstan
3. Improvement of human resources
4. Improvement of international cooperation
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Further improvement of the Law on Statistics
• European Free Trade Association and Eurostat jointly developed
“Generic Law on Official Statistics” as part of a broader UNECE
statistical capacity building project financed through the United
Nations Development Account (UNDA)
• The work is being done to support further development of the
legal and institutional frameworks for official statistics, based on
international recommendations and findings of Global
Assessments of national statistical systems
• The Generic Law on Official Statistics was endorsed on the 2016
CES plenary session as recommendations developed under the
UNDA project for the countries of Eastern Europe, Caucasus and
Central Asia.
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Further improvement of the Law on Statistics (2)
Comparison of the Generic Law on Official Statistics with the Law on Statistics of
Kazakhstan
Topic Generic Law Law on Statistics
Parties to the Law National Statistical Office, which is the leading authority of the National Statistical System; National Statistical Office is a professionally independent body organized under the authority of [Prime Minister / President of the country].
Authorised body (Ministry of National Economy) is the leading authority Authorised body is professionally independent
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Further improvement of the Law on Statistics (3)
Comparison of the Generic Law on Official Statistics with the Law on Statistics of
Kazakhstan
Topic Generic Law Law on Statistics
Chief Statistician The National Statistical Office is led by the Chief Statistician appointed by [Prime Minister / President of the country on the proposal of the government] for a fixed term of [X] years, on the basis of a publicly announced vacancy and an open competition based on the relevant professional competences only.
No such norms or provisions
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Further improvement of the Law on Statistics (3)
Comparison of the Generic Law on Official Statistics with the Law on Statistics of
Kazakhstan
Topic Generic Law Law on Statistics
Statistical Council Multi-year statistical programme
The Statistical Council shall be the main advisory body to the government and the Chief Statistician on issues of strategic importance to official statistics A multi-year statistical programme shall be established for the National Statistical System to define the strategic development of official statistics
No such norms or provisions No such norms or provisions
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Further improvement of the Law on Statistics (5)
Comparison of the Generic Law on Official Statistics with the Law on Statistics of
Kazakhstan
Topic Generic Law Law on Statistics
Articles on statistics in other legislation
Any other legal act making reference to official statistics shall be adapted to comply with the present Law. In case of conflicting legislation, the provisions of the present Law or another act based on or mentioned in the present Law shall apply
No such norms or provisions
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Further improvement of the coordination of the NSS
• According to preliminary research about 60% of SDGs indicators
in Kazakhstan will be produced by other producers of official
statistics
• Currently, many ministries - producers of official statistics do not
have statistical departments or divisions, information systems are
not fully integrated, many source data are not collected
• Line ministries need to make significant investments in statistical
infrastructure, information systems, human resources
• To change things active involvement of the Ministry of National
Economy is needed. Strategic plans, coordinating bodies.
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Further improvement of human resources
• Need leaders at the top and middle level management at NSOs
• Need new skills for statisticians, knowledge of English is very
important
• Committee on statistics together with the Academy of Public
Administration organized 1-year Master program in Statistics, short
term courses on topics such as Big Data, use of statistical software,
etc.
• Need to work closer with universities, private sector
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Further improvement of international cooperation
• Often foreign consultants do not know specific conditions of
countries, national practice in producing statistics and make too
abstract recommendations
• Need to find ways to improve effectiveness of assistance
• International organizations can help a lot by preparing
methodologies, best practices, generic laws and regulations, etc.
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Thank you for your attention!
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Committee on statistics of the Ministry of National
Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan