In line with the Marrakech Action Plan for Statistics and its call for all low-income countries to have a National Strategy for the Development of Statistics (NSDS) by 2006, Partnership in Statistics for Development in the 21st Century (PARIS21) and the Statistics Division of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) co-organized a series of four sub-regional High-Level Forums on strategic planning for statistics for Asian countries, funded by a UNDP-managed Japanese trust fund. The first of these forums was held for South Asian countries from 13-15 December 2005 in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

The High-Level Forum for Southeast Asian countries was held from 6 to 8 June 2006 in Bangkok, Thailand. The objectives of the meeting were to assess the current status of strategic statistical planning in the sub-region; to identify the successes and constraints being experienced in implementing existing plans; and to consider solutions to those constraints and practical next steps.

UNESCAP and PARIS21 collaborated with the Thai National Statistical Office and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in the organization of the Forum.

The Current Status of Strategic Statistical Planning: An Overview, Frederick W H Ho

• Key Components of a NSDS, PARIS21 Secretariat
• Current Status of Strategic Statistical Planning, Indonesia
  • Law on Statistics (129KB)
• 2006-2010 Strategy, National Statistics Centre, Lao People's Democratic Republic (269KB)
  • Appendices
• Current Status of Strategic Statistical Planning, Malaysia
  • Corporate Plan (125KB)
• National Strategy for the Development of Statistics, Myanmar
• Five-Year Plan, NSO Philippines
• Five-Year Plan, Status 2006, NSO Philippines
• Current Status of Strategic Statistical Planning, Viet Nam
• ADB’s Statistical Capacity Building Program
• ASEAN Secretariat Views on NSDS in South-East Asia