Expert Group Meeting. in Asia and the Pacific. Chalermkwun Chiemprachanarakorn The National Statistical Office, Thailand 2-4 December 2013

Transcription

1 Expert Group Meeting on Strategies for Improving Environment Statistics in Asia and the Pacific Chalermkwun Chiemprachanarakorn The National Statistical Office, Thailand 2-4 December 2013

2 Outline 1. Current Status of Environment Statistics in Thailand 1.1 Where environment statistics are from? 1.2 What does TNSO do? 2. What TNSO is doing currently? 2.1 Implementing Statistical Master Plan Statistical Master Plan on Environment Statistics 3. Thailand Environment Official Statistics (EOS) 4. Environment Official Statistics Development Plan 5. Problem of Implementing the EOS 6. Challenges 7. Ways Forward 2

3 1.1 Where environment statistics are from? Administrative Base 1) Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (16 units) 2) Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (2 units) 3) Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives (1 unit) 4) Office of the Prime Minister (1 unit) 5) Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (1 unit) 6) Minister of Interior (2 units) Survey Base 1) The Household Socio-Economic Survey, 2) Opinion Survey 3

4 1.2 What does TNSO do? Thailand hil Environment Statistics i (Every 2 Years) Public Opinion Survey on the Environmental Issues (Adhoc) Statistical Development Plan on Environment Statistics 4

5 2.1 Implementing Statistical Master Plan Thailand Statistics Master Plan (TSMP) Vision: Thailand s statistics represent a joint effort of all government agencies that are driven by a shared goal to develop Official i Statistics i so as to guide and support the national development. Strategy I Strategy II Strategy III Efficiently manage the National Statistical System(NSS) Produce standardized official statistics Equal access to statistical data Promote the use of OS in evidence-based plans and policy 5

6 2.1 Implementing Statistical Master Plan (contd.) Dec May 2011 Committee on National Statistical Management System (3 Major Stat.: Social, Economics, and Natural resources and environment) Academic Advisory Committee Sectoral Statistical Sub-committee (21 sectors) (Function Base) Provincial Statistical Sub-committee (76 provinces/province clusters) (Area Base) 6

7 2.1 Implementing Statistical Master Plan (contd.) Output of Implementing TSMP List of OS Sectoral Statistical Development Plan 7

8 2.1 Implement Statistical Master Plan (contd.) List of Sectoral Statistical i Development Plan Social Statistics Economic Statistics Natural Environment Resources Statistics and 1. Demographic, population and housing statistics 2. Labour statistics 3. Education statistics 4. Culture statistics 5. Health statistics 6. Social security statistics 7. Gender statistics 8. Statistics of household income and expenditure 9. Justice and other social statistics 1. National accounts 2. Agricultural statistics 3. Industrial statistics 4. Energy statistics 5. Trade statistics and price statistics 6. Transportation statistics 7. Information communication and technology statistics 8. Tourism statistics 9. Money, finance and insurance statistics 10. Fiscal statistics 11. Statistics of science and technology 1. Natural resources and environment statistics (including Meteorology statistics) 8

9 2.2 Statistical Master Plan on Environment Statistics 1 Study current situation and development of environment statistics 2 Study plans/strategy for country/area development (Demand) Gap 3 Investigate current status of Environment statistics and their statistical production (Supply) important & needed statistics Official Statistics of Environment 4 (quality, duplication, problems/obstacles on statistics ttiti production, etc.) Environment Statistics ti ti Development Plan 9

10 2.2 Statistical Master Plan on Environment Statistics (contd.) Committee and Sub-Committee on Environment Statistics Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment. Ministry of Information and Communication Technology 1. Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy 1. Deputy Director-General, National Statistical ti ti Office and Planning (ONEP) 2. The Meteorological Department 2. Pollution Control Department 3. Department of Environment Quality Promotion Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives 4. Royal Forest Department 5. National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department Royal Irrigation Department, 6. Department of Mineral Resources Bangkok Metropolitan Administration 7. Department of Marine and Coastal Resources 8. Department of Water Resources Department of Environment 9. Department of Groundwater Resources Minister of Interior 10. Wastewater Management Authority 11. The Zoological Park Organization Department of Local Administration 12. The Botanical Garden Organization Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation 13. The Forest Industry Organization Office of the Prime Minister 14. Biodiversity-Based Based Economy Development Office 15. Thailand Greenhouse Gas Management Organization Office of the National Economic and Social 16. Center for Information and Communication Technology Development Board (NESDB) What s Thailand Environment Official Statistics (EOS)? Official Statistics that are driven by all related Government Agencies : 1)Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment : 16 units 2)Ministry of Information and Communication Technology : 2 units 3) Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives : 1 units 4) Office of the Prime Minister : 1 units 5) Bangkok Metropolitan Administration : 1 units 6) Minister of Interior : 2 units 10

11 3. Thailand Environment Official Statistics Environment Official Statistics Structure 1. Natural Resources (67) 1) Mineral (5) 2) Soil and Land (5) 3) Marine and coast (15) 4) Water (15) 5) Forest (16) 6) Biological resources (11) 3. Natural disasters and disasters (26) 14) Natural disasters (22) 15) Disasters (4) 2. Environment Quality a nd Pollution (42) 7) Soil Quality (3) 8) Air Quality (9) 9) Water Quality (10) 10) Noise Pollution (3) 11) Solid Waste (6) 12) Hazardous Waste (3) 13) Community Environmental (8) No. of Indicators 4. Meteorology and Climate Change (12) 16) Meteorology (9) 17) Climate Change (3) Total 147 Indicators

12 3. Thailand Environment Official Statistics (contd.) Example of Environment Official Statistics EOS Component EOS Name List of EOS Current Data Source Status of the EOS 1. Natural Resources 1.1 Mineral Quantity and Value of Minerals Produced. 2. Environment Ouality and Pollution 2.1 Soil Quality Amount of Chemical Fertilizer in Agriculture Quantity and Value of Minerals Produced by Kind of Mineral Amount of Chemical Fertilizer by type of Plant Department of Mineral Resources National Statistical Office 3. Disaster and Accident 3.1 Disaster Flood No. Of Flood by Province Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation 4. Meteorology 4.1 Climate and Temperature Mean Year of Temperature The Meteorological Climate Change by Province Department Only data on GIS but no statistics Data release on th/luse1/luse / _produ ct51 52.htm Data available lbl and ready to release Data Available and ready to release

13 4. Environment Official Statistics Development Plan Structure of Environment Official Statistics Development Plan 1. Introduction, ti Objective and Concept 2. Situation and Policy EOS List of agreed EOS/indicators by category; data sources and their status 4. Gaps of the EOSs needed to be filled and developed Assign appropriate p agency agreed by the sub committee Integrate development plan into implementation plan of the agency 13

14 5. Problem of Implementing the EOS 1. Lacking of - emerging environment data; especially at local level - qualitative data - continuation data compilation - resources (budget and personnel) in compiling EOS 2. Lacking of responsible agencies 3. Lacking of clear policy of the agency 14

15 7. Ways Forward 1. Develop the National Statistical Standard Management System 2. Develop the Official Statistics Quality Management System 15

16 6. Challenges 1. An increase demand on timely, detailed statistics and information for evidenced-based plans and policies 2. Necessity to have a system so as to integrate official statistics from Line Ministries for data sharing and integration 16

17 Thank You 17