slovenia’s accession to the oecd …from a statistical perspective · 2009-11-16 · slovenia...

July 2009

Slovenia’s Accession to the OECD…from a Statistical Perspective

Working Party on National Accounts4 November, 2009

1. What is the OECD?

2. The OECD “Statistical System”

3. Role for statistics in accession reviews

4. Accession: Statistical reviews and integration

5. Benefits to accession countries and to the OECD

6. A glimpse at the Slovenia among OECD Members

7. Examples of future coverage in OECD Reports

Overview

Origins of the OECD

• Origins date from end of WW II (1948)

• Organisation for European Economic Cooperation

• European restructuring after Marshall Plan

• Became OECD in 1961; with USA and Canada

• Soon after, Japan joined as well

• Promotes economic stability and democracy

• For members and developing countries

• Now 30 member countries; Soon to be more!

� 2007: OECD embarked on an ambitious

program of enlargement

� Formal accession applications by: Chile,

Estonia, Israel, Slovenia, Russian Federation

� Formal “Roadmaps” for accession process

� Enhanced Engagement with: Brazil, China,

India, Indonesia, South Africa

� Reflects the OECD Mandate as a hub for

discussion of global issues

OECD Enlargement

30 Member Countries…and more

AustraliaAustriaBelgiumCanadaCzech RepublicDenmarkFinlandFranceGermanyGreeceHungaryIcelandIrelandItalyJapan

KoreaLuxembourgMexicoNetherlandsNew ZealandNorwayPolandPortugalSlovak RepublicSpainSwedenSwitzerlandTurkeyUK USA

EU Commission also participates in OECD work

Accession in 2010?ChileEstoniaIsraelSlovenia

Accession in 2011??Russian Federation

Accession and Enhanced Engagement

OECD members Accession countries Enhanced Engagement

The OECD: A tool for governments

• Compare policy experiences; best practices

• Coordinate domestic and international policies

• Key method: collect and publish statistics

• Operates on peer advice and peer pressure

• OECD advice considered “soft law” that…

• Sometimes leads to binding treaties

• Tax havens and grey list

• Standards for transparency and open information.

Some figures

• More than 200 Committees and sub-bodies

• 40,000 delegates attend meetings each year

• Some 2,500 staff

• Budget of 320 million Euros in 2009

• Members spend as many €s to participate

• USA pays 25%; Japan 14%

• Slovenia and other A4 pay 2.4 M€ or 0.75%

� In a globalised world, international comparisons are more important than ever.

� OECD is one of the world’s foremost and respected sources of internationally-comparable statistics

� Understanding definitions and methods is essential

if country data are to be compared and analysed

Why include “statistics” in the enlargement process?

� No Legal Instruments pertaining to Statistics…but

� Roadmaps included Statistics &Statistical Systems

� Statistics are fundamental

� Statistics underpin all the critical Policy Areas

� Basic obligation of OECD membership:

� “furnish the organisation with the information

necessary for the accomplishment of its tasks”.

� STD developed a structured evaluation process

� Leading to a Formal Review by CSTAT

The Statistical Accession Process

� Review of Legal and Institutional Framework

� Review of Data Quality, Comparability, Integration

� Peer Reviews and Assessments

� Input from other Directorates

� CSTAT reviewed Slovenia and other A4 countries

on October 26

� Formal Opinions to Council by December 2009

Process for Statistical Assessments

� Laws, regulations, policies and best practices to

ensure sound, professional unbiased statistics

� Comparability of accession to OECD countries

� UN’s Fundamental Principles provided template

� Built on appraisals of other international organisations

� Focused discussions during Peer Reviews

� Minor issues for Slovenia. Already being addressed

Legal and Institutional Framework

� Fundamental criteria: “coverage” and “compliance”.

� The variables, time periods and geographic regions

– required by the OECD; and

– typically available from existing members

� Reviews by responsible staff in Secretariat

� In principle, covers all OECD statistics

� Structured reviews of all economic statistics where Statistics Directorate has full or shared responsibilities

Data Quality and Comparability

� National Accounts

� Business Register and Business Statistics

� Financial Statistics

� International Trade in Goods and Services

� Balance of Payments

� Prices and Purchasing Power Parities

� Labour and Labour Compensation

� Indexes of Production and Demand

� Short-term Financial Statistics

� Business Tendency & Consumer Opinion Surveys

� Well-being

Statistics Directorate Responsibilities

� Several days of interviews by subject

� Identify any outstanding deficiencies

� Is country committed to resolve deficiencies?

� Are there realistic, funded plans in place?

� The Peers approved reports for CSTAT

Peer Review by OECD Country Experts

� Special closed session to reach agreement

� “Formal Opinion” is Secret…yet to be approved

� Views on Slovenian system were positive

� Few compliance and coverage gaps remain

� E.g. National Accounts; Financial Statistics

� Also environment and S&T statistics

� No formal Progress Report will be required

CSTAT Review

� Considerable work by accession countries to

document, understand and assess statistics

� International comparability; Share best practices

� Support and guidance to improve programmes

� New dissemination methods & visualisation tools

� Enhanced co-ordination within country

� (Sometimes) Access to additional resources

Benefits to Countries

� First time for such a comprehensive review

� Improved internal relations and coordination

� Improved clarity and organisation of OECD

statistical requirements

� Rationalisation of special OECD requirements

� ‘Jump start’ for effective new partner relationships

� And…a better understanding of Slovenian data

and metadata than of most OECD countries!

� And a better understanding of Slovenia too

Benefits to the OECD

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Employer Enterprise Birth and Death rates in Manufacturing1

as a percentage of the population of active enterprises with at least one employee

Employer Birth rate (2006) Employer Death rate (2005)

1.Mining and quarrying; Manufacturing; Electricity, gas and water

2. Employer enterprises with less than 250 employees

3. Data are based on the Establishments& Business Frame of the Regional Statistical Institute of Andalusia (IEA). The data refer to establishments and enterprises with 4

or more persons engaged carrying an economic activity in Andalusia; they contain active enterprises with headquarters in Andalusia as well as active establishments with

headquarters outside Andalusia. Birth (death) rates include also enterprises and establishment coming (leaving) Andalusia from (to) another region in Spain

Source: OECD-Eurostat Entrepreneurship Indicators Programme


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Employer Enterprise Birth and Death rates in Services1


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1.Wholesale and retail trade; Hotels and restaurants; Transport, storage and communications; Financial intermediation; real estate, renting and business activities


3. Data are based on the Establishments& Business Frame of the Regional Statistical Institute of Andalusia (IEA). The data refer to establishments and enterprises

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Employer Enterprise Birth rates by size class in manufacturing1


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Employer Enterprise Birth rates by size class in services1


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1.Mining and quarrying; Manufacturing; Electricity, gas and water

2.. Wholesale and retail trade; Hotels and restaurants; Transport, storage and communications; Financial intermediation; real

estate, renting and business activities


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