On approval the Strategy of State Statistics Development till 2012

 

Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine

 

Order

as of November 5, 2008, N 1413-p

 

Kyiv

 

On approval the Strategy of State Statistics Development till 2012

 

Approve the Strategy of State Statistics Development till 2012 which is annexed.

 

Prime-Minister of Ukraine                                                       Y. Tymoshenko

 

 

Approved
Order 1413-p of Cabinet
of Ministers of Ukraine
November 5, 2008

 

the Strategy of State Statistics Development till 2012

General part

 

Statistical information on economic and social situation in Ukraine and regions is necessary for further democratization of the state management and adoption of the proper rational decisions in social and economic spheres, ensuring the possibility for a wide section of the population to participate in the discussions of the relevant issues and tasks implying the country's development which is a necessary condition for international integration.

 

During the implementation of the Strategy of State Statistics Development till 2008 approved by Decree 910 of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine from July 2004 (Official courier of Ukraine, 2004, N28, p. 1891) which is financed from the funds of International Bank for Reconstruction and Development under the project Development of the System of the State Statistics to Monitor Social and Economic Transformations, the conditions have been created for further country's integration into international economic community and upgrading the confidence to Ukraine from partner-countries and potential investors. The measures have been taken to develop statistical infrastructure and implement international standards, technical re-equipment of the state statistical offices. The work is under way to prepare the conduct of the 2011 Ukrainian population census and Ukrainian agricultural census, etc.

 

At the same time, a number of organizational and technical problems connected with the implementation of the project Development of the System of the State Statistics to Monitor Social and Economic Transformations, the implementation of some actions underlying the Strategy to develop the state statistics till 2008 have not been supplied with the necessary financial and logistics resources and due to this, the conduct of the work on establishment of meta database was slowed down, the same is true about the provision of electronic statistical reporting forms by respondents and the creation of the system for electronic document turnover, etc.

 

For European integration intentions to be fulfilled, it is necessary to create institutional and organizational environment that would facilitate upgrading the effectiveness of activity of the state statistics offices and confidence level to them. This would also help implement international standards and observe the main provisions of the Statistical program of Community for 2008-2012 approved by European Parliament and the EU's Council decision 1578/2007/EU from December 11 2007 that require the identification of the ways to develop the system for the state statistics.

 

The aim of the Strategy

 

The aim of the Strategy is to create the conditions for further development of the system for the state statistics and more complete satisfaction of society's information needs in high quality statistical information, harmonization of the system of indicators with international standards at level recommended for statistical services of the EU accession countries.

 

The main directions of the Strategy implementation

 

The main directions of the Strategy implementations are as follows:

 

-          strengthening the interactions of the state statistics offices and users of statistical information through upgrading the accessibility level and comprehension of statistical data and the methodology for their compilation;

-          creation of partner relationships between the state statistics offices and respondents. upgrading the confidence level, their encouragement to participate in the state statistical observations;

-          coordination of actions between offices authorized to carry out the state statistical activity, improvement of relationships between their information systems and methods to compare and coordinate statistical data received from different sources and ensure the universal implementation of classifications, registers, databases and meta data;

-          adaptation of normative and legal basis in the sphere of statistics to the EU requirements and the development of statistical infrastructure;

-          improvement of statistical methodology according to international standards, the procedure to collect and process statistical information, organization of the state statistical observations, optimization of their number and contents, further transition to sample methods of observations, upgrading the quality of statistical data;

-          modernization of information and communication technologies to collect, process and store and disseminate statistical data, the development of software and technical infrastructure for information system for the state statistics offices;

-          improvement of organizational structure and system to manage the state statistics offices.

 

Financial security of the Strategy implementation

 

Financial security of the Strategy implementation is done on accounts of funds envisaged for the state bodies, establishments and organizations responsible for the fulfillment of actions in the State budget of Ukraine for the relevant year, funds from International Bank of Reconstruction and Development that are provided under the project Development of the System of the State Statistics to Monitor Social and Economic Transformations, international technical assistance, etc.

 

The implementation of the Strategy is done through the involvement of employees of the state bodies and research organizations, experts in statistics to the fulfillment of actions.  

 

Coordination of work, monitoring and control over the Strategy implementation

 

The implementation of the Strategy is done according to the Action planned which is annexed, to ensure the fulfillment of actions being annually developed that is an integral part of the state statistical observations plan.

 


 

The coordination of work, monitoring and control over the Action Plan

and actions rest with the SSCU

 

The state offices, establishments and organizations responsible for implementation of the Strategy actions send to the SSCU every year till February 1 the reports on the results of actions implementation to be presented till March 1 to be the Cabinet of Ministers as the generalized information.

 

The expected results

 

The Strategy implementation will permit to do the following:

 

-          upgrade the accessibility level and comprehension of statistical data and the methodology of their compilation;

-          improve the normative and legal basis in statistics, improve coordination of bodies' actions involved into the development of statistical information and collection of administrative data, ensure the universal usage of classifications, registers, databases and metadata;

-          harmonize the methodology of the state statistical observations with the EU standards;

-          improve the procedure to conduct the state statistical observations, the procedure to collect and process statistical information, decrease the reporting burden per respondents;

-          ensure the development of software and technical infrastructure of information system belonging to the state statistics offices;

-          optimize the organizational structure and system to manage the state statistics offices, upgrade the stag training in statistics. 


 

Annex

Action Plan of the Implementation of the Strategy of State Statistics Development till 2012

 

Activity

Responsible party

Period of execution

I. Enhancing cooperation between the statistical authority and users of  statistical

1. Assure the accessibility, publicity and transparency of statistics

SSCU

2009-2012

2. Development of the enquiry system of the statistics users

—“—

—“—

3. Construction of the standard metadata system and assuring of preparation of the quality report for users of statistics

—“—

—“—

II. Building partner relations between the statistical authority and respondents

1.Expand the exchange of information resources between the statistical authority and other stakeholders

SSCU

other stakeholders

—“—

2.Introduce sample surveys into the practice of statistics compilation, use  the administrative and statistical data derived from different resources, and carry out estimations using the statistical and mathematics models

SSCU
The
SSCU Scientific-Technical Complex for Statistical Research

other stakeholders

—“—

3. Build the system allowing to monitor the reporting burden on respondents

SSCU

2010-2012

4. Develop the feedback with respondents

—“—

—“—

III. Coordination of  actions by bodies authorized to carry out statistical activity

1.Develop the methodology and carry out the test estimates of the Ukraine’s citizens income received abroad

National Bank of Ukraine

Ministry of Labour and Social Policy of Ukraine

SSCU

Institute of Demography and Social Studies under National Academy of Sciences

2009-2012

2.Introduce the methodology of Manual on Balance of Payments and International Investment Position, Rev. 6 

National Bank of Ukraine

SSCU
Ukraine’s Ministry of Economy

Ministry of Finance of Ukraine

State Customs Service of Ukraine

—“—

3.Bring in coherence indicators of monetary and credit statistics with the European central banks system of indicators

SSCU

National Bank of Ukraine

—“—

4. Coordinate financial flows between the institutional units of the economy with the purpose of constructing the financial account

SSCU

Ministry of Finance of Ukraine

State Treasury of Ukraine

Ukraine’s State Commission of Securities and Stock Market

Ukraine’s State Commission for Regulation of Markets of Financial Services

National Bank of Ukraine

—“—

5. Develop the methodology of compilation of consolidated information on financial operations of general government sector

Ministry of Finance of Ukraine

State Treasury of Ukraine

Ukraine’s Pension Fund and social insurance funds

SSCU

2010-2012

6.Bring the economic classification of the budget expenditures in coherence with the international standards 

Ministry of Finance of Ukraine

State Treasury of Ukraine

SSCU

—“—

7. Improve the system of collection, compilation and consolidation of financial reports following the international standards of compilation and submission by  enterprises

SSCU

Ministry of Finance of Ukraine

 

2011

IV. Adaptation of the legal basis following the EU statistics requirements and development of statistical infrastructure

1.Improve the legislation in the area of statistics

SSCU

other stakeholders

2009-2010

2. Develop:

 

 

1)  the principles of  activity of the statistical authority harmonized with the European Statistics Code of Practice, and the procedure of self-assessment by the statistical authority

SSCU

regional and functional statistical authority

Other bodies in charge of state statistical activity

—“—

2) draft regulations on preparation and conducting of the All-Ukrainian Population Census‘2011 and All-Ukrainian Agriculture Census

SSCU 

regional and functional statistical authority

other stakeholders

2009-2012

3) draft regulations on improvement of the statistical infrastructure

SSCU

2009-2010

4) the draft regulation on the statistics confidentiality protection and access to such information  

SSCU

Other bodies in charge of state statistical activity

2009-2011

5)  the national statistical classifications and nomenclatures based on  the updated and revised versions of the standard international and other statistical classifications, nomenclatures and lists

SSCU

The SSCU Scientific-Technical Complex for Statistical Research

Ukraine’s Ministry for Environmental Protection

Ministry of Health of Ukraine

2009-2012

3. Update the Unified State Registers of Enterprises and Organisations, statistical registers and classifications

SSCU

—“—

4. Form the sampling base for surveys by branches at the central level

SSCU

The SSCU Scientific-Technical Complex for Statistical Research

Institute of Demography and Social Studies under National Academy of Sciences

—“—

V. Improvement of  statistical methodology, procedure of  data collection and processing  by forming the uniform sub-systems of the state statistics

System of national accounts and price statistics

System of national accounts

1. Finalise the basic elements of the international System of  National Accounts adopted in 1993 (SNA’93)

SSCU

Ministry of Finance of Ukraine

National Bank of Ukraine

Ukraine’s State Commission for Regulation of Markets of Financial Services

The SSCU Scientific-Technical Complex for Statistical Research

2009-2010

2. Prepare to introduce the System of the National Accounts 2008 (SNA '2008)

SSCU

Ministry of Finance of Ukraine

National Bank of Ukraine

The SSCU Scientific-Technical Complex for Statistical Research

2010-2012

3. Optimize the information needed for development of system of national accounts, 'input-output' tables

SSCU 

2009-2010

4. Improve the methodology of compilation of the macroeconomic indicators as a result of development and implementation of the new methodology of compilation of the financial intermediaries services indirectly measured

SSCU

Ministry of Finance of Ukraine

Ukraine’s State Commission for Regulation of Financial Services Markets

National Bank of Ukraine

—“—

5. Start compiling the value added at factor cost

SSCU

—“—

6. Start assessing quality of the SNA indicators

SSCU

The SSCU Scientific-Technical Complex for Statistical Research

Institute of Demography and Social Studies under National Academy of Sciences

—“—

Price statistics

7. Develop:

 

 

1) methodological recommendations on selection of trade and service enterprises, formation of the consumer set and weight structure for consumer price index compilation and seasonal adjustment

—“—

2009-2010

2) methodology of calculation of the harmonized consumer price index

—“—

—“—

3) methodology of calculation of average producer prices by main products of the food industry

SSCU

Ukraine’s Ministry of Economy

—“—

4) methodological recommendations on selection of products and enterprises for calculation of producer price index

SSCU

2009-2010

5) methodological recommendations on selection of construction organizations, their representatives and tangible resources for calculation of construction price index

—“—

—“—

6) methodological recommendations of observation over changes in price at primary and secondary dwelling market and calculation of price indices

—“—

2010-2011

8.Improvement of the agricultural produce prices surveying

SSCU

The SSCU Scientific-Technical Complex for Statistical Research

2009

Business statistics

Structural business surveys and enterprises' finance statistics

9. Develop a comprehensive system of surveys in business statistics

SSCU

2010-2012

10. Bring structural business statistics (including the modules on the financial institutions' activity) and relevant methodology in accordance with the EU requirements

SSCU

National Bank of Ukraine

Ukraine’s State Commission for Regulation of Financial Services Markets

2009-2012

11. Improve business statistics and relevant methodology  following the national accounting standards and financial reporting to comply with the international standards

SSCU 

—“—

12. Develop the methodology for groups of enterprises statistics according to the EU standards

—“—

2010-2012

13. Introduce the new economic groupings of indicators on the financial state of enterprises

—“—

2010

14. Implement the annual sample-based structural business survey

SSCU

The SSCU Scientific-Technical Complex for Statistical Research

2009-2010

15. Develop methodological recommendations on comparison of the inter-related indicators of business statistics

SSCU

 

2010-2012

16. Develop organizational and methodological provisions of the unified data base of business statistics and create a data base allowing to change from business statistics to system of national accounts

—“—

2009-2012

Statistics of investment in foreign-economic activity and fixed assets

17. Develop methodological recommendations on accounting and measuring the foreign-economic activity investment

SSCU

National Bank of Ukraine

—“—

18. Develop methodology of some elements of fixed assets’ measurement

SSCU

 

2009

Agricultural and fishery statistics

19. Develop the methodology and tools for the All-Ukrainian Agricultural Census 

SSCU

Ministry of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine

—“—

20. Improve the methodology of measurement of agricultural production effectiveness

—“—

2009-2010

21. Improve the methodology of comparable prices calculation for the agricultural production index, measurement and introducing of comparable prices of 2010

—“—

2011

22. Introduce improved methods of data processing and statistical and mathematics models allowing to improve agriculture activity data quality derived from sample survey of households in rural area

SSCU

The SSCU Scientific-Technical Complex for Statistical Research

2009-2011

Industrial statistics

23. Develop:

 

 

1) the methodology of observation over output produced by sole proprietors (by activities)

SSCU

2009-2010

2) the methodology of the subject-matter surveys in industry

SSCU

Ukraine’s Ministry of Industrial Policy

2009-2012

3) the methodology for compilation of the index of business climate in industry

SSCU

The SSCU Scientific-Technical Complex for Statistical Research

2009-2012

Construction and investment statistics

24. Introduce the optimized survey of capital investment statistics

SSCU

2009

25. Develop the methodology for capital investment index calculation

—“—

—“—

Domestic trade and commodity markets statistics

26. Improve the system of indicators of: 

 

 

1) the observations over enterprises trading vehicles

—“—

2009-2012

2) the volumes of consumer goods at markets and retailer’s and restaurants owned by individual entrepreneurs

SSCU
Ukraine’s Ministry of Economy

2010-2012

27. Develop:

 

 

1) the system of indicators for:

e-commerce;

the surveys of enterprises involved in intermediation in the wholesale trade

SSCU

2009-2012

2) the methodological recommendations on calculation of domestic trade indices following the international standards

 

SSCU
The
SSCU Scientific-
Technical Complex for Statistical Research

—“—

3) the methodological provisions on the sample survey of  the wholesale traders

—“—

—“—

4) the model of the database for the trade enterprises

SSCU

2010-2012

Foreign trade statistics

28. Develop:

 

 

1) the methodological manual on compilation of statistics of foreign trade in goods

SSCU
Scientific-Technical Complex for the Statistical Research, the SSCU

State Customs Service of Ukraine

2009-2012

2) the methodological provisions for estimation of the informal trade volumes in the foreign trade in goods statistics

 

—“—

—“—

3)  the methodological recommendations for the foreign trade in the services statistics according to the new version of the Manual on the International Trade in Services Statistics developed by the UN Statistical Division

 

SSCU

—“—

29. Improve the calculation of the average price index, physical volume index and terms of foreign trade in goods index

 

SSCU
The
SSCU Scientific-Technical Complex for Statistical Research

2009-2012

30. Compare foreign trade data of main partner countries using the mirror statistics method and improve the methodological provisions of foreign trade in goods statistics following the new version of the UN Statistical Division methodological recommendations on foreign trade in goods statistics

SSCU
State Customs Service of Ukraine
Ukraine’s Ministry of Economy

—“—

Statistics of market non-financial services

 

31. Develop the methodology and introduce the observations over changes in services production prices

SSCU

2009

Statistics on labor at enterprises

32. Develop the methodological and organizational support of the survey of labour remuneration at enterprise following the EU standards

—“—

2009-2012

33. Develop:

 

 

1) the methodology for surveying the structure of wages and their breakdown by professions according to the EU standards

SSCU

Institute of Demography and Social Studies under National Academy of Sciences

—“—

2) the methodological and technological support of the surveys of labor at businesses

—“—

—“—

Statistics of business activity indicators

34. Iintroduce the new methods for conducting business activity survey and processing its results

SSCU
The
SSCU Scientific-
Technical Complex for Statistical Research

2009-2012

Science, innovation and IT statistics

35. Develop:

 

 

1) the methodology for innovation statistics (by economic activities)

SSCU
Ukraine’s Ministry of Education and Science

Ukraine’s State Agency for Investments and Innovations
The SSCU Scientific-Technical Complex for Statistical Research

2009-2010

2) the methodology of compilation of the information society statistics

SSCU

Ukraine’s Ministry of Transport and Communications

2009

3) the methodology for calculation of the scientific output  index

SSCU

2010-2012

4) the methodology for determination of the industry processability index

SSCU
Ukraine’s Ministry of Economy

Ministry of Industrial Policy of Ukraine
Ukraine’s Ministry of Education and Science
Ukraine’s State Agency for Investments and Innovations

2009-2010

Environmental statistics

36. Develop:

 

 

1) the methodology and introduce survey of generation of wastes of 4th hazard category and their treatment

SSCU
Ukraine’s Ministry for Environmental Protection

2009

2) the methodology for calculation of volumes of emissions of pollutants and greenhouse gases resulted by use of fuel by households

—“—

2009-2010

37. Improve the methodology for statistical recording of facts of elimination and recycling of hazardous wastes, capacities and equipment for their treatment

SSCU
Ukraine’s Ministry for Environmental Protection
The
SSCU Scientific-
Technical Complex for Statistical Research

2009-2012

Power balance and energy efficiency statistics

38. Develop:

 

 

1) the methodological recommendations on compilation of the power balance

SSCU
The
SSCU Scientific-
Technical Complex for Statistical Research

2009-2011

2) the methodology and the introduce calculation of the indicator ‘GDP energy efficiency’ based on the power balance

 

SSCU
Ukraine’s Ministry of Economy

Ukraine’s Ministry of Fuel and Energy

Ukraine’s National Agency for Efficient Use of Energy Resources

2010-2012

Social statistics

Statistics of social services

39. Develop the methodology for compilation of the satellite social accounts

 

SSCU

Ministry of Finance of Ukraine
Ukraine’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism Ukraine’s Ministry of Education and Science

2009-2012

Population statistics

40. Develop:

 

 

1) the methodological and organizational support of the All-Ukrainian Population Census 2011

 

SSCU
the
SSCU Scientific-Technical Complex for Statistical Research
Institute of Demography and Social Studies under National Academy of Sciences

2009-2011

2) the methodology and tools for thematic population surveys with the purpose of monitoring the social and demographic situation, equal rights and opportunities for women and men and assessment of efficiency of demographic and gender policy

 

SSCU
Ukraine’s Ministry of Family, Youth and Sport
Ukraine’s Ministry of Health
Institute of Demography and Social Studies under National Academy of Sciences

2009-2012

Statistics for population economic activity and labor market

41. Develop the methodological and the organizational base for the sample survey of the household economic activity according to the EU standards

 

SSCU
Institute of Demography and Social Studies under National Academy of Sciences

—“—

42. Develop the methodology for complex assessment of the external labor migration taking into account the results of the relevant population sample survey

—“—

2009-2010

43. Develop and introduce the statistical and the mathematical models for assessment of labor market state at the level of regions and towns of regional level

—“—

2009-2012

Household living conditions survey

44. Develop and introduce the statistical and mathematical models for compilation of the poverty at regional level indicators

SSCU
Ukraine’s Ministry of Labor and Social Policy

2009-2011

45. Develop:

 

 

1) the methodological recommendations on optimization of sample design for survey of households with the purpose of increasing the reliability of poverty at regional level indicators

—“—

—“—

2) the methodological recommendations on the survey of income and consumption capacities of  population under the household living conditions survey

SSCU

2012

3) the methods for complex assessment of efficiency of control over quality of work of interviewers involved in the household sample surveys

SSCU

2011

46. Develop and apply the standard module on efficiency of social support into the household living conditions survey

SSCU
Ukraine’s Ministry of Labor and Social Policy

2009-2010

Regional statistics

47. Improve the system of indicators for complex assessment of social and economic development of regions

 

SSCU
Ukraine’s Ministry of Economy
Ukraine’s Ministry for Housing and Communal Services

2009-2012

General methodological and organizational activities

48. Develop the methodology for population sampling by statistical branches

SSCU
The
SSCU Scientific-Technical Complex for Statistical Research

—“—

VI. Modernization of information and communication technologies

1.Modernize the SSCU Internet-site

SSCU

2009

2. Introduce the integrated system for metadata-guided statistics into the state statistics

 

SSCU
The
SSCU Scientific-Technical Complex for Statistical Research
Regional statistical offices

2009-2012

3. Develop and use the technology of statistical reporting form’s collection  using the Internet and electronic digital signature

 

SSCU
Regional statistical offices

—“—

4. Create the joint web-portal of the state statistics authorities

—“—

—“—

5. Introduce the geographic information systems for the preparing and conducting of the state statistical observations and dissemination of their results 

SSCU
Research Institute for Geodesy and Cartography of the Ministry for Environmental Protection of Ukraine

2009-2012

6. Technics and software update of the state statistics authorities

SSCU
Regional statistical offices

—“—

7. Develop the corporate telecommunication system for data exchange between the state statistics bodies

—“—

—“—

8. Create the integrated data security system in the state statistics bodies

—“—

—“—

9. Intoduce the electronic document management system at the SSCU and regional statistical offices

—“—

—“—

VII. Improvement of organizational structure and management system of the state statistics bodies

1. Optimize the structure of the state statistics bodies

SSCU

—“—

2. Improve the human resources management system

 

SSCU

Regional statistical offices

State Academy for Statistics, Accounting and Audit

—“—

3. Intoduce the quality management system according to the DSTU ISO 9001-2001

SSCU

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