| Vision | | | A Prominent National Statistical Authority of High International Standard. | | | | | Mission | | | To Provide Quality, Comprehensive, Timely and Accessible National Statistics, consistent with International Standards and Best Practices for Effective Planning and Informed Decision-Making | | | | | Functions | | | - To serve as the Authority on National Socio-Economic Statistics;
- To coordinate the National Statistical System;
- To serve as the Secretariat to the National Statistic Committee (NSC);
- To collect, compile, analyse and publish national socio-economic statistics and related information;
- To conduct the Population and Housing Census and the Economic Census throughout the country;
- To conduct the designated statistical surveys and
special or ad-hoc surveys as required by the Government based on
statistical sampling procedures;
- To collaborate with Government departments in the
collection, compilation and publication of statistical information,
including statistics derived from
the activities of those departments;
- To compile the National Accounts and the Balance of Payments statistics;
- To consolidate and integrate the national socio-economic statistics from the real, external, fiscal and monetary sectors;
- To disseminate national statistics in a timely manner according to the internationally accepted release schedules;
- To ensure easy accessibility of national statistics through various platforms including media and electronic means;
- To develop national standards of statistical concepts,
classifications and methodologies and ensure observance of the standards
by all Government
agencies; - To review and update regularly the national statistical
standards to be aligned with the latest international standards and
guidelines;
- To promote data sharing among Government agencies in
order to avoid duplication in statistical data collection and to reduce
respondents' burden;
- To develop and maintain statistical databases of the
population, households, business establishments and statistical time
series;
- To safeguard the confidentiality of individual data sources;
- To perform gap analysis (analysis of needs and availability) of national statistics;
- To conduct regular user-producer consultations/forums/dialogues to enhance advocacy of statistics;
- To provide advice on statistical subject matters to government agencies and the public;
- To cooperate and collaborate with regional and
international organizations in statistical matters to promote
comparability and harmonization of statistics; and
- To ensure continuous organisational development and human statistical capacity building.
| | | | | Strategic Goals | | | Quality, Comprehensive and Timely National Statistics. | | | | | Strategies | | | - An effective and co-ordinated National Statistical System
- Quality and comprehensive national statistics in coherence to international standards
- Timely, accessible and high frequency national statistics
- Increased statistical awareness among the users and the general public
- Continuous development of organisation and human capacity
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