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ACSS / AHSOM Meetings

  • Inaugural AHSOM: ASEAN Secretariat, Jakarta, Indonesia, 9-10 October 1997
  • Informal AHSOM: ADB Head Quarter, Manila, Philippines, 1-2 October 1998
  • AHSOM 2: Bali, Indonesia, 5-6 January 1999
  • AHSOM 3: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 24-25 September 2001
  • AHSOM 4: Yangon, Myanmar, 9-10 December 2002
  • AHSOM 5: Luang Phrabang, Lao PDR, 12-13 January 2004
  • AHSOM 6: Manila, Philippines, 16-17 August 2005
  • AHSOM 7: Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam, 21-22 Nov 2006
  • AHSOM 8: Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 17-18 December 2007
  • AHSOM 9: Singapore, 16 January 2009
  • AHSOM 10: Chiang Mai, Thailand, 26-27 January 2010
  • AHSOM 11: Hanoi, Viet Nam, 8-9 December 2010
  • ACSS 1: Jakarta, Indonesia, 2-3 November 2011
  • ACSS 2: Siem Reap, Cambodia, 27-28 September 2012
  • ACSS 3: Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam, 10-12 September 2013
  • ACSS 4: Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, 14-16 October 2014
  • ACSS 5:  Cyberjaya, Malaysia, 3-5 November 2015
  • ACSS 6: Vientiane, Lao PDR, 1-3 November 2016
  • ACSS 7: Manila, Philippines, 11-13 October 2017
  • ACSS 8: Singapore, 9-11 October 2018
  • ACSS 9: Bangkok, Thailand, 9-11 October 2019
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What is the ACSS?

The ACSS is a partnership between and among the national statistical systems of the ASEAN Member States (AMSs), the ASEAN Community Councils, and the ASEAN Secretariat.

VISION

A responsive ASEAN Community Statistical System providing high quality statistics

MISSION

The ASEAN Community Statistical System will provide relevant, timely and comparable ASEAN statistics in support of evidence based policy and decision making and enhance the statistical capacity of the Member States and ASEAN Secretariat

Values and Principles:

  1. Relevance
  2. Commitment to quality
  3. Professionalism
  4. Integrity
  5. Forward Looking
  6. Teamwork
  7. Accountability
  8. Cost Effectiveness

Mandates:

  1. To define ASEAN statistical priorities and promotes wider use of regional statistics;
  2. To promote improvement of statistical infrastructure;
  3. To Facilitates human resource and institutional capacity building;
  4. To enhance institutional linkages with international statistical bodies.

ACSS Working Groups

  • Working Group on International Investment Statistics (WGIIS)
  • The Working Group on System National Account (WGSNA)
  • The Working Group on the Sustainable Development Goals Indicators (WGSDGI)
  • Working Group on International Merchandise Trade Statistics (WGIMTS)
  • Working Group on Statistics of International Trade in Services (WGSITS)
  • The Working Group on Data Sharing, Analysis, Dissemination and Communication of ASEAN Statistics (WGDSA)

Who are the major partners?

  • The ACSS Committee as the highest regional policy-making and coordinating body on ASEAN statistics
  • The national statistical systems of all ASEAN Member States, with the national statistical office (NSO) as country focal point on ASEAN statistics.
  • The ASEAN Secretariat, through the ASEANstats, as the regional focal point of ASEAN statistics and the technical arm and secretariat of the ACSS Committee.
  • The ASEAN Community Councils, through its ASEAN bodies, as the primary stakeholders.

Towards an ACSS

  • The ASEAN Framework of Cooperation in Statistics 2010 – 2015 was adopted by the ASEAN Heads of Statistical Offices (AHSOM) and recognised by the ASEAN Leaders at the 17 ASEAN Summit in Hanoi, in October 2011.
  • Its primary objective is to strengthen the organisational framework and statistical capacity of the ASEAN Member States towards the establishment of an ASEAN Community Statistical System (ACSS) by 2015. An ACSS that is able to produce timely and comparable statistics in support of a rules-based ASEAN Community.

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