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CENTRAL STATISTICAL
OFFICE
An Overview
Presented by Sterling Chadee
5th -6th November 2013
MISSION
The mission of the Central Statistical
Office of Trinidad and Tobago is to
facilitate informed decision-making,
through the timely provision of a
quality, relevant, user-oriented and
dynamic statistical service,
coordinating statistical activities and
promoting the adherence to statistical
standards.
VISION
The Central Statistical Office is the
premier information and research
institution, committed to being a learning
and innovative organization staffed by well
motivated personnel and enhanced
through continuous quality improvement,
to provide timely, high quality and relevant
goods and services utilizing state of the art
technology for customer satisfaction
Legal Framework
The Statistics Act
The Central Statistical Office (CSO) was
established in 1952 by the passing of the
Statistics Ordinance, Chapter 42, No. 11 of
the Revised Ordinances 1952.
The Ordinance was later replaced by the
Statistics Act, Chapter 19:02 of the
Revised Laws of the Republic of Trinidad
and Tobago, 1982
This Act Provides the legal framework for
the operations of the CSO
This Act Authorizes the CSO
(a) Take any census in Trinidad and Tobago
(b) Collect, compile, analyze and publish statistical information
relating to all social and economic activities of the people of the
Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
(c) Collaborate with other Government Departments in the
collection, compilation, analysis and publication of statistical
records of administration;
(d) Generally organize a co-ordinated scheme of economic and
social statistics relating to The Republic of Trinidad and
Tobago.
Role of CSO
Oversees the preparation of statistical information
Coordination of National Statistical System.
Census Taking
Collecting compiling analyzing and publishing
Statistical information relating to all Social and
economic activities of the people of the Republic of
T&T
Provide consultancy and assistant in data collection
exercises done by other government departments,
international organizations, private sector and
researchers.
Divisions
Population, Social and Vital Statistics
National Accounts
Economic Statistics
Agriculture Division
Field & GIS
Computer Division
CMPD (Temp Contract Div. for the conduct of the 2011
Census)
Administration & Accounts
Population, Social and Vital Statistics
Births / Fertility Data
Deaths / Cause of Death (ICD 10) statistics
Data for Marriages and Divorces
Migration Data
Mid-year Population Estimates
Education
Crime & Traffic
Continuous Sample Survey of the Population
(CSSP
National Accounts
GDP Current prices
GDP Constant prices
Capital Formation
Supply and use tables
Business Establishment Register
Economic Statistics
Index of Retail Prices base Jan 1993=100
Index of Domestic Production and
accompanying Sub Indices
Index of Producers’ Prices
Index of Retail Sales
Index of Retail Prices of Building Materials
Trade
Travel
Tourism
Agriculture Division
Cocoa and Coffee
Citrus Production.
Copra and Coconut Production
Milk Production.
Agro-chemicals, production, sales and exports
Feed production
Hatcheries and Broiler Processors
Food Crop Survey
Pig production Survey
Poultry Production Survey
Census and other major surveys
conducted
Population and Housing Census (2011)
Agricultural Census (2004)
Household Budget Survey (2008/09)
National Statistical System
The National Statistical System is decentralized.
However, it is heavily dependent on statistics
produced by the CSO.
The CSO is the recognized source for Official
Statistics (adherence to the UN Principles of Official
Statistics / Statistics Act)
Other significant Producers of Statistics are:
1.The Central Bank
2.Statistics Units of Gov’t Ministries -Finance, Health,
Labour, Energy, Education, Social Development
3.Statutory Bodies – Environment Management
Authority; Tourism Development Companies
National Statistical System
The National Statistical System is not
currently co-ordinated and there is no
National Statistical Council.
Statistics Units within Government Ministries
and Departments and Research Units within
the Non-Gov’t Sector pursue their own work
programmes, utilise their own classification
systems and methodologies.
Some limited bilateral consultation takes
place.
Main Data Users
CSO has a wide cross section of users.
The Ministry of Finance,
The Central Bank
Ministry of Trade and Industry
International Organizations
Business Enterprises
Private Sector Organizations
Researchers and students.
Tertiary Institutions
The National Statistical Office
Main Data Providers:
Business enterprises
Households
Government Departments
(administrative data)
Other Government Statistical Units
(satellite agencies).
Data Dissemination
Data is disseminated in the form of
Published Reports, Bulletins, Press
Releases, Statistical Tables and Charts, via
the following means:
Web site
E-mails
Post Mail
CDs
Telephone
Walk-Ins
Current Issues and Priorities
Timeliness, punctuality, quality and relevance of
our statistical products are falling
Very low professional to technical staff ratio – 12%
Very low staff morale
Develop a programme of continuous learning and
development
Staffing – Vacant positions/high turnover
Dated Technology – Retool
Restructuring of the CSO ( Statistics Sweden
Consultancy Office)
Restructuring of the CSO A proposed road map
Build on the existing strengths of CSO, but
necessary with a number of additional functions
as well as changes:
New functions in CSO for
Support to the top management in:
Liaison and support to other government agencies involved in the
statistical system
HR management
External and internal communication
Planning and follow up of running operations and development work
Quality assurance
Statistical methodology function to support both CSO and the
statistical system
Restructuring of the CSO A proposed road map
Upgrade of technical infrastructure and skills to use it
Improve the IT development capacity
Strengthen the role of the web to make it the hub in
the dissemination system
New organizational structure
Additional permanent professional staff
New statistics Act