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Regional Advisory Board Meeting

Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand
18 June 2003


9:00 - 9:30 a.m.

Welcome/Opening Remarks

Ifzal Ali
Chief Economist, Asian Development Bank

Rob Edwards
Deputy Australian Statistician, Australian Bureau of Statistics
9:30 - 9:45 a.m. Election of the Chair

Rob Edwards
Deputy Australian Statistician, Australian Bureau of Statistics
9:45 – 10:00 a.m. Coffee Break and Photo Session

10:00 - 11:00 a.m.

Overview of the ICP 2003
[PDF Presentation: 737 kb | 22 pages]

Fred Vogel
ICP Global Coordinator, World Bank

  • Objectives
  • Technical aspects
  • Governance aspects
  • Timetable
  • Other matters
Top
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

The ICP Asia Pacific
[PDF Presentation: 208 kb | 22 pages]

Bishnu Pant
Regional Coordinator, ICP Asia Pacific

  • Regional goals/priorities/objectives
  • Participating Countries
  • Workplan
  • Data requirements
  • Expected outputs
  • Arrangements for availment of consultant’s services
  • Administrative arrangements for release of funds
  • Training
  • Role of regional institutions including the Australian Bureau of Statistics
  • Coordination of non-ADB participating countries (Brunei, Iran, Macao, North Korea, Myanmar)
Top
12:00 - 1:30 p.m. Lunch Break

1:30 - 2:45 p.m.

Technical Aspects of the 2003 ICP round
[PDF Presentation: 1,221 kb | 29 pages]

Keith Blackburn
Product List Coordinator, Australian Bureau of Statistics

  • Preparation of price list
  • Selection of basic headings
  • Details required from national accounts
  • Implications of ring countries
  • Other matters
Top
2:45 - 3:30 p.m.

Work Program and Resource Requirements

Fred Vogel
ICP Global Coordinator, World Bank

Bishnu Pant
Regional Coordinator, ICP Asia Pacific
Top
3:30 - 3:45 p.m. Coffee Break
3:45 - 4:30 p.m.

Governance Aspects of the ICP

Fred Vogel
ICP Global Coordinator, World Bank

  • Review of activities
  • Review of Memorandum of Agreements (MOU) (Global to Regional)(Regional to National)
  • Scope and coverage of funding support
  • Role of global and regional coordination
  • Role of Regional Advisory Board/ Meeting frequency
Top
4:45 - 5:15 p.m.

Summary of Agreements/Concluding Remarks from the Chair
[PDF: 78 kb | 2 pages]

Ifzal Ali
Chief Economist, Asian Development Bank

Paul Cheung
Chairman, ICP Asia Pacific Regional Advisory Board


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