Outline of the United Nations Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific (SIAP)

United Nations Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific (SIAP) was established in 1970 as a project of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Government of Japan, with the aim of providing practical statistical training to official statisticians in developing countries in the ESCAP region.

In light of the resolution of the 50th ESCAP Commission Session in 1994, SIAP was accorded the legal status of a subsidiary body of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) in April 1995.

Based on the “Agreement between the Government of Japan and the United Nations relating to the Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific”, the Government of Japan (Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications) extends cooperation as a host government by providing cash and/or in-kind contributions (provision of offices, equipment, facilities, etc.) within its budget, in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
 

Location: JETRO-IDE Building 4th floor, 2-2 Wakaba 3-chome, Mihama-ku, Chiba-shi, Chiba, Japan
Number of United Nations staff: 9 members in total, including the director, the deputy director/cum lecturer and statisticians/lecturers

There are a wide variety of training courses, including those conducted in Japan, such as the Group Training Course in Improving Capability in Producing Official Statistics Relating to MDGs Indicators (4 months) and the Group Training Course in Production and Statistical Analysis of Monitoring Indicators in Support of Inclusive Development Policies (6 weeks), as well as those conducted by dispatching a lecturer to each country, such as the country training course.


Main training courses
 

Course title	Training duration	Training contents
Group Training Course in  Improving Capability in Producing Official Statistics Relating to MDGs Indicators	4 months	Training in theory and practice in each field of official statistics required for measurement of MDG-related indicators in developing countries (e.g. economic statistics, social demographic statistics, and statistical survey methodology)
Group Training Course in Production and Statistical Analysis of Monitoring Indicators in Support of Inclusive Development Policies	6 weeks	Training in theory and practical methods of analysis of statistical data, and dissemination of analysis results to users
Research-based Training Programme	As required	Research study of specific topics related to official statistics using primary data on each country
Country Training Course	As required	Training in specific issues conducted by a lecturer dispatched at the request of a specific country
Regional and Sub-Regional Training Course	As required	Training in specific issues conducted by a lecturer dispatched at the request of a specific country and its neighboring countries under similar circumstances

 

As of the end of March 2014, SIAP has been providing training to 14,002 participants from 128 countries and regions mainly in Asia and the Pacific since its establishment in 1970.

SIAP has greatly contributed to improvement of national statistical systems as well as official statisticians mainly in developing countries of the ESCAP region.