The 13th Session of the ASEAN Community Statistical System Committee (ACSS13) was hosted in Jakarta on 22 to 24 November 2023

24 November 2023 -

The 13th Session of the ASEAN Community Statistical System Committee (ACSS13), hosted by BPS Statistics Indonesia, in Jakarta on 22 to 24 November 2023.  The Session was chaired by Ms. Amalia Adininggar Widyasanti, Acting Chief Statistician of BPS Statistics Indonesia, with Mrs. Phonesaly Souksavath, Head of Lao Statistics Bureau as the Co-chairperson.

Aligned with the overall theme of Indonesia’s ASEAN Chairmanship in 2023 of “ASEAN Matters:  Epicentrum of Growth”, and as part of ACSS’ continuous commitment to further enhance regional statistical cooperation and respond proactively to emerging statistical requirements, the following theme was adopted for 2023 ACSS work programme: “Navigating Official Statistics towards ASEAN as Epicentrum of Growth.

The chairs thanked the International Organisations, namely United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP), United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women), Asian Development Bank (ADB), ARTEMIS, Japan-ASEAN Integration Fund (JAIF), ASEAN-USAID Inclusive Growth in ASEAN through Innovation, Trade, and E-Commerce (IGNITE), and International Labour Organization (ILO) for the support towards the goal of a more responsive ACSS providing high quality statistics in support of the ASEAN integration.

Download the full statement here.