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LOCAL Monday 25 July 2022

Approval for the implementation of plan National Statistical System

The Minister of Economic Affairs, Communications, and
Sustainable Development, Mr. Geoffrey Wever, recently
presented the National Statistical System Implementation
Plan to the Council of Ministers for approval.

The NSS implementation is included in his ministry’s policy
vision 2021-2025.

The importance of data to objectively develop and mon-
itor policy and to contribute to an informed public is in-
creasingly recognized and supported.

The National Statistical System NSS is a partnership be-
tween the Central Bureau of Statistics and other produc-
ers of official statistics. The aim is to guarantee the pro-
duction of a wide variety of high-quality, relevant, and
timely official statistics to form the basis of policymaking,
policy review, and sustainable development. Several
international studies conducted (by the United Nations
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Carib-
bean (UN-ECLAC), The Caribbean Regional Technical
Assistance Centre (CARTAC), IMF, ICON Institute, the re-
quirements for implementation of the Sustainable Devel-
opment Goals (SDGs), the National Strategic Plan, the
Master Plan, and the Land Package, have pointed to the
importance of an NSS in Aruba.

Minister Geoffrey Wever established an NSS Commis-
sion for the implementation in Aruba at the end of 2021.
The NSS Commission has prepared an NSS Implementa-
tion Plan. He asked the United Nations Statistical Division
(UNSD) and the United Nations Economic Commission for
Latin America and the Caribbean (UN-ECLAC) to provide
feedback on the NSS Implementation Plan regarding the
scope and implementation costs of the implementation
plan. Both UNSD and UN-ECLAC were confident about
the NSS Implementation Plan. The Council of Ministers ap-
proved the Implementation Plan.

"The NSS will contribute to a more objective and com-
plete picture of the situation in Aruba in various areas,
thus across all ministries, through reliable and timely data.
It will contribute to responsible public policy and finan-
cial management. When we base public spending on
reliable data, public funds will be spend effectively. This
leads to less waste of public funds and thus more savings,
which is a crucial component of good governance, "said
Minister Wever.q