Scope and Compliance Survey

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Scope and Compliance Survey

• UNSD

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Background

• Para. 20, Minutes of the prelim. meeting
• Further, the Committee encouraged UNSD to
  undertake a benchmark scope and compliance survey
  in countries to assess the current status of
  implementation of different environment-economic
  accounts, priorities and future plans.

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Scope and compliance survey

• Part I general questions on the types of
  accounts compiled, future plans, possible uses of
  the accounts etc.
• Part II and III short and detailed versions of
  the module-specific survey for water resource
  accounts.

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• Part I
• Countries compiling Environmental Accounts
• Questions on the type of accounts compiled, uses
  of these accounts, future plans
• Countries not compiling Environmental Accounts
• Questions on the existence of an environment
  statistics programme, future plans, constrains
• Part II
• Type of accounts compiled, how often, at which
  level (national, subnational), uses, future plans
• Part III
• Data source and definitions

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Options to carry out the survey

• Option I Survey in two phases
• Phase I general part the short version of the
  module-specific Survey
• Phase II detailed version of the module-specific
  Survey
• Option II Survey in two phases
• Phase I general part
• Phase II short and detailed version of the
  module-specific Survey
• Option III Survey in one phase
• internet based

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Questions to the UNCEEA

• According to which Option (or other options)
  should the Scope and Compliance Survey be carried
  out
• Do you agree with the questions contained in
  general part of the Scope and Compliance Survey
  (Annex I)?

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Questions to the UNCEEA (2)

• Depending on the chosen option
• Do you agree with the questions in the short
  version of the module-specific part (Annex II)?
• Do you agree with the questions contained in the
  detailed version of the module-specific part
  (Annex III)?
• Who should be in charge of developing the various
  module-specific parts of the Survey?