Asia and Pacific Commission on Agricultural Statistics - 28

10- 14 February 2020, Padma Resort Legian, Bali, Indonesia

In accordance with Article VI-1 of the FAO Constitution, the FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (RAP) organized the twenty-eighth session of the Asia and Pacific Commission on Agricultural Statistics (APCAS 28), in Bali, 10-14 February 2020 at the kind invitation of Indonesia.

Purpose of the meeting

The Asia and Pacific Commission on Agricultural Statistics (APCAS) is a statutory body of FAO. APCAS brings together senior statistics officials from FAO member countries of the Asia and Pacific region, who are responsible for the development of agricultural statistics in their respective countries. They review the developments in their agricultural statistics systems since the last session and exchange ideas with experts from FAO and other organizations on the state of food and agricultural statistics in the region. FAO uses this occasion to inform the member countries about its activities during the preceding biennium, particularly in Asia and the Pacific region.

The prominent themes on the Agenda of this session are: FAO activities in the Asia and the Pacific region, FAO’s Sustainable Development Goal Indicators, The World Programme of the Census of Agriculture and Integrated Agriculture Surveys, Subsector Statistics, Use of ICT, Quality Assurance Frameworks, Open Data and Data Dissemination.

Membership of the Commission

As per the Statute of the Commission, the membership of the Commission is open to all Member Nations of FAO and Associate Members whose territories are situated wholly or partly in the Asia and the Pacific Region or who are responsible for the international relations of any non-self-governing territories in the Region. As of January 2020, 31 countries are members of APCAS, namely Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Fiji, France, India, Indonesia, Islamic Republic of Iran, Japan, Lao PDR, Maldives, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Samoa, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor Leste, Tonga, United Kingdom, United States of America, and Viet Nam.

FAO member nations interested in becoming a member of the Commission are welcome to contact the APCAS-Secretary for guidance in this regard.

Participants

Apart from delegates nominated by the member countries, FAO partner institutions are also invited as observers with a right to speak. FAO technical experts from Regional Office and headquarters take part in the deliberations.

Contacts

• Ms Sangita Dubey. APCAS Secretary Regional Statistician FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific Bangkok, Thailand. Phone: + 66 2 697 4250. E-mail: [email protected]
• Ms Endang Retno Sri Subiyandani. APCAS Liaison Officer Head of Bureau of Public Relations and Legal Affairs Jakarta, Indonesia. E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]
• Dr. Anna Astrid Susanti. APCAS Liaison Officer Head of Commodities Data Division Ministry of Agriculture Jakarta, Indonesia. Email: [email protected]

Information

• Information note
• Provisional agenda
• Provisional timetable
• List of documents