Statistics on Cultural Industries - International Trade Centre

PHASE 1Table 2:GOVERNMENTMinistry of Home and CulturalAffairs (MoHCA)National <strong>Statistics</strong> Bureau(NSB)Intellectual PropertyProtection Office -Ministry of TradeNATIONALNON-GOVERNMENTALORGANIZATIONSProject Implementation Context MapINTER-GOVERNMENTALORGANIZATIONSINTERNATIONALNON-GOVERNMENTALORGANIZATIONSCentre for Bhutan Studies UNESCO Asian Heritage FoundationRoyal University of BhutanInteragency Technical WorkingGroup on Cultural Industries<strong>Statistics</strong>UNESCO Institute for <strong>Statistics</strong>Executing Agency: In the absence of strong private sector interest and initiative in Bhutan, culturalindustries sector development as a strategy for poverty reduction and community vitalization isonly likely to be implemented if MoHCA (or another government authority) takes leadership, at thenational level, in awareness raising and consultative activities, and in the consolidation of the culturalindustries sector through the initiation of mapping studies, data analysis, and the development of aconducive regulative environment for these businesses. The executing responsibility will thereforerest with the MoHCA which has a particular interest in the development of cultural industries.Implementing Agency: The project will utilize existing structures and human resources withinthe relevant departments and institutions as far as possible to support capacity building. Hence,the NSB will be responsible for the day-to-day implementation and will form a project team of itsstaff for this purpose. All project team members must have proven competence and experiencein related specializations. An ability to refine methodologies and train others in the use of them isessential for the success of the project.As the instrumental agency in this field, the NSB will act as the implementing agency for the projectand its staff be mobilized for orientation, training, management and project implementation,including systems diagnosis, feasibility studies, systems design, development, and management.The capacity building activities should be primarily directed at the NSB staff who are responsible forregular surveys of manufacturing establishments for the following reasons: (i) to avoid duplicationof establishment surveys, (ii) because line ministries do not have capacity for field enumeration forestablishment surveys/censuses, (iii) NSB is familiar with international statistical standards and thusinternational data comparability, and (iv) such capacity building would be the easiest to achieveat NSB as it would only entail the creation of a sub-programme of the existing programme forindustrial statistics operation.(UIS)UNDPWIPOUNIDO93