Mexico’s National Statistical and

Geographical Information System (SNIEG)

Workshop on Governance of Statistical SystemsOctober 19th, 2010

The constitutional reform

Institutional architecture

Executive Legislative Judiciary

INEGI as autonomous entity• Other autonomous entities. the Central Bank

(BANXICO), the Federal Elections Institute (IFE) and the National Commission for Human Rights (CNDH).

• Principles: Access to information, transparency, objectivity and independence.

• Benefits: good quality, relevant, reliable and timely:– Provides facts for decision making;– Supports the design, follow-up and evaluation of public

policies;– Civil society can evaluate government’s performance.

INEGI’s Challenges: autonomy

• To maintain the trust of different users.

• To strengthen the generation processes through sound statistical methods, transparent and validated information.

• To establish permanent processes to assess the quality of products and services and to identify gaps and major improvements required.

• To guarantee the confidentiality.

National Subsystems of Information

CESNI Economics

CESNIGeographical & Environmental

CESNISocial & Demographics

CESNIJustice

National Subsystem of Demographical and Social Information:

National Subsystem Geographical and Environemental Information:

SNIEG’ s Challenges

• To guarantee information’s integrity, independence and objectivity

• To meet our users needs• To enhance sound statistical

methodologies • To assure quality • To optimize burden on informers• To improve resource allocation