The key to the restructuring is the planned transition of the institution to Executive Status (similar to the Central Bank) and the implementation of measures to build operational capacity, including the strengthening of its human resources. These institutional changes will need to be accompanied by the use of more modern techniques.
Nowadays, information providers are engaged in more active deployment of web-enabled technology to facilitate the collection and dissemination of information. In Trinidad and Tobago, however, our data compilation system is still largely based on manual forms when web-based forms would improve the speed of data collection and dissemination. We also need to change the culture towards the provision of statistical information.