1 PARIS21 – Regional Workshop – Kampala, July 2001 PARIS21 - Regional Workshop Supporting Policy with Statistics Kampala, July

2 PARIS21 – Regional Workshop – Kampala, July 2001 PARIS21 – Regional Workshop Follow up of Addis Ababa Plan of Action – CODI

3 PARIS21 – Regional Workshop – Kampala, July 2001 PART 1 The evaluation of AAPA The way forward –The context –The alternative solutions PART 2 CODI Outline

4 PARIS21 – Regional Workshop – Kampala, July 2001 Creating statistical awareness (African Statistical Day Celebrations); Elaboration of statistical strategic development plans; Organization and management of statistical systems; Coordination of statistical activities Addis Ababa Plan of Action

5 PARIS21 – Regional Workshop – Kampala, July 2001 Improvement of the quality of statistics; Development of databases; Dissemination of statistical products; Data analysis et research; Training and in the job training; Etc. Addis Ababa Plan of Action

6 PARIS21 – Regional Workshop – Kampala, July 2001 Evaluation of AAPA Main findings

7 PARIS21 – Regional Workshop – Kampala, July 2001 In summary, the problems encountered in the implementation of AAPA are mostly related to: The ownership of the plan, The lack of leadership The lack of financial resources; The inadaquacy of institutional and human capacities etc. Main findings

8 PARIS21 – Regional Workshop – Kampala, July 2001 Evaluation du PAAA Main recommandations

9 PARIS21 – Regional Workshop – Kampala, July 2001 In summary, the recommandations of the evaluation of AAPA are related: Strong commitment of the government and allocation of enough resources; Change of NSOs status; Focusing on user needs, Strategic statistical master plans; Use of NICT; Creating analytical and research capacities; Redefining data dissemination and communication strategies; Main recommandations

10 PARIS21 – Regional Workshop – Kampala, July 2001 Harmonization of concepts, definitions and methods in sub-regions; ADB to increase its financial support for statistical development in the region; ECA to revitalize the statistical function within the organization and the region; International organizations to play an advocay role with the member States to increase their financial support for statistics; Main recommandations

11 PARIS21 – Regional Workshop – Kampala, July 2001 Follow up of AAPA

12 PARIS21 – Regional Workshop – Kampala, July 2001 AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT AGENDA International consensus goals African initiative strategies PRSP part of financing

13 PARIS21 – Regional Workshop – Kampala, July 2001 AFRICAN INITIATIVE Merger of the Millennium Partnership for the African Recovery Programme (MAP) and Omega Plan Document approved by the OAU Summit Lusaka, 11 July 2001 AFRICAN INITIATIVE Merger of the Millennium Partnership for the African Recovery Programme (MAP) and Omega Plan Document approved by the OAU Summit Lusaka, 11 July 2001 Sources:

14 PARIS21 – Regional Workshop – Kampala, July 2001 AFRICAN INITIATIVE Merger of MAP and Omega Plan AFRICAN INITIATIVE Merger of MAP and Omega Plan Priority Sectors Priority Sectors Strategy for achieving sustainable development in the 21st century Strategy for achieving sustainable development in the 21st century Mobilising resources Mobilising resources Preconditions for development Preconditions for development

15 PARIS21 – Regional Workshop – Kampala, July 2001 Infrastructure Preconditions for the Development Preconditions for the Development Priority Sectors Mobilising Resources Mobilising Resources Promotion of peace, democraty, HR and Economic management Promotion of peace, democraty, HR and Economic management Regional Cooperation And economic Integration Regional Cooperation And economic Integration Information and Communications Technology Information and Communications Technology Increasing savings Increasing savings Human Development: health, education and culture Human Development: health, education and culture Diversification of production and exports Diversification of production and exports Agriculture Strategy for achieving sustainable development in the 21st century Increasing Capital inflowx Increasing Capital inflowx

16 PARIS21 – Regional Workshop – Kampala, July st Strategic Direction Preconditions for Development 1. Promotion of peace, democraty, human rights and political governance 1. Promotion of peace, democraty, human rights and political governance 2. Promotion of regional cooperation and economic integration 2. Promotion of regional cooperation and economic integration 1. Promotion economic & corporate governance, with focus on public finance management 1. Promotion economic & corporate governance, with focus on public finance management

17 PARIS21 – Regional Workshop – Kampala, July Infrastructure 2nd Strategic Direction Priority Sectors 2. Information and Communications Technology 2. Information and Communications Technology 3. Human Development : health, education et culture 3. Human Development : health, education et culture 5. Diversification of Production and Exports 5. Diversification of Production and Exports 4. Agriculture

18 PARIS21 – Regional Workshop – Kampala, July rd Strategic Direction Mobilisation of Resources Mobilisation of Resources 1. Increasing Savings 1. Increasing Savings 2. Increasing Capital Inflows 2. Increasing Capital Inflows

19 PARIS21 – Regional Workshop – Kampala, July 2001 AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT AGENDA AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT AGENDA Long-term objective To eradicate poverty in Africa and place African countries on the a path of sustainable growth and development and thus halt the marginalisation of Africa in the globalisation process. Goals To achieve and sustain an average GDP growth rate of above 7 % per annum for the next 15 years To ensure that the continent achieves the 7 agreed International Development Goals

20 PARIS21 – Regional Workshop – Kampala, July 2001 Statistics: for what? Imperatives Actors Actions Governments Civil Service Governments Civil Service Private Sector Leadership Political Choices Political Choices Strategic and Operational Choices Strategic and Operational Choices Control of politician action Control of politician action Economy Democraty Civil Society citozens Civil Society citozens Stat

21 PARIS21 – Regional Workshop – Kampala, July 2001 New challenges 1.Consolidation of existing national statistical systems; 2.Some new Challenges : 1st strategic direction –Statistics on human rights violations; –Statistics on good governance; –Statistics on economic integration : Foreign trade Statistics indicators of convergence measure of economic integration

22 PARIS21 – Regional Workshop – Kampala, July 2001 New challenges 1.Some new Challenges : 2nd strategic direction –Infrastructure Statistics ; –Statistics on the new economy, E-commerce; –Education statistics; –Health Statistics (AIDS in particular); –Poverty statistics; –Statistics of cultures; –Agricultural Statistics; –Market Information : Statistics to : Measure competitiviness; Calculate effective exchange rates;

23 PARIS21 – Regional Workshop – Kampala, July 2001 New challenges 1.Some new Challenges : 3rd strategic direction –Statistics on savings; –Statistics on public investments; –Statistics on direct foreign investment; –Etc. this implies a substantial improvement of, in particular, the system of national accounts and statistics of public finance …

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25 PARIS21 – Regional Workshop – Kampala, July 2001 Advocacy and Sensitization Advocacy and Sensitization GLOBAL VISION Regional Action Plan Regional Action Plan Reference Framework Reference Framework Guiding Principles Guiding Principles Implementation Strategy Implementation Strategy Advocacy and Sensitization Advocacy and Sensitization Implementation at National Level Implementation at National Level Monitoring mecanism Regional level Monitoring mecanism Regional level National Action Plans National Action Plans Monitoring & Measure of Impact Monitoring & Measure of Impact Implementation at National Level Implementation at National Level

26 PARIS21 – Regional Workshop – Kampala, July 2001 CODI CODI stands for Committee of development Information; CODI is one of the 7 subsidary bodies of the Commission created in 1997 by the 23rd meeting of the Conference of ECA Ministers; CODI replaces (for statisticians) the Joint Conference of Planners, Statisticians and Demographers after the restructuring of ECA and the creation of Development Information Services Division (DISD)

27 PARIS21 – Regional Workshop – Kampala, July 2001 CODI II – Theme «What Development Information for decision- making »

28 PARIS21 – Regional Workshop – Kampala, July 2001 CODI II – Audience CODI will gather at its 2nd sesssion : Statisticians, Information specialists, Geo-information specialists Librarians, Partners.

29 PARIS21 – Regional Workshop – Kampala, July 2001 CODI II – forum of discussion on: Progress accomplished and problems encountered by member States in each area; New trends, state of the art and technologies in each domain; Experiences to be shown as best pratices, etc

30 PARIS21 – Regional Workshop – Kampala, July 2001 CODI : Sub-commmittees Sub-Committe Information and Communication Technology and Library Sub-Committe Information and Communication Technology and Library Sub-Committe Geo-information Sub-Committe Geo-information Sub-Committe Statistics Sub-Committe Statistics

31 PARIS21 – Regional Workshop – Kampala, July 2001 CODI II – Workshops Five workshops will be organized before and during the second session of CODI, on the following topics: 1.« Land Information Systems»; 2.« Strengthening Statistical Capacity for poverty monitoring »; 3.« Use of ICT by Small and Medium Entreprises; 4.« Spatial Data Infrastructure»; 5.« Measuring and Monitoring Good Governance in Africa».

32 PARIS21 – Regional Workshop – Kampala, July 2001 CODI II– Sub-committee Statistics 1.Themes of workshop 2 New initiatives : –The Compact for Africa Recovery –Poverty reduction Strategy Papers Poverty monitoring; Decentralisation of statistical systems and collection of micro data; Statistical Master Plans and the PARIS 21 Approach to builing capacity 2.Workshop 5 Measuring and Monitoring Good Gouvernance in Africa;

33 PARIS21 – Regional Workshop – Kampala, July 2001 CODI II – Exhibitions Moreover: Pratical demonstrations on the theme « Knowledge for decision making »; ECA and other partners will organize exhibitions, poster sessions and demonstrations on topics related to the theme of CODI II.

34 PARIS21 – Regional Workshop – Kampala, July 2001 CODI II – more information Moreover: Country profiles on the web site; List of discussion : – – Documentation : –

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36 PARIS21 – Regional Workshop – Kampala, July 2001 Evaluation of AAPA Main findings

37 PARIS21 – Regional Workshop – Kampala, July Les SNS demeurent fragiles et vulnérables: budgets insuffisants, gestion qui laisse à désirer, ressources humaines insuffisantes et non satisfaction des besoins des utilisateurs ; 6. Aucun cadre formel dévaluation des besoins dans la plupart des pays; 7. Comités producteurs / utilisateurs qui ne fonctionnent pas; 8. Les SNS nont pas su faire face aux nouveaux défis : décentralisation, bonne gouvernance, exigences en matière de genre, de données sur les ménages / les communautés, le VIH-SIDA, la pauvreté; etc; Main findings

38 PARIS21 – Regional Workshop – Kampala, July Bien que pertinents, le PAAA et sa stratégie de mise en œuvre nont pas été bien popularisés et véritablement adoptés par les parties concernées; 2.Il été mis en œuvre patiellement et non globalement par certains pays; 3.Seuls quelques uns des succès de certains pays peuvent attribués au PAAA; 4.Les responsables et décideurs nont pas reconnu limportance stratégique de la statistique et les SNS ne sont pas associés à la formulation des politiques économiques et sociales; Main findings

39 PARIS21 – Regional Workshop – Kampala, July Les SNS qui ont eu un statut dautomonie et ont été dirigés par des cadres qualifiés, ont réalisé des performances appréciables; 10. Les centres de formation nont pas su sadapter et dispensent des cours plutôt théoriques; 11.Beaucoup de pays ont élaboré des plans de développement à court, moyen et long terme mais nont pas su anticiper les défis présents; 12. Les SNS ne disposent toujours pas de la masse critique de personnel qualifié malgré les efforts fournis dans ce sens au cours des dernières decennies; Main findings

40 PARIS21 – Regional Workshop – Kampala, July La capacité dassistance de la CEA a été subitement et drastiquement réduite avec larrêt du financement de certains programmes par le PNUD et le FNUAP; cette capacité a également souffert de la non application de la recommandation du PAAA relative à la mise en place dune équipe de conseillers régionaux; 14. La CEA, à linstar des pays na pas mis en œuvre completement les recommandations du PAAA; Main findings

41 PARIS21 – Regional Workshop – Kampala, July LA CEA na pas su être le modèle pour les SNS africains en mettant en place une base de données appropriée pour les beoins de ses différentes divisions ni être la « source qui fait autorité en matière de données statistiques sur les pays africains » comme recommandé par le PAAA; 16. Les SNS dans la plupart des pays nont pas su exploiter les nouvelles technologies de linformation et de la communication pour accélérer le développement de la statistique dans leurs pays; 17. Les organisations sous-régionales jouent un rôle clé dans lharmonisation des méthodes statistiques et des nomenclatures par la formation et lorganisation dateliers et séminaires; Main findings

42 PARIS21 – Regional Workshop – Kampala, July La non coordination de lassistance technique a limité son impact malgré son importance; 19. Lappui des bailleurs de fonds à la mise en œuvre du PAAA a été insuffisant; dans le cas contraire il sest arrêté avant léchéance de lexécution des plans; 20. La situation des systèmes statistiques de bien des pays africains laissent encore à désirer et la plupart des recommandations du PAAA demeurent valables; cependant il faut les ajuster pour tenir compte des nouveaux défis à la statistique africaine; Main findings

43 PARIS21 – Regional Workshop – Kampala, July 2001 In summary, the problems encountered in the implementation of AAPA are mostly related to: The ownership of the plan, The lack of leadership The lack of financial resources; The inadaquacy of institutional and human capacities etc. Main findings

44 PARIS21 – Regional Workshop – Kampala, July 2001 Evaluation du PAAA Main recommandations

45 PARIS21 – Regional Workshop – Kampala, July 2001 Gouvernements Statut des SNS et Système salarial attractif et incitatif pour le personnel du SNS; Instances de coordination des activités statist.; Allocation des ressources financières et matérielles suffisantes dans les budgets ordinaires des SNS; Main recommandations

46 PARIS21 – Regional Workshop – Kampala, July 2001 Services nationaux de statistique Satisfaction des besoins des utilisateurs; Elaboration de plans stratégiques de développement de la statistique; Redéfinition des stratégies de diffusion et de communication; Renforcement des capacités analytiques en particulier; Utilisation accrue des technologies de linformation pour améliorer la production, le stockage et laccès des données; Main recommandations

47 PARIS21 – Regional Workshop – Kampala, July 2001 Organisations sous-régionales Appui aux pays membres pour lharmonisation des concepts, définitions et méthodes; Elaboration de bases de données; Collaboration avec les organisations internationales; Main recommandations

48 PARIS21 – Regional Workshop – Kampala, July 2001 Organisatios régionales BAD Rôle plus important dans le développement de la statistique en Afrique; Redynamisation de la fonction statistique dans la Banque; Collaboration avec la CEA et les organisations sous-régionales; Main recommandations

49 PARIS21 – Regional Workshop – Kampala, July 2001 Organisatios régionales CEA Redynamisation de la fonction statistique à la CEA; Poursuite de la mise en place dun système dinformation statistique cohérent pour répondre aux besoins des utilisateurs en particulier internes; Poursuite des actions de sensibilisation; Main recommandations

50 PARIS21 – Regional Workshop – Kampala, July 2001 Organisatios régionales CEA Promotion de la connectivité pour le partage dinformation entre les SNS; Collaboration avec les organisations sous-régionales dans lharmonisation des méthodes, etc; Diffusion dexemples de bonnes pratiques en matière de développement statistique; …. Main recommandations

51 PARIS21 – Regional Workshop – Kampala, July 2001 Organisations internationales Promotion du plaidoyer pour convaincre les Etats de la nécessité dallouer des ressources suffisantes aux systèmes statistiques nationaux; Renforcement des capacités ; Appui financier à lélaboration des plans stratégiques de développement de la statistique; Coordination des interventions qui doivent répondre aux besoins des pays; Révision des modes de financement pour permettre une programmation des activités statistiques et leur bonne exécution …. Main recommandations

52 PARIS21 – Regional Workshop – Kampala, July 2001 Elaboration dun nouveau plan de développement de la statistique tenant compte des ensignements tirés de lévaluation du PAAA ainsi que des nouvelles initiatives qui ont vu le jour au cours de la dernière decennie. Main recommandations