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The most effective way to support countries

Technical assistance and institutional strengthening to implement the SNA 2008 2 nd meeting of the CSC 2008 SNA Addis-Ababa, April 2-4, 2014. The most effective way to support countries. Hugues KOUADIO Directeur des études ISE hkouadio@ensea.ed.ci. Background.

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The most effective way to support countries

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  1. Technical assistance and institutional strengthening to implement the SNA 20082nd meeting of the CSC 2008 SNAAddis-Ababa, April 2-4, 2014 The most effective way to support countries Hugues KOUADIO Directeur des études ISE hkouadio@ensea.ed.ci

  2. Background • The SNA as a Tool for Improving Economic Statistics • The SNA is • one the most important statistical systems and frameworks in official statistics. • It provides an international standard of concepts, definitions, classifications, and methodology for economic statistics and accounts

  3. Background • There are many challenges confronting the compilation of economic statistics, • many African countries are still at a relatively early stage of development of national accounts. • national accounts are not harmonized across regions even where there are monetary unions.

  4. Problems • Limited Human, Financial, and Technical Resources • Weak Statistical Capacity and Infrastructure • Unharmonious National Accounts Systems on the Continent • Inconsistency and Incompleteness in the Coverage of the Economy

  5. Challenges in implementation • Two major challenges • (i) the political will and economic ability to create the legal framework for 2008 SNA  ; • (ii) taking into account the specific situation of countries and ressources availables • Level of development • Informal sector

  6. Propositions to overcome Problems • Majors steps • (A) Institutional strengthening and advocacy • (B) Technical assistance • Capacity building • Training • guidebooks • (C) Peer review and regional meeting to share good practices • In parallele with methodological development

  7. Technical assistance : Advocacy • Prepare, provide, and disseminate advocacy materials to various policy makers • Organize advocacy campaigns at countries levels • Round table meetings with all stakeholders • Heads of State and Government, • the members of Parliament, • the Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economy, Governors of Central banks, • the Civil Society • and Development Partners

  8. Institutional strengthening • support of national authorities to strengthen existing governance and coordination structures for National Accounts • Strengthen systems for data collection, compilation, processing, analysis, and dissemination for national accounts and economic statistics • Strengthen STCs or Universities for training delivery

  9. Technical assistance • Methodological Development • set of guidebooks • Capacity Building • Training • Training workshops/seminars • Distribution and dissemination of the developed guidebooks • Usage of guidebooks for curricula

  10. How can STCs (ENSEA) help ? • Capacity Building by holding • Training workshops/seminars at national and regional levels • distribution and dissemination of the developed guidebooks • Usage of guidebooks for curricula • Advocacy by holding • Workshop/seminars for stakeholders at national and regional levels • Methodological by • Provide assistance and training

  11. ENSEA: experiences • Develop curricula and practice with ICP (ADfB) and Afristat • Initiale training (Bachelor and Master) • Two year cours in National Account with methodology of 2008 SNA • External trade and BoP • Courses in data collection, compilation, processing • Indice and price statistics • Courses in analysis (short and long terme, ppa, etc.) and dissemination

  12. ENSEA: experiences • Courses in all domaine of 2008 SNA • We offer Short terms courses in that area • Workshops and seminars to meet skills needs • ERETES • Economic analyses • Quartely national account • Public finance • Etc.

  13. ENSEA: experiences • Advocacy seminars (one or two days) • Members of parliament • National and international level (REC) • Policy makers

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