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UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR AFRICA

UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR AFRICA. AFRICAN CENTRE FOR STATISTICS. Committee for the Development of Information. Addis Ababa - ETHIOPIA. 29 April – 4 May 2007. CAPACITY BUILDING. Oumar SARR, Statistician. Outline. Issues and Challenges facing Africa Statistical System

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UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR AFRICA

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  1. UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR AFRICA AFRICAN CENTRE FOR STATISTICS Committee for the Development of Information Addis Ababa - ETHIOPIA 29 April – 4 May 2007 CAPACITY BUILDING Oumar SARR, Statistician CODI V

  2. Outline • Issues and Challenges facing Africa Statistical System • Constraints faced by the National Statistical System • ECA’s Response to Some of the Issues and Challenges CODI V

  3. Issues and Challenges • Regional level: • Willingness of integration • NEPAD • At country level: • Development of democracy • Emerging statistical areas: MDGs, Welfare, HIV, Knowledge economy CODI V

  4. Constraints faced by the NSS • Lack of statistical awareness from political deciders • Institutional • Lack of financial capacity: • To put in place infrastructures • To conduct statistical activities • Lack of human capacity: number and quality in all areas CODI V

  5. ECA’s Response • Advocacy • Institutional development • Financing activities • Training CODI V

  6. Advocacy • African Statistics Day (ASD) • Africa Symposium on Statistical Development (ASSD) • Statistical Commission for Africa (StatCom-Africa) • Development of Communication Tools CODI V

  7. Institutional development • Support to the elaboration and implementation of the NSDS CODI V

  8. Training • The philosophy • Cooperation South-South • Database countries and experts • Sharing experience • Seminars on: • PHC: • Workshops on census planning, enumeration, analysis, dissemination, etc. • Elaboration of census materials CODI V

  9. Training • Seminars on: (Cont’d) • HS: • Workshops (survey methodologies, questionnaire design, data processing and analysis, …) • NA • Workshops on SNA implementation • Expert groups • Technical assistance • Support to STCs • Curricula development • Hosting interns CODI V

  10. THANK YOU! CODI V

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