The Busan Action Plan for Statistics: Discussion of the Implementation Roadmap

1. The Busan Action Plan for Statistics: Discussion of the Implementation Roadmap The World Bank and PARIS21 Secretariat PARIS21 Board Meeting: Special Session on the Implementation of the Busan Action Plan for Statistics

2. Sections I & II Focus is now on implementation • BAPS endorsed at the Busan HLF4 (December, 2011) and the UNSC (March, 2012) • BAPS has five actions to support three objectives: • Integrate Statistics into decision-making • Promote open access • Increase resource base • Each action encompasses a range of possible activities at the national, regional, & global level. • Implementation activities could be “vertical” or “horizontal”

3. Section III BAPS Implementation principles • Requires collective effort & political leadership • Should be country led • Uses on existing partnerships & agencies • Results will be monitored • Implementation roadmap is flexible and responsive, based on broad consultation

4. Section IV Priorities from initial consultations • Sample of developing countries: align activities through the NSDS, need stable funding, improve data accessibility, training, & communication with users • UNSC: improve accessibility of statistics, gender statistics, agricultural statistics, and consider special needs of fragile and small states • Regional Entities: advocate use of stats in decision-making, consolidate training activities, improve NSDSs • Users: Focus on results, improve M&E systems, more accessible and better sub-national and micro data.

5. Section V Implementation steps underway • Re-focusing of NSDSs • Supporting countries with open data initiatives • Gender Statistics (“EDGE”) • Agriculture Statistics (Implementing the Global Strategy) • Geospatial information management • ECASTAT – a new partnership for regional statistical capacity building in Europe and CIS countries • Many IFIs re-focusing their work programs and strategic approaches

6. Section VI Governance • PARIS21 to act as BAPS secretariat • Task Team to help in the short term • PARIS21 EC and Board to review shifts in BAPS priorities and assess implementation progress • Report progress as well as receive support from post-Busan Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation (WP/EFF) and the UNSC

7. Sections VII & VIII Financing requirements and instruments • Key initiatives have sound financing (Agriculture and Gender) • Other initiatives not expensive (NSDS updating, Open Data initiatives in countries, pilot high-frequency stats, PARIS21 strengthening) • RDBs to rely on current financing instruments • World Bank exploring re-purposing some TFs • More in-depth discussion in tomorrow’s session

8. Sections IX & X Monitoring • Monitoring aided by BAPS log frame (Annex I) and indicators for specific implementation initiatives (example in Annex II) Next Steps • More consultations • BAPS Secretariat at PARIS21 • Create Task Team • Prepare implementation report for June 2012 WP/EFF

9. Sections XI Guidance & Decisions sought • Is the proposed approach to BAPS implementation on the right track? • Should the PARIS21 Secretariat and World Bank produce a progress report on BAPS implementation for PARIS21 Board meetings? • Should the Task Team be created? • Should PARIS21 prepare a report for the WP-EFF?