PRIMER TALLER PARIS 21 PARA CENTROAMÉRICA

1. PRIMER TALLERPARIS 21 PARA CENTROAMÉRICA Dirección General de Estadística y Censos de El Salvador Secretaría PARIS21 París, Octubre de 2002

2. PRIMER TALLER PARIS 21 PARA CENTROAMÉRICA CONTENTS • Backgrounds • General objetive • Main activities • Fortresses and weaknesses of the Central American statistical systems • Benefits for the countries of the region • Caracteristics of the headquarters country • Preliminary Budget • General Aspects of the First Shop PARIS21 for Central America • Conclusion

3. PRIMER TALLER PARIS 21 PARA CENTROAMÉRICA BACKGROUNDS • The majority of countries is found in the process of improving their statistical capacities for the follow up of the social impact of the processes of the economic reform. • Need to count with modern statistical systems before the phenomena such as: finalization of arms conflicts, natural disasters, drop of prices of traditional products of exportation, migrations, risks of food insecurity, etc.

4. PRIMER TALLER PARIS 21 PARA CENTROAMÉRICA BACKGROUNDS • Scarce advances of the experiences exchange processes in actualization statistical matter, in spite of that almost all the countries have modified the institutionality and legislation of the public statistical function. • Invitation to the First Shop PARIS 21 for the Andean Community celebrated in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, May of 2002 • In the shop celebrated in Bolivia El Salvador was accepted as country headquarters for being a regional shop .

5. PRIMER TALLER PARIS 21 PARA CENTROAMÉRICA GENERAL OBJETIVE To let everybody know the statistical programs of the Central American region and incite to the international organizations, sub-regions and local so they can facilitate the execution of such programs.

6. PRIMER TALLER PARIS 21 PARA CENTROAMÉRICA MAIN ACTIVITIES • Presentation of the statistical system of each country • Optic of producers and users of information through two presentations • One that analyze the present situation of the statistical system, and • Another that show fortresses, weaknesses and proposed ofimprovement, responding to 5 themes: - Production of information, accessibility and quality (mentioned the situation of the Nationals Census) - Demand of information and how is used it - Financing of the statistical system - Expected contribution of the international community - Cooperation among the countries of the region

7. MAIN ACTIVITIES • Presentation of the international organizations • Includes to financial organizations, internationals, regions, sub-regions and bilateral. • The agencies that more contribute to the statistical development of the region will be invited to do presentations around two themes: Strategies and programs of support to the statistical activity in the financial, technical levels, management and aid to the definition of politics of the countries. Statistical Demand of information of the international institutions.

8. MAIN ACTIVITIES • Round table upon needs of the countries of Central America that foment the development and reinforce of the statistical systems. • A program of short and medium run will be prepared for each country, taking into account the terms and conditions given by the international agencies.

9. FORTRESSES AND WEAKNESSES OF THE CENTRAL AMERICAN STATISTICAL SYSTEMS FORTRESSES Accumulation of Certain technical experience Statistical operations management capacity of great statistical scale Production comply international standard WEAKNESSES Lower budge assignments Deterioration of the statistical offering Disco ordination among the institutions that integrate the statistical systems

10. FORTRESSES AND WEAKNESSES OF THE CENTRAL AMERICAN STATISTICAL SYSTEMS WEAKNESSES Inadequate organizing structures of the statistical institutes Lowers articulation among the statistical production and the political public Little capacity of respond before eventualities Absence of statistical regional projects FORTRESSES Information demand Increase for promotion of the economic development Clarity of the mission and vision of the statistical institutes General recognition of the need of modernization

11. BENEFITS FOR THE COUNTRIES OF THE REGION • Opportunity to promote the programs of the countries to fortify its statistical capacity directed to the battle of poverty. • Opportunity of sensibleness upon the need to invest in statistical programs, tied to the design and follow up of the public politics.

12. BENEFITS FOR THE COUNTRIES OF THE REGION • Possibility to know the programs of the international agencies to obtain financing, training and technical assistance. • Experience exchange Forum among countries of the region and agencies involved in the reinforcement of the statistical systems.

13. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE COUNTRY HEADQUARTERS • Interest manifesto of the authorities of Government,particularly of the Ministery of Economy • The Deterioration of the statistical capacity, has awoke the preoccupation for its modernization, giving rise to the Ante project of law of creation of the National Statistical System and Creation of the National Institute of Statistics. • Interest of evaluatingin a consistent way the impact of the social politics and need to support with statistics, possible agreements of free commerce.

14. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE COUNTRY HEADQUARTERS • Adequate availability of hotel services, with experience in international events. • Support services Availability: communications, data processing services, simultaneous translation, etc • Air Terminal with international flights connection facilities

15. PRELIMINARY BUDGET(EN US$)

16. GENERAL ASPECTS OF THE FIRST SHOP PARIS 21 FOR CENTRAL AMERICA • Place: San Salvador, El Salvador • Date: 12 – 14 de febrero de 2003 • Ejecutory agency : MINEC - DIGESTYC • Organization Committee - MINEC - DIGESTYC - Secretaría PARIS21 - SICA o SIECA - 5 remaining countries - BID • Participating countries: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica y Panamá

17. GENERAL ASPECTS OF THE FIRST SHOP PARIS 21 FOR CENTRAL AMERICA • Invited countries : México, Cuba, República Dominicana, Belice y otros países de América Latina y el Caribe • Delegations by participating country: - Director of the INE - Responsible for the social politics - Representative of the Financial Ministery - Representatives of the private sector andcivil society - Representative of the Central Bank

18. GENERAL ASPECTS OF THE FIRST SHOP PARIS 21 FOR CENTRAL AMERICA • Internationals and regional Delegations - International Organizations: Comisión Europea, FMI, OCDE, BM, ONU, etc. - Regional Organizations: BID, CEPAL, SIECA, SICA - Bilateral Organizations: Canada, Denmark, Sweden, France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Japan, Swiss, England, United States of America and others - Observers: Secretary of CAN, MERCOSUR, Andean Pact, etc. - Consorcy PARIS21 - 5 remaining countries - Central american Parliament

19. GENERAL ASPECTS OF THE FIRST SHOP PARIS 21 FOR CENTRAL AMERICA • Expositors: Experts of the theme in the region to promote debate and reflection • Cost: The DIGESTYC has estimated a preliminary cost of US $75,000 • Financing: - Secretary PARIS21 - Multilaterals sources: Eurostat, UNDP, BM - bilaterals donors: european y others - Headquarters country • The Language of the Shop: Spanish with translation to the English • Logístics: DIGESTYC

20. GENERAL ASPECTS OF THE FIRST SHOP PARIS 21 FOR CENTRAL AMERICA • Program of Organization: • Organization Committee Constitution • The Committee is responsible for agreeing objectives, terms of reference, agenda and preparation of the informationof the event • The Office of the secretary of PARIS21 approves proposal of the Committee in which the general information of the Shop is detailed • The invitations will be envoys jointly by the responsible localities and the Office of the secretary of PARIS21

21. GENERAL ASPECTS OF THE FIRST SHOP PARIS 21 FOR CENTRAL AMERICA • Working Calendar: • Agree a note of organization of the Shop • Constitute the Committee of Organization • Prepare a financing request letter • Prepare documents of organization: agenda, terms ofreference, objective, etc. • Prepare the budget of financing of the shop • Establish the list of participants • Remit note to the expositors • Letter with final date of confirmation of participation • Remission of participation written of the expositors • Execution of the Shop

22. CONCLUSIONS The majority of Directors of the Offices of Statistics of the Central American region coincided in which the Shop can be an opportunity to promote technique and financially the programs and projects oriented to the reinforcement of the statistics for the battle of the poverty (First Shop PARIS21 for the Andean Community)

23. CONCLUSIONS A Shop PARIS21 for the Central American region is very opportune in these moments due to efforts that the majority of the countries by exceeding the difficult economic social development conditions that faces their population; as well as also due to the initiatives that its statistical systems are being carrying out to fortify them

24. CONCLUSIONS It is considered that it is priority (and urgent in some cases) to support the efforts of the countries of the Central American region to fortify its statistical capacities oriented to the battle of the poverty; mainly through the subsequent dynamics that generate the regional Shops supported by PARIS21, as are the possibility to organize National Shops

25. FIN DE LAPRESENTACION Dirección General de Estadística y Censos de El Salvador Secretaría PARIS21 Octubre de 2002