Enhanced Statistical Policy Advocacy in East Africa and the Horn Region

1. A REPORT OF THE PARIS21 WORKSHOP FOR EAST AFRICA AND THE HORN KAMAPALA, UGANDA 23-26 JULY 200 BY PROF. BEN KIREGYERA CHAIRMAN, UBOS 5 OCTOBER 2001

2. 1 0: PRESENTATION 1. INTRODUCTION 2. HIGHLIGHTS FROM COUNTRY REPORTS AND DONOR FORUM 3. WORKSHOP CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 4. NEXT STEPS

3. 2 1. INTRODUCTION • PARIS21 Initiative • established in 1999 as a CONSORTIUM • objectivecapacities, especially in poor developing • countries, •  promoting a culture for setting and • monitoring policy based on evidence, and •  fostering well-managed national statistical • systems that use resources effectively

4. 3 • Workshop Organization • Organizers • ISAE, UBOS, PARIS21 • Funding • NORAD, EUROSTAT, PARIS21 • Theme • Supporting Policy with Statistics - Developing a Strategic Approach • Participants • Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Djibouti, Sudan, Madagascar, South Africa, Zambia, COMESA, EAC, ECA, International Organizations, Donors

5. 3 • Main topics covered • Country monitoring of Millennium Development Goals • The Compact for African recovery • Advocating for better statistics for better policies • Poverty monitoring, strategies and outcomes • Tools for poverty monitoring • Tools for poverty information sector development goals in health, education and agriculture • Other major policy demands • Planning statistical systems

6. 4 • Workshop conducted through: • paper presentation, discussions and sharing country experiences • country group discussions • parallel discussion sessions • a donor forum

7. 5 2. HIGHLIGHTS FROM COUNTRY REPORTS AND DONOR FORUM • Country Reports • on-going poverty reduction strategy/country • development programme or starting PRSP • process • data used in development of national plans • main data sources -censuses, surveys, • administrative records, participatory poverty • assessment • main constraints

8. 6 • Main features of country plan outlines • developing/strengthening institutional framework for PRSP process • reviewing/restructuring/strengthening NSS • programmes of censuses/surveys • training programmes • increased funding for/raising profile of statistics • building databanks (national and sectoral) • developing effective dissemination strategy • donor coordination • support by PARIS21 in programmes

9. 7 Donor Forum • objective • indicate areas of donor support • EU • CP programmes for next 5 years • grants for budgetary support • support to sub-regional programmes (EAC, COMESA) • DFID • provides support for PRSP preparation • provides resources to PARIS21 • support to strengthen NSSs (censuses, surveys, etc) • poverty monitoring

10. 8 • World Bank • establishment of Trust Fund for Statistical Capacity Building (TFSCB) • funds can be used to: • assess statistical capacity needs • develop Master Plans linking with PRSP/other development strategies • restructuring or modernizing NSSs • funding up to $400,000 • Japan • contributing to PARIS21 • setting up IT Initiative • TICAD

11. 9 3. WORKSHOP CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS • Advocacy for statistics • Africa Statistics Day (week) celebrations • use of PARIS21advocacy tools • other ways of advocating for statistics • PARIS21, ECA, donors to assist • Good Practices • developing and restructuring NSSs • establishing Poverty Monitoring Master Plans • creating Socio-economic Databanks • creating PRSP institutional framework • creating community-based information systems

12. 9 • Capacity building effort at sub-regional level • training at centres: ISAE, EASTC, Kigali Centre • short-term training • regional statistical training project at COMESA • trade statistics at COMESA • regional database at EAC • PARIS21, ECA and donors to assist • Sustainability • donor support not substitute for Government obligation • increased Government support/ training/ attractive terms and conditions of service

13. 10 • User needs assessment • continuous process • role of user-producer dialogue • PARIS21, ECA and donors to assist • Disaggregated data • support decentralized governance • development of community-based information • Core Welfare Indicator Questionnaire (CWIQ) • role in assessing poverty • PARIS21 and World Bank to assist • Information and Telecommunication Technology • role in development of the NSS • Countries to develop ICT strategy

14. 11 • National Statistical Office • need restructuring • PARIS21, ECA and donors to assist • National Census of Population and Housing • delayed undertaking in a number of countries • PARIS21 Task Team on Census • South-South Cooperation • great value in this form of cooperation • PARIS21, UN system and donors to assist • Donor coordination • essential for coordinated development of NSSs • sufficient communication/coordination of donors

15. 12 • Dissemination Strategy • user-oriented strategy using good practices • building communication thinking in designing data collection • building national databanks 4. NEXT STEPS National Stakeholders’ Workshops to: • discuss experiences, conclusions, recommendations of Kampala workshop • discuss and finalize national action plans & strategies PARIS21 requested to facilitate process Thank You