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Enhanced Statistical Policy Advocacy in East Africa and the Horn Region

Comprehensive report on the Paris21 Workshop showcasing key insights, conclusions, and recommendations for strategic statistical development in East Africa and the Horn region. Organized by leading institutions with a focus on poverty reduction, data sources, donor support, and capacity building. Key topics include advocacy, good practices, user needs, and sustainability.

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Enhanced Statistical Policy Advocacy in East Africa and the Horn Region

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  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

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