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Co-ordinating donor efforts. James Whitworth Eurostat, European Commission. Third International Roundtable on Managing for Development Results, Hanoi, February 2007. Donor co-ordination. What does Eurostat do? EU Advisory Group Who? Why is it so difficult? The way forward.
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Co-ordinating donor efforts James Whitworth Eurostat, European Commission Third International Roundtable on Managing for Development Results, Hanoi, February 2007
Donor co-ordination • What does Eurostat do? • EU Advisory Group • Who? • Why is it so difficult? • The way forward
What does Eurostat do? • Advocacy for statistics at strategic and programming stages (flag NSDS) • Advisory service on statistical aspects of development programmes to EC external relations services • Co-ordination at EU level (Advisory Group), contribution to global co-ordination efforts • Paris 21 Consortium, Steering Committee & Bureau, MAPS Advisory Board
EU Advisory Group • First meeting 19 July 2006 • 11 countries, EFTA, Paris21 • EU “joined-up” approach to meet the needs for statistical capacity building
Advisory Group: First actions • Links with other co-ordinating efforts • Identification of needs document • Database of current and future projects • Pool of experts • Exchange experience and best practices
Advisory Group: next steps? • Second meeting: 19 March 2007 • EU strategy for statistical capacity building efforts • Twinning • Training • Network of local representatives • Expand scope to other regions • New ways of looking at problem
Donor co-ordination: who? • Paris21 • UN Statistical Commission • Committee for the Co-ordination of Statistical Activities (CCSA) • UN Regional Commissions • EU Advisory Group
Donor co-ordination: why difficult? • Donors often have their own agenda • Poor communication between headquarters and field • Hard to identify statistical projects • A lot of initiatives • Lack of a focal point in partners
“Co-ordination, co-ordination, co-ordination” • EU Advisory group will try to solve the problem for EU donors • Need better links among multitude of initiatives • Ex-post co-ordination will fail • Network of local representatives • Responsibility of beneficiary partners
James Whitworth International Statistical Co-operation Eurostat, European Commission james.whitworth@ec.europa.eu +352 4301 36857