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Advancing Statistics for Development Role of Technical Cooperation. ASEAN Regional Workshop for Strategic Statistical Planning: Towards a Stronger ASEAN Community Statistical System Jakarta, 28-29 November 2012. Statistics@ESCAP An overview. ECOSOC. ESCAP Commission.
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Advancing Statistics for DevelopmentRole of Technical Cooperation ASEAN Regional Workshop for Strategic Statistical Planning:Towards a Stronger ASEAN Community Statistical SystemJakarta, 28-29 November 2012
Statistics@ESCAP An overview
ECOSOC ESCAP Commission ESCAP Committee on Statistics UN Statistical Commission ESCAP Secretariat Statistics Division UN Secretariat (DESA) UNSD The United Nations Statistical System -from an Asia-Pacific biased perspective
ESCAP Committee on Statistics 2020 Strategy • Population, economic, social & environment statistics • Modernized statistical information systems Guidance & implementation • Bureau • Steering Groups: • Economic statistics • Agricultural statistics • Advisory Group on social statistics • Working Group on statistical training Support and commitment • Resolutions Secretariat: Technical support; Capacity development; Information & analysis; Facilitation
ESCAP Statistics Programme Capacity development • Production & dissemination of basic statistics Economic; agricultural; vital; social • NSS operations Advisory services; modernization of SIS • Training SIAP Information & analysis • Statistical analysis Millennium Development Goals; Sustainable Development Goals • Statistical information services Statistical Yearbook Data Advocacy Facilitation & consultation Partnership for Statistics Development; Committee with Bureau and Steering Groups; Governing Council of SIAP
Capacity development Technical assistance … Technical cooperation … Capacity building …Capacity development
Capacity Development: Conceptual framework Levels of capacity Influencing factors Macro-economic conditions Governance systems Legal & regulatory frameworks Political will Social & cultural norms Psychological dimensions Vision, Leadership, Strategy Informal systems of rewards & sanctions Relationships Human resources Physical resources Financial resources Knowledge, skills & attitudes Aptitudes Beliefs & values Institutional Organizational Individual Stiles Associate Inc, 2007
Capacity Development: Approach Support system • National, regional, global • Technical assistance, training, exchange of experiences, methodology, tools, analysis, data Country action
Development of a Core Set (common framework) • Development of a Regional Programme • Implementation Plan • Mix of national action and regional support • NSDS as the basis • Development of sector plans for economic statistics • Regional support designed on the basis of national action plans • Regional Steering Group • Member States and development partners • Secretariat • Coordination, fundraising, advocacy Economic Statistics: An example
Strength • History of common standards, frameworks, harmonization • Solid inter-governmental framework • Uniform results reference for capacity development work • Weakness • Tendency to focus on the technical “what” • The “how” and “who” sometimes suffer • Capacity development is about people and institutions • NSDS and RSDS • Building on strength; ddressing weakness • The stronger the NSSs, the stronger the ASEAN Community Statistical System Capacity development: The statistical community
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