AFRICA INFORMATION HIGHWAY Statistics Department, ESTA Chief Economist Complex, ECON

1. Meeting of DGs of NBS - Gaborone, Botswana 16 Feb. 2014 AFRICA INFORMATION HIGHWAY Statistics Department, ESTA Chief Economist Complex, ECON

2. AGENDA Statistics Department – Chief Economist Complex African Development Bank • Introduction • Components of the Africa Information Highway System (AIH) • Applications installed at the AfDB • Applications implemented in RMCs, SROs & STCs • Data Submission Tool & SDMX Implementation • Benefits and Challenges • New Initiatives: 2014 and Beyond

3. INTRODUCTION

4. INTRODUCTION – BACKGROUND Statistics Department – Chief Economist Complex African Development Bank High Level Forum for Aid Effectiveness, Busan, Dec 2011 => Busan Action Plan for Statistics (BAPS)—call to promote full access to official statistics 4th Statistical Commission for Africa’s of 2012—request to AFDB AU Summit of July 2012 (AfDB, AUC, and ECA) to support countries to develop effective data management and dissemination systems G8 summit of June 2013—Good governance to scale up development effectiveness AFDB’s Statistical Capacity program

5. INTRODUCTION – RATIONALE Statistics Department – Chief Economist Complex African Development Bank Policy and other decision making not data-driven Data access by the general public quite limited Data access and exchange within and between RMCs difficult Data exchange between RMCs and regional/international organizations challenging Data reporting to international organizations a burden to RMCs Issues of data quality Lack of data for effective M&E of development outcomes Limited data within RMCs to support Bank operations

6. INTRODUCTION – OBJECTIVES Statistics Department – Chief Economist Complex African Development Bank Increase data access thereby enhancing transparency, accountability, and governance Significantly improve data exchange among RMCs Improve data quality through enhanced adherence to international standards Make AfDB a hub/knowledge center for development data on RMCs Promote regional integration and harmonization Platform for the M&E of development outcomes

7. AFRICA INFORMATION HIGHWAY

8. AFRICA INFORMATION HIGHWAY (AIH) Statistics Department – Chief Economist Complex African Development Bank

9. AIH SYSTEM COMPONENTS Statistical Data Portal • Controlled entirely by authorized RMC personnel. Official statistics only. • Same as above but directly linked to Statistical Data Portal’s MDG indicators • Open Data Platform (ODP) is open to all registered users MDG Data Portal Open Data Platform Statistics Department – Chief Economist Complex African Development Bank Integrated Data Dissemination System in all 54 African countries, 9 Regional and Sub-regional organizations comprising:

10. AIH APPLICATIONS INSTALLED AT THE AFDB Statistics Department – Chief Economist Complex African Development Bank • The Open Data Platform • AfDB’s Data Portal System • The AfDB Data Portal • Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Data Portal • Africa Infrastructure Knowledge Portal (AIKP) • The Africa Food Security Monitor • Regional Integration Portal • Africa Trade Monitor • The Africa Financials Markets Portal • MFW4A Portal • AfDB KPI Dashboard • The Fragile States Portal • Operations Database Portal

11. AIH APPLICATIONS IMPLEMENTED IN RMCs, SROs & STCs Statistics Department – Chief Economist Complex African Development Bank Country Data Portals The Country Open Data Platform Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Data Portal

12. DATA SUBMISSION TOOL Statistics Department – Chief Economist Complex African Development Bank As-is Process Organization specific data mapping and formats leading to repetitive work Lack of common standards Reporting burden

13. DATA SUBMISSION TOOL (contd) Statistics Department – Chief Economist Complex African Development Bank Proposed by AFDB Countries map data to international standards and load in the ODP Data collecting organizations pick from the ODP Common standards

14. DATA SUBMISSION TOOL (contd) AfDB/[Country] Open Data Platform ECOWAS Central Bank * Central Bank ODP WB Natl. Stat. Office ODP National Statistical Office IMF Min. Of Finance ODP others Ministry Of Finance * Provided by AfDB under the Capacity Building Program to all African countries Dashboards and Visualizations National Summary Data Page (SDMX) Statistics Department – Chief Economist Complex African Development Bank

15. BENEFITS ANDCHALLENGES

16. BENEFITS Statistics Department – Chief Economist Complex African Development Bank Reduced data-reporting burden for RMCs Significantly improved data exchanges among RMCs Increased data access, transparency, accountability Enhancing RMCs’ access to capital markets Platform for the monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of development outcomes Enhanced collaboration with the IMF and other partners Improving data quality through enhanced adherence to international standards Enhanced data support for Bank operations Promoting the regional integration and harmonization agenda AfDB as a hub/knowledge center for development data on RMCs

17. CHALLENGES Statistics Department – Chief Economist Complex African Development Bank Internet infrastructure still weak in many RMCs Information Technology (IT) staffing levels still very low in statistical offices Governments’ resistance to the release of data Data management challenges

18. IMPLEMENTATION STATUS Statistics Department – Chief Economist Complex African Development Bank Open Data platforms installed and operational in all 54 countries Statistical Data Portals installed in all but 5 countries—Somalia, Libya, CAR, Eritrea, Ethiopia Data submission tools piloted in 6 countries: Tunisia, Rwanda, Nigeria; Mauritius, Morocco, Zambia New initiatives being piloted

19. NEW INITIATIVES 2014 & BEYOND

20. PLANNED SYSTEMS BEING PILOTED IN SELECTED COUNTRIES Statistics Department – Chief Economist Complex African Development Bank Country Project Monitor E-Government Data Sharing Initiative (Situation Room, Data Portals for various government agencies) Open Data Solutions for Universities and Research Organizations Mobile Solutions Data Collection Applications Data Management Application Implementation of National Summary Data Pages (NSDP) DataM Stat TV and Africa Now

21. COUNTRY PROJECT MONITOR Statistics Department – Chief Economist Complex African Development Bank

22. E-GOVERNMENT Statistics Department – Chief Economist Complex African Development Bank

23. SITUATION ROOM Statistics Department – Chief Economist Complex African Development Bank

24. DATA PORTAL – MINISTRY OF FINANCE Statistics Department – Chief Economist Complex African Development Bank

25. DATA PORTAL – MINISTRY OF TOURISM Statistics Department – Chief Economist Complex African Development Bank

26. DATA PORTAL – NATIONAL REVENUE AUTHORITY Statistics Department – Chief Economist Complex African Development Bank

27. DATA PORTAL – CENTRAL BANK Statistics Department – Chief Economist Complex African Development Bank

28. OPEN DATA – UNIVERSITIES AND RESEARCH ORGANIZATION Statistics Department – Chief Economist Complex African Development Bank

29. MOBILE SOLUTIONS Statistics Department – Chief Economist Complex African Development Bank

30. DATA COLLECTION APPLICATIONS Statistics Department – Chief Economist Complex African Development Bank

31. DATA MANAGEMENT APPLICATION Statistics Department – Chief Economist Complex African Development Bank

32. NATIONAL SUMMARY DATA PAGES (NSDP) Statistics Department – Chief Economist Complex African Development Bank

33. DATAM FOR COUNTRIES Statistics Department – Chief Economist Complex African Development Bank

34. DATAM FOR COUNTRIES Statistics Department – Chief Economist Complex African Development Bank Implementation Schedule In 2013: Morocco Algeria Tunisia Mauritania Cape Verde Senegal The rest (48 countries) within 2014

35. STAT TV & AFRICA NOW Statistics Department – Chief Economist Complex African Development Bank

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