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High-Level Advocacy Forum on Statistics Port of Spain, 30 July 2009

High-Level Advocacy Forum on Statistics Port of Spain, 30 July 2009 Mobilisation of Resources: Support to the Development of Statistics in CARICOM Presentation by Mohamed-El-Heyba BERROU Manager, PARIS21 Secretariat. Outline of Presentation. Introduction to PARIS21 PARIS21 in CARICOM

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High-Level Advocacy Forum on Statistics Port of Spain, 30 July 2009

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  1. High-Level Advocacy Forum on StatisticsPort of Spain, 30 July 2009 Mobilisation of Resources: Support to the Development of Statistics in CARICOM Presentation by Mohamed-El-Heyba BERROU Manager, PARIS21 Secretariat

  2. Outline of Presentation • Introduction to PARIS21 • PARIS21 in CARICOM • NSDS as the basis for Resource Mobilisation • Advocacy for Resource Mobilisation • Conclusion

  3. 10 YEARS From 1999 – 2009 • International partnership of users and producers of statistics for development • Policy makers • Analysts • Statisticians • Including all present ! PARIS21 Consortium

  4. PARIS21 Goal to develop a culture of evidence-based policy making and implementation which serves to improve governance and government effectiveness in reducing poverty and achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). For better development outcomes

  5. Managing for development results Greater awareness and focus on need for good statistics and return on investment in statistics emphasised: • International Fora • Marrakech MfDR Roundtable, 2004 • Hanoi MfDR Roundtable, 2007 • Aid effectiveness (Rome, Paris, Accra) • Frameworks • Poverty Reduction Strategies • Millennium Development Goals

  6. PARIS21 in the CARICOM region

  7. PARIS21 in the Caribbean PARIS21 has focused on poorest regions but recognises special situations of SIDS • Collaboration with CARICOM region so far: • June 2008 Advisory Group on StatisticsBelize • Feb 2009 SIDS meeting in New York • July 2009 Workshop on NSDS in Trinidad • Planned Oct – Nov 2009 - NSDS and advocacy activities Barbados, Jamaica and Suriname

  8. National Strategies for the Development of Statistics (NSDS) A dynamic process: • For design and implementation of NSDSs • Provides coherent, medium-term framework for better statistics and capacity building • Provides basis for scaling-up of resources • And for coordination across national statistical systems and between donors Better use of better statistics

  9. NSDS as the basis for resource mobilisation • Global economic crisis again highlights critical need for good quality statistics • NSDS can provide framework for consensus on funding • National governments must take lead • Supported by cooperating partners • PARIS21 can help countries to design NSDSs and to make the case for financing

  10. How to break the Vicious Cycle…. Weak demand Low funding Weak statistics

  11. …..by creating a Virtuous Cycle Better Statistics Increased demand Increased, better spent resources Better coordination

  12. Advocacy for resource mobilisation PRESS Partner Support on Support to Statistics

  13. Peer Reviews Tanzania Malawi Mozambique

  14. Country Advocacy brochures

  15. In conclusion We all need to keep in mind: • Value of statistics in upstream AND downstream policy processes; and for more effective aid • NSDSs can provide a vision and action plan for better statistics and capacity building; and a framework for coordination between producers of statistics and between donors • Need for and returns from investing in statistics • Need for more support from cooperating partners within the context of NSDSs

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