ASSD Secretariat Report Risenga Maluleke

Progress recorded on RPHC and CRVS phases 11th ASSD Resolutions Presentation Outline ASSD programme Progress recorded on RPHC and CRVS phases 11th ASSD Resolutions Challenges Conclusion and Way forward municipalities

Sun Tzu Know Your Enemy Know The Terrain

The Enemy Lack of integration on the continent: socio-economic, political and cultural matters Lack of harmonization of systems, including systems of national statistics Self-liquidating competition that diminishes our collective strength A coordinating mechanism that falters, leading to decay in systems

The Mandate Yaondé, Cameroon, November 2005: The center could not hold Cape Town, January 2006, South Africa: Birth of the ASSD Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, May 2006: In-conflict and post-conflict countries Durban, South Africa: 57th Session of the ISI Enter Policy: Conferences of Ministers of Civil Registration

ASSD Programme 2016 2012- 2015 2006- 2012 Mobilisation of 11 ASSDs held to date:- municipalities 2012- 2015 Accelerated improvement of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics 2016 Economic Statistics & 2020 Round of Population and Housing Censuses 2006- 2012 Mobilisation of 2010 Round of Population and Housing Censuses STRATEGIC SHIFTS

PROGRESS RECORDED 2006- 2012 RPHCs 2012- 2015 CRVS 2016 Economic Statistics 2006- 2012: 2010 Round Population and Housing Censuses 50 out of 54 African countries undertook their censuses 2012- 2015- CRVS Round: Implementation of the Africa Programme on the Accelerated Improvement of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics(APAI- CRVS) programme since its inception in 2010 2015 onwards- Focus on Economic Statistics Parallel to that accelerating programmes on 2020 RPHC and APAI- CRVS

New Dimensions Enhanced for data for urgent and instant decision-making Advanced users raising critical questions Governance, gender, culture, sustainability Enter Policy: Conferences of Ministers of Civil Registration Technology: collection and dissemination of data Global Partnerships: UN World Data Forum

Africa at UNSC Africa’s Role in the United Nations Statistical Commission… Navigating Through the Challenging Issues:- Climate change and official statistics Development indicators International Comparisons Program

ASSD Challenges Austerity measures present funding challenges The Secretariat should serve only to coordinate, countries continue to do their work New multilateral bodies and structures should not make us loose the focus, the enemy is still there

Conclusion and Way forward The ASSD continues to advocate for ownership of our destiny by African countries Focus on 2020 RPHCs and use of technology to improve censuses Implementation of the Africa Programme on Accelerated Improvement of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (APAI-CRVS) Coordinated tapping into international best practice to improve statistical production Economics Statistics our baby now Africa: Agenda 20163 within the context of the Post-2015 Development Agenda w.r.t. SGDs

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