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 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