Seminar on PARIS21 satellite programmes, 14 November 2007 About PARIS21 PARIS21 Secretariat

Seminar on PARIS21 satellite programmes, 14 November 2007 About PARIS21 Partnership in Statistics for Development in the 21 st Century (PARIS21) Established in November 1999, Secretariat hosted by OECD/DCD 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).

Seminar on PARIS21 satellite programmes, 14 November 2007 Developing Countries OECD Countries and Multilaterals Policy makers Statisticians Central Stat. Office, Sector Units, Central Banks, etc. Ministers of Finance, Sector Ministers, etc. Development Agencies, WB, IMF, RDB, etc. OECD Statistics Office Mngers, UN Specialised Agencies; Stat. units in intl orgs Partnership

Seminar on PARIS21 satellite programmes, 14 November 2007 Focus of work programme Independent evaluations in 2003 & 2006 found that PARIS21 is making a difference - but much more needs to be done Main focus is on National Strategies for the Development of Statistics (NSDS) - Design - Implementation - Scaling-up support for statistical capacity building

Seminar on PARIS21 satellite programmes, 14 November 2007 Target Marrakech Action Plan for Statistics set a target: “to mainstream strategic planning of statistical systems and prepare National Strategies for the Development of Statistics for all low-income countries by 2006….” “…..and to have started to implement them by the following year with a view towards having better data to monitor progress towards national and international development goals by 2010”

Seminar on PARIS21 satellite programmes, 14 November 2007 Why now? Greater emphasis on evidence and managing for results e.g. in PRS and MDG monitoring Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness: Better statistics needed by donors to inform aid allocation and monitoring Need for better use of better statistics for better development outcomes Investment in statistics will pay for itself many times over by improving the efficiency of resource allocation

Seminar on PARIS21 satellite programmes, 14 November 2007 PRS/MDG strategy NSDS PRS and NSDS GDDS HIS, EIS, etc National policy and planning frameworks Frameworks for statistical development PRS M&E Other

Seminar on PARIS21 satellite programmes, 14 November 2007 Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness Aim: Mutual accountability between donors and partner countries to deliver more effective aid

Seminar on PARIS21 satellite programmes, 14 November 2007 How does PARIS21 work? Facilitating NSDSs through regional programmes Advocacy: developing and deploying messages and materials Working with the wider partnership Reporting on NSDS progress and donor support Developing and sharing knowledge: guidelines, advice, web site, knowledge base Satellite programmes: ADP, IHSN and Metagora

Seminar on PARIS21 satellite programmes, 14 November 2007 Regional programmes Shift support from NSDS design to NSDS implementation Intensify country-level work across range of PARIS21 activities: advocacy, meetings, etc Coherence, synergy with other programmes Peer reviews and NSDS Essentials check list Regionally-based PARIS21 consultants

Seminar on PARIS21 satellite programmes, 14 November 2007 Advocacy: some recent examples “Counting Down Poverty” booklet “Better Statistics, Better Policies, Better Development Outcomes” leaflet “Why does country X need good statistics?”, based on experiences with assisting Malawi NSO. “La Statistique au Service du Développement ” video

Seminar on PARIS21 satellite programmes, 14 November 2007 Intensifying country-level advocacy Advocacy most relevant at country level Help statisticians to advocate to policy makers and funders, including donors –Make best use of available materials –Tailored materials –National events Work with the wider partnership Also advocacy to donor countries and institutions

Seminar on PARIS21 satellite programmes, 14 November 2007 Partnership and reporting Information sharing tools Consortium meeting proposed for 2008/ 09 Task team on reporting of donor support for statistical capacity building, based on OECD’s Creditor Reporting System Reporting on NSDS progress: successes, constraints, lessons learnt Collation of country information, e.g. status and timetable of PRS processes

Seminar on PARIS21 satellite programmes, 14 November 2007 Studies and knowledge development Support to countries on methods: share existing information and fill gaps on: –Use of data –NSDS and statistical development, e.g. database of costs of core statistical activities Task teams: –TT on partner reporting systems –AfDB-Intersect-PARIS21 TT on mainstreaming sectoral statistics –TT on Virtual Statistical System –TT on training

Seminar on PARIS21 satellite programmes, 14 November 2007 What next 3 rd International Roundtable on Managing for Development Results (MfDR) in Hanoi in February 2007 highlighted need to scale up support for statistical capacity building Follow-up meetings in Washington and Paris System-wide approach advocated – a thematic programme-based approach (PBA) similar to Sector-wide approach (SWAp) – to support implementation of NSDSs Meeting this week in Paris