FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Through the Global Strategy and CountrySTAT Improving Agricultural Statistics ECO 4 th HLEGM, Islamabad, Pakistan, 07-08/04/2011 Statistics Division FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Global Strategy to Improve Agricultural Statistics The Global Strategy provides a framework for national and international statistical systems that enables countries to produce and to apply the basic data and information needed to guide decision making in the 21 st century. 2

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS 3 Pillars of the Global Strategy Establishment of a minimum set of core data that countries will collect to meet current and emerging demands The integration of agriculture into national statistical systems in order to satisfy the demands of policy makers and other users who rely on comparable data across locations and over time Governance and statistical capacity development which will provide the foundation for sustainability of the agricultural statistics systems 3

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS CountrySTAT & the Global Strategy CountrySTAT is directly linked to the second pillar of the Global Strategy which advocates for integrated data management systems which should provide: –Support for the dissemination of official statistics that would be readily available, clearly idenfied by source and time, and comparable within and across countries –Provide a framework for the storage of survey results –Support data analysis capabilities as a result of the data provided 4

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS CountrySTAT is a web-based framework for quality food and agriculture statistics......at regional, national and subnational levels. What is CountrySTAT? 5

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS It provides methods, standards, tools and communications support to institutions. 6

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS facilitated access to statistics by decision-makers across thematic areas such as production, prices, trade, and consumption. the result is... 7

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS ensuring the organization, harmonization & standardization of data, How does CountrySTAT work? integrating them into a common web platform The framework strengthens institutional networks, and communicating results to stakeholders. 8

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS What are the CountrySTAT components? Institutions Strengthen the collaboration among the main national institutions providing data on food and agriculture Institutions Strengthen the collaboration among the main national institutions providing data on food and agriculture Data National statistics International standards Methodology Data National statistics International standards Methodology IT Data management Quality control Web publishing IT Data management Quality control Web publishing Communications Visibility Stakeholder buy-In Awareness at national and international level Communications Visibility Stakeholder buy-In Awareness at national and international level 9

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Through national and regional CountrySTAT projects, FAO forms partnerships with –statistical offices, –ministries of agriculture, –fisheries, forestry and others. Who owns CountrySTAT? and nationally managed. Each CountrySTAT is nationally owned 10

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Why do we need CountrySTAT? Producers Easy publishing Standards-based Training Cooperation Capacity building Producers Easy publishing Standards-based Training Cooperation Capacity building Users Quick data access Standard formats Web-based Graphs & Maps Data feeds Users Quick data access Standard formats Web-based Graphs & Maps Data feeds 11

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS CountrySTAT Scope design collect compile validate dissseminate Analyze 12

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS CountrySTAT web site PX tables database PX- Publisher PRIVATEPUBLIC Authorized users End users Tools - two participating applications: 13

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Designed for power and simplicity The user needs only: –An internet connection and two items on their computer: A web browser Spreadsheets of statistical data

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS...everyone wins. How does CountrySTAT exchange data?

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS –Links with institutions –Links with local media –Boosting WWW presence –Stakeholders –PC-Axis community How does a CountrySTAT project work? –HQ, Regional, National –E-learning –Methods, standards, applications –Software –Hardware Communication Training Conferences Tools 16

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Who partners with CountrySTAT? Financial Cooperation European Union FAO Cooperazione Italiana Arab Organization for Agricultural Development World Bank Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation FAO Netherlands Partnership Programme UEMOA SIDA Sweden DFID UK East African Community African Development Bank Technical Cooperation EuroStat Statistics Sweden Statistics Denmark Statistics Finland Statistics Iceland FAO OECD BIS UNSD UNECE DevInfo Open Data Foundation WFP-VAM IFPRI Technical assistance Donor assistance 17

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Where is CountrySTAT? 17 Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Mozambique, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, United Republic of Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia Regional Africa Projects Union Économique et Monétaire Ouest-Africaine (UEMOA) which includes Guinea-Bissau, Niger and Togo East African Community(EAC) which includes Burundi Asia Bhutan and Phillipines

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