CIS meeting Budapest 3-4 July 2013 Christophe Duhamel the Global Strategy to Improve Rural and Agricultural Statistics Reminder on GS objectives Specific issues to be discussed

Why a Global Strategy (GS)?  Lacking capacity to produce statistics for monitoring national trends or inform international development debate;  Decline of quality and availability of agricultural statistics  Growing demand and urgency: food crisis, price volatility, food security, impact of climate change, urgent data needs for national policies, community of donors and aid impact….

Purpose of the GS  a framework to enhance and expand the availability and the use of basic agricultural data for evidence-based decision making: more reliable, timely data  a blueprint for a coordinated, long-term initiative: sustainability ownership mutual accountability

Scope: 3 pillars  Minimum set of core data urgent data needs  Integration into National Statistical Systems long-term, demand driven  better governance and statistical capacity building sustainability

Action Plan : a logical approach Country assessments Sectors Plans Technical Assistance Training Research: cost-effective methods Addressing urgent needs

How it is implemented  3 levels: Global, Regional, National  Governance mechanisms for each level  Trust Fund established at FAO Total budget ( ): 84 M USD Total committed: 41 M USD (DFID, Gates, Italy)

Specific topics to be discussed  Governance at regional level  Regional vs country activities  Integration of Agriculture into NSS  Technical assistance, Training, Research  Plan of activities, budget and resource mobilization  Way forward