1. Communication from AFRISTAT
Regional workshop on exchange of experiences between African countries
Communication from AFRISTAT
June 2014, Bamako
22/11/2018

2. Presentation of AFRISTAT
Creation: Treaty signed on 21 September 1993 Activity: Started in 1997 Headquarters: Bamako, Mali Status: International Organisation Number of member states: 22
22/11/2018

3. Presentation of AFRISTAT
ECOWAS (10/15)
ECCAS (8/10)
AUTRES
BENIN
BURUNDI
COMORES
BURKINA FASO
CAMEROON
DJIBOUTI
CAPE VERDE
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
MADAGASCAR
COTE D'IVOIRE
CONGO
MAURITANIA
GUINEA
GABON
GUINEA - BISSAU
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
MALI
CHAD
NIGER
SAO TOME & PRINCIPE
SENEGAL
TOGO
22/11/2018

4. Presentation of AFRISTAT
Governance
AFRISTAT Council of Ministers
- Ministers of Finance and Ministers of Statistics
2. Management Committee
- Managing Directors of NSI, Sub-regional integration institutions, Central Banks, AFRISTAT partners
3. Managing Director of AFRISTAT, plus a deputy
4. Scientific council (Consultative body)
22/11/2018

5. Presentation of AFRISTAT
Financial resources
AFRISTAT Fund
10-year fund financed by contributions from member states and France
2. Development partners (for projects)
AfDB, UEMOA, ECCAS/CEMAC
ECOWAS, ACBF, Paris21, World Bank
3. Annual Budget: an average of 1.7 billion FCFA
22/11/2018

6. Presentation of AFRISTAT
Human Resources: 35
AFRISTAT experts: 21
Permanent : 14
Project : 4
French technical assistance: 3
2. Technical support staff: 14
3. Associated experts (when needed)
22/11/2018

7. Presentation of AFRISTAT
Main objectives:
Capacity building and technical assistance in statistics and economics;
Coordinating the NSI in member states;
Harmonising methods, concepts and nomenclatures;
Implementing reliable and pertinent information systems;
Managing regional databases.
22/11/2018

8. AFRISTAT’s role Provide technical support for:
Statistical capacity building programmes for NSS and particularly the statistical output needed to implement national policies and take into account the MDGs;
Harmonisation programmes within the framework of the statistical systems of Regional Integration Communities.
AFRISTAT’s Strategic Work Programme (SWP) :
The second SWP covers the period
22/11/2018

9. Drawing up the SWP
Context of profound changes in statistical demand, particularly:
Return of development planning;
PRSP-MDG: Need for formulation, monitoring and evaluation;
Need for economic integration;
Monitoring emerging trends;
Need for a long-term vision
22/11/2018

10. Success stories today A) Statistical harmonisation between countries
Statistical coordination and programming: strategic planning guided by results-based management (improving the logical framework of the NSDS);
Nomenclatures adopted by Regulation at the Council of Ministers:
NAEMA: nomenclature for activities by AFRISTAT Member States;
NOPEMA: nomenclature of products from AFRISTAT Member States.
22/11/2018

11. Success stories today National accounting
A) Statistical harmonisation between countries (cont.)
National accounting
Guide to drawing up national accounts according to SCN93 now available, the version according to SCN2008 is being finalised;
Methodologies for drawing up quarterly accounts;
ERETES, the tool for drawing up accounts, is available and compatible with SCN2008;
Guide for analysing the results of national accounts.
22/11/2018

12. Success stories today Consumer pricing
A) Statistical harmonisation between countries (cont.)
Consumer pricing
Consumer nomenclature (NCOA) derived from COICOP;
Availability of harmonised methodology and a recent production tool for HICP: Phoenix-UEMOA;
Definition and description of the scope (reference population, field and nomenclature), sample (basket and observation points), baseline data (baseline year), collection methods, data processing (tools used) and publications;
Indices made available according to a predefined schedule.
22/11/2018

13. Success stories
today
A) Statistical harmonisation between countries (cont.)
Concepts and definitions of indicators for the employment market and the informal sector:
Preparation of a handbook of standards, concepts and definitions of indicators on employment and the informal sector;
Support for the implementation of harmonised systems for monitoring employment and the informal sector (1.2.3 type survey).
Agricultural statistics
Methodologies governing vegetable production and herd parameters.
22/11/2018

14. Success stories today Socio-demographic Statistics
A) Statistical harmonisation between countries (cont.)
Socio-demographic Statistics
Reference framework for monitoring the PRSP and the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) ;
Information system on the employment market;
Applied research in the areas of population census, etc.
22/11/2018

15. Success stories today B) Capacity building for member states
Preparation of professional training programmes;
Preparation of training manuals for capacity building of member states (social statistics, descriptive statistics, polling, etc.);
Data processing to improve the quality of output from member states.
22/11/2018

16. Success stories today C) Involvement in the NSDS
Support for drawing up NSDS that are fit for purpose, particularly the needs relating to the steering and evaluation of PRSP in Member States:
For example, these could include: Burundi, Cameroon, Congo, Comoros, Gabon, Mali, Mauritania, Guinea Bissau, Burkina Faso, etc.;
Support for drawing up annual statistical production programmes (Burundi, Congo, Niger, Mali, etc.);
22/11/2018

17. Success stories today C) Involvement in the NSDS
Production of a Guide to the Monitoring and Evaluation of NSDS Results;
Support for drawing up a roadmap (Benin, Niger, Togo, Congo, etc.);
Mid-term evaluation of NSDS (Burundi, Comoros);
Support for peer evaluation (Burkina Faso, Niger, Benin, Congo, Senegal and Mauritania);
Institutional Communication: “du Chiffre à l’information”.
22/11/2018

18. Challenges of tomorrow...
Consolidation of achievements and continued implementation of regulations (nomenclatures, company statistics);
Strengthening of the ERETES tool for national accounting and search for funding to produce it as an open source programme
Launch of new projects on new themes (climate change, gender, quarterly accounts, SAM) as part of the medium term work programme for ;
Development and/or consolidation of partnerships with other African institutions in terms of harmonisation;
22/11/2018

19. Challenges of tomorrow...
Quality approach (traceability): Training to be organised at the sub- regional level (already carried out in Mali in 2013).
Help to improve dissemination (draw up a consensual dissemination policy, Open Data initiative in collaboration with the AfDB and Paris21.
Support member states in the implementation of actions related to the ratification of the African Statistical Charter.
22/11/2018

20. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!
22/11/2018