1. African Centre for Statistics United Nations Economic Commission for Africa Phase I of the African Project on the Implementation of the 2008 SNA Xiaoning Gong Chief, Economic Statistics and National Accounts Section (ESNA), African Centre for Statistics (ACS), United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) at AGNA Meeting on the Implementation of the 2008 System of National Accounts UNCC, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 3-6 February 2014 EN/AGNA/2014/Pres/08

2. African Centre for Statistics Outline of the Presentation The African Project on SNA: Components –Objective –Expected accomplishments –Outputs –Activities Grouping of Activities: Five Pillars –Capacity building –Institutional strengthening –Compiling technical documents –Advocacy campaign –Monitoring, evaluation, and reporting

3. African Centre for Statistics Objective and Expected Accomplishments (EAs) Objective: All countries in this continent are adequately prepared to move over and implement the 2008 SNA in five years in order to produce harmonized and comparable national accounts and related economic statistical data. –EA1: Improved capacities in the production, analysis, and dissemination of national accounts in Member States. –EA2: Increased human, financial, and technical resources for national accounts in Member States. –EA3: The timely and effective completion of Phase I to set a foundation for the implementation of Phase II.

4. African Centre for Statistics Expected Accomplishment 1 EA1: Improved capacities in the production, analysis, and dissemination of national accounts in Member States –Output 1.1: Application of modern IT tools for compiling, processing, and analyzing statistical information –Output 1.2: Establishment and strengthening of needed institutions

5. African Centre for Statistics Expected Accomplishment 2 EA2: Increased human, financial, and technical resources for national accounts in Member States –Output 2.1: Availability of technical document on use of administrative data for national accounts compilation – Output 2.2: Availability of financial resources for national accounts activities

6. African Centre for Statistics Expected Accomplishment 3 EA3: The timely and effective completion of Phase I to set a foundation for the implementation of Phase II. –Output 3.1: SNA Continental Steering Committee and Secretariat established and functional –Output 3.2: Monitoring, evaluation, and reporting developed and related results produced

7. African Centre for Statistics Output 1.1 Output 1.1: Application of modern IT tools for compiling, processing, and analyzing statistical information

8. African Centre for Statistics Output 1.2 Output 1.2: Establishment and strengthening of needed institutions

9. African Centre for Statistics Output 2.1 Output 2.1: Availability of technical document on use of administrative data for national accounts compilation

10. African Centre for Statistics Output 2.2 Output 2.2: Availability of financial resources for national accounts activities

11. African Centre for Statistics Output 3.1 Output 3.1: SNA Continental Steering Committee and Secretariat established and functional

12. African Centre for Statistics Output 3.2 Output 3.2: Monitoring, evaluation, and reporting developed and related results produced

13. African Centre for Statistics Grouping of Activities: Five Pillars (1 of 3)

14. African Centre for Statistics Grouping of Activities: Five Pillars (2 of 3)

15. African Centre for Statistics Grouping of Activities: Five Pillars (3 of 3)

16. African Centre for Statistics Summary and Conclusions The African Project on SNA: Components –Objective: All countries in this continent are adequately prepared to move over and implement the 2008 SNA in five years –Expected accomplishments: 3 –Outputs: 6 –Activities: 14 Five Pillars of Activities and Its Leading Agencies –Capacity building -- AfDB –Institutional strengthening -- RECs –Compiling technical documents -- ECA –Advocacy campaign -- AUC –Monitoring, evaluation, and reporting -- Secretariat

17. African Centre for Statistics United Nations Economic Commission for Africa Thank you AGNA Meeting on the Implementation of the 2008 System of National Accounts UNCC, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 3-6 February 2014