1. PROSPECTS OF IMPLEMENTATION IN THE NEAR EAST REGION Global Strategy to Improve Agricultural and Rural Statistics

2. GLOBAL STRATEGY – REGIONAL IMPLEMENTATIONS Africa Latin America and the Caribbean Asia Pacific CIS Near East

3. MANDATES Regional Coordination Mechanism for Arab States Thematic Working Group on Food Security Thematic Working Group on Statistical Coordination Priority area: Agriculture and Rural Statistics United Nations Statistical Commission FAO – Global Strategy ESCWA Statistical Committee Strategic Vision MEDSTAT III...

4. LAUNCH OF THE IMPLEMENTATION IN 2012 Establishment of the regional governance structure Regional Steering Committee Regional Executive Board Workshop in June 2012, & 2013 -14 ESCWA Statistical Committee in December 2012 Past & Planned events Ongoing work Technical cooperation Analysis of censuses/surveys & Assessment of needs

5. PARTNERSHIP Regional Coordination Mechanism TWG - Food Security TWG - Statistics FAO Rome FAO Cairo ESCWA Beirut Regional Steering Committee Regional Executive Board National Statistical Offices ESCWA Statistical Committee Regional Partners Resource Partners Global Partners

6. ESCWA Activities National Strategies for the Development of Statistics (NSDS) – available on the SD Virtual Library Needs assessment for capacity building Development of regional core set of data Development of methodological toolkits and frameworks Databases (DevInfo & SDMX) Training and workshops Fellowships Technical missions National Strategies for the Development of Statistics (NSDS) – available on the SD Virtual Library Needs assessment for capacity building Development of regional core set of data Development of methodological toolkits and frameworks Databases (DevInfo & SDMX) Training and workshops Fellowships Technical missions

7. NSDS An NSDS enables developing countries to build a reliable statistical system To produce the data necessary to design, implement, and monitor national development policies and programmes. To help countries meet their regional and international commitments with respect to statistics MDGs, regional integration processes, etc An NSDS enables developing countries to build a reliable statistical system To produce the data necessary to design, implement, and monitor national development policies and programmes. To help countries meet their regional and international commitments with respect to statistics MDGs, regional integration processes, etc

8. NSDS

9. Assessment of NSOs Capacities

10. 10 Partnerships ESCWA FAO ILO OHCHR UNDP-RBAS UNDP-SURF AS UNAIDS UNEP UNESCO UNFPA UNICEF UNIIC WHO LAS UNDAW Statistics Sweden World Bank ECE ECA “UN Delivering as One”

11. Regional Core Set of Data

12. Toolkits Objective – Standardization – Harmonization – Comparability @ regional & global levels Consultative process – Core set of indicators – Questionnaire – Classifications – Guidelines – Workshops and training

13. AGRICULTURAL CENSUS IN THE ARAB COUNTRIES Countries Total Censuses First Census Last Census 1990 1986-1995 2000 1996-2005 2010 2006-2015 Algeria 219732001- (2011) Bahrain Comoros 12004- (2014) Djibouti Egypt 719291990/2000-1999/20002010 Iraq 12001- (2011) Jordan 519532007-19972007 Kuwait Lebanon 31961/19621998- (2010) Libya 41960200119872001(2011) Mauritania Morocco 219741996- (2012) Oman 219932004/200519932004/2005(2012) Palestine 12010-- Qatar 12000/2001- (2011) Saudi Arabia 319741999- (2009) Somalia Sudan Syria 3198120041981/19942004(2014) Tunisia 31961/19622004/20051994/19952004/2005(2015) UAE (2012) Yemen 12003- (2013)

14. Key Partnerships Ministries of Agriculture National statistical offices local and international agencies This partnership differs among countries. – NSO Jordan, Libya, Palestine, and Yemen – Ministry of Agriculture Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Tunisia – Both Ministry of Agriculture and NSO Algeria, Comoros, and Iraq

15. Dissemination of Information On-line information info include: – census questionnaires – technical notes – tabulated results – 8 out of 15 countries disseminate on-line results But, very few provide the questionnaire and technical notes including the metadata

16. Integrated Statistics System It is possible to plan and develop a comprehensive statistical programme: – Without duplication of statistical activities – Without release of conflicting statistics, – With efficient and balanced use of available statistical resources – With compatible concepts, definitions and classifications used in the different statistical activities – Would facilitate interpretation and analysis of related data from different sources.

17. ESCWA SD Role 17 Arab countries – 71% surface area – 72% population – 91% GDP Strategic vision of ESCWA has Agriculture and Rural Development Statistics including food security as one of the priorities

18. Role: – Capacity development – Data compilation and dissemination – Coordination role for the Arab region ESCWA substantive contribution: – Status of agriculture statistics – Gender perspective – Capacity need of NSOs

19. Objective of this meeting Discuss modalities for implementation of the GS in the region Encourage courtiers to implement agriculture censuses and surveys Prepare a proposal for the 10 th Session of the Statistical Committee

20. ESCWA Statistics Division www.escwa-stat.org data.escwa-stat.org library.escwa-stat.org