2. BY PROF. BEN KIREGYERA CHAIRMAN, UBOS 5 OCTOBER 2001 BY PROF. BEN KIREGYERA CHAIRMAN, UBOS 5 OCTOBER 2001 A REPORT OF THE PARIS21 WORKSHOP FOR EAST AFRICA AND THE HORN KAMAPALA, UGANDA 23-26 JULY 200

3. 1 1. INTRODUCTION 2.HIGHLIGHTS FROM COUNTRY REPORTS AND DONOR FORUM 3.WORKSHOP CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 4.NEXT STEPS 0:PRESENTATION

4. 1.INTRODUCTION 2 PARIS21 Initiative established in 1999 as a CONSORTIUM established in 1999 as a CONSORTIUM objective capacities, especially in poor developing objective capacities, especially in poor developing countries, countries,  promoting a culture for setting and  promoting a culture for setting and monitoring policy based on evidence, and monitoring policy based on evidence, and  fostering well-managed national statistical  fostering well-managed national statistical systems that use resources effectively systems that use resources effectively

5. 3 Workshop Organization Organizers Organizers ISAE, UBOS, PARIS21 Funding Funding NORAD, EUROSTAT, PARIS21 Theme Theme Supporting Policy with Statistics - Developing a Strategic Approach Participants Participants Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Djibouti, Sudan, Madagascar, South Africa, Zambia, COMESA, EAC, ECA, International Organizations, Donors

6. 3 Main topics covered  Country monitoring of Millennium Development Goals Goals  The Compact for African recovery  Advocating for better statistics for better policies  Poverty monitoring, strategies and outcomes  Tools for poverty monitoring  Tools for poverty information sector development goals in health, education and agriculture goals in health, education and agriculture  Other major policy demands  Planning statistical systems

7. 4 paper presentation, discussions and sharing  paper presentation, discussions and sharing country experiences country experiences  country group discussions  parallel discussion sessions  a donor forum Workshop conducted through:

8. 2.HIGHLIGHTS FROM COUNTRY REPORTS AND DONOR FORUM Country Reports on-going poverty reduction strategy/country on-going poverty reduction strategy/country development programme or starting PRSP development programme or starting PRSP process process data used in development of national plans data used in development of national plans main data sources -censuses, surveys, main data sources -censuses, surveys, administrative records, participatory poverty administrative records, participatory poverty assessment assessment main constraints main constraints 5

9. 6 Main features of country plan outlines  developing/strengthening institutional framework for PRSP process framework for PRSP process  reviewing/restructuring/strengthening NSS  programmes of censuses/surveys  training programmes  increased funding for/raising profile of statistics  building databanks (national and sectoral)  developing effective dissemination strategy  donor coordination  support by PARIS21 in programmes

10. Donor Forum 7 objective objective indicate areas of donor support EU EU  CP programmes for next 5 years  grants for budgetary support  support to sub-regional programmes (EAC, COMESA) COMESA) DFID DFID  provides support for PRSP preparation  provides resources to PARIS21  support to strengthen NSSs (censuses, surveys, etc) surveys, etc)  poverty monitoring

11. 8 World Bank World Bank  establishment of Trust Fund for Statistical Capacity Building (TFSCB) Capacity Building (TFSCB)  funds can be used to:  assess statistical capacity needs  develop Master Plans linking with PRSP/other development strategies PRSP/other development strategies  restructuring or modernizing NSSs  funding up to $400,000 Japan Japan  contributing to PARIS21  setting up IT Initiative  TICAD

12. 3. WORKSHOP CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Advocacy for statistics Advocacy for statistics  Africa Statistics Day (week) celebrations  use of PARIS21advocacy tools  other ways of advocating for statistics  PARIS21, ECA, donors to assist Good Practices Good Practices  developing and restructuring NSSs  establishing Poverty Monitoring Master Plans  creating Socio-economic Databanks  creating PRSP institutional framework  creating community-based information systems 9

13. 9 Capacity building effort at sub-regional level Capacity building effort at sub-regional level  training at centres: ISAE, EASTC, Kigali Centre  short-term training  regional statistical training project at COMESA  trade statistics at COMESA  regional database at EAC  PARIS21, ECA and donors to assist Sustainability Sustainability  donor support not substitute for Government obligation obligation  increased Government support/ training/ attractive terms and conditions of service attractive terms and conditions of service

14. 10 User needs assessment User needs assessment  continuous process  role of user-producer dialogue  PARIS21, ECA and donors to assist Disaggregated data Disaggregated data  support decentralized governance  development of community-based information Core Welfare Indicator Questionnaire (CWIQ) Core Welfare Indicator Questionnaire (CWIQ)  role in assessing poverty  PARIS21 and World Bank to assist Information and Telecommunication Technology Information and Telecommunication Technology  role in development of the NSS  Countries to develop ICT strategy

15. 11 National Statistical Office National Statistical Office  need restructuring  PARIS21, ECA and donors to assist National Census of Population and Housing National Census of Population and Housing  delayed undertaking in a number of countries  PARIS21 Task Team on Census South-South Cooperation South-South Cooperation  great value in this form of cooperation  PARIS21, UN system and donors to assist Donor coordination Donor coordination  essential for coordinated development of NSSs  sufficient communication/coordination of donors donors

16. 12 Dissemination Strategy Dissemination Strategy  user-oriented strategy using good practices  building communication thinking in designing data collection data collection  building national databanks 4.NEXT STEPS 4.NEXT STEPS National Stakeholders’ Workshops to:  discuss experiences, conclusions, recommendations of Kampala workshop recommendations of Kampala workshop  discuss and finalize national action plans & strategies strategies PARIS21 requested to facilitate process PARIS21 requested to facilitate process Thank You