Thirty-Third Meeting of the Standing Committee of Caribbean Statisticians Christ Church Barbados

PARIS21

Partnership in Statistics for Development in the 21st Century

Draft programme of activities in the CARICOM 2009-2010

Thirty-Third Meeting of the Standing Committee of Caribbean Statisticians

Christ Church Barbados

27-29 October 2008


1. 1. Introduction on PARIS21

1. ObjectivesCore activities

2. 2. Proposed work programme CARICOM

1. Main features2. Detailed components

About PARIS21

Partnership in Statistics for Development in the 21st Century• Established in November 1999, Secretariat hosted by OECD/DCD

Objectives:

◘ To promote evidence-based policy and decision-making, by encouraging:

◘ increased demand for and use of statistics by policy makers

◘ building the capacity to provide the required data and analysis

◘ more dialogue between the producers of statistics and the users

◘ To ensure that resources, both national and international, are used most effectively ……

◘ …… through well-planned national statistical systems focussed on user needs and integrated into national policy frameworks

Focus of PARIS21 work programme: NSDS

National Strategies for the Development of Statistics

= Strategic Planning for Statistics

– Design – (great opportunity for a full diagnosis of the system and statistical

advocacy)

– Implementation – (going from strategies to implemented and funded actions)

Why an NSDS?

Element of the development process

Provides a vision for where NSS should be in 5-10 years time

Coherence framework and action plan for capacity building and for funding decisions

Importance of coordination arrangements: looking across NSS and between donors

Importance of leadership and a well planned process

Prioritising of resources

PARIS21 Secretariat works through

Facilitating NSDSs in regional and country programmes

Advocacy: developing and deploying messages and materials internationally and in countries

Building and maintaining effective communications and cooperation, including strengthening in-country partnerships

Reporting on NSDS progress and donor support

Developing and sharing knowledge: guidelines, advice, web site, knowledge base

Satellite programmes: ADP, IHSN


Main characteristics of the proposed work programme

Takes account from Advisory Group recommendations

Fully integrated into the PARIS21 programme of activities• Specific set of activities for the Caribbean region• Strong links with a new strategy to be elaborated on SCB support for

islands and small states

Covering all the domains of activities of PARIS21• NSDS at regional and national levels (1)• Advocacy at regional/political and national levels (2)• Reporting of statistical activities (3)• Partnership (4)• ADP-IHSN

(1) NSDS at regional and national levels

Objective at regional level: Promoting NSDS as a robust framework and action plan for SCB

• Through a 2-days NSDS workshop bringing together statisticians In June 2009 as a back-to-back CARICOM meeting

Objective at national level: Launching the process of NSDS design

• Target of at least 5 countries having launched the process over 2009-2010

Belize, Suriname, Jamaica, Barbados Additional countries?

(2a) Advocacy at regional level

Objectives: Promoting the integration of statistics within policy processes

• Through a seminar bringing together high-level policy makers, statisticians and other stakeholders of statistics. PARIS21 may support its organization

Highlighting the importance of statistics for policy-making and governance

• Idea of a Caribbean Statistics Day? PARIS21 may support the preparation of advocacy documents

(2b) Advocacy at national level

Highlighting the importance of statistics for policy-makingPromoting the coordination of donors for funding SCB

• Target of 10 countries having received support over 2009-2010

• PARIS21 will support all countries of the region wishing to advocate statistics at national level: brochures, booklets (including on specific sectors)

• Possible support for launching specific coordination meetings at national level with financial and technical partners

(3) Reporting of statistical activities

Objectives:

For PARIS21, importance of follow-up and tracking progress of the development of statistical systems

• PARIS21 is developing a website on statistical development in the world. Results expected from the RSWP

Promoting systematic reporting of stat. development at national level

• Possible support to countries on reporting of statistical activities of the whole NSS (PARIS21 guidelines to be issued this year)

• It is also envisaged to provide in the future specific support to countries on websites

(4) Partnership

PARIS21 commitment to focus on specific support to be given to small states and islands in terms of SCB

• With a view to elaborate specific guidelines or concept note on statistical

support to small states and islands

Promoting exchange of views and experiences

• PARIS21 Consortium 17-19 November 2009 Dakar-Senegal

www.paris21.org

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