Paris21 – SPC Mission to the Cook Islands National Strategies for the Development of Statistics (NSDS) in the Pacific Community Rarotonga 29 July – 1 August 2013 Strengthening Pacific Island countries’ national statistical systems (NSS) – the importance of strategic statistical planning Gerald Haberkorn Director Statistics for Development Programme Secretariat of the Pacific Community Noumea, New Caledonia (www.spc.int/sdp)
Agenda for this morning 1. Current state of strategic statistical Planning in Pacific community (Gerald, SPC) 2. Overview of NSDS process (Gay, Paris21-OECD) 3. Break-out groups along strategic priority themes 4. Practicing food security - LUNCH hosted by Statistics Office
Structure of Presentation 1. Policy Environment and operating reality for PIC NSOs 2. Current State of statistical planning in the Pacific Community 3. Way forward
1. Po Policy y En Environ onme ment nt and operatin ating reality ty for PI PIC NSO SOs • Pacific Plan, 2006 – 2008 (Pacific Leaders’ vision for future social and economic development) • SPC Corporate Plan, 2013 – 2017 (2007 – 2012) • Ten Year Pacific Statistics Strategy, 2011-2020 • Pacific Statistics Action Plan, Phase 1 (2011-2014) • SDP Strategic Plan, 2010 – 2014 (aligned with TYPPS/Action Plan) => 6 strategic objectives/outcomes • Triennial Regional Conference of Heads of Planning and Heads of Statistics ( HOPS ) • Pacific Statistics Steering Committee (2010-2013) => Oversight Implementation of TYPSS on behalf of Triennial Regional Conference of Heads of Planning and Heads of Statistics
Our main const stitue ituent nts s – nation ional al statistic tistics s and plan lanning ing agencies ies of 21 PICTS • National Statistical agencies (technical support and training covering collections, analysis, dissemination and utilization of statistics) • National Planning agencies (ensure data and information needs are articulated and addressed, data easily accessible and utilized) => To facilitate better dialogue, HOPS decided last week to amend 2 nd PSSC structure (2013 – 2016), with planners becoming members of PSSC.
Our ideal constitu tituen ents ts – nation ional al statistic tistical l system ems s of 21 PICTS • Statistics agencies and planning agencies …. PLUS • Statistics providers in key line ministries o Education o Health o Agriculture (natural resources) o Treasury/Ministry of Finance o Central Banks, National Provident Funds Everyone collecting/producing/using official statistics in a country: National Statistical System
Our key challe leng nges es • Move beyond NSO to NSS emphasis – with NSO playing the lead/coordinating role regards official statistics – collection and dissemination – with regular dialogue between producers an users ensuring that is collected is also used (and useful to users) • Assist countries in aligning political / policy mandates with practical and sustainable statistical solutions – Better chance for traction if based on sound evidence, with quality/timely statistics and indicators indispensable for monitoring policy performance and development progress. • This is what the NSDS process is all about.
2. Current t St State of St Strate tegic gic St Statistica stical l Pl Planning ng in the Pacific ic Community ty • All countries have some sort of (annual) work program/ corporate plan (despite this, many statistical activities in most countries are implemented in response to available funds/donor requests - not necessarily determined by national needs (content/timing) for such data/information) • Most PICs make reference to statistical developments in their National Development Frameworks (yet without commensurate strategic initiatives/budgets) • Up until only a few years ago (2010), no country had a NSDS in place, and less than a handful of countries had a statistical master plan/Strategic Plan
Curren ent t St State of St Strateg egic ic St Statistic istical al Pl Planning g – Pacific Pa fic Island nd Co Countries ries NS NSOs Os (July uly 2013) 13) Countries Staff Numbers 2013 Population NSO Strategic NSDS Nat. Statistical 2013 2011 plan in place Committee (SPC projections) PNG 128 110 7,854,400 Corporate Design phase NSDS Samoa 76 59 187,400 Corporate YES YES Fiji 68 63 859,200 Corporate-M 2014 NO Tonga 28 31 103,300 Corporate roadmap NSDS (planned) Vanuatu 26 21 264,700 Strategic roadmap NSDS (planned) Solomons 24 18 610,800 NO roadmap NSDS (planned) FSM 18 16 103,000 Strategic (draft) NO interest Kiribati 10 10 108,800 Strategic NO interest Cook Islands 10 9 15,100 Corporate-M about to start NSDS (planned) RMI 5 6 54,200 Strategic NO interest Nauru 5 5 10,500 Strategic NO interest Tuvalu 5 5 10,900 Corporate NO interest Palau 4 2 17,800 Master NO Niue 3 2 1,500 Strategic NO (planned) Tokelau 2 1 1,200 Strategic NO interest
Curren ent t St State of St Strateg egic ic St Statistic istical al Pl Planning g – Pa Pacific fic Island nd Te Territor tories ies NS NSOs Os (July uly 2013) 3) Territories Staff 2013 Population NSO Strategic NSDS Nat. Statistical plan in place Committee 2013 (SPC projections) French Polynesia 50 261,400 Annual W Plan NO NO (Statute) New Caledonia 47 259,000 3-year W Plan NO NO Guam 18 174,900 3-year W Plan NO NO Wallis & Futuna 5 12,100 NO NO NO American Samoa 4 56,500 3-year W Plan NO NO (inactive ) CNMI 2 55,600 3-year W Plan NO NO (had one )
Cat atal alys ysts ts for recent developments • 2010 HOPS ( adoption of TYPSS, establishment of PSSC), with NSOs opening up to pursue a more Statistics-wide approach • PIC development partners getting more strategic o questioning wisdom of continued ad hoc investments in statistics, without overall strategic policy /planning framework – e.g. WB; multi- donor sector SWAps; encouraging; o Encouraging countries to include statistics as worthy development objective in its own right (e.g. AusAID Partnerships for development) • Solid collaboration / partnership between Paris21 and SPC-SDD • Regular dialogue (attend each others’ key meetings) • Joint missions – pooling of resources
3. 3. Way ay fo forwar ard d – op oper erat ating ng pr princ ncipl ples es • Tailor approach to NSO set-up o Where NSOs have no strategic plan ( Master Plan, Office Plan, Corporate Plan ) in place, SPC encourages development of one/assist where needed, to provide platform for effective Paris21-SPC- country partnership (premise: cannot expect development of an NSS, if key component of it, does not know where NSO is heading) • Initial planning discussion in-country with key players o Introduce NSDS approach, including design, implementation, and the role of advocacy ( purpose of today’s meeting) o Follow-up discussions with key agencies producing/ using statistics o Seek endorsement to proceed, and agree on way forward
3. 3. Way ay fo forwar ard d – op oper erat ating ng pr princ ncipl ples es • That is why we are here. • We look forward to our discussion today, the break-out group work, and your collective wisdom on appropriate rules of engagement , of how we can best assist you in your efforts to develop your Cook Islands NSDS. Kia Manuia
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