PARIS21Partnership in Statistics for

Development in the 21st Century

OECD and PARIS21: Introduction

Eurasian Economic CommissionJuly 2015

Geoffrey GreenwellEl Iza Mohammedou

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Presentation Outline

1. PARIS2: Overiew2. PARIS21: Activities, Strategy, Vision, and

Objectives 3. Activities of mutual interest 4. Discussion

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PARIS21

PARIS 21

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PARtnership In Statistics for Development in the 21st Century

The Partnership in Statistics for Development in the 21st Century (PARIS21) was founded in November 1999 by theUnited Nations, the European Commission, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, theInternational Monetary Fund, and the World Bank, in response to the UN Economic and Social Council resolution on the goals of the UN Conference on Development.

Partnership is the core of PARIS21

Цели развития тысячелетия

Цели устойчивого развития

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Development Cooperation Directorate

• Understanding development finance• Strengthening aid delivery• Improving development policy• Building partnerships for development

• http://www.oecd.org/dac/

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PARIS21:Overview

• Funded through donor contribution• Support both the production and use of

statistics primarily through the process of developing National and Regional Strategies for the Development of Statistics (NSDS and RSDS)

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PARIS21:Overview• Building Partnerships for Development Statistics• Our partnership is development focused but broad: International,

regional and country. • Has two approaches: Policy and Data=>Integrated at the country by

working with National Statistics Offices (NSO)• Policy

National Strategies for the Development od Statistics (NSDS) Process Promoting data use for policy information Advocacy for funding statistics Advocacy for transforming legal structures

• Data Planning and reporting Data acquisition Innovation

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Terminology

• NSS=National Statistical System• NSO=National Statistics Office• NSDS=National Strategy for the Development

of Statistics• RSDS=Regional Strategy for the Development

of Statistics (Work Plan)• SDGs=Sustainable Development Goals• M & E=Monitoring and Evaluation

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Policy Work: Country Approaches

• Monitor• Technical

• Advocacy• Knowledge Sharing

Peer ReviewsCountry Reports

Evaluations

CountryLegal ReformDemand Side

Funding

Data Management

CostingNSS M & E

NSDS ProcessThink Region

Legislative

Innovation Inventory & Metabase

NSDS Data ModuleNSDS

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Example of Strategies of Development of Statistics in the region

  

Country

 Existing strategy

 Next NSDS PRSP or

Natl DevPlan

 Status

 Name Time

Span

 Status Time

span

 Time span

 

EASTERN EUROPE

 Armenia

 Implementation

 Three-year state statistical programme

 2013-15 Being

designed

  

2008-13

Bosnia andHerzegovina

 Strategy expired

 Statistical Plan of BiH for 2009-2012

 2009-12

 Planned  

 2008-13

 Georgia

 Implementation National Strategy for the Development

ofStatistics

 2011-14 Not yet

planned

  

2009-12

 Kosovo

 Implementation

 Programme of Official Statistics

 2013-17 Not yet

planned 

 2007-13

 Moldova

(Republic of)

 Implementation

 Strategy of national statistics development

 2012-15 Not yet

planned

  

2012-20

 Ukraine

 Strategy expired

 Strategy of state statistics development

 2009-12

 Planned

  

No Strategy

Source: PARIS21 NSDS Progress Report, March 2014

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Activities of Mutual Interest• Tracking the Sustainable Development Goals

(SDGs)• Regional Strategy for the Development of

Statistics (RSDS)• Legal Reform• Monitoring and Evaluation of statistical

systems: peer to peer reviews

Цели устойчивого развития

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What is the current state of advance in terms of the SDGs indicator framework, governance and other initiatives?

• From MDGs to SDGs• SDG Indicator Framework • Governance

SDGs

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• Universal agenda this time and with this increase in topics/goals

• OECD countries still believe this is a development agenda/will adapt

• Statistical community involved from the beginning

SDGs: From the MDGs to the SDGs

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• 17 goals, 169 targets: Priority 1, 2 and 3 indicators depending on feasibility.

• Endorsement of final list at UNSC 2016 – iterative process

• Reporting processes not yet clear – level and frequency

SDGs: Indicator Framework

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• Starting point: crowded field, co-ordination issues, but difficult to solve

• New institutions have been set up with no clear mandates and membership yet

• Challenge to deal with a rapid changing environment, in particular with private sector

SDGs: Governance

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RSDSA strategic regional plan on

statistics prepared and agreed to by regional authorities and

member countries

Objectives:• Framework for producing

regional data • Ensure comparability of

statistics produced by NSSs across the region

• Harmonize statistics between member countries

Outcomes:• Coordinated national and regional statistical programmes (e.g., data collection activities)• Harmonised conceptual

frameworks and methods• Strengthened national and

regional statistical systems• Regional institutions serving as

statistical centre of excellence in the region

Purpose:An efficient Regional

Statistical System to respond to statistical needs of a regional development

agenda

What is RSDS?Regional Strategy for the Development of Statistics

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1st stage

• Get commitment from regional and national authorities to strongly support to statistics at every stage of the process (design to implementation)

2nd stag

e

• Establish the overall RSDS process, covering the entire regional statistical system (and its link with NSDS process)

3rd stage

• Design a participatory approach led by a committee on statistics with mandate to carry out this work, in co-operation with the NSOs of member countries

4th

stage

• Organize RSDS activities: road map preparation, the assessment of regional statistics, strategic planning, preparation of regional action plan on statistics, and implementation

5th

stage

• Mid term and Final evaluation

RSDS ProcessNote: Methodology employed in NSDS design is the same for the RSDS

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Link between RSDS and NSDS Complementary Processes

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RSDS WORLDWIDE

SADC RSDS 2013-2018

CENTROESTAD & SICA have embarked on a Regional Strategy for the Development of Statistics (RSDS) process since 2012

Strategic Plan for the Establishment of the ASEAN Community Statistical System (ACSS) 2011-2015

Ten-Year Pacific Statistics Strategy 2011-2020

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RSDS Forum

Oct. 5-6: Global Forum on Regional Statistical Development

In Paris hosted by PARIS21

Share views and experiences and network with other regional organizations

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Law: Advocate for legal structures that adapt to modern needs

• Systematic national legal reviews• Regional Charters for harmonizing laws

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Regional CharterA Regional Statistical Charter should rest on six principles, namely:

• professional independence of statistical agencies• quality of service of statistical agencies• mandate for data collection and resources • Dissemination of products (open data)• protection of individual data information sources and respondents • coordination and cooperation.

For its successful implementation states parties are requested to comply with the principles enshrined in the Charter in order to reinforce their national statistical policies and systems and undertake to institute appropriate measures, especially legislative, regulatory and administrative to ensure that their laws and regulations are in conformity with a regional Charter.

Are there plans for such a charter?

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Other areas of activities

• Peer to peer reviews between member countries• Statistical Capacity Building & Measurement

• Eurostat Statistical Process Assessment Checklist• World Bank • IADB: Tools for Assessing Statistical Capacity (TASC)

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Discussion Points• Does EEC Work plan area V (50/51) have an interest in the SDGs and regional harmonization within member states? • Does working on a framework for assessing statistical capacity in member states accounting for various measurement methodologies (TASC, Eurostat, Hybrid)fit into the work plan (VIII.1)• Does an impartial review of statistical laws in the region fit into the work planfor VIII.2• Does the collaborating on the development of a regional charter in statistics to harmonize statistical laws fit into the work plan?• RSDS (Regional) Workshop in Paris on Oct. 5-6• Would organizing member states through peer to peer review fall into the Work Plan Section II Coordination/Monitoring of member states? This could include definition of indicators to be evaluated in surch reviews.

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The End: Introduction