PROSPECTS OF IMPLEMENTATIONIN THE NEAR EAST REGION

Global Strategy to Improve Agricultural and Rural Statistics

GLOBAL STRATEGY – REGIONAL IMPLEMENTATIONS

AfricaLatin America and the

Caribbean

AsiaPacific

CIS

Near East

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

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LAUNCH OF THE IMPLEMENTATION IN 2012Establishment 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

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

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

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

NSDS

Assessment of NSOs Capacities

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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”

Regional Core Set of Data

Toolkits

• Objective– Standardization– Harmonization– Comparability @ regional & global levels

• Consultative process– Core set of indicators– Questionnaire– Classifications– Guidelines– Workshops and training

AGRICULTURAL CENSUS IN THE ARAB COUNTRIESCountries Total

CensusesFirst

CensusLast

Census1990

1986-19952000

1996-20052010

2006-2015

Algeria 2 1973 2001 - 2001 (2011)Bahrain Comoros 1 2004 - 2004 (2014)

DjiboutiEgypt 7 1929 1990/2000 - 1999/2000 2010Iraq 1 2001 - 2001 (2011)Jordan 5 1953 2007 - 1997 2007KuwaitLebanon 3 1961/1962 1998 - 1998 (2010)Libya 4 1960 2001 1987 2001 (2011)MauritaniaMorocco 2 1974 1996 - 1996 (2012)Oman 2 1993 2004/2005 1993 2004/2005 (2012)Palestine 1 2010 - - 2010Qatar 1 2000/2001 - 2000/2001 (2011)Saudi Arabia 3 1974 1999 - 1999 (2009)SomaliaSudanSyria 3 1981 2004 1981/1994 2004 (2014)Tunisia 3 1961/1962 2004/2005 1994/1995 2004/2005 (2015)UAE (2012)Yemen 1 2003 - 2003 (2013)

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

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

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.

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

• 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

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 10th Session of the Statistical Committee

ESCWA Statistics Division

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