P7_ESCAP

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1 Developing Professional Capability for NSSsGetting the Right Balance Statistics Development Partners: What They Offer

Ideas on— : 

2 Ideas on— Getting the right balance between internal capacity and utilizing external professional skills What SDPs “offer” What SDPs would “like” from NSOs How SDPs coordinate at country level Not necessarily in that order.

Why Develop National Capacity? : 

3 Why Develop National Capacity? To improve the use of statistics for evidence-based decision-making To develop and disseminate quality statistics for inclusive and sustainable development Recurring themes: NSS and Statistics Development Partners

An Assumption– Increasingly … : 

4 An Assumption– Increasingly … Governments and national statistical systems: A: Know where they are Assessing, monitoring and evaluating B: Know where they want to be Strategic planning, statistics development and implementation plans What SDPs would “like” from NSOs

Capacity Development— : 

5 Capacity Development— Getting from point A to point B Who does what and with whom? Internal to NSO External to NSO

The “Externals” : 

6 The “Externals” Internal to NSO External to NSO Global: UNSD, IMF, PARIS21 Regional: ADB, ESCAP Subregional: SESRIC, SPC, ASEAN, SAARC

“Offerings”: Mostly : 

7 “Offerings”: Mostly Intergovernmental forums Global- Statistical Commission Regional- ESCAP Commission; Committee on Statistics Subregional- AHSOM; HOPS Substantive areas, skills Technical assistance: projects, advisory services Training Workshops Advocacy Coordination

Overlapping (Complement, Duplicate?) : 

8 Overlapping (Complement, Duplicate?) Global: UNSD, IMF, PARIS21, ILO, WB Regional: ADB, ESCAP Subregional: SESRIC, SPC, ASEAN, SAARC, ECO

“Offerings”: An example : 

9 “Offerings”: An example

Getting from A to B: Regional Dimension : 

10 Getting from A to B: Regional Dimension Commonalities (issues, goals) Common solutions Global initiatives > National initiatives Regional initiatives (“regionalizing”) Coordination Cooperation Collaboration

Regional Programmes (Example) : 

11 Regional Programmes (Example) Economic statistics Vital statistics Disability Informal sector and informal employment Gender statistics

Process : 

12 Process Analysing the situation- report to Committee on Statistics Formulating set of core economic statistics and regional programme Advisory group (country experts) Expert group meeting Regional workshop Principle- SDP partnerships and coordination Adoption by Committee on Statistics

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13 User Needs Core Set of Economic Statistics Required capabilities to produce the statistics Regional Programme Content Capability building initiatives determines informs delivers facilitates production of SNA08 implementation

… Building a Programme : 

14 … Building a Programme Identify remaining gaps in capacity of NSSs Determine priorities of each NSS Develop work plans to address priorities Integrating capacity building requirements for economic statistics in National Strategies for the Development of Statistics Mobilizing (advocating for the mobilization) of national, subregional, regional and global resources (expertise and funding) Informal regional coordination mechanisms