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GOOD PRACTICES IN TECHNICAL COOPERATION
FOR STATISTICSParis 21 MeetingParis, France,June 2000
UN Statistical Commission, 30th session, March 1999
• Some guiding principles for good practices in technical cooperation in statistics
• Two workshops on Improving Technical Cooperation in Statistics were held in The Netherlands, to discuss the need for and content and structure of the document
• Principal authors: Tony Williams (UK) and Ronald Luttikhuizen (The Netherlands)
What is technical cooperation in statistics?
• The exchange and development of know-how and technical expertise in order to build capacities to produce and use statistics
• Wide range of activities: from informal contacts in international working groups and meetings to in-depth programs to improve statistics
• One central condition: partnership, sharing common goals
Purpose of the Guiding Principles
• To help partners in the technical cooperation process to create their own models, but based on acknowledged successful practices
• To encourage countries to make optimal use of statistics and commit themselves to improving the national statistical system
Criteria for good practice (1)
• Technical cooperation in statistics should:
• Be demand-led, based on user requirements and relative priorities
• Set within a well-balanced overall strategic framework
• Consider human and other resource development strategies
Criteria for good practice (2)
• Technical cooperation in statistics should:
• Consider organizational and institutional development, in addition to technical work areas
• Be flexible and take account of local situations, culture, policy environment and stage of statistical development
Criteria for good practice (3)
• Technical cooperation in statistics should:
• Complement national resources, while empowering national statistical systems and governments to take the lead
• Address the needs of regional groupings of countries where a common approach can be effective, supporting cooperation between or within regional groupings
Criteria for good practice (4)
• Technical cooperation in statistics should:
• Recognize heterogeneity of countries
• Be well designed, by using logical framework approaches and specifying objectives and success criteria in advance
• Promote full participation and address the concerns of all main stakeholders
Criteria for good practice (5)
• Technical cooperation in statistics should:
• Be implemented according to professional standards, using the most appropriate model of cooperation
• Integrate staff training in a way that optimizes its effect on objectives of the project
Criteria for good practice (6)
• Technical cooperation in statistics should:
• Use appropriate monitoring and evaluating mechanisms, exchange of experience, lesson learning
• Be coordinated between donors and the different national players to avoid duplication, encourage complementarity and synergy
Criteria for good practice (7)
• Technical cooperation in statistics should, finally:
• RECOGNIZE THAT DEVELOPING A STATISTICAL SYSTEM CAN TAKE A LONG TIME
General policy considerations (1)
• Some general policy considerations are relevant to the consideration of technical cooperation in statistics:
• Role of statistics at the national level
• Define statistical needs precisely and explicitly
• Dialogue between users and producers
General policy considerations (2)
• Importance of statistics must be recognized by national authorities, by supporting:
• Proper legal and institutional setting
• Adequate and motivated staff
• Accommodation, equipment and software
• Commitment to good management practices
• Awareness of Fundamental Principles of official statistics