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High-Level Advocacy Forum on Statistics, 30 July 2009, Port of Spain
High-Level Advocacy Forum on StatisticsPort of Spain, 30 July 2009
Mobilisation of Resources: Support to the Development of Statistics in
CARICOM
Presentation by
Mohamed-El-Heyba BERROUManager, PARIS21 Secretariat
High-Level Advocacy Forum on Statistics, 30 July 2009, Port of Spain
Outline of Presentation
• Introduction to PARIS21
• PARIS21 in CARICOM
• NSDS as the basis for Resource
Mobilisation
• Advocacy for Resource Mobilisation
• Conclusion
High-Level Advocacy Forum on Statistics, 30 July 2009, Port of Spain
From 1999 – 2009 International partnership of users and producers
of statistics for development – Policy makers– Analysts– Statisticians– Including all present !
PARIS21 Consortium
High-Level Advocacy Forum on Statistics, 30 July 2009, Port of Spain
PARIS21
Goal to develop a culture of evidence-based policy making and implementation which serves to improve governance and government effectiveness in reducing poverty and achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
For better development outcomes
High-Level Advocacy Forum on Statistics, 30 July 2009, Port of Spain
Managing for development resultsGreater awareness and focus on need for
good statistics and return on investment in statistics emphasised:
International Fora– Marrakech MfDR Roundtable, 2004– Hanoi MfDR Roundtable, 2007– Aid effectiveness (Rome, Paris, Accra)
Frameworks– Poverty Reduction Strategies– Millennium Development Goals
High-Level Advocacy Forum on Statistics, 30 July 2009, Port of Spain
PARIS21 in the Caribbean
PARIS21 has focused on poorest regions but recognises special situations of SIDS
Collaboration with CARICOM region so far:– June 2008 Advisory Group on Statistics Belize– Feb 2009 SIDS meeting in New York– July 2009 Workshop on NSDS in Trinidad
Planned Oct – Nov 2009
- NSDS and advocacy activities
Barbados, Jamaica and Suriname
High-Level Advocacy Forum on Statistics, 30 July 2009, Port of Spain
National Strategies for the Development of Statistics (NSDS)
A dynamic process: For design and implementation of NSDSsProvides coherent, medium-term framework for
better statistics and capacity building Provides basis for scaling-up of resourcesAnd for coordination across national statistical
systems and between donors
Better use of better statistics
High-Level Advocacy Forum on Statistics, 30 July 2009, Port of Spain
NSDS as the basis for resource mobilisation
Global economic crisis again highlights critical need for good quality statistics
NSDS can provide framework for consensus on funding National governments must take lead Supported by cooperating partners
PARIS21 can help countries to design NSDSs and to make the case for financing
High-Level Advocacy Forum on Statistics, 30 July 2009, Port of Spain
Weakstatistics
How to break the Vicious Cycle….How to break the Vicious Cycle….
Weak demand
Low funding
High-Level Advocacy Forum on Statistics, 30 July 2009, Port of Spain
…..by creating a Virtuous Cycle
BetterStatistics Increased
demand
Bettercoordination
Increased, better spentresources
High-Level Advocacy Forum on Statistics, 30 July 2009, Port of Spain
Advocacy for resource mobilisation
PRESSPartner Support on Support to Statistics
High-Level Advocacy Forum on Statistics, 30 July 2009, Port of Spain
Peer Reviews
Tanzania Malawi Mozambique
High-Level Advocacy Forum on Statistics, 30 July 2009, Port of Spain
In conclusionWe all need to keep in mind:• Value of statistics in upstream AND downstream
policy processes; and for more effective aid• NSDSs can provide a vision and action plan for
better statistics and capacity building; and a framework for coordination between producers of statistics and between donors
• Need for and returns from investing in statistics• Need for more support from cooperating
partners within the context of NSDSs