Third regional arab statistical forum – Yemen 2007

17 – 18 April 2007

National Strategy for the Development of Statistics – NSDSMainstreaming sectoral statistics

Samuel BlazykPARIS21 Secretariat

Sectors & NSDSSectors & NSDSThe intersect task-team

Need for an integrated systemNeed for an integrated system

The results-based agenda requires data from many sectors. Sectoral information to support policy ministries

Sectoral systems are not always well integrated within National Statistical Systems

Need for better coordinated statistical systems

Inter-relation sectorsInter-relation sectors

Sectors cannot be considered independently, nor can statistics on the sectors

Sectors are inter-related and issues cross sectoral boundaries

Agri.

Health Labour

Educ

Responses to HIV/AIDS involve education, health, etc Food policy relies not only on crop production but also on transport, international trade,

etc Health information systems need health information from administrative records, specific

health surveys, etc but also information from population censuses and household-based surveys such as DHS, MICS, Welfare Monitoring Surveys, etc

National statistical development must be holistic and comprehensive to deliver relevant statistical products to meet diverse demands such as sectoral data

Obstacles to building an integrated system : Obstacles to building an integrated system :

Poor communication between the sectors and the NSO Lack of understanding by the NSO of special sectoral needs Cumbersome systems in the sectors that cannot be turned round Differences in resources available to the sectors and to the NSO Inadequate human resources and training in both the NSO and in the sectors Insufficient funds to revise existing systems

Sectors Within NSDSSectors Within NSDS

The NSDS process embraces multiple sectors by :

Promoting greater coordination and cooperation in statistics Bringing the supply of statistics more in line with demand Broadening the coverage will result in a larger constituency of interest

NSDSs provide the opportunity to develop an integrated approach to improving the coverage and quality of official statistics, based on agreed national priorities.

To be effective, however, these strategies must include: an assessment of the capacity of sectoral ministries to compile and use

statistics, proposals to address weaknesses and constraints.

Statisticians from line ministries should be more directly involved in discussions on capacity building

An integrated National statistical SystemAn integrated National statistical System

Labour

Education

Culture

etc

Agriculture

Health

NSO

One of the functions of a NSS is to provide coordinating mechanisms to ensure that data can be shared between sectors,

An integrated NSS: All statistical functions are coordinated across organizations and sectors. Good communication between all users and producers of statistics Quality information is produced efficiently and consistently whatever the

sector.

Sectoral strategies within the NSDSSectoral strategies within the NSDSOne approache in two steps:

1. Designing an overall strategy -- NSDS -- which includes sector statistics (as well as sub national statistics) and

2. Designing specific sector sub-strategy

Lab. Health Agri.Educ.

NSDS

Others

Benefits of building an integrated system :Benefits of building an integrated system :

Less duplication of effort in data collection and analysis and therefore more efficient use of resources

Cross-fertilization of methods between sectors More consistent and standardized data Higher quality data and more sophisticated analysis Greater availability of data and therefore wider use of data

Strategic statistical plan

The INTERSECT workThe INTERSECT work

“InterSect” PARIS21 Task team was created to develop material to assist in the integration of sectoral statistics into National Strategies for the Development of Statistics.

The Task Team has a first draft of the Guide for “planning an integrated national statistical system” which is still under progress.

Next steps :

Kampala meeting (March 2007) Integrating others examples Final guide (June 2007)

Format of the guide: 4 sectionsFormat of the guide: 4 sections

1. Introduction to the Guide2. Framework for integrating sectoral statistics3. Guidance on NSDS design4. Integrating sectors into NSDS Design

Will be available : On paper On CDrom On the Internet

www.intersectweb.orgWith:

Linked documents

Tools

Weblinks

Examples

The guideThe guide

Document

Weblink

Tool

Example

A published version of the guide A published version of the guide reflecting inputreflecting input

June 2007June 2007

Share with us your experiencesShare with us your experiences

We need examples, tools, links and documents from the Arab Region demonstrating

• how integrated national strategies have been designed• existing linkages among sectors

What are the obstacles you have experienced in coordinating and interpreting such data?

Do you have a success story to share? Are you developing a coordinated database? Are you designing surveys that address the needs of several sectors? If so, what has worked for you? What problems have you encountered?

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