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ICP-Africa Progress Report

Michel Mouyelo-Katoula

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•The African Development Fund approved •on September 8, 2004 to provide grant resources •of about US $ 21.41 million •to support the implementation of ICP-Africa activities •over the next 3-year period, 2004-2007

ADB’s Support

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MillionUS $

A1. Regional Program Management and Coordination 10.95

A2. Sub-regional Management and Coordination of Field Activities 4.36

B. ICP Related Price Statistics 14.12

C. ICP Focused National Accounts Activities 2.25

D. Enhancement of ICP Related Basic Data 1.26

E. ICP Training Through Statistical Training Institutes 1.60

  Program total costs 34.54

ICP-Africa Budget

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Regional Coordination and Management : ICP Unit, PDRE-2, ADB

Methodologies

Capacity Building

Data Analysis

PublicationsField Work Operations

AFRISTAT

COMESA

ECOWAS

SADC

Selected RMCs A

Selected RMCs B

Selected RMCs C

Selected RMCs D

Other RMCs

Coordination Chart

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Groups of countriesAFRISTAT COMESA ECOWAS SADC ADB

1. Benin2. Burkina Faso3. Cameroon4. Cape Verde5. Central African

Republic6. Chad7. Comoros8. Congo

(Brazzaville)9. Congo (RDC)10. Côte d'Ivoire11. Equatorial Guinea12. Gabon13. Guinea Bissau14. Guinea Conakry15. Mali16. Mauritania17. Niger18. Sao Tome19. Togo20. Senegal

1. Burundi2. Djibouti3. Egypt4. Eritrea5. Ethiopia6. Kenya7. Madagascar8. Rwanda9. Sudan10. Uganda

1. Gambia2. Ghana3. Liberia4. Nigeria5. Sierra Leone

1. Angola2. Botswana3. Lesotho4. Malawi5. Mauritius6. Mozambique7. Namibia8. South Africa9. Swaziland10. Tanzania11. The

Seychelles12. Zambia13. Zanzibar14. Zimbabwe

1. Algeria2. Libya3. Morocco4. Tunisia

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Categories of Countries

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FOURTH REGIONAL SEMINAR

• Tunis, September 20-24, 2004

• Training on the ICP ToolPack

• Meeting of National Coordinators

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Agenda of the meeting

• Development of Survey Framework

• The role of supervisors

• Training of enumerators

• Second Group of Household Items

• Third Group of Household Items

• Contractual and financial arrangements

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List of Specifications

• The complete list for consumption goods and services have been finalized

• Translated into French and uploaded directly to the Tool Pack for distribution to the countries.

• Transferred to the SPD software.

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Resource transfer to countries • Training on the general principles of resource

management was provided to National Coordinators in Windhoek, Namibia, from October 13-15, 2003.

• National Coordinators, Deputy Coordinators and their Administrative staff trained December 3-17 in South Africa.

• Directors Generals of National Statistics Offices also trained (Yaoundé, Cameroon, April 26-May 4, 2004).

• Resource transfer mechanism discussed with Heads of NSOs and Sub-regional agencies.

• Arrangements being made for transfer no later than November.

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ICP Tool Pack

• Countries have gone through one-day demonstration in Cameroon;

• 12 Consultants/National ICP staff and 4 AfDB staff: "train-the-trainers“;

• Workshop organized September (20-24) in Tunis;• A team of 10-16 experts will train at 4 sub-regional

organizations;• Period of October/November to train sub-regional and

national ICP staff;• 3 to 5 days per training site (at sub-regional and/or

national level).

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Milestones

ADB SRO Countries

30 Sept. Letters of agreement to

SROs

Draft letters of agreement to

countries

15 Oct. Signature Budget

30 Oct. Signature Prepare for procurement

15 Nov. Countries receive money

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Oct. 04 Nov.04 Dec.04 Jan. 05 Feb. 05

Survey Planning

National Survey Framework

Training (ICP ToolPack + Price Collection)

including pilot surveys

Start Data Collection

Short Term Time Table

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Assistance to countries on National Survey Framework

Benin

Burkina Faso

Cameroon

Central African Republic

Chad

Egypt

Ethiopia

Gabon

GambiaGhanaKenyaMadagascarMozambiqueNamibiaNigerSouth AfricaTunisiaZimbabwe

Burundi

Cape Verde

Comoros

Congo (Brazzaville)

Congo (RDC)

Côte d'Ivoire

Djibouti

Equatorial Guinea

Guinea Bissau

Guinea ConakryLesothoMaliMauritaniaMauritiusMoroccoRwandaSao Tome

Senegal

Sierra Leone

Sudan

Swaziland

Tanzania

Togo

Uganda

Zambia

Zanzibar18 No26 Yes

3 Staff members + 8 consultants being recruited

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