Cap Town, South Africa: 21-23 January 2012
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Cap Town, South Africa: 21-23 January 2012
Statistics DivisionEconomic Affairs DepartmentAfrica Union Commission (AUC)
Strategy for the Harmonisation of Statistics in African (SHaSA)
STATCOM -III
Content Introduction Priority statistical requirements; SHaSA ; Implementation mechanism ; Mapping exercise; Progress report; and Recommendations
Introduction The process of socio-economic, political and cultural
integration has always been a core concern of African leaders;
Since 1960 several initiatives and legal frameworks adopted at the highest level have succeeded to accelerate the integration process and to ensure its sons and daughters good quality, economic and social welfare;
For it to fully succeed and ensure that they achieve their objectives, it requires not only quality statistical information, but also harmonized data across time and space in all areas of African integration.
Priority statistical requirements
Policy frameworks structuring the African integration process allows us to highlight three major dimensions of integration, namely:
Political integration and regional and continental governance,
Economic integration, and
Social and cultural integration
Priority statistical areas of Priority statistical areas of integration
Dimensions Integration area Statistical area
Political integration and regional governance
Institutional organization Statistical reformsCommunity funding Autonomous alternative funding
Political governance and collective security Peace and securityGovernance
Economic integration
Trade integration Foreign tradeBalance of payments
Monetary and finance integration
Money and financePrice indexesPublic financeNational accounts
Economic cooperation and partnerships Investments Industry
Transport Transport infrastructuresEnergy Energy infrastructuresCommunication Communication infrastructures
EnvironmentAgricultureNatural resourcesEnvironmental management and climate change
Social and cultural integration
Education Education and literacyScience and technology
Health Health
Regional and continental citizenship DemographyMigration
Culture, Sports and leisure Tourism
Women and youths Gender, EmploymentSocial protection
Human development Human developmentPoverty
What is SHaSA?
SHaSA: continental effort that directly supports the African integration agenda;
Objectives:
Identifying key priority areas of the African integration process that need to be underpinned by statistics;
Assessing the state of the ASS and various initiatives on statistical harmonisation; and
Elaborating a continental Strategy for the production and dissemination of quality harmonised statistics to inform African development and integration efforts
Jointly prepared by AUC, AfDB and ECA
3- Les difficultésStrategic Theme 1:
To Produce Quality
Statistics for Africa
Strategic Theme 2: To Coordinate the
Production of Quality Statistics for Africa
Strategic Theme 3: To Build sustainable
Institutional Capacity of the African
Statistical System Strategic Theme 4:
To Inculcate a Culture of
Quality Decision-making
Reliable and harmonized statistical
information, covering all aspects of political, economic, social
Strategic themes
Strategic Theme 1: To Produce Quality Statistics for Africa
Strategic objective 1: To Expand
the Statistical
Information Base
Strategic objective 2:
To Transform
existing Statistics for Comparabili
ty
Strategic objective 3:
To Harmonise Standards
and Methods of Statistical Production
Strategic Theme 2: To Coordinate the Production of Quality
Statistics for AfricaStrategic
objective 1: To Strengthen Cooperation
among Institutions within the
African Statistical
System
Strategic objective 2: To Establish an effective
Coordination Mechanism
Strategic objective 3: To Define Statistical
Priorities to Implement
the Integration
Agenda
Strategic Theme 3: To Build sustainable Institutional Capacity
of the AfricanStatistical SystemStrategic
objective 1: To Ensure
the Autonomy
of Production
.
Strategic objective 2:
To Build sustainable statistical Capacity.
Strategic objective 3:
To Establish
an effective
technological
Environment
Strategic Theme 4: To Inculcate a Culture of Quality Decision-
making
Strategic objective 1: To Drive evidence-based Decisions through the Use
of Statistics.
Strategic objective 2: To
Improve Communication
of Statistical Information
No STG Leader LC Composition01 Governance, Peace & Security AUC Tunisia/Rwanda ECA, AfDB, ACBF, RECs, MS
02 External Sector (External Trade & Balance of Payments) AUC Zambia ECA, AfDB, ACBF, RECs, Afristat, MS
03 Money & Finance AACB AUC, ECA, AfDB, ACBF, RECs, MS
04 National Accounts & Price Statistics AfDB South-Africa AUC, ECA, ACBF, RECs, Afristat, MS
05 Infrastructure, Industries & Tourism AfDB Algeria AUC, ECA, ACBF, RECs, MS
06 Public Finance, Private Sector & Investments AfDB AUC, ECA, ACBF, RECs, Afristat, MS
07 Science, Technology & Education AUC Nigeria AUC, ECA, ACBF, RECs, MS
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Demography, Migrations, Health, Human Development, Social Protection & Gender UNECA Ghana/Zimbabwe AUC, AfDB, ACBF, RECs, Afristat, MS
09 Agriculture, Environment & Natural Resources UNECA Mozambique AUC, AfDB, ACBF, RECs, FAO, MS
10 Statistical Training & Capacity Building ,UNECA ENSEA AUC, EAC, RECs, MS
11 Informal Sector Afristat Cameroon AUC, AfDB, UNECA, RECs, MS
12 Classification UNECA AUC, AfDB, Afristat, RECs, MS
13 Civil Registration and Vital Statistics UNECA Maurice/Sénégal AUC, AfDB, Afristat, RECs, MS
14African Group on Statistical Harmonization
AUC South Africa AUC, AfDB, Afristat, RECs, MS
The need for mapping! Mapping onto SHaSA various ongoing initiatives,
frameworks and strategies:
Provide a one-stop document of engagement with policy makers in fostering the statistical and integration agenda; and
Mapping existing statistical initiatives to support different integration processes;
Show how each initiative will contribute to the realization of SHaSA strategic objectives;
Mapping of: Statistical governance Frameworks and strategies Statistical initiatives
A map of statistical governance
A map of statistical principles, frameworks, and strategies in Africa
Integration areas and existing initiatives: Economic integration dimension
Integration area Statistical area Statistical initiative
Trade
Wholesale & retail trade, motor trade, hotels and restaurants African Strategy for the Implementation of the 2008 System of National Accounts
Balance of paymentsStrategy for the harmonization of International Merchandise Trade Statistics (IMTS)
Foreign trade
Prices Implementation Plan for the International Comparison Program for (ICP-Africa)
Monetary and finance integration
Currency and financePublic finance
African Monetary Cooperation Programme
Economic cooperation and partnerships
National accountsInvestments
African Strategy for the Implementation of the 2008 System of National Accounts
Transport Transport infrastructures Infrastructure Statistics
Industry ManufacturingAfrican Strategy for the Implementation of the 2008 System of National Accounts
Energy Energy infrastructures Infrastructure statistics
Energy Energy infrastructures Infrastructure statistics
Integration areas and existing initiatives: Social and cultural dimension
Integration areaStatistical
areaStatistical initiative
LabourLabour Statistics
Labour Market Information System Coordination and Harmonization Framework Informal sector
Education
Education and literacy
Plan of Action of the Second Decade of Education
STPA (AGROST)
Science and technology
Health HealthCRVSMDGs
Regional and continental citizenship
Demography CRVS2010 Round of PHC
Migration
Art, culture, sports and leisure
TourismAfrican Strategy for the SNA 2008
Women and youths
GenderGender statistics
Social protection
Labour Market Information System Coordination and Harmonization Framework
Human development
Human development
Africa Implementation Plan for of the Global Strategy on Improving Agricultural Statistics
Poverty MDGs (Development indicators)
Create African Group on Harmonisation of Statistics (AGSHa);
MembershipChair: South Africa1st Vice Chair: Cote d’Ivoire2nd Vice Chair: Uganda1st Rapporteur: Egypt2nd Rapporteur: CameroonSecretariat: AUCSupport Partners: UNECA, AfDB & ACBFREC partners
Member States: Senegal, Cote d’Ivoire, Nigeria, Ghana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Egypt, Tunisia, South Africa, Malawi, Mozambique, Angola, Cameroon, and Congo
Progress Report on SHaSA
Terms of Reference
Coordinate development and review of Implementation plan for SHaSA;
Coordinate development and review of Implementation framework for African Charter on Statistics
Coordinate Monitoring and Evaluation of Implementation of SHaSA and Charter
Peer reviewAnnual report to Committee of DGs and Ministers of
finance, planning and economic development.
Progress Report on SHaSA (cont’d)
Progress Report on SHaSA (cont’d)
Strategic Theme
Strategic objective
Strategic initiative Activities
Key performance indicators
Timeframe Responsibility
Strategic initiative
Strategic initiative
Strategic initiative
Strategic objective
Strategic objective
Strategic objective
Report of various pilars Specialist Groups AGROST;Labour and Informal Sector (minimum list of
indicators, Action Plan and harmonized questionnaire on employment adopted and );
National Account;Infrastructure and knowledge programme;Action Plan for the Second Decade of Education;Trade statistics;Agriculture; CRVS;Development indicators;Etc.
Progress Report on SHaSA (cont’d)
Specialised technical groups to align work programme to SHaSA strategy template ;
StatCom/CoDG to agree on lead countries for specialized technical groups ;
StatCom/CoDG to adopt Action Plan of SHaSA ; StatCom/CoDG to consider progress report ; Ministers Conference to endorse progress report
on SHaSARECs to incorporate SHaSA in regional strategy;Countries to incorporate SHaSA in NSDS;AGSHa to monitor, report and evaluate the
Implementation of SHaSA.
Recommendations
Thank you for your kind attention!
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