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Overview of Strategic Planning in the Caribbean Community
(CARICOM)
Meeting on Strategic Statistical Planning for Small Island Developing States 21 February 2009UNSD, New York
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•Brief Overview of CARICOM
•Strategic planning - some considerations;
•Status of Strategic Planning Activities in the Region – some country highlights;
•General Conclusions.
Content of Presentation
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•CARICOM comprises:
•15 CARICOM Member States are:
•Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Lucia, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago ;
• 5 Associate Members are:
•Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman
Islands and Turks and Caicos Islands ;
Brief Overview of CARICOM
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•In 1989 with the aspiration of regional integration the objectives of the Community were reaffirmed and broadened to include the establishment of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME);
•Some of the Objectives of the Community are:
•To improve the standards of living and work;
•The full employment of labour and other factors of production;
•Enhanced coordination of foreign and economic policies of Member States and enhanced functional cooperation.
Brief Overview of CARICOM
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•The CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) was created:
•To set new strides for the regional integration process;
•To facilitate economic development in an increasingly globalised environment
•To transform from a common market to a single economic space allowing for free movement of goods, services, persons, rights of establishments etc and in general increased international competitiveness.
Brief Overview of CARICOM
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•The CARICOM Secretariat is the principal administrative organ of the Community and its functions include:
• Servicing the integration process;
•to collect, store and disseminate information relevant to the achievement to the objectives
• Mission of Regional Statistics Programme:
•To develop a sustainable statistical infrastructure within the CARICOM Secretariat providing accurate, timely and reliable statistical information of a high quality and broad scope … and fostering a similar enabling environment for statistical development among countries of the Caribbean Community.
Brief Overview of CARICOM
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•The Standing Committee of Caribbean Statisticians (SCCS):
•A forum established to promote and provide advice for the development of statistics in the Region;
•The Advisory Group on Statistics (AGS) which focuses on:
•Implementing the Resolution on strengthening the National Statistical Systems; and
•Establishing and implementing the common Regional Statistical Work Programme
• Among the focus at both the SCCS and the AGS has been the issue of Strategic Planning in Statistics.
Brief Overview of CARICOM
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• National Statistical Office versus National Statistical System;
•Participation of Staff/stakeholders in the process/ Knowledge of internal and External Environment;
•Objectives relative to statistical processes, outputs and outcomes/sustaining process-statistical capacity building;
•Statistical legislative framework;
•Implementation of the Plan/budgetary requirements and funding.
Strategic Planning - Some Considerations
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Jamaica:
•In 2001, the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) completed the Strategic planning process;
•Culminated in a development Plan – The Modernisation of STATIN – A Strategic Plan 2002-2005 ;
• Strategic Areas and Delivery Strategies identified.
Status of Strategic Planning Activities in the Region
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Bermuda:
• Strategic Planning - initial efforts limited to upper management/need for increased staff;
•New strategic plan – all staff/key stakeholders engaged in process/various needs including preparation for the conduct of the Census;
• Approach is that of a Business Plan with a strategic view of a 4-year period (2009-2012);
•Stakeholder relationships /data providers.
Status of Strategic Planning Activities in the Region
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The Bahamas:
•A five (5) year strategic plan which goes up to 2010 is in operation.
•One major part of the plan was to work with statistical units within other government departments.
• Seminar was held for Senior personnel from ministries on procedures and protocols on statistics.
• Informal meetings of technical personnel.
Status of Strategic Planning Activities in the Region
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Suriname:
• Strategic plan was prepared covering a period of 15 years.
•Currently all necessary efforts are being put in place to upgrade to the statistical system in an effort to maximise its output;
• Continuation of the process and expansion to the National Statistical System – assistance is being sought from PARIS21;
Status of Strategic Planning Activities in the Region
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Trinidad and Tobago:
•Extremely old Strategic Plan;
•Currently in Transformation mode;
•Programme of Work rather than Strategic Plan currently exists .
Status of Strategic Planning Activities in the Region
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Barbados:
. No Strategic Plan exists;
•Office about to embark on a Modernisation process;
•Situational Analysis exists and was presented to the regional statistical meeting;
•Looking for support re advocacy event.
Status of Strategic Planning Activities in the Region
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Belize:
. No Strategic Plan exists;
•Office has been transformed to an Institute just over one year;
•Human Resource (HR) Strategy as well as a Data Dissemination Strategy.
•Plans are being made for a Strategic Planning Workshop;
•A request was made for assistance from PARIS 21.
Status of Strategic Planning Activities in the Region
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. Dominica seems to be commencing the process;
• Saint Lucia – no Strategic Plan but a development plan was prepared;
Guyana undergoing Project to improve and sustain the capacity of Guyana(through it's Central Bureau of Statistics and overall statistical system).
•Two basic components of Guyana’s approach: -Institutional Strengthening of the Bureau of Statistics; and Upgrading of Data Management and Analysis in Social
Sector Line Ministries;
Status of Strategic Planning Activities in the Region
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. Obstacles and Challenges:
•Size, Resources, Legislation and Leadership;
• High staff-turnover, limited supply of trained and highly-skilled statisticians;
•New breed of statisticians not focused on/committed to long-term career prospects;
•Low remuneration/conditions of work not always of its best;
Status of Strategic Planning Activities in the Region
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. Obstacles and Challenges (continued):
•Budgetary issues re parent ministry;
•Non-response and uncoordinated national statistical system;
• legislative framework in need of updating to effectively address non-response as well as coordination;
•Increasing demand for data and the need to remain relevant and to conform to international standards;
Status of Strategic Planning Activities in the Region
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. Obstacles and Challenges (continued):
•The ability to provide the data to users in a timely and user-friendly manner;
•Inadequate IT infrastructure in some cases;
• The need to continue to interface with users and data producers;
•Leadership of the process- the need to think strategically.
Status of Strategic Planning Activities in the Region
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CARICOM . No consistent approach to Strategic Planning;
• The initiative of PARIS21 is welcome as it can be adapted as required to suit SIDS;
•Provides a more coherent framework in its focus on the NSS;
• A more common approach region-wide for setting priorities, implementing the common Regional Statistical Work Programme;
•Produce statistics of high quality to support the policy environment of the integration process/national policy objectives.
General Conclusions
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