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CountrySTAT Consultative meeting "Back-to-back with the 22nd AFCAS"

OVERVIEW OF NEW CountrySTAT PROJECTS :

PHASE II BMGF MTF/GLO/345/BMG

UEMOA UTF/UEM/002/UEM

EAC GTFS/RAF/465/ITA

by

Paul N’GOMA-KIMBATSA Statistician – Lead Technical Officer CountrySTAT

Statistics Division

FAO, Rome

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 28 - 29 November 2011

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION

OF THE UNITED NATIONS

FAO-CCM-8E

1. PROJECT BACKGROUND, ORIGIN AND OBJECTIVES

2. STRATEGY AND RESOURCES

3. MAIN EXPECTED RESULTS

4. MAIN ACTIVITIES

5. MAIN ACTIVITIES OF CAPACITY BUILDING

6. KEY STEPS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROJECT

7. SOME REQUIREMENTS FOR SUCCESS

8. OVERVIEW PROJECT UEMOA UTF/UEM/002/UEM

9. OVERVIEW PROJECT EAC GTFS/RAF/465/ITA

10. OTHER CountrySTAT PROJECTS in Africa

SUMMARY

1 PROJECT BACKGROUND, ORIGIN AND OBJECTIVES

• FAO and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation signed at the end of 2007 a project agreement for development and implementation of CountrySTAT System in seventeen Sub Saharan Countries.

• The present agreement of phase II of the project BMGF involves the Consolidation of CountrySTAT system in the 17 countries of Sub-Saharan Africa.

• Strengthening of partnerships with Regional Organizations (UEMOA, EAC) will be done with UEMOA and EAC projects.

OVERVIEW OF PHASE II BMGF MTF/GLO/345/BMG

- CountrySTAT for Sub-Saharan Africa


The following key objectives are defined:

• Strengthening the CountrySTAT systems established in the 17 Sub-Saharan

countries and promoting the use of data: updating and strengthening the technical

capacity of national staff, promoting high-level Government commitment, strengthening

technical and coordination institutions; improving data quality and improving the relevance

and use of data through partnership with key data users.

• Development of new IT tools and functions for CountrySTAT for easy maintenance

and updating by CountrySTAT technical staff and for user friendly access by users:

developing new standards tools, including distance learning tools, improving the

functionalities of existing systems.

• Strengthening the partnerships with relevant Regional Organizations in order to

ensure the long-term sustainability of the systems by building capacity of a pool of

regional and national experts and competent trainers able to provide technical support on

continuous basis through regional institutions (UEMOA and EAC) or/and South-South

Cooperation.



2 STRATEGY AND RESOURCES

The exit strategy will include the following elements:

• Country level: creating a team of skilled national staff with adequate resources allocated in regular

programme of work and budget and an institutional environment conducive of continued collaboration

and sharing of data between main data producers.

• Regional level: creating technical capacity within the 2 regional institutions (UEMOA and EAC) to

provide support to their 13 member countries after the end of the project and promoting south-south

cooperation so that more advanced countries can support the others. Also, regional training centers

will have capacity to train staff in the region. Finally, a network of CountrySTAT users will be

established to link all countries so that they can learn from each others.

• Global level: FAO Statistics Division will continue the normative work on CountrySTAT and regularly

update all users. The CountrySTAT initiative will be mainstreamed within the Implementation Plans of

the Global Strategy to Improve Agricultural and Rural Statistics

• Users: At all levels, partnership will be built with data users for increased access and use of

CountrySTAT data through more advocacy and communication campaign, user seminars and

dissemination of more policy relevant indicators such as MAFAP indicators and WFP Food Security

data.




• This project focuses on capacity building and ownership of the

national system to ensure the sustainability of long-term results.

• The technical support will be in the form of FAO short term expert missions and by mobilizing the expertise of national and sub regional levels to support the development of CountrySTAT nationally. An appeal will be made to the South-South cooperation for additional technical support.

• In addition to training on the job by experts and consultants from FAO, several workshops, seminars, formal training sessions and participation in meetings of international networks will be provided to national frameworks.

• Laptops, desktops, complete kits training, laser printers, copiers, scanners, UPS, USB keys and corresponding licenses will also be provided to countries to support the consolidation of the system CountrySTAT




• Total Number of Countries Phase II : 17 Sub-Saharan

African countries (Angola, Benin, Burkina, Cameroun, Côte-d'Ivoire, Ethiopia,

Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania,

Uganda et Zambia)

• Duration of Phase II : 43 months (June 2011 – December

2014)

• Donor Contribution (BMGF): 6,569,304 $ US



3 MAIN EXPECTED RESULTS

• Completion of the Core Module with Data, Metadata for each indicator and corresponding tables in the Sub-National Module (10 years time series for each indicator)

• Uploading of collected data for prices of agricultural products (wholesale and retail prices), trade and update of key indicators

• Evaluation, development and uploading at the “Thematic Module” of relevant statistical indicators to the country such as: Publication of agricultural censuses and surveys; Food Balance Sheets; Agricultural Statistics Yearbook, etc. Visibility on the website of relevant statistical indicators of key partners (MAFAP, PAM, Africa Fertilisers, etc.)




• Improvement of data quality (respect international standards, coherence and standardization) and regular update of data tables and their structure according to FAOSTAT standards

• Minimization of divergences and incoherent data between FAOSTAT and CountrySTAT

• Improving the collaboration between national structures and technical skills to reassure the active participation of Technical Working Group Members (TWG)

• National commitment and promotion of CountrySTAT by high-level national authorities and consideration of CountrySTAT in work plans and budgets

• Integration of CountrySTAT in the National Strategy for the Development of Statistics (NSDS), a better visibility and increase the number of CountrySTAT System users.



4 MAIN ACTIVITIES

• Organization of the Technical Working Group Meetings (TWG) for the collection, evaluation, harmonization and validation of CountrySTAT data and metadata

– Preparation of Terms of Reference, budget and organization of TWG Meetings

– Collection of data and metadata

– Harmonization, validation and updating of data tables and correspondence table

– Analysis and resolution of discrepancies and inconsistencies in the data

– Evaluation, development and upload in the "Thematic Module" of statistical indicators relevant to countries such as: Publication of results of agricultural censuses and surveys, Food Balance Sheets, Agricultural Statistics Yearbook, etc..

– Visibility on the site for the dissemination of relevant statistical indicators from key partners (MAFAP, WFP, AfricaFertilisers, etc.).

• Improvement of the formats and data quality by reviewing the existing data tables using FAO standards

– Analysis of the core module indicators missing data and metadata

– Analysis and improvement of the structure of data tables (Core and sub national levels)

– Comparison of data from FAOSTAT and CountrySTAT with CompSTAT, analysis and resolution of discrepancies and inconsistencies in the data

• Regularly updated tables of core and sub national modules – Revision and improvement of tables according to international standards

– Upload validated data and metadata



4 MAIN ACTIVITIES

• Strengthening the institutional framework of CountrySTAT - Refresher training of national focal points on the administration of CountrySTAT

- Identifying a champion for sustainability CountrySTAT

- Regular meetings and better collaboration between different national institutions involved

- Organization of regional workshops and participation in international meetings

• CountrySTAT advocacy for its inclusion in the statistical work plan, the national budget and the NSDS

- Awareness seminar to inform the government, potential users and other interested parties of the successes and benefits of CountrySTAT

- Advocacy with national authorities for the inclusion of CountrySTAT in the national budget (in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding MoU)

- Advocacy with national authorities for the inclusion of CountrySTAT in the review of the NSDS

• Strengthening communication activities CountrySTAT for increased

visibility and use at national, regional and international levels - Ensure good coverage (articles written for local newspapers, coverage of major events on television and radio)

- Regular updating of the News section of CountrySTAT website

- Promote the use of CountrySTAT in FAO Representation libraries, Universities libraries, Ministries, etc.).



5 MAIN ACTIVITIES OF CAPACITY BUILDING

• Organization of monthly teleconferences on the progress of

activities and technical support between countries and regional

teams (UEMOA, EAC) and the FAO Headquarters

• Organization of Technical Working Group Meetings

• Organization of 2 national seminars users

• Organization of 2 regional workshops jointly with UEMOA and EAC,

with the participation of regional and international organizations

• Organization of 2 consultative meetings

• Participation in 2 group reference meetings PC-AXIS



6 KEY STEPS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE

PROJECT

• Preparation of work plan, budget and the Memorandum of Understanding

(MoU)

• Advocacy for the sustainability of the CountrySTAT system with high-level

national authorities by FAO, UEMOA and EAC circular missions

• Signing and implementation of the "Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)"

between the Government and FAO

• Acquisition of computer equipment and software licenses

• Capacity building of a team of regional and national experts and competent

trainers able to provide technical support on an ongoing basis through regional

institutions (UEMOA and EAC) and / or South-South cooperation.



6 KEY STEPS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE

PROJECT

• Implementing the work plan, conclusions and recommendations of consultative meetings

CountrySTAT

• Consolidation of CountrySTAT system through: – Improving the quality and quantity of data tables at the core and sub national level (collection, harmonization, validation

and uploading of data and metadata, management and update / improvement of the site)

– Minimizing differences and inconsistencies between data and FAOSTAT CountrySTAT

Automatic exchange of data between CountrySTAT RegionSTAT and FAOSTAT

– Diffusion in the "Thematic module" of statistical indicators relevant to countries such as: agricultural censuses and surveys,

Food Balance Sheets, Agricultural Statistics Yearbook, etc.

– Visibility on the site for the dissemination of statistical indicators relevant key partners (MAFAP, WFP, AfricaFertilisers,

etc.).

– CountrySTAT Site improvements

• CountrySTAT integration in the National Strategy for the Development of Statistics

(NSDS) and plans for implementation of the Global Strategy for Improving Agricultural

and Rural Statistics

• Organizing FAO Steering Committee meetings

• Organization of technical support missions and circular missions FAO / UEMOA / EAC



7. SOME REQUIREMENTS FOR SUCCESS

• Interest / Commitment and promotion of national CountrySTAT by high-level national authorities and

consideration of CountrySTAT in work plans and budgets

• Signing and implementation of the "Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)" between the Government

and FAO

• Need a "Champion" - high-level (Minister, Secretary General, Directeur de Cabinet or Technical

Advisor) that support the development of the system and facilitates inter-institutional collaboration

• Development of synergies and complementarities with the UEMOA and EAC projects and other

projects CountrySTAT

• National Coordinator proactive with animation capability that will be the counterpart of the project.

National Secretariat of CountrySTAT with a minimum of three staff (Statistics, IT and Communication)

• Integration of CountrySTAT in the National Strategy for the Development of Statistics (NSDS) and

plans for implementation of the Global Strategy for Improving Agricultural and Rural Statistics

• Taking into account the main recommendations of the independent evaluation mission




• FAO and the UEMOA Commission in October 2010 signed a project

agreement, which will enable from February 2011 to December 2013 to

support the implementation and development of CountrySTAT system

in Guinea-Bissau, Niger, Togo and the headquarters of the UEMOA

Commission.

• The project aims to help improve the statistics of the Food and

Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries to meet the data requirements for

implementation and monitoring of the agricultural policy of the UEMOA

by the establishment and development in Guinea-Bissau, Niger and

Togo system CountrySTAT, the compilation of Supply Utilization

Accounts and Food Balance Sheets and strengthening UEMOASTAT.

• Contribution of Donor (UEMOA): 1,000,000 $ US

OVERVIEW OF UEMOA PROJECT UTF/UEM/002/UEM -

"CountrySTAT Guinée-Bissau, Niger, Togo et UEMOASTAT"


The project strategy will include the following:

• Country level: Implementation of a National Secretariat of CountrySTAT with a minimum of 3 qualified

national pillars(Statistics, IT and Communication), adequate resources allocated to the regular work program

and an institutional environment conducive to continued collaboration and sharing data between the main

producers of data.

• Regional level: Building technical capacity within the UEMOA Commission (1 Regional Coordinator officer of

the UEMOA, an expert statistician, a computer expert, a Secretary, an IT official of UEMOA) in order to

support 8 Member States and RegionSTAT

• Global level: Provide of international standards (concepts, definitions and classifications, IT tools) by the

Statistics Division of FAO. Integration of CountrySTAT in the National Strategy for the Development of

Statistics (NSDS) and plans for implementation of the Global Strategy for Improving Agricultural and Rural

Statistics.

• Capacity building and ownership of the system by the country to ensure the sustainability of long-term results:

on the job training, workshops and seminars, meetings of international networks.

• Technical support missions (short-term FAO experts, national and regional experts, South-South

Cooperation).

• Acquisition of computer and office equipment : laptops, desktops, complete training kits, laser printer, copier,

scanner, UPS, USB keys and software licenses.




• Design, adaptation, installation and update of CountrySTAT and

UEMOASTAT

• Operationality of country-level bodies CountrySTAT and publication of

the panorama report

• Implementation and development of CountrySTAT and UEMOASTAT

• Strengthening technical and operational capacities

• CountrySTAT external communication

• Preparation of Food Balance Sheets (BA)



4 MAIN ACTIVITIES

• Design, adaptation, installation and update of CountrySTAT and

UEMOASTAT – Design, adaptation and installation of CountrySTAT and UEMOASTAT website

– Updating CountrySTAT and UEMOASTAT website

• Operationality of country-level bodies CountrySTAT and publication of

panorama reports – Preparation, approval and signature of the legal texts of the three country-level bodies CountrySTAT

(National Secretariat of CountrySTAT, CountrySTAT Technical Working Group and CountrySTAT

Coordination Advisory Committee)

– Implementation and operationality of the three national bodies CountrySTAT

– Regular monitoring and control of CountrySTAT by the three country-level bodies

– Preparation and publication of panorama reports I and II

• Strengthening technical and operational capacities – On-site training of focal points

– 2 refresher trainings for CountrySTAT National Secretariat team

– 4 workshops for CountrySTAT Advisory Coordinating Committee country guidelines and

recommendations

– A national seminar evaluation CountrySTAT



4 MAIN ACTIVITIES

• Implementation and development of CountrySTAT and UEMOASTAT - Organization of UEMOA / FAO Circular and technical support missions in UEMOA three countries and headquarters

- Preparation of detailed work plan, budget and Memorandum of Understanding

- Organization of Technical Working Group meetings TWG (Collection / Centralization, analysis, harmonization,

validation and compilation of data and metadata information, analysis and resolution of discrepancies and

inconsistencies in the data)

- Upload of data and metadata available on the Internet and on CD-ROM with CountrySTAT system

- Evaluation, development and upload in the "Thematic module" of relevant statistical indicators to countries such as:

Publication of results of agricultural censuses and surveys, Food Balance Sheets, Agricultural Statistics Yearbook,

etc..

- Comparison of data from FAOSTAT and CountrySTAT with CompSTAT, analysis and resolution of discrepancies and

inconsistencies in the data

- Organization of the official launch ceremony of the 3 CountrySTATs and UEMOASTAT with media coverage

• External communication CountrySTAT - 2 regional training workshops for national administrators CountrySTAT

- Organization of 2 CountrySTAT consultative meetings

- Organizing 1 UEMOA regional workshop for exchange of experiences between countries and joint problem solving

- Participation in 1 Group Reference Meetings of PC-Axis

- Participation in teleconferences

- Development and implementation of communications strategy at the national level

• Preparation of Food Balance Sheets (BA)




• FAO, East Africa Community and Italian Cooperation, signed in June and

August 2011 a project agreement, which will help from October 2011 to

September 2014 to support the implementation and development of system

CountrySTAT Burundi and East Africa Community headquarters.

• The project aims to contribute to regional integration and the implementation of

the Strategy for Agricultural and Rural Development of East Africa Community

and food security policies in the Member States with the availability and access

to relevant data, harmonized and reliable information on food and agriculture

as part of a sustainable system of agricultural statistics. This will be achieved

through: - Implementation and development of CountrySTAT-Burundi and EACSTAT at EAC Headquarters

- Establishment and development of a system for monitoring food security indicators (Food Balance Sheets and

Supply Utilization Account) and producer prices in Kenya and Uganda

- Ensuring better Integration of agriculture statistical system in the National Strategy for the Development of

Statistics (NSDS) in Burundi and Kenya

- Strengthening of technical capacity of national staff in five EAC countries and at the EAC Secretariat through

training on the concepts, definitions and advanced methodologies for data collection

• Donor Contribution (Italian Cooperation): 1,000,000 $ US

OVERVIEW OF GTFS/RAF/465/ITA EAC PROJECT - "CountrySTAT Burundi and EACSTAT

– Capacity building of selected Member States of East African Community in Agricultural

Statistics for Food Security "

2 STRATEGY AND RESOURCES pour CountrySTAT et EACSTAT

The project strategy will include the following:

• Country level: Implementation of a CountrySTAT National Secretariat in Burundi with a minimum of 3

qualified national staff (Statistics, IT and Communication), adequate resources allocated to the regular work

program and an institutional environment conducive to continued collaboration and data sharing among the

major producers of data.

• Regional level: Building technical capacity within East Africa Community (1 Regional Coordinator official of

EAC, 1 Expert Statistician, 1 Secretary) to support 5 EAC Member States and RegionSTAT.

• Global level: Provide of international standards (concepts, definitions and classifications, IT tools) by the

Statistics Division of FAO. Integration of CountrySTAT in the National Strategy for the Development of

Statistics (NSDS) and plans for implementation of the Global Strategy for Improving Agricultural and Rural

Statistics.

• Capacity building and ownership of the system to Burundi to ensure the sustainability of long-term results: on

the job training, workshops and seminars, meetings of international networks.

• Technical support missions (FAO experts short-term, national and regional experts, South-South

Cooperation).

• Acquisition of computer and office equipment : laptops, desktops, complete training kits, laser printer, copier,

scanner, UPS, USB keys and software licenses.





• Design, adaptation, installation and update CountrySTAT-

Burundi and EACSTAT

• Operationality of country-level bodies CountrySTAT-Burundi and

publication of the panorama reports

• Implementation and development of CountrySTAT-Burundi and

EACSTAT

• Strengthening technical and operational capacities

• CountrySTAT external communication




4 MAIN ACTIVITIES

• Design, adaptation, installation and update of CountrySTAT-Burundi

and EACSTAT - Design, adaptation and installation of CountrySTAT and EACSTAT websites

- Updating CountrySTAT and EACSTAT website

• Operationality of country-level bodies CountrySTAT-Burundi and

publication of the panorama reports - Preparation, approval and signature of the legal texts of the three country-level bodies CountrySTAT

(CountrySTAT National Secretariat, CountrySTAT Technical Working Group and CountrySTAT

Coordination Advisory Committee)

- Implementation and operationality of the three country-level bodies of CountrySTAT

- Regular monitoring and control of CountrySTAT by the three country-level bodies

- Preparation and publication of panorama reports I and II

• Strengthening technical and operational capacities - On-site training of focal points

- 2 refresher trainings for CountrySTAT National Secretariat teams

- 1 national seminar evaluation of CountrySTAT




4 MAIN ACTIVITIES

• Implementation and development of Burundi and CountrySTAT-EACSTAT - Organization of UEMOA / EAC Circular missions and technical support missions in Burundi and at the

headquarters of EAC

- Preparation of detailed work plan, budget and Memorandum of Understanding

- Organization of Technical Working Group meetings TWG (Collection / Centralization, analysis,

harmonization, validation and compilation of data and metadata information, analysis and resolution of

discrepancies and inconsistencies in the data)

- Download data and metadata available on the Internet and on CD-ROM with CountrySTAT system

- Evaluation, development and upload in the "Thematic module" of relevant statistical indicators to

countries such as: Publication of results of agricultural censuses and surveys, Food Balance Sheets,

Agricultural Statistics Yearbook, etc..

- Comparison of data from FAOSTAT and CountrySTAT with CompSTAT, analysis and resolution of

discrepancies and inconsistencies in the data

- Organization of CountrySTAT-Burundi and EACSTAT official launch ceremony with media coverage

• CountrySTAT-Burundi external communication - 2 regional training workshops for CountrySTAT national administrators

- Organization of 2 CountrySTAT consultative meetings

- Participation in 2 Group Reference Meetings of PC-Axis

- Participation in teleconferences

- Development and implementation of communications strategy at the national level




• CountrySTAT Algeria

• CountrySTAT Congo-Brazzaville

• SADCSTAT and CountrySTAT of 10 remaining Members States of SADC (Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mauritius, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland et Zimbabwe)

OTHER CountrySTAT PROJETS IN AFRICA

• Naman Keita, ESS, Project Manager:

[email protected]

• Paul N’GOMA-KIMBATSA, ESS, Project Lead

Technical Officer : [email protected]

• CountrySTAT-Team-List : CountrySTAT-Team-

[email protected]

CountrySTAT Contacts

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