High-Level Advocacy Forum on Statistics, 30 July 2009, Port of Spain

High-Level Advocacy Forum on StatisticsPort of Spain, 30 July 2009

Mobilisation of Resources: Support to the Development of Statistics in

CARICOM

Presentation by

Mohamed-El-Heyba BERROUManager, PARIS21 Secretariat

High-Level Advocacy Forum on Statistics, 30 July 2009, Port of Spain

Outline of Presentation

• Introduction to PARIS21

• PARIS21 in CARICOM

• NSDS as the basis for Resource

Mobilisation

• Advocacy for Resource Mobilisation

• Conclusion

High-Level Advocacy Forum on Statistics, 30 July 2009, Port of Spain

From 1999 – 2009 International partnership of users and producers

of statistics for development – Policy makers– Analysts– Statisticians– Including all present !

PARIS21 Consortium

High-Level Advocacy Forum on Statistics, 30 July 2009, Port of Spain

PARIS21

Goal to develop a culture of evidence-based policy making and implementation which serves to improve governance and government effectiveness in reducing poverty and achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

For better development outcomes

High-Level Advocacy Forum on Statistics, 30 July 2009, Port of Spain

Managing for development resultsGreater awareness and focus on need for

good statistics and return on investment in statistics emphasised:

International Fora– Marrakech MfDR Roundtable, 2004– Hanoi MfDR Roundtable, 2007– Aid effectiveness (Rome, Paris, Accra)

Frameworks– Poverty Reduction Strategies– Millennium Development Goals

High-Level Advocacy Forum on Statistics, 30 July 2009, Port of Spain

PARIS21 in the CARICOM region

High-Level Advocacy Forum on Statistics, 30 July 2009, Port of Spain

PARIS21 in the Caribbean

PARIS21 has focused on poorest regions but recognises special situations of SIDS

Collaboration with CARICOM region so far:– June 2008 Advisory Group on Statistics Belize– Feb 2009 SIDS meeting in New York– July 2009 Workshop on NSDS in Trinidad

Planned Oct – Nov 2009

- NSDS and advocacy activities

Barbados, Jamaica and Suriname

High-Level Advocacy Forum on Statistics, 30 July 2009, Port of Spain

National Strategies for the Development of Statistics (NSDS)

A dynamic process: For design and implementation of NSDSsProvides coherent, medium-term framework for

better statistics and capacity building Provides basis for scaling-up of resourcesAnd for coordination across national statistical

systems and between donors

Better use of better statistics

High-Level Advocacy Forum on Statistics, 30 July 2009, Port of Spain

NSDS as the basis for resource mobilisation

Global economic crisis again highlights critical need for good quality statistics

NSDS can provide framework for consensus on funding National governments must take lead Supported by cooperating partners

PARIS21 can help countries to design NSDSs and to make the case for financing

High-Level Advocacy Forum on Statistics, 30 July 2009, Port of Spain

Weakstatistics

How to break the Vicious Cycle….How to break the Vicious Cycle….

Weak demand

Low funding

High-Level Advocacy Forum on Statistics, 30 July 2009, Port of Spain

…..by creating a Virtuous Cycle

BetterStatistics Increased

demand

Bettercoordination

Increased, better spentresources

High-Level Advocacy Forum on Statistics, 30 July 2009, Port of Spain

Advocacy for resource mobilisation

PRESSPartner Support on Support to Statistics

High-Level Advocacy Forum on Statistics, 30 July 2009, Port of Spain

Peer Reviews

Tanzania Malawi Mozambique

High-Level Advocacy Forum on Statistics, 30 July 2009, Port of Spain

Country Advocacy brochures

High-Level Advocacy Forum on Statistics, 30 July 2009, Port of Spain

In conclusionWe all need to keep in mind:• Value of statistics in upstream AND downstream

policy processes; and for more effective aid• NSDSs can provide a vision and action plan for

better statistics and capacity building; and a framework for coordination between producers of statistics and between donors

• Need for and returns from investing in statistics• Need for more support from cooperating

partners within the context of NSDSs