Cooperation – Partnership by

Awa ThionganeUNECA/ACS

WorkshopReview of the RRSF

Implementation

OutlineOutline

• Cooperation : Why?

• African Context - Myriad of Stakeholders

• Cooperation: Practice

• South-south Cooperation -Triangular Cooperation

• Statistical capacity building

• Funding mechanisms

• Coordination

• Issues for Discussions

SSC Weaknesses

SSC

• No proper assessment

• No monitoring and evaluation mechanism

• No comparison against benchmarks set

• Donors and recipients– To put in place proper M&E system

– To establish or participate in existing coordinating forums

TC

– Traditional donors – as key partners to the process - have greater influence and say over the way of implementing development aid project shape

African Union Africa Action Plan NEPAD Programme

• Africa Action Plan (AAP) for the continent development

• Areas of focus:– Infrastructure– Agriculture and food security– Health– Education– Science and technology– Trade and industry– Environment – Peace and security– Governance– Gender development

African Union – NEPAD Programme• Key objectives of the Africa Action Plan (AAP) for the

continent development– To mobilize sufficient resources for the implementation of Africa’s

priority– To harmonize and synchronize AU/NEPAD programmes/projects for

effective and efficient implementation– To prepare a platform for programmes/projects collaboration and

partnership– To facilitate the monitoring and evaluation of priority

programmes/projects at national, sub-regional and continental levels with the AU/NEPAD , RECs and other African institutions as part of fast-tracking implementation

BackgroundBackground

• Past experiences of cooperation– Resident technical assistants

– Financing statistical activities

– Twining

– Short term experts

Background Background (contd.)(contd.)

Includes both Includes both

(a) grants to nationals of aid recipient countries receiving (a) grants to nationals of aid recipient countries receiving education or training at home or abroad, and education or training at home or abroad, and

(b) payments to consultants, advisers and similar personnel as (b) payments to consultants, advisers and similar personnel as well as teachers and administrators serving in recipient well as teachers and administrators serving in recipient countries, (including the cost of associated equipment). countries, (including the cost of associated equipment).

Assistance of this kind provided specifically to facilitate the Assistance of this kind provided specifically to facilitate the implementation of a capital project is included implementation of a capital project is included indistinguishably among bilateral project and programme indistinguishably among bilateral project and programme expenditures, and not separately identified as technical co-expenditures, and not separately identified as technical co-operation in statistics of aggregate flows.operation in statistics of aggregate flows.

Source: Glossary of Key Terms and Concepts. From the "Development Co-operation Report: Efforts and Policies of Members of the

Development Assistance Committee".

Background Background (contd.)(contd.)

Includes both Includes both

(a) grants to nationals of aid recipient countries receiving (a) grants to nationals of aid recipient countries receiving education or training at home or abroad, and education or training at home or abroad, and

(b) payments to consultants, advisers and similar personnel as (b) payments to consultants, advisers and similar personnel as well as teachers and administrators serving in recipient well as teachers and administrators serving in recipient countries, (including the cost of associated equipment). countries, (including the cost of associated equipment).

Assistance of this kind provided specifically to facilitate the Assistance of this kind provided specifically to facilitate the implementation of a capital project is included implementation of a capital project is included indistinguishably among bilateral project and programme indistinguishably among bilateral project and programme expenditures, and not separately identified as technical co-expenditures, and not separately identified as technical co-operation in statistics of aggregate flows.operation in statistics of aggregate flows.

Source: Glossary of Key Terms and Concepts. From the "Development Co-operation Report: Efforts and Policies of Members of the

Development Assistance Committee".

Cooperation: Why? Cooperation: Why?

• Increasing Statistical demand: requirements of the results-based agenda (in an changing environment)– National:

• Democracy and good governance (to hold Government accountable – effective use of resources)

• Macro-economic policy management – sectoral programmes

• Decentralization (public actions for the benefice of people), etc.

– Sub-regional and regional:• Development and Integration agenda

– International: • Development goals and various programme monitoring

• Question– Ability of countries to produce required statistical information

– Gap Need for technical cooperation

Cooperation: What? Cooperation: What?

Cooperation issues include:

Statistical capacity building Governance Funding mechanisms Coordination

International Cooperation: SCBInternational Cooperation: SCB

• Building NSS – Meeting requirements of results-based agenda in general

– Structural factors

• Legal and institutional framework

• Adequate financial and human resources

• Adequate IT and geo-information infrastructure

– Programme factors

• Regional programme of data collection ..

• Building good governance– Professional independence (principle 1 of the Charter)

– Clear mandate for data collection (principle 2 of the Charter)

* supported by strong political commitment (budgetary dependence)

• Knowledge transfer – Almost all subject-matters

– Networks for experience sharing

Funding Mechanisms Funding Mechanisms

• Bilateral (tied or not aid)– Technology in census data processing

• Multilateral – AfDB ( not only in the framework of ICP-Africa but also through

sectoral projects including good governance with a component on Statistical capacity building)

– World Bank• Trust fund for statistical capacity building (TFSCB)

• STATCAP (first loan facility dedicated to statistics)

• Statistics for Results Facility (SRF)

• Sectoral loans

– European Union • Direct funding (through European Development Fund provided that

statistics is mentioned as priority sector) • Funding through sub-regional organizations

Funding Mechanisms Funding Mechanisms

• Bilateral (tied or not aid)– Technology in census data processing

• Multilateral – AfDB ( not only in the framework of ICP-Africa but also through

sectoral projects including good governance with a component on Statistical capacity building)

– World Bank• Trust fund for statistical capacity building (TFSCB)

• STATCAP (first loan facility dedicated to statistics)

• Statistics for Results Facility (SRF)

• Sectoral loans

• Mechanisms: – Projects / programme funding versus budgetary aid

– Basket fund for statistics (refer to Charter)

Shareholding: 77 countries-Non-regional: 24 countries- Regional: 53 countries

AfDB: a key player during the last AfDB: a key player during the last 6 years6 years

60%

- Funding statistical activities of African countries- Grants - Concessional loans for sectoral projects / programmes

Cooperation: Practice Cooperation: Practice

• Donor-driven vs. Demand-driven/ nationally owned

• One size fits all vs. Responsive to national conditions

• Competition among donors (own agendas) vs. Suitable and effective coordination mechanism

Negative consequences:– No predictability

– No articulation with development priorities

– Creation of new competing data collection channel

– No sustainable acquisition of knowledge (transfer of knowledge not embedded in adequate institutional arrangements)

– Competing figures

– Etc.

Africa Context Africa Context

Africa’s context is characterized by:

– A myriad of sub-regional economic groupings (RECs) and a sub-regional statistical organization (AFRISTAT) – RECS generally have statistical units

– Numerous external partners dealing with countries, RECs, and regional organizations (AfDB, AUC and ECA)

• AfDB having non-regional members

• ECA being part of the UN system

• ACBF has a role to play in statistics

• The African Statistical Coordination Committee (ASCC) established to ensure coordination at regional level

Sub-regional stakeholdersSub-regional stakeholders

ECOWAS

Algeria LibyaMorocco TunisiaMauritania

Cape Verde NigeriaGambia

Benin TogoCote d’Ivoire MaliSenegal NigerGuinea Burkina Bissau Faso

Sao Tome and Principe

CameroonCentral African R.ChadGabonEquato. GuineaRep. Congo

EgyptSudanEritreaEthiopiaDjibouti

ComorosMadagascar

KenyaUganda

MalawiZambiaZimbabweNamibiaSwaziland

MauritiusSeychelles

MozambiqueBotswanaLesothoSouth Africa

AngolaDR Congo

Tanzania

BurundiRwanda

EAC

SADC

AMU

CEMAC

ECCAS

WAMZ

WAEMU

COMESA

Ghana

LiberiaSierra Leone

ECOWAS

Algeria LibyaMorocco TunisiaMauritania

Cape Verde NigeriaGambia

Benin TogoCote d’Ivoire MaliSenegal NigerGuinea Burkina Bissau Faso

Cape Verde NigeriaGambia

Benin TogoCote d’Ivoire MaliSenegal NigerGuinea Burkina Bissau Faso

Sao Tome and Principe

CameroonCentral African R.ChadGabonEquato. GuineaRep. Congo

Sao Tome and Principe

CameroonCentral African R.ChadGabonEquato. GuineaRep. Congo

EgyptSudanEritreaEthiopiaDjibouti

ComorosMadagascar

KenyaUganda

MalawiZambiaZimbabweNamibiaSwaziland

MauritiusSeychelles

MozambiqueBotswanaLesothoSouth Africa

AngolaDR Congo

Tanzania

BurundiRwanda

EAC

SADC

AMU

CEMAC

ECCAS

WAMZ

WAEMU

COMESA

Ghana

LiberiaSierra Leone

Reunion

IOC

External StakeholdersExternal Stakeholders

RECs

ECA

OtherSub-regional

organizations

AU/NEPAD

World Bank

Bilateral Cooperat.Agencies

EuropeanUnion

Paris21

AfDB

AFRISTAT

AFRITAC

Statistical TrainingCentres

ACBF

NationalStatistical

System

NSOs /Data

Producers of Other

Countries

EUROSTAT

IMF

UN Specialized Agencies

UNSD

UN Programs

Other external data Users/Providers

Main responsiblities of regional Main responsiblities of regional StakeholdersStakeholders

Principles guiding cooperation Principles guiding cooperation

Paris Declaration on Aid EffectivenessParis Declaration on Aid Effectiveness

Accra action Plan (2008)Accra action Plan (2008)• 5 key principles:

– Country ownership of development implementation

– Donor alignment with partner country development strategies

– Harmonization of donor development approaches and activities

– Managing for better results through national development strategies and performance frameworks

– Mutual accountability between partners and donors

South-south CooperationSouth-south Cooperation

• UN

– UN Conference on technical Cooperation and Developing countries (TCDC) 1978 Buenos Aires Plan of Action = Foundation of south-south cooperation (SSC)

– Special Unit for SSC under the UNDP to promote, coordinate and support SSC and TC on a global and UN system-wide basis – UNTFSSC), UNDP funds, etc.

– UNCTAD and ECOSOC also promoted SSC

• OECD/DAC countries and World Bank – focus on aid effectiveness

New trends: SSC and TCNew trends: SSC and TC

• South-south Cooperation (SSC)– Processes, institutions and arrangements to promote (in this case)

technical cooperation among developing countries

– Mutual benefit should be pursued

** Role of South Africa in statistical development in Africa during the 6 last years (ASSD – Activities in SADC region- ISI WSC)

• Triangular Cooperation (TC)

PartnershipDonor

CountryPivotal Country

Beneficiary Country

Pivotal RECsor

South-south CooperationSouth-south Cooperation

• Identification of areas where progress where required on the PD:– Country ownership to be strengthened– Partnership and delivery to be more effective and inclusive– More delivery and accounting for development results

• NGOs to play be greater role in improving aid effectiveness

• PD principles to apply equally within the sector too

International Cooperation: International Cooperation: findings findings

• World-wide (Implementation of the FP – UNSD, 2004)

– 96% of respondents: NSOs involved in IC projects last 5 years

– 55% as recipients only – 11% as donors only – 29% as both

• Africa

– New survey to be conducted soon

International Cooperation: International Cooperation: Requirements Requirements

• Donors’ coordination to take place at country level

• Priorities defined by national authority

• Donor’s resources to supplement government funding

• Driven by country ‘s requests

• Cover specific activities in accordance with the plan

– Effective delivery of TA

– Coordination of support at national and international levels

– National data vs international data

– No coordination mechanism at sub-regional level

– Donors support to be channeled through NSDS implementation

International Cooperation: Means International Cooperation: Means

• Training

– 96% of respondents: NSOs involved in IC projects last 5 years

– 55% as recipients only – 11% as donors only – 29% as both

• Advisory services

• Regional and sub-regional projects aiming at

– strengthening the capacity of NSOs

– Improving SSC (incl. intraregional cooperation)

• Study tours (individual training)

ReferencesReferences

• Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics (1994)

– Principle 10: International cooperation

“Bilateral and multilateral cooperation in statistics contributes in the improvement of system of official statistics in all countries”

• Declaration of Principles for Statistical Activities in International Organizations (2005)

– Principle 10:

“Bilateral and multilateral cooperation in statistics contribute to the professional growth of statisticians involved and to the improvement of statistics in the organizations and in countries”

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