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Statistical Capacity Building for MDG Monitoring: Practice and Vision

The German experience

International Conference on the Millennium

Development Goals Statistics

Manila, 1-3 October 2007

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MDG monitoring poses new challenges for national statistical institutions

High-quality statistics can only be produced by well managed statistical systems with a strategic outlook

Assistance in methodological and conceptual matters remains a priority

Attention to common needs and to individual concerns

Demand side

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Vision: Supply side

Strategic and managerial capacities should be strengthened in parallel with assistance in statistical subject matters

Coherent MDG related training programs should be coordinated by the World Bank

Customised workshops should attend to individual needs of statistical offices

More Twinning projects should be launched to foster sustainable partnerships

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Practices and experience of the German Federal Statistical Office

We share our own experience in organisational restructuring and strategic repositioning with our partner offices

We conduct customized workshops on cross-sectional strategic and management topics of institutional development

We enter into long term institutional partnerships through Twinning projects

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Over 30 customized workshops with more than 400 participants on cross-sectional issues, i.a.

Strategic and annual programme planning Liaison with ministries Personnel management and human resource

development Monitoring of quality and program implementation Budget management and controlling IT planning, information management Dissemination Public relations and media contacts Project management

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Over 10 Twinning projects with partner offices in Europe and Asia based on

Strict demand orientation

Detailed specification of goals to be achieved

Ongoing monitoring of progress and goal achievement

Joint ownership and shared responsibilities

Mutual respect for culture and institutional conditions

have achieved

Quantifiable results

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Statistical Capacity Building for MDG monitoring• What remains to be done?

Establish a training network under the auspices of the WB Trust Fund for Statistical Capacity Building

Provide a platform for promoting best practices of national statistical offices and sharing success stories

Launch more Twinning projects

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