Cap Town, South Africa: 21-23 January 2012

Statistics DivisionEconomic Affairs DepartmentAfrica Union Commission (AUC)

Strategy for the Harmonisation of Statistics in African (SHaSA)

STATCOM -III

Content Introduction Priority statistical requirements; SHaSA ; Implementation mechanism ; Mapping exercise; Progress report; and Recommendations

Introduction The process of socio-economic, political and cultural

integration has always been a core concern of African leaders;

Since 1960 several initiatives and legal frameworks adopted at the highest level have succeeded to accelerate the integration process and to ensure its sons and daughters good quality, economic and social welfare;

For it to fully succeed and ensure that they achieve their objectives, it requires not only quality statistical information, but also harmonized data across time and space in all areas of African integration.

Priority statistical requirements

Policy frameworks structuring the African integration process allows us to highlight three major dimensions of integration, namely:

Political integration and regional and continental governance,

Economic integration, and

Social and cultural integration

Priority statistical areas of Priority statistical areas of integration

Dimensions Integration area Statistical area

Political integration and regional governance

Institutional organization Statistical reformsCommunity funding Autonomous alternative funding

Political governance and collective security Peace and securityGovernance

Economic integration

Trade integration Foreign tradeBalance of payments

Monetary and finance integration

Money and financePrice indexesPublic financeNational accounts

Economic cooperation and partnerships Investments Industry

Transport Transport infrastructuresEnergy Energy infrastructuresCommunication Communication infrastructures

EnvironmentAgricultureNatural resourcesEnvironmental management and climate change

Social and cultural integration

Education Education and literacyScience and technology

Health Health

Regional and continental citizenship DemographyMigration

Culture, Sports and leisure Tourism

Women and youths Gender, EmploymentSocial protection

Human development Human developmentPoverty

What is SHaSA?

SHaSA: continental effort that directly supports the African integration agenda;

Objectives:

Identifying key priority areas of the African integration process that need to be underpinned by statistics;

Assessing the state of the ASS and various initiatives on statistical harmonisation; and

Elaborating a continental Strategy for the production and dissemination of quality harmonised statistics to inform African development and integration efforts

Jointly prepared by AUC, AfDB and ECA

3- Les difficultésStrategic Theme 1:

To Produce Quality

Statistics for Africa

Strategic Theme 2: To Coordinate the

Production of Quality Statistics for Africa

Strategic Theme 3: To Build sustainable

Institutional Capacity of the African

Statistical System Strategic Theme 4:

To Inculcate a Culture of

Quality Decision-making

Reliable and harmonized statistical

information, covering all aspects of political, economic, social

Strategic themes

Strategic Theme 1: To Produce Quality Statistics for Africa

Strategic objective 1: To Expand

the Statistical

Information Base

Strategic objective 2:

To Transform

existing Statistics for Comparabili

ty

Strategic objective 3:

To Harmonise Standards

and Methods of Statistical Production

Strategic Theme 2: To Coordinate the Production of Quality

Statistics for AfricaStrategic

objective 1: To Strengthen Cooperation

among Institutions within the

African Statistical

System

Strategic objective 2: To Establish an effective

Coordination Mechanism

Strategic objective 3: To Define Statistical

Priorities to Implement

the Integration

Agenda

Strategic Theme 3: To Build sustainable Institutional Capacity

of the AfricanStatistical SystemStrategic

objective 1: To Ensure

the Autonomy

of Production

.

Strategic objective 2:

To Build sustainable statistical Capacity.

Strategic objective 3:

To Establish

an effective

technological

Environment

Strategic Theme 4: To Inculcate a Culture of Quality Decision-

making

Strategic objective 1: To Drive evidence-based Decisions through the Use

of Statistics.

Strategic objective 2: To

Improve Communication

of Statistical Information

No STG Leader LC Composition01 Governance, Peace & Security AUC Tunisia/Rwanda ECA, AfDB, ACBF, RECs, MS

02 External Sector (External Trade & Balance of Payments) AUC Zambia ECA, AfDB, ACBF, RECs, Afristat, MS

03 Money & Finance AACB AUC, ECA, AfDB, ACBF, RECs, MS

04 National Accounts & Price Statistics AfDB South-Africa AUC, ECA, ACBF, RECs, Afristat, MS

05 Infrastructure, Industries & Tourism AfDB Algeria AUC, ECA, ACBF, RECs, MS

06 Public Finance, Private Sector & Investments AfDB AUC, ECA, ACBF, RECs, Afristat, MS

07 Science, Technology & Education AUC Nigeria AUC, ECA, ACBF, RECs, MS

08

Demography, Migrations, Health, Human Development, Social Protection & Gender UNECA Ghana/Zimbabwe AUC, AfDB, ACBF, RECs, Afristat, MS

09 Agriculture, Environment & Natural Resources UNECA Mozambique AUC, AfDB, ACBF, RECs, FAO, MS

10 Statistical Training & Capacity Building ,UNECA ENSEA AUC, EAC, RECs, MS

11 Informal Sector Afristat Cameroon AUC, AfDB, UNECA, RECs, MS

12 Classification UNECA AUC, AfDB, Afristat, RECs, MS

13 Civil Registration and Vital Statistics UNECA Maurice/Sénégal AUC, AfDB, Afristat, RECs, MS

14African Group on Statistical Harmonization

AUC South Africa AUC, AfDB, Afristat, RECs, MS

The need for mapping! Mapping onto SHaSA various ongoing initiatives,

frameworks and strategies:

Provide a one-stop document of engagement with policy makers in fostering the statistical and integration agenda; and

Mapping existing statistical initiatives to support different integration processes;

Show how each initiative will contribute to the realization of SHaSA strategic objectives;

Mapping of: Statistical governance Frameworks and strategies Statistical initiatives

A map of statistical governance

A map of statistical principles, frameworks, and strategies in Africa

Integration areas and existing initiatives: Economic integration dimension

Integration area Statistical area Statistical initiative

Trade

Wholesale & retail trade, motor trade, hotels and restaurants African Strategy for the Implementation of the 2008 System of National Accounts

Balance of paymentsStrategy for the harmonization of International Merchandise Trade Statistics (IMTS)

Foreign trade

Prices Implementation Plan for the International Comparison Program for (ICP-Africa)

Monetary and finance integration

Currency and financePublic finance

African Monetary Cooperation Programme

Economic cooperation and partnerships

National accountsInvestments

African Strategy for the Implementation of the 2008 System of National Accounts

Transport Transport infrastructures Infrastructure Statistics

Industry ManufacturingAfrican Strategy for the Implementation of the 2008 System of National Accounts

Energy Energy infrastructures Infrastructure statistics

Energy Energy infrastructures Infrastructure statistics

Integration areas and existing initiatives: Social and cultural dimension

Integration areaStatistical

areaStatistical initiative

LabourLabour Statistics

Labour Market Information System Coordination and Harmonization Framework Informal sector

Education

Education and literacy

Plan of Action of the Second Decade of Education

STPA (AGROST)

Science and technology

Health HealthCRVSMDGs

Regional and continental citizenship

Demography CRVS2010 Round of PHC

Migration

Art, culture, sports and leisure

TourismAfrican Strategy for the SNA 2008

Women and youths

GenderGender statistics

Social protection

Labour Market Information System Coordination and Harmonization Framework

Human development

Human development

Africa Implementation Plan for of the Global Strategy on Improving Agricultural Statistics

Poverty MDGs (Development indicators)

Create African Group on Harmonisation of Statistics (AGSHa);

MembershipChair: South Africa1st Vice Chair: Cote d’Ivoire2nd Vice Chair: Uganda1st Rapporteur: Egypt2nd Rapporteur: CameroonSecretariat: AUCSupport Partners: UNECA, AfDB & ACBFREC partners

Member States: Senegal, Cote d’Ivoire, Nigeria, Ghana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Egypt, Tunisia, South Africa, Malawi, Mozambique, Angola, Cameroon, and Congo

Progress Report on SHaSA

Terms of Reference

Coordinate development and review of Implementation plan for SHaSA;

Coordinate development and review of Implementation framework for African Charter on Statistics

Coordinate Monitoring and Evaluation of Implementation of SHaSA and Charter

Peer reviewAnnual report to Committee of DGs and Ministers of

finance, planning and economic development.

Progress Report on SHaSA (cont’d)

Progress Report on SHaSA (cont’d)

Strategic Theme

Strategic objective

Strategic initiative Activities

Key performance indicators

Timeframe Responsibility

Strategic initiative

Strategic initiative

Strategic initiative

Strategic objective

Strategic objective

Strategic objective

Report of various pilars Specialist Groups AGROST;Labour and Informal Sector (minimum list of

indicators, Action Plan and harmonized questionnaire on employment adopted and );

National Account;Infrastructure and knowledge programme;Action Plan for the Second Decade of Education;Trade statistics;Agriculture; CRVS;Development indicators;Etc.

Progress Report on SHaSA (cont’d)

Specialised technical groups to align work programme to SHaSA strategy template ;

StatCom/CoDG to agree on lead countries for specialized technical groups ;

StatCom/CoDG to adopt Action Plan of SHaSA ; StatCom/CoDG to consider progress report ; Ministers Conference to endorse progress report

on SHaSARECs to incorporate SHaSA in regional strategy;Countries to incorporate SHaSA in NSDS;AGSHa to monitor, report and evaluate the

Implementation of SHaSA.

Recommendations

Thank you for your kind attention!

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