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UN-ESCWA
FUTURE CHALLENGES OF THE STATISTICAL CAPACITY
DEVELOPMENT IN THE ARAB REGIONJuraj Riecan
Director, UN-ESCWA Statistics Division
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Capacity development
Capacity development it is not only trainingSkills
Infrastructure
Knowledge
Experience
Cooperation
Institutional
setup
Legalframewor
k
Organizational
plattform
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Data Revolution
Post 2015 development agenda: Broader than the Millennium agenda Higher demand for statistical evidence Comparable but with a local focus
Photo: World Bank
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New challenges for Arab statistics
Societal development and well being Human rights Governance
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Lessons learned from MDGs
International reporting / lack of national ownerhip
Data variations: national vs. international Detached from national policy issues Top-down vs. Bottom-up approach
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Official statistics vs. other sources
Abundance of data from NGOs, private research, Big Data etc.:
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Role of official statistics Public good, available to all users Impartiality (no bias towards sponsors) Professionalism, reliability Consistency and comparability
UNITED NATIONSFUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF OFFICIAL
STATISTICS
1992 1994 2013
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Regional partnership
UN ESCWA League of Arab States Arab Institute for Training and Research in
Statistics SESRIC (Organization for Islamic Cooperation) Development banks (IsDB, WB) IMF / METAC UN agencies European Union and OECD
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Regional challenges
Limited availability of data Coordination between various producers of
data Linking policy areas needs with statistical
programmes – making statistics effective tool in policy making
Implementation of the Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics
Use of administrative registers and records Data quality frameworks
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Thematic areas
System of National Accounts and integrated economic statistics
Civil registration and vital statistics Labour statistics, incl. quality of work Environment statistics and System of
Environment Economic Accounting (SEEA) Agriculture and rural development
statistics Gender sensitive indicators Governance Human rights
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Role of national statistical systems
Stakeholders: National and local policy makers Civil society International community
National capacity building National coordination – role of the
national statistical office Cost efficiency – in order to produce more
and higher frequency data Administrative data & statistical registers
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Small area statistics Linking statistical and geospatial information Spatial analysis Identifying geographical disparities
Geo-referenced data Regional Committee for UN-GGIM for Arab States
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United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western
Asia
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