International perspective Presentation by PARIS 21 Secretariat PARIS

International perspective Presentation by PARIS 21 Secretariat PARIS 21/CARICOM Workshop on NSDS, Trinidad and Tobago, 27 -29 July 2009

About PARIS 21 • Partnership in Statistics for Development in the 21 st Century (= PARIS 21) • Established in November 1999, Secretariat hosted by OECD/DCD in Paris • Goal: to develop a culture of evidence-based policy making and implementation ……. in reducing poverty and achieving the MDGs • Managing for Development Results and Statistical Capacity Building at heart of PARIS 21’s work PARIS 21/CARICOM Workshop on NSDS, Trinidad and Tobago, 27 -29 July 2009

Developing Countries OECD Countries and Multilaterals Policy makers Ministers of Finance, Sector Ministers, etc. Development Agencies, WB, IMF, RDB, etc. Partnership Statisticians Central Stat. Office, Sector Units, Central Banks, etc. OECD Statistics Office Mngers, UN Specialised Agencies; Stat. units in intl orgs PARIS 21/CARICOM Workshop on NSDS, Trinidad and Tobago, 27 -29 July 2009

Objectives of PARIS 21 partners • To promote evidence-based policy and decisionmaking, by encouraging: – increased demand for and use of statistics – building capacity to produce and analyze statistics – more dialogue between producers and users of statistics • To ensure that resources, both national and international, are used most effectively …… • …… through well-planned national statistical systems focussed on user needs and integrated into national policy frameworks PARIS 21/CARICOM Workshop on NSDS, Trinidad and Tobago, 27 -29 July 2009

Focus of work programme On National Strategies for the Development of Statistics (NSDS): - Design, implementation, scaling-up resources - NSDSs emphasised at international fora: Marrakech, Hanoi Mf. DR Roundtables • Strategic planning recognised as crucial to statistical development to: – Address data limitations, prioritize data needs, coordinate statistical programmes – Integrate statistics within policy and budgetary processes PARIS 21/CARICOM Workshop on NSDS, Trinidad and Tobago, 27 -29 July 2009

Target Marrakech Action Plan for Statistics set a target: • “to mainstream strategic planning of statistical systems and prepare National Strategies for the Development of Statistics for all low-income countries by 2006…. ” • “…. . and to have started to implement them by the following year with a view towards having better data to monitor progress towards national and international development goals by 2010” PARIS 21/CARICOM Workshop on NSDS, Trinidad and Tobago, 27 -29 July 2009

Why now? • • Greater emphasis on evidence and managing for development results (Mf. DR) e. g. in PRS and MDG monitoring Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness: Better statistics needed by donors to inform aid allocation and monitoring Need for better use of better statistics for better development outcomes Investment in statistics will pay for itself many times over by improving the efficiency of resource allocation PARIS 21/CARICOM Workshop on NSDS, Trinidad and Tobago, 27 -29 July 2009

NDP and NSDS National policy and planning frameworks Frameworks for statistical development HIS, EIS, etc NSDS GDDS NDP M&E National Development Plan PARIS 21/CARICOM Workshop on NSDS, Trinidad and Tobago, 27 -29 July 2009 Other

Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness Aim: Mutual accountability between donors and partner countries to deliver more effective aid PARIS 21/CARICOM Workshop on NSDS, Trinidad and Tobago, 27 -29 July 2009