NSDS FROM DESIGN TO IMPLEMENTATION Caribbean Community Secretariat

NSDS: FROM DESIGN TO IMPLEMENTATION Caribbean Community Secretariat 2 nd meeting of the Advisory Group on Statistics San Ignacio – Belize 25 June 2008

KEY IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES ◘ Going from strategies to action ◘ Costing and funding ◘ Managing Change ◘ Monitoring and evaluation Caribbean Community Secretariat 2 nd meeting of the Advisory Group on Statistics San Ignacio – Belize 25 June 2008

FROM STRATEGIES TO ACTION PLAN (1) Vision Strategy Plans Caribbean Community Secretariat 2 nd meeting of the Advisory Group on Statistics San Ignacio – Belize 25 June 2008 10 -20+ years 3 -5 years 1 year The vision shapes the strategy, which in turn shapes the plans that support it The time horizon decreases as you descend, with plans typically looking only one year out. Certainty generally increases as time horizon decreases

FROM STRATEGIES TO ACTION PLAN (2) ◘ ACTION PLANNING § Medium and short-term objectives § What is to be done, by whom and when? § Guiding resource allocation § Focussing on objectives, results and outputs § Reporting, monitoring and evaluation ◘ ACTION AREAS § Changes to regulatory and management framework § Human resource development Caribbean Community Secretariat 2 nd meeting of the Advisory Group on Statistics San Ignacio – Belize 25 June 2008 § Investment and improvements in physical and statistical infrastructure § Statistical production and management

◘ Investment and recurrent costs COSTING ◘ Expected burden on national budget and external financing requirements ◘ How resources will be used: equipment, HR, censuses, surveys, etc ◘ Cost effectiveness: alternative approaches and comparison with costs in other countries Caribbean Community Secretariat 2 nd meeting of the Advisory Group on Statistics San Ignacio – Belize 25 June 2008

PLAN DE FINANCEMENT Costing of action plan Mali 20082012 2008 2009 2010 -2012 TOTAL Action plan 1000 Francs CFA Financing to be found 1000 Francs CFA Financing to be found TOTAL 2 788 874 898 274 9 203 611 6 781 963 9 763 750 21 756 235 17 493 986 Institutional development 1 063 370 418 050 1 559 800 5 170 250 7 793 420 7 148 100 Statistical production development 1 245 504 117 224 7 040 311 5 222 163 4 077 000 12 362 815 9 466 386 480 000 363 000 603 500 516 500 1 600 000 879 500 Analysis and dissemination

FUNDING ◘ Need commitment from government and external partners ◘ Set implementation within time frame of policy frameworks (e. g. PRS) and budgetary cycles ◘ Be realistic. Don’t frighten governments! ◘ Identify and attract potential development partners ◘ Some mechanisms…. Caribbean Community Secretariat 2 nd meeting of the Advisory Group on Statistics San Ignacio – Belize 25 June 2008 ◘ ◘ Regional funding Bilateral donors World Bank Statistics for Results Facility

FUNDING: World Bank ◘ TFSCB ◘ Multi-donor trust fund ◘ Close coordination with PARIS 21 ◘ Help to reduce poverty by strengthening evidence-base for decision making ◘ Grants < 400. 000 US $ ◘ Mainly for designing NSDS ◘ STATCAP ◘ Lending instrument for SCB ◘ Based on a Statistical master plan Caribbean Community Secretariat ◘ Covering the entire NSS 2 nd meeting of the Advisory Group on Statistics San Ignacio – Belize 25 June 2008 ◘ For implementing NSDS

FUNDING: SRF ◘ Statistics for Results Facility ◘ A new facility to support national partnership approaches in statistics ◘ A new way of working and a fund to provide incentives to work in this way ◘ Strengthened partnerships at country level ◘ Better link between sector-wide plans for statistics and needs of development policy ◘ Principles of the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness Caribbean Community Secretariat 2 nd meeting of the Advisory Group on Statistics San Ignacio – Belize 25 June 2008 ◘ Facility fund provides grants to fill financing gaps

CHANGE MANAGEMENT MANAGING CHANGE § Important and difficult issue affecting organisations, individuals and systems § Needs to be well planned and well managed § Change takes time - look for quick wins! CHANGING PEOPLE § Few “people” problems can be solved quickly. Importance of: § Leadership and management: communication, creating awareness, maintaining support § Engaging and motivating staff: individual job plans and appraisal and incentive systems; recognition of work done and delegation § Training! Caribbean Community Secretariat 2 nd meeting of the Advisory Group on Statistics San Ignacio – Belize 25 June 2008

MONITORING AND EVALUATION ◘ Management and accountability framework ◘ Performance indicators and reporting ◘ Monitoring to track implementation progress ◘ Evaluation should assess significant constraints, successes, achievements of NSDS ◘ Possible tools: NSDS ‘checklist’, peer reviews Caribbean Community Secretariat 2 nd meeting of the Advisory Group on Statistics San Ignacio – Belize 25 June 2008

LESSONS FROM OTHER REGIONS ◘ Guidance draws on lessons from partnership ◘ Involvement of e. g. Australia, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, Sweden in PARIS 21 regional workshops has shown NSDS guidance follows good national practices ◘ Each country has own specific needs; guidance is flexible ◘ Experience shows that subsequent plans are better than first plans (e. g. Malawi, Mozambique, Uganda) ◘ Consensus that NSDS is central in supporting statistical capacity building Caribbean Community Secretariat 2 nd meeting of the Advisory Group on Statistics San Ignacio – Belize 25 June 2008

◘ A good strategy is one that is RECAP ON IMPLEMENTATION PRINCIPLES implemented and achieves its goals on time and within fixed budget ◘ Depends on careful design, management ◘ NSDS needs to be achievable, flexible and responding to new demands for data and the changing environment ◘ Financing requirements need to respond to user needs but be realistic about resources ◘ Strategic management is a continuous process, building on what exists Caribbean Community Secretariat 2 nd meeting of the Advisory Group on Statistics San Ignacio – Belize 25 June 2008 ◘ NSDS design is only the beginning!!!