UN Regional Seminar on Promotion and Utilization of

UN Regional Seminar on Promotion and Utilization of Census Results and on Revision of the Principles and Recommendations for PHCs Building Partnerships for Enhanced Analysis and Utilization of Census Data Pretoria 25 March 2014

Outline 1 Background 2 Strategy for Data Analysis and Dissemination – an overview 3 Key Elements of the Strategy

1 Background 1 27 years of civil war and short-term/emergencydriven planning 2 Low culture of evidence-based policy making 3 Limited capacity to analyze and interpret data 4 Upcoming PHC 2014 (May), the first in 44 years – Major Opportunity to: § Respond to growing demand for statistics for decision-making § Strengthen the national (INE and Academia) capacity to analyze and interpret data

2 Strategy for Data Analysis and Dissemination – An overview § Based on Three main pillars: § Timely publication of results § Preliminary results – 3 months after data collection § Final results – up to 18 months after data collection § Strengthening of Institutional and Technical Capacity § Enhancing the use of the PHC data for evidencebased policy making at all levels (National, Provincial, municipality)

2 Strategy for Data Analysis and Dissemination – An overview § Identification of key stakeholders/users led to plans for drafting 8 thematic reports and other products § Partnerships at the core of the strategy: § Stakeholders groups – for regular consultations, fostering producer-user communication and building users’ ownership of the reports § Mo. U with key universities – for ensuring university researchers to participate, including access to the microdata for academic research at a later stage § Sister and UN Agencies – for direct technical support or for help in identifying international experts

3 Key Elements of the Strategy Main themes Identified § Demography - Migration, civil registration, Mortality, … § Women characteristics – Fertility, maternal mortality, … § Education - Highest level attended, access to primary and secondary education, … § Housing, household characteristics and environment - Water and sanitation, waste disposal, … § Children characteristics Orphanhood, civil registration, child labor, … § Youth characteristics – Employment, access to ICT, … § Economic activity characteristics § Gender characteristics

3 Key Elements of the Strategy Enhanced Stakeholders’ Participation § A Stakeholders Committee established for consultation throughout the drafting process § At least 3 consultations workshops will be organized for: § Feedback gathering on plans of analysis; § First draft of the reports; § Official Launching of thematic reports

3 Key Elements of the Strategy Technical Teams § A professional firm will be hired for technical support and coordination § Teams for each theme will be structure into 3 levels to ensure capacity building and nationally contextualized content: § Thematic Expert (provided by the consultant firm) § Data Analyst (provided by the consultant firm) § National Analysts (INE staff or experts hired locally)

Thank you (Obrigado)