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Seminar on the Implementation of the System of National Accounts 2008 (SNA 2008) 14-16 June 2010, Jolly Beach, Resort,

CARI COM. Seminar on the Implementation of the System of National Accounts 2008 (SNA 2008) 14-16 June 2010, Jolly Beach, Resort, Antigua and Barbuda. CARI COM.

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Seminar on the Implementation of the System of National Accounts 2008 (SNA 2008) 14-16 June 2010, Jolly Beach, Resort,

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  1. CARICOM Seminar on the Implementation of the System of National Accounts 2008 (SNA 2008)14-16 June 2010,Jolly Beach, Resort,Antigua and Barbuda

  2. CARICOM MEETING ON THE BUSAN ACTION PLAN FOR STATISTICSA Regional Perspective in Small Island Developing StatesPHILOMEN HARRISONCARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) SECRETARIAT25 February 2012,New York, NY, USA

  3. CARICOM CONTENT OF PRESENTATION • Key Challenges in the Production of Statistics in CARICOM; • The Regional Approach to Statistical Development - Highlights; • Busan Action Plan for Statistics Implications- Actions and Initial Reactions; • Brief Summary

  4. CARICOM CHALLENGES IN PRODUCING STATISTICS SOME CHALLENGES IN PRODUCING STATISTICS: • Small size of the statistical offices relative to the data to be produced- lack of capacity; • Uncoordinated national statistical systems (NSS); • Inadequate focus on strategic planning (NSDS framework); • Outdated legislative framework

  5. CARICOM CHALLENGES IN PRODUCING STATISTICS • Staffing – lack of trained statistical staff/training programme; • Inability in meeting increased demands for statistics in an environment of declining resources- management of resources; • Non-response to surveys carried out by the NSOs; • Staff turnover/difficulty in finding new recruits

  6. CARICOM CHALLENGES IN PRODUCING STATISTICS SOME CHALLENGES IN PRODUCING STATISTICS IN COUNTRIES • Inadequate information technology (IT) infrastructure; • Weak satellite units – line ministries often have inadequate statistical and IT capacity • Need for increased statistical advocacy and interface with users, producers and suppliers; • Result of all the above - Critical data gaps

  7. CARICOM THE REGIONAL APPROACH TO STATISTICAL DEVELOPMENT • Interventions – bilateral/regional/sub-regional; • Stimulus is the Integration Process including efforts at establishing a Single Market and Economy; • Standing Committee for Caribbean Statisticians (SCCS) was established by the Common Market Council in 1974; • SCCS main objective is promoting and providing advice for the development of statistics in the Region.

  8. CARICOM THE REGIONAL APPROACH TO STATISTICAL DEVELOPMENT • Particular emphasis of the SCCS includes: • fostering increased recognition of the importance and availability of adequate statistical services to the countries of the Region relative to development; • widening the scope and coverage of statistical data collection; and • Improving the quality, comparability and timeliness of statistics -harmonisation; • CARICOM Advisory Group on Statistics (AGS) – subsidiary group of the SCCS supports advancement/ implementation of decisions.

  9. CARICOM THE REGIONAL APPROACH TO STATISTICAL DEVELOPMENT • The regional approach to Census-taking that dates back to the 1940s and continues to the current 2010 Census Round; • The relationship of CARICOM with key countries region (EU, Canada, UK), international developmental partners (IDB, WB, UN agencies) led to funding TA which sometimes included statistical development; • The experience has been generally ad hoc funding, infrequent, unsubstantial, except for EU 9th (European Development Fund) EDF.

  10. CARICOM THE REGIONAL APPROACH TO STATISTICAL DEVELOPMENT Example of time it takes to develop Trade in Services Statistics: • Funding in 2001/2002 through the Single Market and Economy Unit – to be able to monitor the provision on Services; • Main Results- Sensitisation/Training, Situational Assessment/ Production of First Regional Statistics Report; • 2004/2005: IDP-funded project- submitted proposal to the organisation that had the funds spent money on the activities: • Main Results - In-country technical assistance; regional/national level training; Draft Common Guidelines; eventually second regional report; 3 countries producing EBOPS;

  11. CARICOM THE REGIONAL APPROACH TO STATISTICAL DEVELOPMENT Trade in Services Statistics: • 2010/2011; funding targeting Statistics including Trade in Services Statistics: • More intensive in-country technical support; regional workshop; • Work on the common guidelines; EBOPS now produced by 5 countries; • Third regional statistics report (in progress); one country working on a National Trade in Services Statistics Report;

  12. CARICOM THE REGIONAL APPROACH TO STATISTICAL DEVELOPMENT GENERAL APPROACH TO STATISTICAL CAPACITY BUILDING 2008-2011 – HIGHLIGHTS OF ACTIVITIES: • Countries produced an Action/Implementation used as the basis of support/technical assistance; • Common Regional Statistical Work Programme (RSWP) since 2005 being updated to produce a 5 year implementation plan; • National Accounts- Assessment of Status/Source Data/technical working group/ 2008 SNA Implementation Strategy/training; • Trade in Services Statistics; • Merchandise Trade- Installation of updated data processing software, dissemination software and data protocols etc; • Social, Environment ICT Statistics and Regional Census Strategy;

  13. CARICOM THE REGIONAL APPROACH TO STATISTICAL DEVELOPMENT GENERAL APPROACH TO STATISTICAL CAPACITY BUILDING 2008-2011 – HIGHLIGHTS OF ACTIVITIES: • Training in Classifications, Sampling, NSDS, Demographic analysis, GIS –mainly short term; • IT Infrastructure support including Organisation of Databases; Web-based Communication System and Equipment & software; • Help Desk establishment- links to manuals, discussion forum etc.; • Production of profile on the Single Market establishment; • Legislative framework – Draft Model Statistics Bill; • Data Dissemination- DevInfo training.

  14. CARICOM Implications for the Busan Action Plan

  15. CARICOM Implications for the Busan Action Plan

  16. CARICOM Implications for the Busan Action Plan

  17. CARICOM Implications for the Busan Action Plan

  18. CARICOM Implications for the Busan Action Plan

  19. CARICOM Implications for the Busan Action Plan

  20. CARICOM Summary In summary some foundations but also major gaps exist : • Country-driven approach is possible – inherently project proposals are brought to the SCCS for inputs/feedback/deriving implementation strategy- Regional Statistical Work Programme regional mechanism for interventions; • NSDS foundation- initial training, follow-up work in several countries- countries’ interest in developing NSDS continues; • Caribbean Statistics Day- users-producers and similar best practices in a couple of countries; • Gender Statistics- work in this area put in place with a UNSD/CARICOM project- requires a strong national statistical system; • Civil Registration and Vital Statistics- work commenced in this area since 2005. • A foundation – need for a structured strategy re the Busan Action Plan- to some extent the Regional Statistical Work Programme which is being updated can provide this structure.

  21. CARICOM Thank You

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