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The most effective way to support countries

This document outlines the findings and strategies discussed during the 2nd meeting of the Committee on Statistical Coordination (CSC) in Addis Ababa, focused on implementing the 2008 System of National Accounts (SNA). Emphasizing the need for technical assistance and institutional strengthening, it identifies challenges faced by African countries, including limited resources and lack of harmonization in national accounts. Key solutions proposed include capacity building, training, and advocacy to enhance governance structures for better data collection and economic statistics, aimed at addressing the region's economic development needs.

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The most effective way to support countries

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  1. Technical assistance and institutional strengthening to implement the SNA 20082nd meeting of the CSC 2008 SNAAddis-Ababa, April 2-4, 2014 The most effective way to support countries Hugues KOUADIO Directeur des études ISE hkouadio@ensea.ed.ci

  2. Background • The SNA as a Tool for Improving Economic Statistics • The SNA is • one the most important statistical systems and frameworks in official statistics. • It provides an international standard of concepts, definitions, classifications, and methodology for economic statistics and accounts

  3. Background • There are many challenges confronting the compilation of economic statistics, • many African countries are still at a relatively early stage of development of national accounts. • national accounts are not harmonized across regions even where there are monetary unions.

  4. Problems • Limited Human, Financial, and Technical Resources • Weak Statistical Capacity and Infrastructure • Unharmonious National Accounts Systems on the Continent • Inconsistency and Incompleteness in the Coverage of the Economy

  5. Challenges in implementation • Two major challenges • (i) the political will and economic ability to create the legal framework for 2008 SNA  ; • (ii) taking into account the specific situation of countries and ressources availables • Level of development • Informal sector

  6. Propositions to overcome Problems • Majors steps • (A) Institutional strengthening and advocacy • (B) Technical assistance • Capacity building • Training • guidebooks • (C) Peer review and regional meeting to share good practices • In parallele with methodological development

  7. Technical assistance : Advocacy • Prepare, provide, and disseminate advocacy materials to various policy makers • Organize advocacy campaigns at countries levels • Round table meetings with all stakeholders • Heads of State and Government, • the members of Parliament, • the Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economy, Governors of Central banks, • the Civil Society • and Development Partners

  8. Institutional strengthening • support of national authorities to strengthen existing governance and coordination structures for National Accounts • Strengthen systems for data collection, compilation, processing, analysis, and dissemination for national accounts and economic statistics • Strengthen STCs or Universities for training delivery

  9. Technical assistance • Methodological Development • set of guidebooks • Capacity Building • Training • Training workshops/seminars • Distribution and dissemination of the developed guidebooks • Usage of guidebooks for curricula

  10. How can STCs (ENSEA) help ? • Capacity Building by holding • Training workshops/seminars at national and regional levels • distribution and dissemination of the developed guidebooks • Usage of guidebooks for curricula • Advocacy by holding • Workshop/seminars for stakeholders at national and regional levels • Methodological by • Provide assistance and training

  11. ENSEA: experiences • Develop curricula and practice with ICP (ADfB) and Afristat • Initiale training (Bachelor and Master) • Two year cours in National Account with methodology of 2008 SNA • External trade and BoP • Courses in data collection, compilation, processing • Indice and price statistics • Courses in analysis (short and long terme, ppa, etc.) and dissemination

  12. ENSEA: experiences • Courses in all domaine of 2008 SNA • We offer Short terms courses in that area • Workshops and seminars to meet skills needs • ERETES • Economic analyses • Quartely national account • Public finance • Etc.

  13. ENSEA: experiences • Advocacy seminars (one or two days) • Members of parliament • National and international level (REC) • Policy makers

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