UN-ESCWA Juraj Riecan Director, UN-ESCWA Statistics Division.

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FUTURE CHALLENGES OF THE STATISTICAL CAPACITY

DEVELOPMENT IN THE ARAB REGIONJuraj Riecan

Director, UN-ESCWA Statistics Division

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Capacity development

Capacity development it is not only trainingSkills

Infrastructure

Knowledge

Experience

Cooperation

Institutional

setup

Legalframewor

k

Organizational

plattform

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Data Revolution

Post 2015 development agenda: Broader than the Millennium agenda Higher demand for statistical evidence Comparable but with a local focus

Photo: World Bank

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New challenges for Arab statistics

Societal development and well being Human rights Governance

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Lessons learned from MDGs

International reporting / lack of national ownerhip

Data variations: national vs. international Detached from national policy issues Top-down vs. Bottom-up approach

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Official statistics vs. other sources

Abundance of data from NGOs, private research, Big Data etc.:

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Role of official statistics Public good, available to all users Impartiality (no bias towards sponsors) Professionalism, reliability Consistency and comparability

UNITED NATIONSFUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF OFFICIAL

STATISTICS

1992 1994 2013

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Regional partnership

UN ESCWA League of Arab States Arab Institute for Training and Research in

Statistics SESRIC (Organization for Islamic Cooperation) Development banks (IsDB, WB) IMF / METAC UN agencies European Union and OECD

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Regional challenges

Limited availability of data Coordination between various producers of

data Linking policy areas needs with statistical

programmes – making statistics effective tool in policy making

Implementation of the Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics

Use of administrative registers and records Data quality frameworks

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Thematic areas

System of National Accounts and integrated economic statistics

Civil registration and vital statistics Labour statistics, incl. quality of work Environment statistics and System of

Environment Economic Accounting (SEEA) Agriculture and rural development

statistics Gender sensitive indicators Governance Human rights

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Role of national statistical systems

Stakeholders: National and local policy makers Civil society International community

National capacity building National coordination – role of the

national statistical office Cost efficiency – in order to produce more

and higher frequency data Administrative data & statistical registers

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Small area statistics Linking statistical and geospatial information Spatial analysis Identifying geographical disparities

Geo-referenced data Regional Committee for UN-GGIM for Arab States

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United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western

Asia

http://escwa-stat.org

riecan@un.org