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StatCom-Africa III Cape Town, South Africa 21-23 Jan 2012 AU Presentation Slide 2 AfricaInfo endorsed by AU Conference of African Ministers of Economy and Finance in March 2011:Background Calls upon the African Union Commission, the Economic Commission for Africa, the African Development Bank and the United Nations Childrens Fund to strengthen their collaboration for the operationalization of the AfricaInfo initiative to ensure that it has a continental dimension, and produce a plan for its implementation; Slide 3 In response, AUC, ECA, AfDB and UNICEF produced Strategic Action PlanBackground Slide 4 A pan-African database initiative Monitors the continents goals and commitments Builds capacity and harmonizes data throughout the continent Builds on the DevInfo initiative, a UN tool monitoring MDGs and development which is used by 45 of 54 African countries What is AfricaInfo? Slide 5 DevInfo Implementation Slide 6 Institutional objectives Compile and standardize national and subnational data across the region Increase AU capacity to use and analyze data Increase transparency and support planning and decision-making Reinforce national efforts to improve statistical information systems Harmonize data with RECs & Country States Slide 7 Technical objectives Open data access through SDMX and simple web services Better tools for data visualization Support the different structures needed to monitor goals and commitments Slide 8 Search Site | Login | Support | Contact Us | Language Search Results Page 294 in 2008 68 in 2009 290 in 2008 Slide 9 Mapping Slide 10 Slide 11 Trends analyzed - graphs Slide 12 Gross enrollment ratio in primary, grade 1 to 6 Female Male Dire Dawa & Harari Addis Ababa Slide 13 Drought Flooding, Cyclone Cholera Flooding, Conflict, Cholera/AWD Flooding, Ethnic Clashes Cholera, Political & economic instability, Drought Flooding, Cyclones Flooding Cholera Flooding Conflict, Flooding Political tension Flooding, Earthquakes Displacements Flooding, AWD,Conflict EMERGENCIES IN EASTERN & SOUTHERN AFRICA 2007 Slide 14 Slide 15 Slide 16 Slide 17 Slide 18 Slide 19 Sources Cambodia_MOEYS. Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports Slide 20 Slide 21 19961999 Sources Cambodia_MOEYS. Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports Less than half of the children reach to Grade 5 in Cambodia Situation is worsening in the Northern province Slide 22 Source: UNSD_MDG_2010 Country Data Slide 23 Chad: 2.8 Mauritius: 75.8 Source: UNSD_MDG_2010 Country Data Slide 24 Contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR) Namibia, Total 15-49 yr, 2000/2006 Source: NAM_DHS_2000, 2006-2007 Slide 25 Larger unmet need for spacing Larger unmet need for limiting Source: UNSD_MDG_2010 Country Data Slide 26 Slide 27 Slide 28 Slide 29 Slide 30 Slide 31 Tunisia Slide 32 Niger Slide 33 Yemen Slide 34 Rwanda Slide 35 Cameroon Slide 36 Egypt Slide 37 Liberia Slide 38 Steering committee to be composed of directors of the appropriate departments at AUC, UNECA, AfDB, UNICEF and RECs. Technical working group (AUC, UNECA, AfDB, UNICEF) Operational team to be composed of technical experts at AUC, UNECA, AfDB and UNICEF Secretariat to provide administrative support Managementandgovernance Management and governance Slide 39 Way forward Partners are ready to start implementation by: Agreeing upon list of indicators Starting to build the regional database Provide open access to all available national and sub-national data Initiating the training program outlined in Strategic Action Plan Slide 40 Wayforward (continued) Way forward (continued) Resource mobilization based on existing ministerial endorsement of AfricaInfo in March 2011 Five-year strategic action plan - 2011-2015 calls for $10 million Slide 41