NSDS: FROM DESIGN TO IMPLEMENTATION

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1 NSDS: FROM DESIGN TO IMPLEMENTATION San Ignacio Belize 25 June 2008

2 KEY IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES Going from strategies to action Costing and funding Managing Change Monitoring and evaluation

3 FROM STRATEGIES TO ACTION PLAN (1) Vision Vision years years Strategy Strategy years years The vision shapes the strategy, which in turn shapes the plans that support it The time horizon decreases as you descend, with plans typically looking only one year out. Plans Plans 1 year year Certainty generally increases as time horizon decreases

4 FROM STRATEGIES TO ACTION PLAN (2) ACTION PLANNING Medium and short term objectives What is is to to be be done, by by whom and when? Guiding resource allocation Focussing on on objectives, results and outputs Reporting, monitoring and evaluation ACTION AREAS Changes to to regulatory and management framework Human resource development Investment and improvements in in physical and statistical infrastructure Statistical production and management

5 Investment and recurrent costs COSTING Expected burden on on national budget and external financing requirements How resources will be be used: equipment, HR, censuses, surveys, etc Cost effectiveness: alternative approaches and comparison with costs in in other countries

6 PLAN DE FINANCEMENT Costing of action plan Mali TOTAL Action plan 1000 Francs CFA Financing to be found 1000 Francs CFA Financing to be found Financing to be found 1000 Francs CFA Financing to be found TOTAL Institutional development Statistical production development Analysis and dissemination

7 FUNDING Need commitment from government and external partners Set implementation within time frame of of policy frameworks (e.g. PRS) and budgetary cycles Be realistic. Don t frighten governments! Identify and attract potential development partners Some mechanisms. Regional funding Bilateral donors World Bank Statistics for Results Facility

8 FUNDING: World Bank TFSCB Multi donor trust fund Close coordination with PARIS21 Help to to reduce poverty by by strengthening evidence base for for decision making Grants < US US $ Mainly for for designing NSDS STATCAP Lending instrument for for SCB Based on on a Statistical master plan Covering the the entire NSS For For implementing NSDS

9 FUNDING: SRF Statistics for Results Facility A new facility to to support national partnership approaches in in statistics A new way of of working and a fund to to provide incentives to to work in in this way Strengthened partnerships at at country level Better link between sector wide plans for statistics and needs of of development policy Principles of of the Paris Declaration on on Aid Effectiveness Facility fund provides grants to to fill fill financing gaps

10 MANAGING CHANGE CHANGE MANAGEMENT Important and difficult issue affecting organisations, individuals and systems Needs to to be be well planned and well managed Change takes time look for quick wins! CHANGING PEOPLE Few people problems can can be be solved quickly. Importance of: of: Leadership and management: communication, creating awareness, maintaining support Engaging and motivating staff: individual job job plans and appraisal and incentive systems; recognition of of work done and delegation Training!

11 MONITORING AND EVALUATION Management and accountability framework Performance indicators and reporting Monitoring to to track implementation progress Evaluation should assess significant constraints, successes, achievements of of NSDS Possible tools: NSDS checklist, peer reviews

12 LESSONS FROM OTHER REGIONS Guidance draws on lessons from partnership Involvement of of e.g. Australia, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, Sweden in in PARIS21 regional workshops has shown NSDS guidance follows good national practices Each country has own specific needs; guidance is is flexible Experience shows that subsequent plans are better than first plans (e.g. Malawi, Mozambique, Uganda) Consensus that NSDS is is central in in supporting statistical capacity building

13 RECAP ON IMPLEMENTATION PRINCIPLES A good strategy is is one that is is implemented and achieves its its goals on time and within fixed budget Depends on careful design, management NSDS needs to to be achievable, flexible and responding to to new demands for data and the changing environment Financing requirements need to to respond to to user needs but be realistic about resources Strategic management is is a continuous process, building on what exists NSDS design is is only the beginning!!!