2016 Progress Report

“2016: Paving the way to SDG country implementation” Thematic research and Policy advice Piloting of innovative tools (ADAPT, PISTA, STEP) Strengthening existing and creating new Partnerships (TT, WG)

Directly engaged with 40 countries  Worldwide engagement  Directly engaged with 40 countries Reached 91 countries through regional activities

91 Countries covered Review of 2016 19/(58) SIDS, 20/(33) Fragile States 60 Reg Org & Partner Agencies Completed Activities by Regions and Pillars

2016 vs 2015 Countries and Partners Completed Activities by Regions

Knowledge-Sharing and Innovation Incubator - Highlights Improving NSS Efficiency Workshop on Access to New Data Sources for Official Statistics: Models for Big Data in the Philippines Workshop on Access to New Data Sources for Official Statistics: Models for Big Data in the Philippines Access to New Data Sources for Statistics: Business Models and Incentives for the Corporate Sector PPs for Statistics: Lessons Learned, Future Steps Establishment of a Task Force to lead in the development of rules, standards and protocols on the use of Big Data for official statistics

Knowledge-Sharing and Innovation Incubator - Highlights Making Data Available and Understandable Data visualization training in Botswana, The Gambia, & Ghana Improved data dissemination and data use by journalists, strengthening data literacy and improving consumption of official statistics Fostering Cross-Regional Learning Cross-Regional Forum on Agenda 2030 and SIDS Cross-Regional Forum on Subnational Statistical System Arab Forum on Building Statistical Capacity for a Data Revolution in Qatar

Global Advocacy Communication Advocacy - Highlights HL Forum on NSDS to Support the National Social Economic Development Plan with the Lao Statistics Bureau HL Workshop on financing mechanisms in Comoros Active and recognized involvement in HLPF, HLG, IAEG and World Data Forum Communication “Statistics and Public Relations” workshop in Sao Tome & Principe Signed co-operation agreement between NSO and journalists’ association of Sao Tome & Principe

Co-ordination & Monitoring - Highlights NSS Peer Reviews (Egypt, Libya, Myanmar, and Tanzania) NSDS/RSDS (Direct support to 18 countries through technical expertise and 10 further countries through regional training) CRESS (Burundi, Niger, Nigeria Uganda, Vietnam) and PRESS (Share of ODA dedicated to statistics was 0.25% in 2014 (0.24% in 2013)) Global Monitoring SDG Reporting 17.18.3 (national statistical plan) 17.19.1 (resources for statistical capacity) Collected information on 83 countries for Tier III indicator 17.18.2 (statistical legislation)

Technical Support - Highlights Support to Quality Processes (PARIS21 joined the UN SDMX Working Group and provided a regional SDMX training to Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru in collaboration with EUROSTAT) Improve Data Access (Microdata production workshops in Côte d’Ivoire, Guatemala and Niger to help document administrative data ) Support to Statistical Laws (Review and revision of Statistics Act in Grenada, Somalia)

Advanced Data Planning Tool (ADAPT) Rwanda: 32 national indicators were mapped to the SDGs and 11 more indicators identified in auxiliary databases Tanzania: 102 indicators mapped to national development plan and 79 data sources identified of which 60 are from administrative data sources Guinea Equatorial: costing of the 2017 NSDS

Communication Levels of engagement with PARIS21 website showed significant improvement in 2016 Total visits for the year increased by 19% Total number of users increased by 18% Social media drove website traffic in 2016, with 10% (2% in 2015) of total visits originating mostly from Twitter and Facebook

A true partnership….