Experiences with previous Development Account projects First Steering Committee Meeting South Asia Development Account Project Experiences with previous Development Account projects United Nations Statistics Division Colombo 21 July 2008
UNSD supported projects 15 Caribbean countries (CARICOM) 1998-2000 10 South – East Asian countries (ASEAN) 2000-2002 13 Arab countries (ESCWA) 2002-2004 15 Western African countries (ECOWAS) 2004-2006 14 Southern African countries (SADC) 2006-2008
Topical focus (I) CARICOM ASEAN: (1) Social/Gender Statistics (2) Environment Statistics (3) IT ASEAN: (1) National and Satellite Accounting (2) Harmonization of Indicators (3) Statistical Organization and Management (4) IT
Topical focus (II) ESCWA ECOWAS: (1) Census Management and Harmonization (2) IT in censuses (3) Environment Statistics (4) Statistical Organization and Management (5) Other Statistical Areas (e.g. MDG, Classification) ECOWAS: (1) Poverty Statistics (2) Energy/Environment Statistics (3) MDGs (5) IT
Topical focus (III) SADC: (1) IT (2) MDGs (3) Civil registration/Vital statistics (4) Statistical Organization and Management (5) Household Surveys and Measurement of Labor Force (6) Social Exclusion
Examples of outputs (I)
Examples of outputs (II)
Positive experiences Managed by Steering Committee of Chief Statisticians Addressing systemic issues Small group of countries – strengthen sub-regional networks Focus on selected key topics Outreach to partners/Embedded in regional context Strengthen the global voice of the subregion
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