PRESENTED BY: OTJA TJIPETEKERA NAMIBIA’S EXPERIENCE AND CHALLENGES IN PRODUCING DISAGGREGATED DATA PRESENTED BY: OTJA TJIPETEKERA United Nations Development Account 10th tranche Sub-regional workshop on Data disaggregation Lilongwe, Malawi, 27-29 September 2017
Outline Overview about NSA Benefits Sources of data Challenges
Overview about NSA The Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) was established in 2011 as a state-owned enterprise by an Act of Parliament, Statistics Act, 2011 (No. 9 of 2011) as: the central statistical authority, and the coordinator of the National Statistical System among others. Stakeholders’ engagement Design of questionnaire - Line Ministries - State Owned Enterprises - Academia - NGOs The NSA is has moved fro PAPI to CAPI Dissemination: Statistics App, Websites, offices, Geo-portal
Benefits Good Institutional framework - According to Part II, section 2(g) of the Statistics Act 9 of 2011; Official statistics must be sensitive to distribution by gender, disability, region and similar socioeconomic features. - The Act also has make provision for establishment of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure, which helps to facilitate the capture of spatial data through cooperation between government bodies and other organs of state; NSS coordination Civil registration, Education, National Accounts
Data Disaggregation and their Sources of data Main Data Disaggregation Age, Sex, Gender, Disability, Region (Geographic), Migration The sources of these data are mainly collected from - household surveys, like Namibia Population and Housing Census; Demographic and Health Surveys; Namibia Labour Force Surveys; Namibia Income and Expenditure Surveys; etc. - Administrative Statistics (Civil registration, Education) - GIS
Challenges No repository system in Namibia yet No proper coordination of the NSS- Low manpower Administrative data- accessibility No race/ethnicity statistics produced in Namibia to meet the SDGs requirements Data available for Disability and migratory status but not much analysis are done Quality – harmonization of concepts, structure, etc