Pan African Statistics Programme (PAS) State of play March 2019 XXI meeting of the Management Group on Statistical Cooperation Luxembourg, 4-5th April 2019 Veronika Radermacher Eurostat, Team leader - Development cooperation; PAS Programme management

Background for PAS support activities Implemen tation support African Charter of Statistics Strategy for Harmonised Statistics in Africa (SHaSA) Agenda 2030 2063

Broad objectives of PAS Support integration process Improve the quality of statistics in Africa, i.e. availability, reliability, comparability, timeliness, etc. Support cooperation within the African Statistical System (ASS) Build capacity of people and institutions Transfer of good practice and common tools Reminder of main objectives STRONG RESULTS FOCUS

Data availability and quality Data production Methodology Data (pilot) collection AU data management Tools Dissemination AU web site Publications Seminar/workshops Quality Quality frameworks Peer reviews Snapshot Tool Training

Main types of support: Support to methodological work of the SHaSA working groups -> methodological frameworks (guidelines, manuals, questionnaires…) in 6 domains: National accounts Trade Migration Labour SDGs Governance, Peace, and Security Technical assistance and training (e.g. for tools, frameworks; knowledge transfer)

PAS 2018 in figures

Activities by PAS domain 13 Peer reviews in 2018: Peers from: • Angola • Benin • Botswana • Burundi • Comoros • Congo • Equatorial Guinea • Gambia • Mauritius • Namibia • Niger • Sao Tomé & Principe • Togo 2019: • Mozambique • Zimbabwe • Liberia (tbc) • Botswana • Burkina Faso • Cabo Verde • Comoros • Côte d‘Ivoire • Gabon • Madagascar • Mali • Morocco • Mozambique • Namibia • Rwanda • Senegal • South Africa • Tunisia • Uganda

Activities by PAS domain 2016-19 National Accounts – SNA 2008 TA to countries

Activities by PAS domain 2016-19 National Accounts – capacity building Countries participating in EN WS 2018 Countries participating in FR WS 2018 Countries receiving national TA in 2018 November 2018 2 Workshops (EN/FR) on NA country needs assessment, in Tunis 2019 Technical support to 2-4 additional countries

Activities by PAS domains Governance, Peace and Security (GPS) 10 Country Fact sheets: Burundi Benin Cameroon Cape Verde Cote d’Ivoire Madagascar Malawi Mali Tunisia Uganda

Activities by PAS domains Governance, Peace and Security (GPS)

Activities by PAS domain Labour statistics Results of technical assistance Labour - status report Jun-2016 Meeting/ workshop on Labour statistics and indicators compilation from existing data sources Jun-2017 Guidelines for producing labour market indicators from existing data sources in Africa (EN/FR) May- July 2017 1st Pilot survey on guidelines (15 countries) Jun-Dec-2017 2019 2nd Pilot on Guidelines in 5 countries with some 80 expert days of TA Cameroon Egypt Senegal South Africa Tanzania

Activities by PAS domain Migration statistics Results of technical assistance Status report Jun-2016 Harmonised concepts and definitions on migration statistics for data collection and compilation of migration statistics/indicators in Africa Dec-2016 Guidelines: Towards harmonised standards and tools for data collection on international labour migration in Africa Mar-2017 2017 Data collection/analysis (for 2nd labour migration report) March - Oct 2017 Recommendations for a data collection methodology for irregular migration, smuggling and trafficking of persons, and international protection of migrants in Africa Feb-2018 2019 Pilot on Common Methodology for Measuring Irregular Migration

Activities by PAS domain Trade statistics Results of technical assistance Status report Jul-2016 Guidelines for harmonised collection of trade data and metadata transmission (Intra- and Extra AU trade) Dec-2016 Data collection from NSIs, processing, analysis 2017 Evaluation meeting of the SHaSA STG "External sector/trade“ - Document: Publication challenges 19-22 Sept 2017 Africa Trade Year Book 2017 - results of 2016 data collection May-2018 Africa Trade Year Book 2018 - results of 2017 data collection May -2019

Activities by PAS domain Trade statistics

Activities by PAS domain Trade statistics - training on tools EUROTRACE - Trade statistics tool   Advanced Eurotrace (TfT) - data collection tool Addis Oct. 2016 Adv. Eurotrace (.net) Abidjan Febr. 2018

Activities by PAS domain SDG indicators Results of technical assistance Labour - status report Jun-2016 Training for AUC staff on SDGs Febr-2017 Participation in/contribution to 2030 /2063 indicators - EG meeting, Nairobi 2016 March-2017 Publication on SDGs in daily life context (for civil society) Jun-2017-March 2018 2019 Baseline assessment on SDG indicator coverage

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