Report of Working Group on Governance, Peace and Security Statistics of the Strategy for Harmonisation of Statistics for Africa (SHaSA) By Mr. Zachary Mwangi Director General Kenya National Bureau of Statistics Presented during First Joint Session of Committee of Directors Generals of National Statistical Offices (CoDGs) and Statistical Commission for Africa (STATCOM-AFRICA) 8-12 December 2014, Tunis, Tunisia

Introduction STG1 is one of the13 thematic groups of Strategy for the Harmonisation of Statistics in Africa (SHASA). It is chaired by KNBS Its Secretariat is housed at the Statistics Division within the Economic Affairs Department of the African Union Commission (AUC). 2

Introduction STG1 is assisted by UNDP and others stakeholders in accordance with SHaSA guidelines to implement its activities. SHaSA functions under AUC, the African Development Bank (AfDB), and the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), in collaboration with the Committee of Directors- General of African National Statistical Offices (CoDG). CoDG is responsible for guiding and approving the overall implementation of SHaSA. 3

Policy frameworks informing work of STG1 The work of STG1 focuses on assisting Africa’s NSOs, under CoDG guidance, to realize their comparative advantages in the collection of GPS data. Sound and relevant official statistics are essential for decision-making, policy and programme management, and monitoring and evaluation 4

Policy frameworks informing work of STG1 Measuring progress on the commitment to continent-wide integration and development, as undertaken by African leaders through various international treaties and processes, requires reliable and harmonized statistics Such data are built upon a sound foundation of shared standards, common instruments, capacity for implementation and analysis in national statistics offices, and adequate human and financial resources. 5

Policy frameworks informing work of STG1 To address these challenges and obstacles, SHaSA commits to four strategic themes: 1. Produce quality statistics for Africa 2. Coordinate the production of quality statistics for Africa 3. Build sustainable institutional capacity in the African Statistical System; and 4. Promote a culture of quality decision- making. 6

Policy frameworks informing the work of STG1 SHaSA identifies 13 strategic priority thematic areas to be tackled, each of which is assigned to a Specialised Technical Group Critically, the first-mentioned of the 13 is GPSS STG I is mandated to develop and pursue an Action Plan, by which the four strategic themes will be tackled 7

Policy frameworks informing work of STG1 8 West Africa Central Africa East Africa North Africa Southern Africa BeninCameroonEthiopiaAlgeriaMalawi Cote d’Ivoire CongoMadagascarEgyptMozambique GhanaGabonUgandaSouth Africa SenegalKenya Table 1: Member countries of the STG1 by region

SUMMARIES OF THE WORKSHOP AND EVENTS HELD BY STG I COUNTRYDATEPURPOSE OF THE EVENT NAIROBI, KENYA MAY 2012  Setting up of the working Group on GPS&S  Designing a roadmap to produce comparable and reliable statistics on GPS DAKAR SENEGAL SEPT 2012  To improve data collection, production and dissemination of GPS statistics  To express needs and define guidelines on indicators, metadata and questionnaires developed by GPS YAMOUSSOU KROCÔTE D’IVOIRE NOV, 2012  Review and approve tools developed by the STG  Propose the budget for implementation of its Action Plan  Call for interested NSO’s that want to implement instruments developed by STG 9

SUMMARIES OF THE WORKSHOP AND EVENTS HELD BY STG I COUNTRYDATEPURPOSE OF THE EVENT ABIDJAN CÔTE D’IVOIRE 24 MAR 2013  Side event on the fringe of 2013 joint AU- ECA Conference of Ministers of Economy and Finance  Event was to raise awareness on importance of governance, peace and security statistics for decision makers Dakar SenegaL March 2013  Technical workshop to review and validate data collection instruments from administrative sources Johannesburg South Africa 3-4 Dec 2013  To assess progress made by the STG I  To review the roadmap Praia, Cape Verde May 2014  To develop a harmonized tabulation plan for the SHaSA GPS survey modules 10

SUMMARIES OF THE WORKSHOP AND EVENTS HELD BY STG I COUNTRYDATEPURPOSE OF THE EVENT PRAIA CAPE VERDE 6- 7 JUNE 2014  Launching results of the first pilot country by Cape Verde  Consolidate GPS data collection methodology using the Cape Verde case PRAIA CAPE VERDE 9-10 OCT 2014  Discuss and Design the Terms of Reference for City Group on Governance statistics  TOR will be presented in March 2015 to the Assembly of the UN Statistics Commission for approval PARIS FRANCE NOV 2014  Data Analysis Workshop for Malian and Burundan statisticians  Workshop conducted by DIAL/IRD  The 2 will also conduct more in-depth analysis of their SHaSA GPS datasets 11

SUMMARIES OF THE WORKSHOP AND EVENTS HELD BY STG I COUNTRYDATEPURPOSE OF THE EVENT New York  Side event held in New York along UN General Assembly to inform the world about African voice on GPSS  Joint UNDP/AU/Saferworld Workshop entitled “towards regional and national statistical capacities for measuring peace, rule of law and governance: an agenda for the post sustainable development goals framework Addis AbabaJune 2014  Joint UNDP/AU/Saferworld meeting  During this workshop, more than 20 African statistical offices debated on:  How issues of governance, peace and security can be fitted in the post-2015 agenda and  How GPS can be measured 12

Main achievements and key outputs produced Twenty NSOs have officially confirmed interest in piloting the SHaSA instruments for producing GPS statistics Nine of them have already started to apply the data collection instruments UNDP is currently supporting 5 pilot countries; one in each region of Africa These are Cote d’Ivoire, Cape Verde, Malawi, Cameroon and Kenya 13

Main achievements and key outputs produced The countries are testing the applicability and relevance of the instruments across the continent before expanding the roll-out in 2015 and beyond In addition to the 5 UNDP-supported pilots, 4 ‟ self-starter” NSOs are also piloting the instruments, using their own resources These include Mali, Uganda, Burundi and Tunisia. 14

Recommendations to be considered and taken by the CoDGs It will also validate its technical work. Proposes the following resolutions to be considered and taken by the CoDGs:  Support pilots in 2015 by at least five NSOs each per region for the five African regions  Each should conduct GPS HH survey module and  Administrative data collection instruments 15

Recommendations to be considered and taken by the CoDGs Inception of GPSS Units in the participating NSOs, in the concerned RECs, and in the Statistics Division within the AU Economic Affairs Department Support the equipping, start-up and capacity-building for GPSS units in the respective NSOs, in the concerned RECs and in the AUC Statistics Division 16

Recommendations to be considered and taken by the CoDGs Call upon stakeholders to secure funding for a regional project to support NSOs for the institutionalization of GPS data collection across the continent Any other information related to key documents produced so far and progress made by the STG1 can be tracked on the AUC Statistics Division’s website:

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