AFRICA INFORMATION HIGHWAY Statistics Department, ESTAChief Economist Complex, ECON Meeting of DGs of NBS - Gaborone, Botswana 16 Feb. 2014

Introduction Components of the Africa Information Highway System (AIH) –Applications installed at the AfDB –Applications implemented in RMCs, SROs & STCs –Data Submission Tool & SDMX Implementation Benefits and Challenges New Initiatives: 2014 and Beyond Statistics Department – Chief Economist Complex African Development Bank 2 AGENDA

INTRODUCTION

High Level Forum for Aid Effectiveness, Busan, Dec 2011 => Busan Action Plan for Statistics (BAPS)—call to promote full access to official statistics 4th Statistical Commission for Africa’s of 2012—request to AFDB AU Summit of July 2012 (AfDB, AUC, and ECA) to support countries to develop effective data management and dissemination systems G8 summit of June 2013—Good governance to scale up development effectiveness AFDB’s Statistical Capacity program Statistics Department – Chief Economist Complex African Development Bank 4 INTRODUCTION – BACKGROUND

Policy and other decision making not data-driven Data access by the general public quite limited Data access and exchange within and between RMCs difficult Data exchange between RMCs and regional/international organizations challenging Data reporting to international organizations a burden to RMCs Issues of data quality Lack of data for effective M&E of development outcomes Limited data within RMCs to support Bank operations Statistics Department – Chief Economist Complex African Development Bank 5 INTRODUCTION – RATIONALE

Increase data access thereby enhancing transparency, accountability, and governance Significantly improve data exchange among RMCs Improve data quality through enhanced adherence to international standards Make AfDB a hub/knowledge center for development data on RMCs Promote regional integration and harmonization Platform for the M&E of development outcomes Statistics Department – Chief Economist Complex African Development Bank 6 INTRODUCTION – OBJECTIVES

AFRICAINFORMATIONHIGHWAY

Statistics Department – Chief Economist Complex African Development Bank 8 AFRICA INFORMATION HIGHWAY (AIH)

Integrated Data Dissemination System in all 54 African countries, 9 Regional and Sub-regional organizations comprising: Statistics Department – Chief Economist Complex African Development Bank 9 AIH SYSTEM COMPONENTS Controlled entirely by authorized RMC personnel. Official statistics only. Same as above but directly linked to Statistical Data Portal’s MDG indicators Open Data Platform (ODP) is open to all registered users Statistical Data Portal MDG Data Portal Open Data Platform

The Open Data Platform AfDB’s Data Portal System –The AfDB Data Portal –Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Data Portal –Africa Infrastructure Knowledge Portal (AIKP) –The Africa Food Security Monitor –Regional Integration Portal –Africa Trade Monitor –The Africa Financials Markets Portal –MFW4A Portal –AfDB KPI Dashboard –The Fragile States Portal –Operations Database Portal Statistics Department – Chief Economist Complex African Development Bank 10 AIH APPLICATIONS INSTALLED AT THE AFDB

Country Data Portals The Country Open Data Platform Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Data Portal Statistics Department – Chief Economist Complex African Development Bank 11 AIH APPLICATIONS IMPLEMENTED IN RMCs, SROs & STCs

As-is Process Organization specific data mapping and formats leading to repetitive work Lack of common standards Reporting burden Statistics Department – Chief Economist Complex African Development Bank 12 DATA SUBMISSION TOOL

Proposed by AFDB Countries map data to international standards and load in the ODP Data collecting organizations pick from the ODP Common standards Statistics Department – Chief Economist Complex African Development Bank 13 DATA SUBMISSION TOOL (contd)

Statistics Department – Chief Economist Complex African Development Bank 14 DATA SUBMISSION TOOL (contd) AfDB/[Country] Open Data Platform AfDB/[Country] Open Data Platform Central Bank National Statistical Office Ministry Of Finance others National Summary Data Page (SDMX) WB IMF Dashboards and Visualizations Central Bank ODP Natl. Stat. Office ODP Min. Of Finance ODP * * Provided by AfDB under the Capacity Building Program to all African countries ECOWAS

BENEFITS AND CHALLENGES

Reduced data-reporting burden for RMCs Significantly improved data exchanges among RMCs Increased data access, transparency, accountability Enhancing RMCs’ access to capital markets Platform for the monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of development outcomes Enhanced collaboration with the IMF and other partners Improving data quality through enhanced adherence to international standards Enhanced data support for Bank operations Promoting the regional integration and harmonization agenda AfDB as a hub/knowledge center for development data on RMCs Statistics Department – Chief Economist Complex African Development Bank 16 BENEFITS

Internet infrastructure still weak in many RMCs Information Technology (IT) staffing levels still very low in statistical offices Governments’ resistance to the release of data Data management challenges Statistics Department – Chief Economist Complex African Development Bank 17 CHALLENGES

Open Data platforms installed and operational in all 54 countries Statistical Data Portals installed in all but 5 countries—Somalia, Libya, CAR, Eritrea, Ethiopia Data submission tools piloted in 6 countries: Tunisia, Rwanda, Nigeria; Mauritius, Morocco, Zambia New initiatives being piloted Statistics Department – Chief Economist Complex African Development Bank 18 IMPLEMENTATION STATUS

NEW INITIATIVES 2014 & BEYOND

Country Project Monitor E-Government Data Sharing Initiative (Situation Room, Data Portals for various government agencies) Open Data Solutions for Universities and Research Organizations Mobile Solutions Data Collection Applications Data Management Application Implementation of National Summary Data Pages (NSDP) DataM Stat TV and Africa Now Statistics Department – Chief Economist Complex African Development Bank 20 PLANNED SYSTEMS BEING PILOTED IN SELECTED COUNTRIES

Statistics Department – Chief Economist Complex African Development Bank 21 COUNTRY PROJECT MONITOR

Statistics Department – Chief Economist Complex African Development Bank 22 E-GOVERNMENT

Statistics Department – Chief Economist Complex African Development Bank 23 SITUATION ROOM

Statistics Department – Chief Economist Complex African Development Bank 24 DATA PORTAL – MINISTRY OF FINANCE

Statistics Department – Chief Economist Complex African Development Bank 25 DATA PORTAL – MINISTRY OF TOURISM

Statistics Department – Chief Economist Complex African Development Bank 26 DATA PORTAL – NATIONAL REVENUE AUTHORITY

Statistics Department – Chief Economist Complex African Development Bank 27 DATA PORTAL – CENTRAL BANK

Statistics Department – Chief Economist Complex African Development Bank 28 OPEN DATA – UNIVERSITIES AND RESEARCH ORGANIZATION

Statistics Department – Chief Economist Complex African Development Bank 29 MOBILE SOLUTIONS

Statistics Department – Chief Economist Complex African Development Bank 30 DATA COLLECTION APPLICATIONS

Statistics Department – Chief Economist Complex African Development Bank 31 DATA MANAGEMENT APPLICATION

Statistics Department – Chief Economist Complex African Development Bank 32 NATIONAL SUMMARY DATA PAGES (NSDP)

Statistics Department – Chief Economist Complex African Development Bank 33 DATAM FOR COUNTRIES

Implementation Schedule In 2013: Morocco Algeria Tunisia Mauritania Cape Verde Senegal The rest (48 countries) within 2014 Statistics Department – Chief Economist Complex African Development Bank 34 DATAM FOR COUNTRIES

Statistics Department – Chief Economist Complex African Development Bank 35 STAT TV & AFRICA NOW

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