PARIS21 - Meeting of Statistical Capacity Development Donors 27–29 April 2011, Paris, France Pietro Gennari, Statistics Division FAO Developing the Implementation Plan of the Global Strategy to Improve Agricultural Statistics

Key Policy Issues Reduce market & price volatility Provide food security and reduce hunger Improve income and well-being of the rural population, reduce poverty Reduce the impact of agriculture on the environment and on global warming Facilitate climate change adaptation of agricultural activities Ensure the sustainability of land and water resources

Why a Global Strategy? Emerging data needs Declining capacity of producing basic agricultural statistics Agricultural statistics not integrated in the National Statistical System  Lack of sound statistics for the formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of food security and agricultural development policy

What is the Global Strategy? An initiative of the UN Statistical Commission to address emerging data needs & the current status of Agr. Statistics Long-term plan to respond to the statistical needs of the 21 st century (a living document) Feasible and sustainable for developing countries (use of new tools & technologies) Basis for a renewed initiative of capacity building in agricultural statistics: mobilization of resources Partnership between International Agencies, developed and developing countries 2 intergovernmental process for its adoption: UNSC and National Statistical Offices FAO Governing Bodies and Ministries of Agriculture

Pillars of the Global Strategy Minimum set of core data produced on a regular basis Integrating Agricultural Statistics into the National Statistical System 1 st TOOL: Master sample frame 2 nd TOOL: Integrated data collection & survey framework 3 rd TOOL: Integrated data dissemination Sustainability through improved governance and statistical capacity development

Components of the Implementation Plan Technical Assistance program Training program Research Agenda Resource mobilization strategy Governance arrangements Global governance (Set global standards & Ensure harmonization across regions) Regional governance (Allocate resources to countries & Monitor the implementation) Existing National Governance Bodies (Beneficiaries and main responsible for implementation)

Regional approach Regional organizations as drivers of the regional IPs Use of regional capacity (south-south cooperation) Coordination with existing initiatives & other donors Country assessment to identify needs and relevance of TA to recipient countries Country ownership through integration of AgStat into the NSDS Focus on institutional development Focus on long term country statistical development building statistical infrastructure and analytical capacity Implementation Strategy

Progress on the Regional IPs Africa Partnership with AfDB & ECA Steering Committee established Draft IP ready To be endorsed at next Steering Committee meeting, Tunis, June-July 2011 Latin America and the Caribbean Partnership with ECLAC and Inter-American Dev Bank Presentation at the Statistics Conference of the America, Cuba, 6-8 April 2011 Strong country interest and support Coordination with ongoing IFAD project

Progress on the Regional IPs Asia Last ESCAP Statistics Committee requesting FAO, ESCAP and ADB to prepare the Regional IP (underway; training program ready) Established Sub-group on Agriculture Statistics to develop and lead the implementation of the Regional IP Coordinated implementation with the ESCAP Regional Plan for Economic Statistics Pacific Partnership with SPC Separate strategy for the Pacific discussed at the Steering Committee meeting, March 2011 Integration of Agricultural Statistics into the TYPSS for Economic Statistics

Progress on the Regional IPs Western Asia Partnership with ESCWA and Islamic Development Bank (IDB) IDB supported the organization of ICAS-V Presentation at the Arab Forum for Statistical Capacity Building, Jordan, 4-5 July 2011 Central Asia & Caucasus Partnership with CISSTAT To be developed in 2012

Global and Regional consultations To discuss the Global and Regional IPs Global IP at FAO Conference – June 2011 ISI Satellite meeting on Statistical Capacity Building, AFCAS, November 2011 (IP for Africa) APCAS, April 2012 (IP for Asia) FAO-IICA, November 2011 (IP for Latin America) Other regional/international meetings Global and Regional IP’s submitted for endorsement to the 43 rd UNSC, Feb 2012

Resource mobilization strategy Communication and advocacy tools being developed Meetings with donors ICAS-V donors’ meeting - October 2010 Bilateral meetings with donors (US and Europe) - February/March FAO donors conference - 1 March 2011 Paris 21 Board meeting - April 2011 Donors’ conference in Rome – September 2011 Global Trust Fund hosted by the World Bank Regional Trust Fund hosted by AFDB

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