AfDB, Statistics DepartmentAl Khawarezmi First Conference African Strategy for the Implementation of the System of National Accounts 2008 Al Khawarezmi First Conference Qatar, December, 2010 AfDB, Statistics Department Introduction AGNA activities Strategic Lines, Objectives and Activities Monitoring & Reporting and Action Plan Cost, Coordination and Road Map Conclusion

AfDB, Statistics Department Al Khawarezmi First Conference Contents 1.Introduction 2.Activities of the African Group on National Accounts (AGNA) 3.Strategic Lines, Strategic Objectives and Activities 4.Monitoring & Reporting 5.Action Plan 6.Cost of the Action Plan 7.Coordination 8.Road Map 9.Conclusion

AfDB, Statistics Department 1. Introduction  End of the Revision of the 1993 SNA  Acknowlegment of Diversified levels of implementation of the 1993 SNA in Africa  Implementing Strategy = Results based oriented Programme Approach  Participatory approach Al Khawarezmi First Conference

AfDB, Statistics Department 2. Activities of the African Group on National Accounts (AGNA)  Setting up in January 2008 by STATCOM-AFRICA  Members: AfDB (Lead), AUC, UNECA, ACBF, AFRISTAT, RECs, National Experts in National Accounts  ToRs developped during the Lusaka Meeting  Development of the Strategy for the implementation of the 2008 SNA Al Khawarezmi First Conference

AfDB, Statistics Department 2. Activities of the African Group on National Accounts (AGNA) Cont’d. AGNA 1: Lusaka, April 2008 AGNA 2: Tunis, July 2008 AGNA 3: Durban, August 2008 AGNA 4: Addis-Ababa, October 2009 AGNA 5: Dakar, November 2009 AGNA 6: East London, 7-12 December 2009 STATCOM Africa II, January 2010 Al Khawarezmi First Conference

AfDB, Statistics Department 3. Strategic lines, Objectives and Activities 07 Strategic Lines 16 Strategic Objectives 40 Activities Al Khawarezmi First Conference Details in the results based Logical Framework matrix of the Strategy: 2008 SNA RB Logical Framework.doc

AfDB, Statistics Department Line 1. Equipping African Countries with an SNA that is appropriate to their socio- economic realities Al Khawarezmi First Conference Strategic Objective 1.1: Developing the African System of National Accounts (ASNA) Preparatory work for the development of the ASNA Development of the African System of National Accounts (ASNA) Inventory of sources of information and questionnaires (data collection tools) required by the 2008 SNA Development of bridge tables between questionnaires to the 2008 SNA tables

AfDB, Statistics Department Line 1. Equipping African Countries with an SNA that is appropriate to their socio- economic realities Al Khawarezmi First Conference Strategic Objective 1.1: Developing the African System of National Accounts (ASNA) Development of conceptual and methodological notes, and practical guide books Adaptation of ASNA at sub regional level Strategic Objective 1.2: To make the ASNA dynamic Determination of the periodicity for updating the ASNA

AfDB, Statistics Department Line 2. Strengthening ICP-Africa assets in the field of National Accounts work Al Khawarezmi First Conference Strategic Objective 2.1: Increasing the ability of African countries to master ICP-Africa, so as to make it the basis for routine national accounts work Integration of the GDP breakdown into the 1993 SNA national accounts routine work Publication and popularization of the GDP breakdown methodology Development and publication of an African annual report on GDP breakdown into basic headings Technical Assistance to ICP-Africa non participants countries Assistance to fragile States and small island developing countries

AfDB, Statistics Department Line 2. Strengthening ICP-Africa assets in the field of National Accounts work Al Khawarezmi First Conference Strategic Objective 2.2: Developing an African System for the annual production of macro-economic aggregates and Price statistics for the calculation of purchasing power parities Elaboration of product lists for each Regional Economic Community (REC) Enhance the validation of GDP expenditures and national accounts for each REC member countries Compute, on an yearly basis, purchasing power parities for each REC and at the regional level

AfDB, Statistics Department Line 3. Preparing an optimal and efficient operational system of production and diffusion of National Accounts Al Khawarezmi First Conference Strategic Objective 3.1: Preparing national accounts in accordance with an timeline that respects the national, sub- regional and international requirements Establishing calendar for the publication of national accounts in Africa Enhance national accounts’ validation processes at REC and regional levels Adoption of the type (version) of national accounts i.e. preliminary, provisional and final figures

AfDB, Statistics Department Line 3. Preparing an optimal and efficient operational system of production and diffusion of National Accounts Al Khawarezmi First Conference Strategic Objective 3.2: Optimizing and rationalizing the production of the national accounts Clustering countries according to the kind of accounts to be elaborated Establishing tables to be published by group of countries Work on classifications as regards groups of countries

AfDB, Statistics Department Line 4. Building capacity and sustainability of national accounts production and analysis Al Khawarezmi First Conference Strategic Objective 4.1: Building national accounts production capacities Utilization of modern and country-adapted IT tools Strategic Objective 4.2: Improving training in national accounts Development of training programs in national accounts Development of national accountants’ profile Creation of a postgraduate national account institute

AfDB, Statistics Department Line 4. Building capacity and sustainability of national accounts production and analysis Al Khawarezmi First Conference Strategic Objective 4.3: Improving national accountant’s analysis capacities Development of training specimen modules and tools Organization of training workshops and seminars

AfDB, Statistics Department Line 5. Increasing the availability and improving the quality of the basic data required for the compilation of national accounts, based on NSDS Al Khawarezmi First Conference Strategic Objective 5.1: Developing a system of ordinary structural socio-economic surveys Evaluation of data sources required for the compilation of the 2008 System of national accounts Development of statistical surveys required for the compilation of National Accounts (NA) Development of practical guidebooks on statistical surveys required for the compilation of national accounts Development of practical guidebooks for updating statistical survey results for the compilation of NA, and making forecasts

AfDB, Statistics Department Line 5. Increasing the availability and improving the quality of the basic data required for the compilation of national accounts, based on NSDS Al Khawarezmi First Conference Strategic Objective 5.2: Promoting and developing administrative statistics Making an inventory of administrative data sources required for national accounts compilation Development of a guidebook on processing data from administrative sources in national accounts

AfDB, Statistics Department Line 5. Increasing the availability and improving the quality of the basic data required for the compilation of national accounts, based on NSDS Al Khawarezmi First Conference Strategic Objective 5.3: Implementing international statistical systems (balance of payments, budget statistics, financial Statistics, etc.) for the improvement of national accounts Development of bridge tables between international statistical systems and 2008 SNA Strategic Objective 5.4: Adapting international classifications to african socio-economic realities Classifications are developed at regional and sub regional levels, and adapted at national level

AfDB, Statistics Department Line 6. Increasing human, material and financial resources Al Khawarezmi First Conference Strategic Objective 6.1: Reorganizing and developing national accounts work Creation of the African National Accountants Network (ANAN) = 1st step of the creation of the African National Accountants Association Strategic Objective 6.2: Optimizing the use of the available resources Setting up a team of regional advisers in national accounts Launching assistance for countries lagging behind in the implementation of the 1993 SNA

AfDB, Statistics Department Line 7. Undertake advocacy at all decision-making levels Al Khawarezmi First Conference Strategic Objective 7.1: Developing an active and operational advocacy Preparation of advocacy tools and organization of the advocacy at the Head of State and Government’ levels Organization of advocacy at regional, sub regional, and national levels

AfDB, Statistics Department 4. Monitoring & Reporting Timeline designed for each actor and activity AGNA: Bi-annual reports to African Statistical Coordination Committee & Bureau of STATCOM-Africa 2-Year report to STATCOM-Africa on the implementation of the 2008 SNA A manual on monitoring the implementation of the 2008 SNA Drawing up a standard frame of the report Al Khawarezmi First Conference

AfDB, Statistics Department 5. Action Plan 5-Year action plan Consensual programming framework Activities at each level of the African region (National, Sub regional and Regional) Activities for each participating player which well-defined role Assumption of full ownership by African Countries, Sub regional & Regional Organizations of the Continent Al Khawarezmi First Conference

AfDB, Statistics Department 6. Cost of the Action Plan Al Khawarezmi First Conference Country/InstitutionMillions USD Total countries Total RECs3.275 NA Post-Grad Institute Grand Total100.00

AfDB, Statistics Department 7. Coordination Al Khawarezmi First Conference  Regional Coordinators (3): AfDB (Lead), AUC and UNECA  Sub regional Coordinators (5): AMU, COMESA, ECCAS, ECOWAS and SADC  Technical Advisor (1): AFRISTAT Regional Coordination Mechanisms

AfDB, Statistics Department 8. Road Map Al Khawarezmi First Conference N°ActivityPeriodResponsible AReview and adoption of TORs of bodies in charge of monitoring and coordination of the SNA implementation Dec. 12, 2009 AGNA BTaking into account of amendments and remarks made by the 6th AGNA Meeting Dec. 15, 2009 AfDB and Rapporteurs CTransmission of the Strategy to the Bureau of STATCOM-Africa Jan. 05, 2010 AfDB DReview and adoption of the strategy Jan. 2010STATCOM- Africa

AfDB, Statistics Department 8. Road Map Al Khawarezmi First Conference N°ActivityPeriodResponsible EReview and adoption of the strategy by Ministers of Finance and Planning through the SHaSA Feb. 2010AUC FAdoption of the strategy by Heads of States and Governments through the SHaSA July 2010 AUC GDevelopment of the Road map & sharing the work Dec, 2010AfDB HLaunching of the 2008 SNA implementation strategy by by Ministers of Finance and Planning through the SHaSA Dec. 2010AfDB IPublication and disseminationJan. 2011AfDB

AfDB, Statistics Department 9. Conclusion First African Common initiative to conduct the implementation of a system of national accounts Big challenge at international level Ownership at all levels needed to ensure the success of the implementation Al Khawarezmi First Conference

AfDB, Statistics Department Thank You Introduction AGNA activities Strategic Lines, Objectives and Activities Monitoring & Reporting and Action Plan Cost, Coordination and Road Map Conclusion