1 Statistical Capacity Building Program (SCB). ISI Satellite Meeting Maputo, Mozambique, August 2009 Fessou E. Lawson Principal Statistician African Development Bank

2 Outline of Presentation D. The Way Forward C. Implementation Arrangements A. AfDB Support to Agriculture B. The New Capacity Building Program

3 Between 1967 and 2008, the Agriculture Sector accounts for UA 7.22 billions (16.1%) of the total UA billions Bank Group’s financing. A.AfDB Support to the Agricultural Sector

4 Bank’s Group financing in the Agriculture Sector includes also support to Agricultural Research Institutions. 1. Agricultural Research Institutions received around 70% of of Bank Group ’ s support to Research and Capacity Building Institutions during the past twenty years. 2. AfDB focussed mainly on agricultural productivity, poverty reduction, sustainable management of natural resources, protection of biodiversity, and rural development; 3. Two categories of beneficiaries were earmarked for financial support: (a) International Agricultural research institutions, sponsored by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) and others outside the system; and (b) The African Regional and Sub- regional Agricultural Research Organizations (FARA, ASARECA, CORAF, and SACCAR). 4. Definition: FARA = Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa; ASARECA = Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa; WECARD = the West and Central Africa Council for Agricultural Research and Development; SACCAR = the Southern African Centre for Cooperation in Agricultural Research and Training. CGIAR = the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research.

5 Caveats: 1.NSDS Framework 2. Regional level, SRO and countries must have the following activities at the minimum: CPI Database and Report ICP Database and Report National Accounts Database and Report Infrastructure Database and Report MDG Report. B. New Statistical Capacity Building Program ( ) Since Novemer 2008, around US$ million were earmarked for the new Statistical Capacity Building Program ( )

6 B. Scaling Up 4 Components: Multinational Statistical Capacity Building in Regional Member Countries for MDG Monitoring and Results Measurement.  Continue current activities - (ICP, Price, NA, NSDS, MDGs)  Improve social & poverty statistics  Improve statistics on ADF-XI focal areas: Agriculture and rural development; governance; infrastructure; gender; environment; and climate change  Data development, archiving, and dissemination We are fully engaged to bring Agriculture as key sector in our financing. We have mobilized resources up to 2010.

7 Core MODULE AGSTAT & NSDS MODULE 1 Classification Economic & Environmental Accounts for Food and Agriculture MODULE 4 Food and Agriculture Price Module MODULE 2 Advanced Data Collection and Processing Methods Partnership Programme with FAO for Capacity Building in Agricultural Statistics. MODULE 3 Food Security Indicators MODULE 5 CountrySTAT Data Integration and Dissemination C. Implementation Arrangements 1. Immediate Action Plan FOR Improved and Integrated Food and Agricultural Statistics System

8 C. Implementation Arrangements 2. Medium Term Programme which should be part of FAO/AfDB Memorandum of Understanding 3. Tripartite Partnership with the World Bank and the European Commission under the umbrella of the Results Agenda. Seven Priority Actions have been defined Objective: Improve coordination to strengthen national statistical capacity. Agreement on work program for Statistical Capacity Building in 4 pilot Countries: Ghana, Mali, Rwanda, and Mozambique The three institutions are providing support to capacity strengthening.

9 D. Way Forward  AfDB will continue to mobilize additional resources and funding to support agricultural research and agricultural statistics  AfDB will update National NSDS by integrating agricultural statistics  AfDB will Reinforce partnership programmes with other Institutions for better harmonization and better coordination of capacity building in agricultural statistics  AfDB will be fully involved in data development, archiving, and dissemination

10 Thank you