1 IMPORTANCE OF STATISTICS IN LOCAL GOVERNANCE A Presentation to the Nyamasheke Local Leaders. Ministry of Local Government Nyamasheke, 28 March 2012 By GASASIRA Jacques

Outline  Definition of statistics  Why statistics in Districts?  Statistics as a Pillar for Sustainable Development  Role of Districts statisticians  Challenges and way forwards  Conclusion 2

Definition of statistics  Statistics is the science of the collection, organization, and interpretation of data. It deals with all aspects of this, including the planning of data collection in terms of the design of surveys and experimentssurveysexperiments  A statistician is someone who is particularly well versed in the ways of thinking necessary for the successful application of statistical analysisstatistician March 9, 20163

Why statistics in Districts?  Statistics is a good tool of monitoring and evaluation. By statistical analysis’, it also provides tools for prediction in planning  Statistician improves the quality of data with the design of experiments and survey samplingdesign of experimentssurvey sampling March 9, 20164

Why statistics in Districts? District needs statistics to monitor and evaluate Government programs: - Good governance - Justice - Economy - Social welfare March 9, 20165

Why statistics in Districts?  Baseline  Target  Tools of evaluation March 9, 20166

Why statistics in Districts? - Speed up the implementation of development programs; - Strengthening culture of reporting, present what we are doing; - Enhanced culture of working on target; - Enhanced culture of competitions and innovation; March 9, 20167

Statistics as a tool for Sustainable Development 8 Needed statistics Good Governance Decentralization (election, citizen participation ) Security, Justice Corruption Itorero, LD, Social Development Education Health (imirire, isuku,…) Unity and Reconciliation Economic Development. Modern Agriculture (CIP) Gir’inka program Infrastructure VUP ubudehe, Umurenge SACCOs,… Population

Roles of District Statisticians  Plan and supervise the coordination and organisation of all activities regarding collection and compilation of administrative data;  Establish and update on regular basis the database of district administrative data;  Compile all administrative data and send them to NISR;  Providing reliable statistics to update District Development Plan (DDP).

Role of Districts statisticians  Partcipate actively in the preparation and evaluation of district performance contract ( Imihigo)  Prepare and conducting training sessions on administrative data in District  Establish a functional collaboration with NISR especially in administrative data;

Data channel data March 9, Statistician for analysis Districts leaders for approval and dissemination Staff in charge Planners Sector level Cell/umudugudu level

Impact of Statistics as a tool for analysis and interpretation in Decision-Making YearCow per family SACCOs Total 1152 March 9,

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Challenges and way forwards ChallengesImpactsWay forwards Weakness in data collection, data analysis,…. Non updated database, unreal data, planning without real baseline,… Unplanned surveysBudget Unefficient ReportsFalse planning at all level Time reportingUnplanned activities Lack of coordination system Unknown surveys, Lack of motivationData coordination March 9,

Thank you for your attention March 9,