1. Statistical Co-operation
Amanda Charles; International Branch - Office for National Statistics

2. Statistical co-operation - UK context
UK statistics decentralised; statisticians concentrated in ONS and across over 30 Govt Depts
Govt Dept dedicated to International Development (DFID)
Statistics high on development agenda
DFID - more technical assistance work than statisticians and majority of projects outsourced; within Govt and outside

3. DFID Statistical Advisors
DFID statisticians…
identify, design and appraise projects to assist with statistical capacity building
assist in developing procedures for poverty monitoring
provide technical assistance to countries - often resident in country

4. Office for National Statistics
International strategy for National Statistics
assist DFID in meeting UK Govt targets for development
currently one large DFID project (Ukraine)
frequent short study visits
not only DFID, consultancies undertaken for other organisations eg British Council, European Commission
constraints on ONS participation

5. DFID Project strategy
focus on poverty reduction/sustainable development as ultimate project goal
country driven approach/country strategies
Millennium Development Goals
90:10 funding ratio; low/middle income countries

6. Sustainability
knowledge building and developing means through which to share knowledge
staff retention
engaging Government
effective planning - identify opportunities to do more within existing resources

7. Project monitoring Pre-project: ensure shared vision
determine risks and how to manage
During project:
quarterly reports
output to purpose reviews
Evaluation
end of project review

8. Lessons learnt be flexible awareness of failures and their causes
donor co-ordination - better targeted assistance
donors should support, not lead
information/experience sharing - within and between countries - developed country examples not always best solution
form strong relations with key stakeholders