1. Pan African Statistics Programme (PAS) State of play March 2019
XXI meeting of the Management Group on Statistical Cooperation
Luxembourg, 4-5th April 2019
Veronika Radermacher
Eurostat, Team leader - Development cooperation; PAS Programme management

2. Background for PAS support activities
Implemen
tation
support
African Charter of Statistics
Strategy for Harmonised Statistics in Africa (SHaSA)
Agenda
2030
2063

3. Broad objectives of PAS
Support integration process
Improve the quality of statistics in Africa, i.e. availability, reliability, comparability, timeliness, etc.
Support cooperation within the African Statistical System (ASS)
Build capacity of people and institutions
Transfer of good practice and common tools
Reminder of main objectives
STRONG RESULTS FOCUS

4. Data availability and quality
Data production
Methodology
Data (pilot) collection
AU data management
Tools
Dissemination
AU web site
Publications
Seminar/workshops
Quality
Quality frameworks
Peer reviews
Snapshot Tool
Training

5. Main types of support:
Support to methodological work of the SHaSA working groups -> methodological frameworks (guidelines, manuals, questionnaires…) in 6 domains:
National accounts
Trade
Migration
Labour
SDGs
Governance, Peace, and Security
Technical assistance and training (e.g. for tools, frameworks; knowledge transfer)

6. PAS 2018 in figures

7. Activities by PAS domain 13 Peer reviews in 2018: Peers from:
• Angola
• Benin
• Botswana
• Burundi
• Comoros
• Congo
• Equatorial Guinea
• Gambia
• Mauritius
• Namibia
• Niger
• Sao Tomé & Principe
• Togo
2019:
• Mozambique
• Zimbabwe
• Liberia (tbc)
• Botswana
• Burkina Faso
• Cabo Verde
• Comoros
• Côte d‘Ivoire
• Gabon
• Madagascar
• Mali
• Morocco
• Mozambique
• Namibia
• Rwanda
• Senegal
• South Africa
• Tunisia
• Uganda

8. Activities by PAS domain 2016-19 National Accounts – SNA 2008 TA to countries

9. Activities by PAS domain 2016-19 National Accounts – capacity building
Countries participating in EN WS 2018
Countries participating in FR WS 2018
Countries receiving national TA in 2018
November 2018
2 Workshops (EN/FR) on NA country needs assessment, in Tunis
2019
Technical support to 2-4 additional countries

10. Activities by PAS domains Governance, Peace and Security (GPS)
10 Country Fact sheets:
Burundi
Benin
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Cote d’Ivoire
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Tunisia
Uganda

11. Activities by PAS domains Governance, Peace and Security (GPS)

12. Activities by PAS domain Labour statistics
Results of technical assistance
Labour - status report
Jun-2016
Meeting/ workshop on Labour statistics and indicators compilation from existing data sources
Jun-2017
Guidelines for producing labour market indicators from existing data sources in Africa (EN/FR)
May- July 2017
1st Pilot survey on guidelines (15 countries)
Jun-Dec-2017
2019
2nd Pilot on Guidelines in 5 countries with some 80 expert days of TA
Cameroon
Egypt
Senegal
South Africa
Tanzania

13. Activities by PAS domain Migration statistics
Results of technical assistance
Status report
Jun-2016
Harmonised concepts and definitions on migration statistics for data collection and compilation of migration statistics/indicators in Africa
Dec-2016
Guidelines: Towards harmonised standards and tools for data collection on international labour migration in Africa
Mar-2017
2017 Data collection/analysis (for 2nd labour migration report)
March - Oct 2017
Recommendations for a data collection methodology for irregular migration, smuggling and trafficking of persons, and international protection of migrants in Africa
Feb-2018
2019
Pilot on Common Methodology for Measuring Irregular Migration

14. Activities by PAS domain Trade statistics
Results of technical assistance
Status report
Jul-2016
Guidelines for harmonised collection of trade data and metadata transmission (Intra- and Extra AU trade)
Dec-2016
Data collection from NSIs, processing, analysis
2017
Evaluation meeting of the SHaSA STG "External sector/trade“ - Document: Publication challenges
Sept 2017
Africa Trade Year Book results of 2016 data collection
May-2018
Africa Trade Year Book results of 2017 data collection
May -2019

15. Activities by PAS domain Trade statistics

16. Activities by PAS domain Trade statistics - training on tools
EUROTRACE - Trade statistics tool
Advanced Eurotrace (TfT) - data collection tool
Addis
Oct. 2016
Adv. Eurotrace (.net)
Abidjan
Febr. 2018

17. Activities by PAS domain SDG indicators
Results of technical assistance
Labour - status report
Jun-2016
Training for AUC staff on SDGs
Febr-2017
Participation in/contribution to 2030 /2063 indicators - EG meeting, Nairobi 2016
March-2017
Publication on SDGs in daily life context (for civil society)
Jun-2017-March 2018
2019
Baseline assessment on SDG indicator coverage

18. Thank you very much for your attention !