1. CODI V1 UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR AFRICA AFRICAN CENTRE FOR STATISTICS Committee for the Development of Information Addis Ababa - ETHIOPIA 29 April – 4 May 2007 Oumar SARR, Statistician CAPACITY BUILDING

2. CODI V2 Outline  Issues and Challenges facing Africa Statistical System  Constraints faced by the National Statistical System  ECA ’ s Response to Some of the Issues and Challenges

3. CODI V3 Issues and Challenges Regional level: Willingness of integration NEPAD At country level: Development of democracy Emerging statistical areas: MDGs, Welfare, HIV, Knowledge economy

4. CODI V4 Constraints faced by the NSS Lack of statistical awareness from political deciders Institutional Lack of financial capacity: To put in place infrastructures To conduct statistical activities Lack of human capacity: number and quality in all areas

5. CODI V5 ECA’s Response Advocacy Institutional development Financing activities Training

6. CODI V6 Advocacy African Statistics Day (ASD) Africa Symposium on Statistical Development (ASSD) Statistical Commission for Africa (StatCom- Africa) Development of Communication Tools

7. CODI V7 Institutional development Support to the elaboration and implementation of the NSDS

8. CODI V8 Training The philosophy Cooperation South-South Database countries and experts Sharing experience Seminars on: PHC: Workshops on census planning, enumeration, analysis, dissemination, etc. Elaboration of census materials

9. CODI V9 Seminars on: (Cont’d) HS: Workshops (survey methodologies, questionnaire design, data processing and analysis, …) NA Workshops on SNA implementation Expert groups Technical assistance Support to STCs Curricula development Hosting interns Training

10. CODI V10 THANK YOU!