1. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ECO Secretariat Economic Cooperation Organization Regional Training on “Statistical Methods and Information System Technologies for Implementing CountrySTAT in the ECO Countries” Objectives of the ECO-FAO collaboration on CountrySTAT implementation Tehran, Iran, 10 - 13 November 2014 Fabio Grita System Support Officer FAO STATISTICS DIVISION

2. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ECO Secretariat Economic Cooperation Organization GLOBAL, REGIONAL AND NATIONAL FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL CHALLENGES REQUIRE FAST, INFORMED AND TARGETED DECISIONS

3. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ECO Secretariat Economic Cooperation Organization WE NEED TO CREATE THE CONDITIONS FOR EVIDENCE-BASED POLICY AND ANSWER QUESTION, SUCH AS:

4. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ECO Secretariat Economic Cooperation Organization Where are the hungry people? How many are there? How much food is produced, and how much is available? In what composition and quality? What can we do to make agriculture-based livelihoods more sustainable? How can agri-business become more profitable? 1 2 3 4

5. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ECO Secretariat Economic Cooperation Organization REDUCE HUNGER ALLEVIATE POVERTY PROMOTE RURAL DEVELOPMENT 1 2 3 DECISION / POLICY-MAKING TO

6. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ECO Secretariat Economic Cooperation Organization Mobilization of the entire national, regional and international community High quality, comparable, timely data 1 2 REQUIRE

7. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ECO Secretariat Economic Cooperation Organization Mixed quality of information Lack of comparability Limited access to data 1 2 3 MAIN DATA ISSUES

8. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ECO Secretariat Economic Cooperation Organization Lack of data and metadata harmonization Poor data dissemination systems/mechanisms Restrictive or unclear data policy Poor communication and awareness Limited interoperability between systems 1 2 3 4 PROBLEMS OF EXISTING SYSTEMS 5

9. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ECO Secretariat Economic Cooperation Organization CHALLENGE CLOSE THE GAP BETWEEN DATA AVAILABILITY AND DATA NEEDS

10. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ECO Secretariat Economic Cooperation Organization HOW IS THIS CHALLENGE ADDRESSED BY CountrySTAT?

11. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ECO Secretariat Economic Cooperation Organization CountrySTAT “embeds” FAO knowledge and expertise in Food Security and Agriculture Mature approach to capacity development after several years of national-level assistance Strong and flexible IT platform and solid statistical know-how Consolidated network of international, regional and national partners 1 2 3 4

12. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ECO Secretariat Economic Cooperation Organization EXPLOITING NETWORK OPPORTUNITIES

13. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ECO Secretariat Economic Cooperation Organization The largest global database on agriculture Supports national/regional agencies on data preparation and publication. It feeds into FAOSTAT Early warning and monitoring tool for food market prices and balances for the 4 main food commodities (wheat, maize, rice and soybean) Helps mobilize resources and tracks official development assistance (ODA) data flows REUSABILITY

14. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ECO Secretariat Economic Cooperation Organization INTEGRATION OF KEY SYSTEM COMPONENTS

15. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ECO Secretariat Economic Cooperation Organization Data and tools provided as a “public good”; Data and tools provided as a “public good”; no licensing constraints; full redistribution rights Data as a result of the collaborative effort Data as a result of the collaborative effort between FAO, countries and regions Ensure two-way benefit: Ensure two-way benefit: adding value to countries’ data; helping them in data management Ensure country ownership Ensure country ownership of IT technologies and statistical systems / methodologies 1 2 3 4

16. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ECO Secretariat Economic Cooperation Organization CountrySTAT THE CountrySTAT IT PLATFORM

17. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ECO Secretariat Economic Cooperation Organization WHAT IS PLANNED FOR THE ECO Region?

18. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ECO Secretariat Economic Cooperation Organization ECO Secretariat and the Member Countries may work with FAO to kick-start the New CountrySTAT based on the renovated approach Establish the ECO Regional Network to share data, knowledge and expertise on Food Security, Nutrition and Agriculture Assist the ECO countries to effectively deal with specific critical issues (e.g. draught management, soaring of food prices) through modern and affordable technologies 1 2 3