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Co-ordinating donor efforts James Whitworth Eurostat, European Commission Third International Roundtable on Managing for Development Results, Hanoi, February 2007
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Donor co-ordination What does Eurostat do? EU Advisory Group Who? Why is it so difficult? The way forward
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What does Eurostat do? Advocacy for statistics at strategic and programming stages (flag NSDS) Advisory service on statistical aspects of development programmes to EC external relations services Co-ordination at EU level (Advisory Group), contribution to global co-ordination efforts Paris 21 Consortium, Steering Committee & Bureau, MAPS Advisory Board
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EU Advisory Group First meeting 19 July 2006 11 countries, EFTA, Paris21 EU “joined-up” approach to meet the needs for statistical capacity building
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Advisory Group: First actions Links with other co-ordinating efforts Identification of needs document Database of current and future projects Pool of experts Exchange experience and best practices
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Advisory Group: next steps? Second meeting: 19 March 2007 EU strategy for statistical capacity building efforts Twinning Training Network of local representatives Expand scope to other regions New ways of looking at problem
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Donor co-ordination: who? Paris21 UN Statistical Commission Committee for the Co-ordination of Statistical Activities (CCSA) UN Regional Commissions EU Advisory Group
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Donor co-ordination: why difficult? Donors often have their own agenda Poor communication between headquarters and field Hard to identify statistical projects A lot of initiatives Lack of a focal point in partners
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“Co-ordination, co-ordination, co-ordination” EU Advisory group will try to solve the problem for EU donors Need better links among multitude of initiatives Ex-post co-ordination will fail Network of local representatives Responsibility of beneficiary partners
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James Whitworth International Statistical Co-operation Eurostat, European Commission james.whitworth@ec.europa.eu +352 4301 36857
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