Reporting on Support to Statistics

1. Reporting on Support to Statistics Board meeting OECD Conference Centre 28 April 2011

2. Results & Lessons from PRESS 2010

3. Results from PRESS 2010 Impact of the Financial Crisis? Comparison of Global Estimated Commitments over Past Three PRESS Rounds However …

4. Results from PRESS 2010 Impact of the Financial Crisis? Furthermore …

5. Results from PRESS 2010 Impact of the Financial Crisis? Share of commitments to statistics in the total ODA Period Covered by PRESS Rounds

6. Results from PRESS 2010 Aid Concentration Estimated Commitments to Main Recipient Countries, 2008–10 Commitments to these 15 countries combined to equal 45% of total estimated commitments worldwide and 48% of total country-specific commitments.

7. Results from PRESS 2010 Aid Fragmentation (too little aid from too many donors) • Four types of aid relationships: • Concentrated and important: The donor gives more aid to the recipient country than its global share of aid would suggest and is among the donors that combine to account for at least 90% of the recipient country’s aid. • Concentrated: The donor gives more aid to the recipient country than its global share of aid would suggest but it is nevertheless among the donors that combine to account for less than 10% of the recipient country’s aid. • Important: The donor gives less aid to the recipient country than its global share of aid would suggest but is among the donors that combine to account for at least 90% of the recipient country’s aid. • Non-significant: The donor gives less aid to the recipient country than its global share of aid would suggest and is among the donors that combine to account for less than 10% of the recipient country’s aid.

8. Results from PRESS 2010 Aid Fragmentation (too little aid from too many donors) 37.5% of aid relationships among top 15 recipients were “non-significant”. These relationships represented 4.0% of aid to statistics to these countries. This means that more than more than one-third (1/3) of aid relationships accounted for one-twenty-fifth (1/25) of financial aid to statistics.

9. Results from PRESS 2010 Aid Alignment with NSDS Only 19% of projects reported in the PRESS responded to the alignment question. These figures use total global commitments as their denominator. NB: To appreciate these figures, it is important to recognise the percentage of countries that are either implementing or designing an NSDS: 91% of PRESS countries in Africa, 74% in Asia-Pacific, 69% in LAC, and 100% in Europe.

10. Lessons from PRESS 2010 Exercise • Experience of the online questionnaire: • Many reporters did not click on SUBMIT button. • Reporters requested ability to print out a summary report before final submission. Secretariat has developed this function. • Very few details provided on alignment, co-ordination mechanisms, and future projects. • Sessions often timed out. Secretariat has increased delay period. • Some reporters found that transferring projects from future to currentrequired too many clicks. Secretariat has simplified the procedure.

11. New Developments in the PRESS 2011

12. New Developments in the PRESS 2011 • Results from 2010 Round of the Partner Report on Support to Statistics (PRESS) were presented at First Meeting of Partners for Statistics Development in Asia-Pacific (Bangkok: December 2010). • “To avoid duplication, the group agreed to make full use of the PARIS21 Partner Report on Support to Statistics (PRESS) as a basis for information sharing. It agreed to further analyze the PRESS to assess its usefulness for this purpose, leaving the option for improving this tool or share information through other means open.” • In Q1 2011, ESCAP & PARIS21 studied the PRESS process and results to develop some recommendations on fine-tuning the system.

13. New Developments in the PRESS 2011 • The 2011 Round of PRESS will be launched next week. What’s new this year…? • Online questionnaire will be open (nearly) year-round. Will allow reporters to load new projects as they are approved, anytime during the year. • Secretariat will publish updated data in December & March. Users will be able to access updates in between rounds. • System allows multiple reporters per institution but not per project. To avoid technical glitches. • Secretariat has produced a detailed guide for PRESS reporters. Details on each field and strong pleas to complete future projects section. • Additional free-text field will be added to questionnaire. For information on objectives, project documentation for future projects. • Directory of PRESS reporters will be annexed to report. Partners can solicit further information directly from reporters.

14. Piloting the CRESS

15. From PRESS to CRESS Reminder: Based on the PRESS experience conducted at the international level, PARIS21 has launched a pilot exercise named CRESS (Country Report on Support to Statistics) at the country level. The CRESS is a country-led exercise to gather all data relating to the funding of the entire NSS whether deriving from national resources or donor support.

16. CRESS Objectives The ultimate objective is to improve efficiency of the NSS through a better co-ordination and better information sharing. The CRESS should help: • inform policymakers and financial and technical partners (FTPs) of the volume of support to statistics; • provide information useful to strengthening and improving co-ordination; • identify the needs in terms of financing statistics including statistical capacity development; • monitor the financing of FTPs; and • serve as an important input into NSDS design/updating.

17. Piloting the CRESS • Current work: • Pilots in Cameroon, Ethiopia, and Malawi. • Senegal is conducting a full PER on statistics (with WB support). PARIS21 advising on CRESS component. • Secretariat providing concept note, template questionnaire, guidance, database development. • Results in late 2011.

18. Thank you!