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Aims of the workshop. PARIS21 Workshop Accra 27-28 July 2005. Aims. To identify the current status of strategic statistical planning in the region To share experiences and learn lessons To identify the successes and constraints to implementation of plans
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Aims of the workshop PARIS21 Workshop Accra 27-28 July 2005
Aims • To identify the current status of strategic statistical planning in the region • To share experiences and learn lessons • To identify the successes and constraints to implementation of plans • To begin to consider solutions to these constraints • To set out practical steps forward
ABOUT PARIS21 • Goal: evidence-based policy making and implementation • Purpose: greater demand, availability and use of better statistics and statistical analysis • Independent evaluations in 2003 - said that PARIS21 is making a difference
PARTNERSHIP • Between statisticians, analysts, policy makers and development professionals • Between developed, transitional and developing countries • PARIS21 Secretariat works mainly at the international and regional levels, through: • Advocacy • Facilitation
STATISTICS FOR DEVELOPMENT in the 21st CENTURY Need for statistics and strategic approaches has been reinforced by: • Managing for Development Results • Poverty Reduction Strategies • Millennium Development Goals
Marrakech Action Plan for Statistics (MAPS) • MAPS aim: • “to mainstream strategic planning of statistical systems and prepare national strategies for the development of statistics for all low-income countries by 2006.” • Integrate statistical development within PRSs and national development plans.