AfricaInfo

1. AfricaInfo StatCom-Africa III Cape Town, South Africa 21-23 Jan 2012 AU Presentation

2. Background • AfricaInfoendorsedby AU Conference of African Ministers of Economy and Finance in March2011: “ Calls upon the African Union Commission, the Economic Commission for Africa, the AfricanDevelopment Bank and the United Nations Children’sFundtostrengthentheircollaboration for the operationalizationof the AfricaInfoinitiativetoensurethat it has a continental dimension, and produce a plan for its implementation;

3. Background • In response, AUC, ECA, AfDB and UNICEF producedStrategicAction Plan

4. What is AfricaInfo? • A pan-African database initiative • Monitors the continent’s goals and commitments • Builds capacity and harmonizes data throughout the continent • Builds on the DevInfoinitiative, a UN toolmonitoringMDGs and developmentwhich is used by 45 of 54 Africancountries

5. DevInfo Implementation

6. Institutional objectives • Compile and standardize national and subnational data across the region • Increase AU capacity to use and analyze data • Increase transparency and support planning and decision-making • Reinforce national efforts to improve statistical information systems • Harmonize data with RECs & Country States

7. Technical objectives • Open data access through SDMX and simple web services • Better tools for data visualization • Support the different structures needed to monitor goals and commitments

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9. Mapping

11. Trends analyzed - graphs

12. Gross enrollment ratio in primary, grade 1 to 6 Dire Dawa & Harari Female Male Addis Ababa

13. EMERGENCIES IN EASTERN & SOUTHERN AFRICA 2007 Political tension Flooding, AWD,Conflict Flooding, Conflict, Cholera/AWD Conflict, Flooding Flooding, Ethnic Clashes Displacements Flooding, Earthquakes Cholera Cholera Flooding Flooding Flooding, Cyclone Flooding, Cyclones Cholera, Political & economic instability, Drought Drought Drought

21. Less than half of the children reach to Grade 5 in Cambodia Situation is worsening in the Northern province 1996 1999

22. Source: UNSD_MDG_2010 Country Data

23. Mauritius: 75.8 Chad: 2.8 Source: UNSD_MDG_2010 Country Data

24. Contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR) Namibia, Total 15-49 yr, 2000/2006 Source: NAM_DHS_2000, 2006-2007

25. Larger unmet need for spacing Larger unmet need for limiting Source: UNSD_MDG_2010 Country Data

31. Tunisia

32. Niger

33. Yemen

34. Rwanda

35. Cameroon

36. Egypt

37. Liberia

38. Managementandgovernance • Steering committee – to be composed of directors of the appropriate departments at AUC, UNECA, AfDB, UNICEF and RECs. • Technical working group (AUC, UNECA, AfDB, UNICEF) • Operational team to be composed of technical experts at AUC, UNECA, AfDB and UNICEF • Secretariat to provide administrative support

39. Way forward • Partners are ready to start implementation by: • Agreeing upon list of indicators • Starting to build the regional database • Provide open access to all available national and sub-national data • Initiating the training program outlined in Strategic Action Plan

40. Wayforward (continued) • Resource mobilization based on existing ministerial endorsement of AfricaInfo in March 2011 • Five-year strategic action plan - 2011-2015 – calls for $10 million

41. THANK YOU!