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Guiding statistics

Explore the importance of guiding principles, legislation, leadership, and planning frameworks in the organization and implementation of official statistics. Discover the link between resources and objectives, the role of professional independence and confidence-building, and the impact of international rules and best practices. Evaluate different planning frameworks and their effectiveness in achieving statistical goals.

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Guiding statistics

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  1. Guiding statistics Legislation Leadership Planning frameworks

  2. Legislation • Confidence building (law, power, cooperation, usefulness) • Definition of official statistics • Professional independence • Organisation of statistical systems (SADCSS, decentralisation, coordination)

  3. Legislation Does it matter?

  4. Leadership • Style: great personality (coach) – systematic management • The link between resources and objectives • Proactive process to change behaviour • Traditional management?

  5. Other guiding elements • Professionalism • Tradition • International and regional rules and best practices

  6. Planning frameworks Types: • Master plan (long-term) • Policies (guiding values) • Business plan, strategic plan, statistical programs, Five years plans (medium-term) • Activity plans • Total Quality Management (TQM)

  7. Planning frameworks • Project orientation (donor driven?) • Program orientation • Process orientation (general or specific)

  8. Planning frameworks • Is planning paying back? • Planning and implementation – success or frustration? • Documents or processes? • Are statistics almost universal? • The role of the users? • Regular users assessments or ad hoc?

  9. Planning frameworks If fairly universal statistical needs, but totally different resources – international guidelines what to do with… 1-10 professionals 11-20 professionals ….. For NSI and donors

  10. Panning frameworks Central place of users or Central place of use (value adding) Including SADC use

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