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(i
)St
rengt
heningstat
ist
icalcapaci
tyi
nsupportofpr
ogresst
owardthe
i
nter
nati
onal
lyagreeddevelopmentgoal
sintheSouther
nAfri
canDevel
opment
Communityr
egion

(
ii
)Impl
ement
ingent
it
iesandUSecr
etar
iatpar
tner
s:DESAj
oint
lywi
thECA

(i
ii
)Background
Stati
sti
csareani mpor tanttooli
nt hedevelopment -
poli
cymakingpr ocessesof
countri
esandr egionalorganizat
ions.Theyar eneededf orassessingt hecur
rent
developmentsituation,set
tingobjecti
vesandt argetsfort
hef utureandmeasur i
ng
progressanddevel opment .However ,asubstanti
algapstil
lexistsbetweenthe
demandf orinf
or mat i
onandt heabi l
it
yofmostcount r
iesintheSout hernAfr
ican
DevelopmentCommuni ty(SADC)r egi
ontor outi
nelyprovi
dei t
.

TheSADCRegi onalI ndicati

veSt rategicDevel opmentPl anr ecogni zesst atist
icsas
oneoft hecross-sect oralareast hatneedt obest rengthenedt of osterregional
cooperati
onandi ntegr ati
onovert henext15year s.Thispr ojectist herefore
designedtoi mprovet heavailabili
tyandr el
iabil
it
yofbasi cdat ar equi r
edf or
developmentpl anningi ntheSADCr egi
on, withspecialemphasi sondat a
requir
ement sforthei nter
nationallyagr eeddevelopmentgoal sandt heMi ll
ennium
DevelopmentGoal s.Thepr ojectisai medatf acil
it
at i
ngsubsequentnet working
amongsubr egionst hroughi nteractiveshar i
ngandmanagementofknowl edge.
Furthermore,thepr ojectwi l
lstrengthenl inksbetweenpr oducer sanduser sof
stat
isti
cs.

Theproj
ectbuildsuponlessonslear
nedfrom t
hreestati
sti
caldevelopmentproj
ects
i
mplement edbytheDepartmentofEconomicandSoci alAffair
sStati
sti
csDivi
sion
i
ntheCar i
bbeanCommuni t
y,Associ
ati
onofSouth-EastAsianNations(ASEAN)and
ESCWAr egions.Theproj
ectwil
lbeexecutedbytheDepar t
mentofEconomi cand
Soci
alAffair
s,incol
labor
ati
onwi t
htheStati
sti
csDivi
sionoft heSADCsecretari
at
andi
nassoci ati
onwi t
hECA.

(i
v)Relat i
onshiptotheStr
ategi
cFr ameworkfortheper i
od2008-2009,t
he
i
nternational
lyagreeddevelopmentgoals,
theMi l
lennium Devel
opmentGoals:
Depar t
mentofEconomi candSocialAff
air
ssubpr ogrammes4, 8(Sust
ainabl
e
development )and5( St
ati
sti
cs);ECAsubprogramme4( Harnessi
nginf
ormationf
or
development ).Al
lMDGs.

(v)Object
ive:
Tostrengthenthecapacit
yofGovernmentsi
nt heSADCregi
onf ort
he
producti
onandanalysisofbenchmar kstat
ist
icst
osupportnati
onalmoni
tor
ingof
progresstowardst
heinternati
onal
lyagreeddevel
opmentgoals.

(
vi)Expect
edaccompl
ishment
s

EA1Improvedor
ganizat
ionofstatist
ical
systemsanduser-
producerrel
ati
onshi
ps,
resul
ti
ngi
nquali
ty,
timel
yandr elevantdataontheMil
lenni
um DevelopmentGoal
s

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onofi
nter
nati
onalst
ati
sticalmethodsandstandardsf
orknowledge
managementi
nrel
ati
ontotheMill
ennium DevelopmentGoalsandint
ernat
ional
ly
agr
eeddevel
opmentgoal
sinthetargetcountr
ies
(
vii
)Indi
cat
orsofachi
evement

IA1.
1Increasedvolumeofoff
ici
alst
ati
sti
caldatafort
racki
ngprogr
esstowardst
he
Mill
ennium Devel
opmentGoalsandint
ernat
ional
lyagreeddevel
opmentgoal
sused
bystati
sti
calsyst
ems,thepubli
candthemedia

IA2.
1Increasednumberofnati
onal
stat
ist
ical
off
icesusi
ngcommonst
ati
sti
cal
defi
nit
ionsandmethodol
ogies
I
A2.
2I ncr
easednumberofnati
onalstat
ist
ical
off
icesprovi
dingi
ndi
cat
orsof
i
mprovedquali
tyf
orpol
icy-
ori
entedresear
chandanalysis

(
vii
i)Mai
nact
ivi
ti
es

A1.1Or ganizi
ngsi xtrai
ningwor kshopsforst
affofnati
onalstati
sti
caloff
icesto
i
mpr ovet hetechnicalcapabil
it
iesofcountri
esinthecoll
ectionofdemogr aphi
cand
socialstati
sti
cs,economi cstat
isticsandenvi
ronmentandener gystati
sti
cs;in
stat
isti
calclassif
icati
on;intheor gani
zati
onofstati
sti
calsystems;andinuser-
producerr el
ati
onships;

A1.
2Pr omotingexchangesofexpert
sbetweenst
ati
sti
calof
fi
cestoencouraget
he
i
mplement at
ionofcommonmet hodol
ogi
esandfaci
li
tat
eexchangesofi
nformat
ion
onstat
ist
icalstandar
ds;

A1.3Est
abli
shi
ngtheconnect
ivi
tyofexpert
si nstati
sti
cs-
rel
atedICTtopromot
ethe
shari
ngofi
nfor
mationamongexpertsintheirrespect
ivef
iel
ds,accesst
o
i
nformat
iononwebsit
esandexchangeofst ati
sticalr
epor
ts;

A2.1Conveningawor ki
nggr oupmeeti
ngbyUNSDi ncoll
aborat
ionwit
hSADC
Secret
ari
atont heharmonizati
onofdevel
opmenti
ndicat
orstoexchangecountry
experi
encesandt hedevel
opmentofcommonmet hodologi
esandclassif
icat
ions
fort
hecollect
ionofdata.

A2.
2Pr ovidi
ngtechnicalassi
stancet
ostr
engthennati
onalandregi
onali
nst
it
uti
ons
i
nthecollect
ion,compilati
onanddissemi
nat
ionofstati
sti
csandtheuseand
maint
enanceoft echnology;

A2.3Or ganizi
ngintra-r
egionalstudytourst odrawonthestrengthsand
achievement softhecount r
iesinther egi
ont hr
oughstudytoursandt ocreat
e
opportunit
iesforstafffr
om st at
ist
ical
lylessdevelopedcountri
est ol
earnbest
practi
cesandt oshar eexperiencewi t
hot hersi
ntheregi
onf rom thei
rpeers.

(
ix)
Det
ail
edDescr
ipt
ionf
oreachbudgetl
ine
Consultants($53,
000)
I
nternat
ionalconsultant
s
I
nternat
ionalconsultant
sforprepar
ingoftrai
ningmater
ialsandhol
dingworkshops,
i
nsuppor tofactivi
ti
esA1.1,A2.1andA2.2.(3Wor kMonths[WM])x($6,
000per
month)+( $5,000forconsul
tant(
s)tr
avel
)=$23, 000

Nati
onal/Regionalconsul
tants
Nati
onalconsult
antsforpr
eparingcasestudiesf
orworkshops,
insupportof
act
ivi
ti
esA1.1,A2.1andA2. 2.(
2WM)x( $2,500permonth)x(6countr
ies)=$30,
000

Cont
ract
ualser
vices(
$16,
000)
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ansl
ati
on
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ansl
ati
onofdocument
sint
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enchi
nsuppor
tofact
ivi
ti
esA1.
1,A1.
2,A1.
3,and
A2.
1=$16,000

Travelofst
aff(
$92,000)
DESASt aff
Organisi
ngandcoor di
nati
ngt he5t
rai
ningwor
kshops,
andoneexper
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meeting,i
nsupportofacti
vit
iesA1.
1,A1.3,
A2.
1,andA2.2.(
$6,
000perper
son)x
(
12per sons)=$72,000

RegionalCommissions’st
aff
/otherUNstaff
Parti
cipat
ingasresourceper
sonsinworkshops,
insupportofact
ivi
ti
esA1.
1,A1.
3,
A2.1,andA2.2.(
$4,000perperson)x(
5persons)=$20,000

StudyTour s(Fel
lowshi
ps)($25,
000)
RegionalStudyTours
Regionalstudytourstostr
engthent
hecapacit
yoftheNati
onalStat
ist
icsOf
ficesof
SADCmembercount ri
esandSADCSecr et
ari
at,i
nsuppor
tofA2.3.(
$2,500per
st
udyt our)x(10studytours)=$25,
000

Semi narsandWorkshops($345,
000)
Workshops
6wor kshopsinthesubregi
on,
insupportofA1.
1.(
$2,
500perpar
ti
cipant
)x(
20
par
ticipants)x(6wor
kshops)=$300,000

Worki
ngGr oups
1workinggroupmeeting,i
nsupportofact
ivi
ti
esA1.
1andA2.
1.(
$4,
500per
par
ti
cipant
)x( 10par
ti
cipants)=$45,
000

Operati
ngexpenses($5,
600)
Communicati
ons
I
nsupportofA1.
1,A1.3,
andA2.1.$3,
000

Suppl
ies
I
nsupportofA1.
1,A1.
3,andA2.
1.$2,
600