Assistance in Statistical Training: The experience of Eastern Africa Statistical Training Centre EAS

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Assistance in Statistical Training The
experience of Eastern Africa Statistical Training
Centre (EASTC)

• Forum for African Statistical Statistical
  Development
• Addis Ababa
• 12-13 May, 2004

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Introduction

• The Experience of EASTC over 39 years of its
  existence (1965-2004)
• The presenter is Vitalis E. Muba, the current
  Chief Executive Officer of EASTC.

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Outline

• Backgroud
• EASTC under UNDP/EACSO/EAC
• EASTC under EAC
• EASTC under Tanzania Government
• EASTC as a national institution with a regional
  mandate
• Joint activities
• Coordination of Assistance

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EASTC under UNDP/EACSO/EAC (1965-71)

• International status under and regional bodies
• Participant fellowships provided by UNDP
• Running costs fully covered
• Enrolment reflects physical space provided by
  hosting institution (University of Dar es Salaam)

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EASTC under EAC

• Cover of regional organization
• Tuition costs fully funded
• Living costs for non-member countries met by
  sponsoring governments
• Enrolment reflects ability physical space
  available and ability to meet living costs by
  non-member countries

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EASTC under Tanzania Government

• Period of uncertainty over status of EASTC
• Fees charged to meet part of running costs,
  economic fees charged from 1983
• CFTC provided block fellowships to meet full fees
  for 16 in 1979 and 2/3 of fees for 14 for period
  1981-87. Bilateral donor assistance stepped in
• In 1992 EASTC moved to own campus with hostel
  space for 56 funded by Tanzania

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EASTC with regional character

• Organizational autonomy
• EU funded Institutional Support project providing
  infrastructure, fellowships and training
  facilities during 1995-99. New hostels for 96
  opened in 1998 and 40 fellowships per year for
  1995-99
• Bilateral assistance for fellowships complemented

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Joint Activities

• Collaboration with Royal statistical Society
  (former IOS) and ISAE for accreditation of
  qualifications
• Joint workshops with Munich Centre and training
  of staff
• Twining programmes with ASRU, University of Kent
• Joint workshops with World Bank Institute
• CWIQ programme with World Bank
• Staff exchange with University of Dar es Salaam

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Coordination of Assistance

• Regional Advisory Board of EASTC
• Economic Commission for Africa
• Statistical Committees of regional organizations

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Lessons learned

• Assistance was available when seriously sought
• Statistics being a cross-cutting subject relevant
  to all projects that need monitoring and
  evaluation, statistical training needs to be
  attached to all such projects to make it demand
  driven
• Regional organizations need to be proactive in
  promoting institutions providing regional
  services
• Sustainability of training institutions need
  assurance of stable inflow of finances to run them

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The Way Forward

• Establishment of fellowship foundations for each
  training institution.
• Foundation finances would be invested to generate
  fellowships continuously
• User countries would be expected to contribute
  towards the foundation funds
• Development partners and endowment organizations
  may be approached to provide funds to complement

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Thank you