PARIS21

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PARIS21

• CONSORTIUM MEETINGParis, 17-18 October 2002
• Progress Report of the Task Team on Food,
  Agriculture and Rural Statistics
• Objectives
• Past activities of the TT up to October 2002
• Work Program for the period between October 2002
  and June 2003
• PARIS Seminar

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Objectives of the task team

• (i) foster the use of food and agricultural
  statistics in the development and monitoring of
  poverty reduction strategies and food security
  policies
• (ii) encourage the linkages between the
  agricultural statistics systems and national
  systems and contribute to the advocacy of FARS
• (iii) advise on ways and means of mobilising more
  resources to support capacity building in FARS
• (iv) provide a forum for exchange of innovative
  ideas, sharing of experiences and best practices,
  promote better co-ordination among stakeholders
• (v) assist in identifying areas for research
  needed on how to minimise costs of data
  collection and ensure timely and full use of
  results.

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Past activities of the TT up to October 2002

• Paris, October 2001 first formal meeting of the
  TT
• discussion of draft terms of reference for the
  task team justification, objectives, outputs,
  structure, mode of operating
• It was agreed
• that the TT will not duplicate but build on
  existing work being done by various Agencies
  FAO, World Bank, Bilateral institutions etc..
• the task team should act as a catalyst and
  facilitator
• the task team aim for a global reach rather than
  sub-regional level
• FAO Statistics Division should convene the Team.

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Past activities of the TT up to October 2002

• Pretoria, 2226 November 2001, Africa Region
  workshop on Strengthening Food and Agricultural
  Statistics in Africa, back-to-back with the 17th
  Session of FAO-AFCAS (with support of TFSCB)
• not formally organised by the Task Team
• however the workshop strongly supported a
  proposal for Strengthening Food and Agricultural
  Statistics in Africa and further developments in
  the context of PARIS21 (workshop documents on
  CD-ROM and at www.fao.org/ES/ESS/index.html

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Past activities of the TT up to October 2002

• Paris, 15 February 2002 informal meeting
  PARIS21, FAO, World Bank, French Cooperation.
• review of progress of TT and the Initiative in
  the Africa Region
• it was decided to organise a high level Seminar
  bringing together policy makers, statisticians
  and the Donor Community to discuss and agree on
  the strategy of a Regional Proposal for
  Strengthening Agricultural and Rural Statistics
  in Support of PRSP and Food Security policies in
  Africa.
• A Preparatory Committee was proposed for the
  Seminar.

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Past activities of the TT up to October 2002

• Rome, 4 June 2002 Preparatory Committee Meeting
  (under the auspices of PARIS21 TT) FAO, WB,
  UN-ECA, AfDB, French Cooperation, Statistics
  Norway, Representative of Mali.
• discussion and adoption of Seminar objectives,
  Agenda, Papers, Authors, and organisational
  details (date, place, funding, etc..) and
  responsibilities of each Agency.

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Past activities of the TT up to October 2002

• Paris, 16 and 17 September 2002 PARIS21 TT
  Seminar on a New Partnership to Strengthen
  Agricultural and Rural Statistics in Africa for
  Poverty Reduction and Food Security
• The Seminar was organised with significant
  technical and material support from PARIS21,
  French Cooperation and technical support from
  FAO, WB, EUROSTAT and other agencies)
• Participation 17 International, Regional and
  bilateral Agencies attended the meeting and 13
  High level Statisticians and Policy makers from
  African countries
• Outcome agreement on guiding principles for a
  new partnership in Food Agriculture and Rural
  Statistics in Africa Agreement on the content of
  a long term programme to support capacity
  building in this sector (programme to be
  developed for further discussion with interested
  Donors).
• Documents of the Seminar at www.paris21.org

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Work Program for the period between October 2002
and June 2003

• October 2002 to March 2003
• redesign of the Web page for the TT
• contact all members and update membership list in
  order to get a core list of active members
  available for contribution to specific tasks
• Mobilisation of support for proposal of programme
  to Strengthen Agricultural and Rural Statistics
  Systems in Africa (i) direct support to interim
  proposal (ii) donor meeting to discuss proposal.
  

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Work Program for the period between October 2002
and June 2003

• October 2002 to June 2003
• Review of TT objectives, tasks, lifespan
• Collection and dissemination on the WEB, of
  existing and relevant technical documentation,
  good practices from various agencies FAO,
  EUROSTAT, AFRISTAT, SADC, USDA, Statistics
  Norway, Countries.
• Support of a consultant for one month.

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Work Program for the period between Regional
meetings

• Seoul, South Korea 21-25 October 2002
  Presentation on PARIS21 and TTFARS at 19th APCAS
  (directors of Agricultural and National
  Statistical Offices of Asia and Pacific).
• Workshop back-to-back with 18th Session of AFCAS
  (date and place to be decided).

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PARIS SEMINAR SOME GUIDING PRINCIPLES

• Rationalise the systems of agricultural
  statistics strategic planning, medium term and
  demand driven plan (Poverty alleviation, Food
  Security, Sector Planning etc..). 
• Better use of existing information development
  of relevant indicators, improve access to data,
  analysis of existing data.
• Integration of support to agricultural statistics
  in sub-regional policies (where relevant)
• Promote democratic debate around statistical
  information
• Mobilisation of funding for implementation of
  strategic framework and medium term plan
  countries/donors
• Promote research.

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PARIS SEMINAR ACTIVITIES INCLUDED IN THE
REGIONAL PROGRAMME PROPOSAL

• Systematic analysis of PRSPs and Food,
  Agriculture and Rural Statistics Systems in
  countries
• Agricultural statistics components of National
  Statistical Strategic Plans
• Research on relevant subjects, including rural
  indicators
• Analysis and dissemination of existing data
• Staff trained
• Dissemination of good practices and experiences

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PARIS SEMINAR INPUTS FOR THE PROGRAMME

• Technical assistance use of regional and
  national expertise completed by expertise from
  agencies
• Training, including strengthening of sub-regional
  training institutions
• Credit line in support of country activities
• Networking and information sharing
• Funds in support of research
• Meetings between countries of sub-regions and
  between sub-regions

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PARIS SEMINAR

• Umbrella global support component
• Sub-regional components (3)
• Country programmes
• Cost to be developed