Some issues in NSDS design and implementation planning

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• Some issues in NSDS design and implementation
  planning
• Presentation by PARIS21 Secretariat

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Introductionthe design and implementation
process
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Key implementation issues

• Advocacy
• Leadership and management
• Going from strategies to action
• Costing and funding
• Managing Change
• Monitoring and evaluation

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From strategies to action plans
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Action planning

• Medium and short-term objectives
• What is to be done, by whom and when?
• Guiding resource allocation
• Focussing activities on objectives, results and
  outputs
• Reporting, monitoring and evaluation

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Action areas

• Changes to regulatory and management framework
  for NSO and other key agencies
• Human resource development
• Investment and improvements in physical and
  statistical infrastructure
• Statistical production and management

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Costing

• Investment and recurrent costs
• Expected burden on national budget and external
  financing requirements
• How resources will be used equipment, HR,
  censuses, surveys, etc
• Cost effectiveness alternative approaches and
  comparison with costs in other countries

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Funding

• Need commitment from government and external
  partners
• Set implementation within time frame of policy
  frameworks (e.g. PRS) and budgetary cycles
• Be realistic. Dont frighten governments!
• Identify and attract potential development
  partners
• Some mechanisms.

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External funding sources

• WB TFSCB
• WB STATCAP
• Regional funding
• Bilateral donors

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TFSCB

• Multi-donor trust fund set up in 1999
• Closely coordinated with PARIS21
• Goal is to help reduce poverty by strengthening
  the evidence-base for decision making at all
  levels
• Small grants, maximum of 400,000 with a maximum
  implementation period of three years

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STATCAP

• A new WB lending instrument for statistical
  capacity building
• Designed to be a simple user-friendly
• Based on a Project Appraisal Document (PAD).
• PAD will be based on a Statistical Master Plan
  (SMP) for the country
• The SMP will cover the entire national
  statistical system, even if the project is to
  finance SCB in only one area

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Change management

• Important and difficult issue
• Organisations, individuals and systems
• Needs to be well planned and well managed
• Change takes time - look for quick wins!
• Few people problems can be solved quickly
• Importance of
• Leadership and management
• Engaging and motivating staff

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Monitoring and evaluation

• Management and accountability framework
• Performance indicators and reporting
• Monitoring to track implementation progress
• Evaluation should assess significant constraints,
  successes, achievements of NSDS
• Possible tools NSDS checklist, peer reviews

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To recap some implementation principles

• Strategic management is a continuous process
• Systems must remain flexible and respond to new
  demands
• A good strategy is one that is implemented and
  achieves its goals on time and within budget
• Needs to be achievable, pragmatic and flexible
• Financing requirements need to respond to user
  needs but be realistic

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