Contributing to Achieving the MDGs

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Contributing to Achieving the MDGs

• Role of UN Statistical Institute for Asia the
  Pacific in Improving Capacity of National
  Statistical Systems

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Outline of Presentation

• UNSIAP Objectives, Strategies Programmes
• Statistics Why do they matter in achieving the
  MDGs?
• Statistics and MDG Reports What have we
  contributed?
• Statistical Challenges
• Addressing the Challenges

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UN SIAP

• Objectives, Strategies Programmes

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Objectives
Target Group Management and technical staff of
national statistical system
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Key Strategies
Addressing diverse capability-building needs
Addressing statistical challenges of ESCAP themes
monitoring progress in achieving MDGs
Regional/ Subregional Courses
Country Courses
Research- based Program
Workshops/ Seminars
TMA-based Courses
Training Programs
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Levels of Participation
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Statistics

• Why do they matter in achieving the MDGs?

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Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger
Achieve Universal Primary Education
The Goals
Promote Gender Equality Empower Women
Reduce Child Mortality
Improve Maternal Health
Combat HIV/AIDS other Diseases
Ensure Environmental Sustainability
Develop a Global Partnership for Development
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MDGs Why do they matter?

• They are the first set of quantitative and
  time-bound goals shared by developing and
  developed countries.
• They offer an integrated, goal-oriented framework
  for poverty reduction.
• They form the basis on which to mobilize
  resources for investing in human development.
• At the country level they provide a platform for
  discussion and advocacy.

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Goals
Targets
Indicators
I4 Prevalence of underweight children under five
years of age
Target 2 (Hunger) Halve, between 1990 and 2015,
the proportion of people who suffer from hunger
Goal 1 Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
I5 Proportion of population below minimum level
of dietary energy consumption
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MDG ReportsPublic Information Social
Mobilization

• Reporting and monitoring instrument that
• Focus on progress towards the MDGs
• Focus on areas in need of attention
• Enhance accountability and transparency
• Advocacy and alliance-building tool among
  development partners
• NOT an analytic tool complex analysis of MDG
  progress should be avoided

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Statistics and MDG Reports

• What have we contributed?

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The MDGR is a practical way of generating public
demand for data and information on key aspects of
human development. - UNDG, 2003
Policy and processes
Monitoring
Evidence

• Provision of data
• Use of data

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GLOBAL
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REGIONAL
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Sub-Regional
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NATIONAL
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National MDGRs

• First MGDRs produced in 2001 Cambodia, Chad,
  Tanzania and Viet Nam
• By August 2005, total of 155 MDGRs published by
  139 countries
• During the last 4 years, over 80 of all
  developing countries produced MDGRs

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MDG Indicators Data Flows and Use
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The Challenges

• Data Gaps Availability, Quality, Timeliness
• NSO role in MDG Reporting Process

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but many indicators still not available
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• From October 2003 - April 2005
• 27 of values were changed
• 14 of values were deleted

Increase in data availability ? data quality
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NSOs as Strategic Partners
Opportunities
Capacity building
Promoting human development
If not us, then who?
NSO Mandate
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NSOs in the MDGR Process

• Member of Task Force
• Data provider
• Data coordinator data provider
• Keeper of database
• Data analysis
• Preparation of graphics
• No direct role

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Goals

• Build data/statistical capability in countries
• Promote and generate quality and reliable data to
  monitor the progress in MDGs
• Contribute to accurate national MDG reports

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Sessions on MDGs and Indicators

• included in all TMA-based courses
• covering
• goals and importance
• definitions and interpretation of indicators
• tools for measuring progress

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Addressing the Challengeswith UN SIAP

• Country courses training of trainors for
  effective re-echo
• Regional resource network
• Coordinating with global and regional initiatives

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UNDP RAS/04/060
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Responding to Short-term Needs

• Fifth Sub-regional Course on Statistics for MDG
  Indicators Fiji, March 2005

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Country Courses on MDGs Related Statistics (AY
2006)

• Lao PDR
• Indonesia
• Islamic Republic of Iran
• Mongolia
• Marshall Islands
• Papua New Guinea

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New Initiatives Customising Objectives for
Country-Level Training

• Recognizing the need for training different
  types of participants statisticians, planners,
  users
• Developing in-house capacity of NSOs
• Improving planners understanding of statistics
• Improving gender sensitivity
• Strengthening coordination among producers and
  between producers and users
• Assessing dissemination strategies and tools for
  advocacy
• Understanding roles in achieving the MDGs

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Getting there with training and technical
assistance from UNSIAP Partners

• Strengthening coordination within NSS
• Improving data coverage quality
• Effective advocacy dissemination of MDGs
• Linking MDGs into national development frameworks
• MDG output systems (databases)
• Role of NSO in achieving MDGs
• Improving capacity to analyze and interpret MDGs
• MDG indicator survey instruments (including
  administrative data)

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Regional Resources Data Bank

• Links to subject matter contents
• Links to databases
• Directory of experts

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Support Partnerships Success