PARIS21 Regional Programme for the Arab States

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PARIS21 Regional Programme for the Arab States
PARIS21 - League of Arab States Cairo, 20
December 2004
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Features of the Regional Programme

1. Advocacy at country level
2. Baseline assessments
3. Workshops
4. Resource mobilisation
5. Building expertise
6. Reporting

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A. Advocacy

• This activity includes the following types of
  actions
• identification of the audience and ways to reach
  them
• adaptation of the message to the audiences
• identification of the speaker
• implementation and
• impact evaluation.

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B. Baseline Assessment

• Assessment of the current situation of countries
  of the region regarding their design and
  implementation of an NSDS.
• The LAS Bureau of Statistics has been carrying
  out a survey of the 22 countries of the region.
  The report will include an analysis of country
  strategies that will highlight both positive and
  negative points, and compare national strategies
  in order to identify similarities and differences.

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C. Workshops

• Organise regional workshops to promote, initiate,
  share experiences, and report on NSDS development
  and implementation.
• Launch the design of NSDS at country level, and
  agree on a timeframe, terms of reference, and
  financial needs for countries of the region. This
  topic would be part of the agenda of a proposed
  meeting of NSO heads.

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D. Resource Mobilisation

• Several donors are providing support to Arab
  States in the field of statistical capacity
  building. The first step will be to compile
  information about this support and to organise a
  mechanism to strengthen co-ordination and
  collaboration.

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E. Building Expertise

• Development of NSDS materials
• Develop a roster of experienced consultants
  (Arabic speaking).
• Organise peer review with emphasis on southsouth
  collaboration, and advisory body.

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F. Reporting

• Countries are invited to
• produce reports on the progress and issues of
  their NSDS design and implementation.
• to share good practices, examples and documents
  produced during the design (and later on of the
  implementation) of NSDSs.

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Conclusions

• Agreement on
• The need for all LAS countries to design and
  implement an NSDS
• The content of the proposed regional programme
  for Arab States
• The date and location of NSDS regional workshops