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Using monitoring data to strengthen national and
local policy decisions
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• Evidence-based policy-making may be
• defined as using statistics and other sources of
  information systematically to
• highlight issues,
• define goals,
• present policy choice,
• monitor policy implementation and
• evaluate policy impact.

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The way to go is ? STATISTICS! Statistics,
evidence and surveys could make links between
data, knowledge, analysis and policy.
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Three tasks

• Monitoring social development in Serbia
• Providing multiple sources of data
• Using national DevInfo database system

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DevInfo Serbia
Quality and accurate data for monitoring
social development in Serbia
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DevInfo 5.0, Serbia (May 2008)

• Database consists of 320 indicators
• 143 indicators are presented by gender
• 92 indicators are on municipality level
• Indicators organised within 5 multilateral
  strategies
• MDG, Millenium Development goals - 75
• PRS, Poverty Reduction Strategy - 88
• NPA, National Plan of Action for Children - 61
• WFC, World Fit for Children - 64
• WSC, World Summit for Children - 50

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• DevInfo is a key/strategic tool for
• NPA monitoring
• Development and monitoring of the national MDGs
• PRS monitoring and reporting
• Planning and presentations in line ministries
  (MoH, MoE, MSF)
• Gender issues

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• National Plan of Action for children monitoring
  (Council for child rights)
• Local Plan of Action for children monitoring (21
  municipalities)

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• National level Dept social indicators and
  analysis of the Statistical Office of the
  Republic of Serbias responsible for DevInfo
  development/maintenance.
• Local level DevInfo coordinator nominated and
  paid by municipality - in each of 21
  municipalities where the Local Plan of Action for
  Children is being implemented.

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• Nationalisation of the MDG in Serbia 2006
• Five working groups established (Gender,
  Education, Health, Environment, Poverty
  reduction)
• Each group has the representative of the
  Statistical Office
• MICS 3 data used as a baseline
• DevInfo is official tool for MDG monitoring

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• PRS monitoring
• Preparation of PRS reports
• Coordination between ministries/institution
• Analyses
• Planning
• MICS 3 data used as a key information source
  for the second report

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• Line ministries (some)
• Preparing yearly operational workplans
• Analyses
• Reporting

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Gender issues Women and Men in Serbia DI
Database
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DevInfo database available at NSOs website

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• The way to go
• DevInfo database to be updated twice per year on
  the web
• Yearly DevInfo Standard report to be distributed
  to all partners
• Further development of DevInfo at the local
  level
• review of existing databases,
• development of standard database to monitor
  local and national priorities,
• establishment of links between national and
  local databases

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Prepared by Dragan Vukmirovic

• Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia
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• Belgrade, 5 Milana Rakica St.
• phone[phone]
• fax[phone]

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