Global Action Plan and its implementation in other regions

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Global Action Plan and its implementation in
other regions

• Meeting for Discussion of the draft Plan for the
  Implementation of the Global Strategy to Improve
  Agricultural and Rural Statistics in the CIS
  Region Budapest, Hungary, 3-4 July 2013

Giorgi Kvinikadze FAO Statistics Division
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Three pillars of the Global Strategy
Meeting for Discussion of the draft Plan for the
Implementation of the Global Strategy to Improve
Agricultural and Rural Statistics in the CIS
Region Budapest, Hungary, 3-4 July 2013

• Establishing a minimum set of core data that
  countries will disseminate on a regular basis to
  meet current and emerging demands
• Integrating agriculture into national statistical
  systems in order to meet the requirements of
  policy makers and other data users that
  statistical information be linked across the
  economic, social, and environmental domains
• Fostering the sustainability of agricultural
  statistical systems through governance and
  statistical capacity building.

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Outputs of the Global Action Plan
Meeting for Discussion of the draft Plan for the
Implementation of the Global Strategy to Improve
Agricultural and Rural Statistics in the CIS
Region Budapest, Hungary, 3-4 July 2013

• Effective governing bodies set up and functioning
  at global and regional levels
• Coordinating bodies of the national statistical
  system, legal frameworks and strategic plans
  established in the target countries, to enable
  the integration of agriculture into the national
  statistical system
• New cost effective methods for data collection,
  analysis and dissemination developed and
  disseminated
• Increased capacity of agricultural statistics
  staff in regional training centers (i.e.
  trainers) and target countries.

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Global Governance
Meeting for Discussion of the draft Plan for the
Implementation of the Global Strategy to Improve
Agricultural and Rural Statistics in the CIS
Region Budapest, Hungary, 3-4 July 2013

• Global Steering Committee (GSC)
• Provides strategic guidance and oversight on the
  execution of the Global Action Plan
• Is an ultimate decision-making body for the use
  of the Global Trust Fund.
• Composition
• Chair of the UN Statistical Commission
• Country representatives of the Regional Steering
  Committees (two per region)
• Representatives of international and regional
  organizations, Resource Partners, farmer
  associations, and other key users, as well as the
  key technical partners and FAO.
• Decisions are made by consensus

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Global Governance
Meeting for Discussion of the draft Plan for the
Implementation of the Global Strategy to Improve
Agricultural and Rural Statistics in the CIS
Region Budapest, Hungary, 3-4 July 2013

• Global Executive Board (GEB)
• Serves as an executive committee of the GSC
• Between meetings of the GSC exercises functions
  delegated to it by the GSC, in particular
• represents the membership of the GSC
• facilitates coordination among all GSC members
• facilitates the decision-making process of the
  GSC.
• Consists of 7 members appointed by GSC
• 2 representatives of beneficiary countries
• 2 representatives of regional partners
• 2 representatives of resource Partners of the
  Global Trust fund
• 1 representative of FAO (ex officio)

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Global Governance
Meeting for Discussion of the draft Plan for the
Implementation of the Global Strategy to Improve
Agricultural and Rural Statistics in the CIS
Region Budapest, Hungary, 3-4 July 2013

• Global Office (GO)
• Hosted by the Statistics Division of FAO
• Led by Coordinator assigned by FAO for this
  purpose
• Ensures overall technical coordination of the
  implementation of the Global Strategy at the
  global level and within regions
• Acts as a secretariat of GSC and GEB

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Regional Governance
Meeting for Discussion of the draft Plan for the
Implementation of the Global Strategy to Improve
Agricultural and Rural Statistics in the CIS
Region Budapest, Hungary, 3-4 July 2013

• Regional Steering Committee
• Will be the decision-making body at the regional
  level
• Will provide guidance and oversight, within the
  framework defined by the GSC and consistent with
  the relevant funding agreements, for the
  implementation of the regional and country
  activities defined in the regional plan
• Will consist of
• representatives of countries (with a balance
  between ministries of agriculture and national
  statistical services)
• representatives of resource partners
• representatives of regional partners
• representatives of regional organizations
• representative of FAO

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Regional Governance
Meeting for Discussion of the draft Plan for the
Implementation of the Global Strategy to Improve
Agricultural and Rural Statistics in the CIS
Region Budapest, Hungary, 3-4 July 2013

• Regional Executive Board (REB)
• Each Regional Steering Committee will evaluate
  the need to establish a Regional Executive Board
• It will be an executive committee of the RSC that
  receives delegated authority from the RSC to
  oversee the execution of its decisions.

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Regional Governance
Meeting for Discussion of the draft Plan for the
Implementation of the Global Strategy to Improve
Agricultural and Rural Statistics in the CIS
Region Budapest, Hungary, 3-4 July 2013

• Regional Office
• The structure and size of the Regional Office
  will vary by region, depending on regional
  resources and needs.
• Main tasks
• Coordinating the country assessments
• Providing the integrated national statistical
  systems with training and technical assistance.
• Liaising with other international, regional, and
  subregional offices within its region to
  coordinate their support for countries, thereby
  avoiding duplication of effort and ensuring that
  global standards are being followed.
• Led by Regional coordinator

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National Governance Framework
Meeting for Discussion of the draft Plan for the
Implementation of the Global Strategy to Improve
Agricultural and Rural Statistics in the CIS
Region Budapest, Hungary, 3-4 July 2013

• Governance at the national level will build as
  much as possible on existing coordination
  mechanisms and structures.
• National governance of the agricultural
  statistical system entails the establishment,
  where it does not exist, of a sectoral
  coordination mechanism that brings together the
  national statistics office and the ministries
  responsible for agriculture, forestry, and
  fisheries and any other institutions that collect
  agriculture-related data.
• This sectoral coordination mechanism should be
  part of the national statistical coordination
  mechanism, such as the national statistics
  council, which provides governance to the whole
  national statistical system

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Global Trust Fund
Meeting for Discussion of the draft Plan for the
Implementation of the Global Strategy to Improve
Agricultural and Rural Statistics in the CIS
Region Budapest, Hungary, 3-4 July 2013

• The Global Trust Fund for implementing the Global
  Strategy has been established to consolidate the
  Resource Partners contributions and ensure a
  stream of funding to support implementation of
  the Global Strategy at the global, regional, and
  national levels
• Through consultation with key partners, it was
  agreed that FAO will serve as Fund Administrator

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Global Trust Fund
Meeting for Discussion of the draft Plan for the
Implementation of the Global Strategy to Improve
Agricultural and Rural Statistics in the CIS
Region Budapest, Hungary, 3-4 July 2013

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Country assessments
Meeting for Discussion of the draft Plan for the
Implementation of the Global Strategy to Improve
Agricultural and Rural Statistics in the CIS
Region Budapest, Hungary, 3-4 July 2013

• I stage Initial country assessment by means of
  a questionnaire
• II stage in depth country assessment.

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Technical Assistance Global and Regional Levels
Meeting for Discussion of the draft Plan for the
Implementation of the Global Strategy to Improve
Agricultural and Rural Statistics in the CIS
Region Budapest, Hungary, 3-4 July 2013

• Global level
• Developing and documenting statistical standards
  and technical guidelines to support technical
  assistance at country level
• Coordinating technical assistance activities at
  the global level
• Regional level
• Adapting guidelines developed at the global level
  to meet regional requirements
• Organizing regional workshops of technical
  experts working directly in countries in the use
  of guidelines to ensure they are applied in
  countries consistently
• Coordinating technical assistance activities at
  the regional level

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Technical Assistance Country Level
Meeting for Discussion of the draft Plan for the
Implementation of the Global Strategy to Improve
Agricultural and Rural Statistics in the CIS
Region Budapest, Hungary, 3-4 July 2013

• General areas of technical assistance
• Country assessments
• Establishing minimum set of core data
• Establishing governance structures to integrate
  agriculture into national statistics system
• Development or update of the Sector Strategic
  Plans and their integration into NSDSs
• Region/country-specific areas

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Training - Global and Regional Levels
Meeting for Discussion of the draft Plan for the
Implementation of the Global Strategy to Improve
Agricultural and Rural Statistics in the CIS
Region Budapest, Hungary, 3-4 July 2013

• Global level
• Developing training materials
• Regional level
• Adapting training materials
• Strengthening regional training centers
• Organizing training workshops
• Supporting scholarships and participation in
  short courses

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Training - Country Level
Meeting for Discussion of the draft Plan for the
Implementation of the Global Strategy to Improve
Agricultural and Rural Statistics in the CIS
Region Budapest, Hungary, 3-4 July 2013

• Identifying training needs
• Selecting staff to attend training workshops, for
  scholarships and short courses
• Organizing on-job training
• Guaranteeing access to e-learning materials

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Research Plan
Meeting for Discussion of the draft Plan for the
Implementation of the Global Strategy to Improve
Agricultural and Rural Statistics in the CIS
Region Budapest, Hungary, 3-4 July 2013

• Research topics identified through consultation
  of key stakeholders at various meetings
• The Global Office will promote, coordinate, and
  undertake the research on the relevant topics
• At regional level - Provide information on
  ongoing research projects in the region
  Contribute to identification of potential
  partners Contribute to the conduct of empirical
  studies and to validation of developed
  methodological solutions Contribute to the
  organization of dissemination workshops

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Implementation in other regions - Africa
Meeting for Discussion of the draft Plan for the
Implementation of the Global Strategy to Improve
Agricultural and Rural Statistics in the CIS
Region Budapest, Hungary, 3-4 July 2013

• Regional Plan Developed
• Regional Steering Committee Established
• Participating Partners
• African Development Bank - Technical Assistance
• UNECA - Training
• Country assessment conducted

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Implementation in other regions Asia and Pacific
Meeting for Discussion of the draft Plan for the
Implementation of the Global Strategy to Improve
Agricultural and Rural Statistics in the CIS
Region Budapest, Hungary, 3-4 July 2013

• Regional Plan Developed
• Regional Steering Committee established
• Participating Partners
• FAO RAP Technical assistance
• UNESCAP Training
• Asian Development Bank Research (funded by ADB
  itself outside Global Trust Fund)

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Implementation in other regions Latin America
and the Caribbean
Meeting for Discussion of the draft Plan for the
Implementation of the Global Strategy to Improve
Agricultural and Rural Statistics in the CIS
Region Budapest, Hungary, 3-4 July 2013

• Regional Plan under process of development
• Regional Steering Committee under process of
  establishing
• Participating Partners - not identified

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Implementation in other regions Near East
Meeting for Discussion of the draft Plan for the
Implementation of the Global Strategy to Improve
Agricultural and Rural Statistics in the CIS
Region Budapest, Hungary, 3-4 July 2013

• Regional Plan under process of development just
  started
• Regional Steering Committee under process of
  establishing just started
• Participating Partners - not identified

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THANK YOU
Meeting for Discussion of the draft Plan for the
Implementation of the Global Strategy to Improve
Agricultural and Rural Statistics in the CIS
Region Budapest, Hungary, 3-4 July 2013