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INE National Institute for Statistics PARIS21 Partnership in statistics for development in the 21st century ANDEAN COMMUNITY General Secretariat FINAL REPORT FIRST REGIONAL WORKSHOP OF PARIS21 FOR THE ANDEAN COMMUNITY STRENGTHENING STATISTICAL CAPACITY FOR MONITORING POVERTY REDUCTION The first Regional Workshop of PARIS21 for the Andean Community was held from 13 to 15 May 2002 in the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, under the joint auspices of the PARIS21 Secretariat, the General Secretariat and the Government of the Republic of Bolivia. Participation in the meeting included social sector policymakers, producers of statistics, users and representatives of civil society from Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela, officials form statistical offices of other Latin- American and Caribbean countries, speakers, representatives of international organisations, bilateral and multilateral partners, the General Secretariat of the Andean Community and other representatives as observes. The list of participants is attached as Annex I. The workshop was inaugurated firstly by Mr Antoine Simonpietri, Secretary of the PARIS21 Consortium, followed by Mrs Elsa Luengo, Director-General of Operations and Finance, representing the Secretary-General of the Andean Community and Mr Alberto Leytón, Minister of the Presidency of the Republic of Bolivia, who formally declared the workshop open. Their addresses can be found in Annex II to this report. The event was chaired by Mr Alberto Leytón, Minister of the Presidency of the Republic of Bolivia and in his absence by Mr Luis Pereira, Executive Director of the Bolivian National Institute for Statistics, INE and President of the Andean Statistical Committee. Mr Guillermo Lecaros, Director of Statistics in the General Secretariat of the Andean Community, acted as Secretary. I AGENDA The workshop was conducted according to the following thematic agenda. The working agenda can be found in Annex III of this report. 1. Strengthening statistical capacity for monitoring poverty reduction: (a) Bolivia: Poverty Reduction Strategy (b) Colombia: Employment and the Informal Sector

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Page 1: INE PARIS21 ANDEAN National Institute for Statistics

INENational Institute for Statistics

PARIS21Partnership in statistics for

development in the 21stcentury

ANDEANCOMMUNITYGeneral Secretariat

FINAL REPORT

FIRST REGIONAL WORKSHOP OF PARIS21 FOR THE ANDEAN COMMUNITY

STRENGTHENING STATISTICAL CAPACITYFOR MONITORING POVERTY REDUCTION

The first Regional Workshop of PARIS21 for the Andean Community was heldfrom 13 to 15 May 2002 in the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, under thejoint auspices of the PARIS21 Secretariat, the General Secretariat and theGovernment of the Republic of Bolivia.

Participation in the meeting included social sector policymakers, producers ofstatistics, users and representatives of civil society from Bolivia, Colombia,Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela, officials form statistical offices of other Latin-American and Caribbean countries, speakers, representatives of internationalorganisations, bilateral and multilateral partners, the General Secretariat of theAndean Community and other representatives as observes. The list ofparticipants is attached as Annex I.

The workshop was inaugurated firstly by Mr Antoine Simonpietri, Secretary of thePARIS21 Consortium, followed by Mrs Elsa Luengo, Director-General ofOperations and Finance, representing the Secretary-General of the AndeanCommunity and Mr Alberto Leytón, Minister of the Presidency of the Republic ofBolivia, who formally declared the workshop open. Their addresses can be foundin Annex II to this report.

The event was chaired by Mr Alberto Leytón, Minister of the Presidency of theRepublic of Bolivia and in his absence by Mr Luis Pereira, Executive Director ofthe Bolivian National Institute for Statistics, INE and President of the AndeanStatistical Committee. Mr Guillermo Lecaros, Director of Statistics in the GeneralSecretariat of the Andean Community, acted as Secretary.

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AGENDA

The workshop was conducted according to the following thematic agenda. Theworking agenda can be found in Annex III of this report.

1. Strengthening statistical capacity for monitoring poverty reduction:

(a) Bolivia: Poverty Reduction Strategy

(b) Colombia: Employment and the Informal Sector

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(c) Ecuador: Rural Development

(d) Peru: Other Dimensions of Poverty

(e) Venezuela: Strategic social plan, measuring tools

2. Working groups:

(a) Strategies for developing National Statistical Systems

(b) Population Census for 2010, Surveys and Administrative Records

(c) Training and Human Resources

(d) Statistical Harmonisation

(e) Data Dissemination and Quality

3. National strategies to improve National Statistical Systems

4. Presentations

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Proceedings

Bearing in mind the importance of the subjects discussed during the meeting, theGroup approved the following agreements and recommendations:

1. With respect to Item 1, presentations by countries on strengthening statisticalcapacity for monitoring poverty reduction, contained in detail in the CDenclosed with this report led to the following conclusions andrecommendations:

(a) national workshops should be held in order to involve politicians, producersand users of statistics and civil society in developing a national strategy fordevelopment of statistics;

(b) municipal statistical systems should be developed to interrelate thetechnical standardising function of national statistical offices and theoperational work of municipalities;

(c) the technical independence of national institutes for statistics should beencouraged among governments;

(d) national statistical boards should be revitalised to strengthen thedevelopment of National Statistical Systems;

(e) the production of statistics should be geared towards the formulation,monitoring and evaluation of government policies;

(f) training programmes should be developed for users in general, and leadersof public opinion, in particular;

(g) measures should be taken to strengthen administrative records used forstatistical purposes, especially quality of data;

(h) a pre-eminent role should be given to users, as the key players indevelopment of statistics;

(i) the culture of statistics should be promoted at all levels;

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(j) it must be ensured that the statistics produced are geographicallyrepresentative;

(k) the harmonisation of censuses with surveys and administrative recordsmust be promoted;

(l) making statistics accessible to society must be established as a priority indissemination policies;

(m) it should be emphasised to government authorities that assigning greaterresponsibility to National Statistical Systems without allocating adequateadditional resources is the reason why it is harder to produce more detailedstatistics.

2. With respect to item 2, the conclusions and recommendations of the workinggroups are set out in Annex IV of this report. The working groups were led bythe following facilitators and reporters:

Group 1 Strategies for developing National Statistical SystemsFacilitator: Gilberto Moncada, INEI, PeruReporter: Miguel Angel Corneto, INEC, El Salvador

Group 2 Population Census for 2010, surveys and administrativerecordsFacilitator: Philippe Pommier, FranceReporter: Jorge García, INE, Venezuela

Group 3 Training and Human ResourcesFacilitator: Miguel A. de Castro Puente, INE, SpainReporter: Gladys Quiñones, DANE, Colombia

Group 4 Statistical HarmonisationFacilitators: Ernesto Azorín, EUROSTAT

Enrique Ordaz, ECLACReporter: Galo Arias, INEC, Ecuador

Group 5 Data Dissemination and QualityFacilitator: Raul Suarez de Miguel, Switzerland

Reporter: Luz Dary Madroneros, Canal Caracol, Colombia

3. With respect to Item 3, on national strategies to improve National StatisticalSystems, the delegations presented their strategies, taking into account:

(a) Priority strategic actions they consider relevant in the future work of theNational Statistical System, and a tentative National Action Plan with ashort, medium and long-term timetable.

(b) Factors identified as favourable or adverse to implementing the proposedaction strategies.

(c) How to generate an information system to monitor and evaluate publicpolicies aimed at poverty reduction.

National strategies to improve each country's National Statistical Systems are setout in Annex V.

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4. With respect to item 4, presentations, the full presentations are enclosed indigital form in the CD accompanying this report. A summary of the first fourpresentations is provided below:

Bahjat Achikbache��Development in the international context

In an international context of great challenges where national economic and socialdevelopment is closely linked to the global economic system, there is a growingawareness of the crucial need to strengthen National Statistical Systems so thatthey can provide a sustainable supply of reliable and timely data in support of thedesign, monitoring and evaluation of public poverty reduction policies. PARIS21was created as an association of national, regional and international statisticians,policymakers, development experts, analysts and other users of statistics,including civil society, precisely to support national efforts to build an efficientstatistical infrastructure to provide policymakers with reliable and timely statisticson which to base their decisions and measure the effectiveness of their povertyreduction policies, and the effect of those policies on their peoples.

Following on from the first regional workshop for the Andean countries, PARIS21is ready to assist member countries to consolidate their statistical systems andmodernise their methods and policies in order to meet the needs of their decision-making processes.

One of the available options is to facilitate the flow of technical and financialresources to these countries through the Trust Fund for Statistical CapacityBuilding managed by the World Bank with a view to addressing national needs forstatistical development. A series of national workshops will be organised toprovide a framework for defining national medium and long-term statisticalstrategies and action plans. On completion of the national phase, a secondregional workshop will be held within the Andean Community, possibly in 2003,with a view to sharing national strategies and progress achieved since the firstworkshop.

Pedro Sainz, Response of the National Statistical System to strategies to combatpoverty

The demand for statistics on poverty from societies and governments acquiredincreasing political status in the eighties and nineties. This is shown by thecontent of the Millennium Declaration, the very existence of the PARIS21 initiative,the priorities assigned by regional development banks to loans to combat povertyand national policies and programmes. Faced with this demand, statisticalsystems responded initially by preparing summary indicators, on poverty lines andunsatisfied basic needs. They then had to become involved in the statisticsnecessary to design, execute and monitor policies adopted by governments tocombat poverty.

In the course of examining prototype macro and micro policies to combat poverty,a number of possibilities available to statistical offices were listed. They includedinviting public debate, associating with private and public bodies to analyse

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patterns of poverty and implement policies, and revise statistical strategies used inthe initial stages to meet today’s new demands.

Javier Herrera, Monetary and subjective poverty

There is a prevailing feeling in our countries that poverty is a generalphenomenon, on a much more critical scale than suggested by official statistics.This discrepancy between perception and objective poverty indicators, on the onehand, arouses suspicions of political massaging of the figures and criticisms of themeasurement methods and samples used. On the other, it is argued that there isa lack of understanding and information about the way indicators are prepared orshould be interpreted. All these problems are real in the sense that, withoutknowing it, both sides are right.

This has nevertheless focussed attention on the multifaceted nature of poverty.The subjective dimension of poverty, social involvement, governability, violenceand ethnic and gender discrimination are all dimensions of the well-being of thepopulation. The need to be open-minded is not just an academic requirement.Indeed, a concomitant of the broader conceptual approach in recent years is therecognition that the voice of the poor and public perceptions are important informulating and implementing social policies, both in terms of the impact onefficiency and their acceptance or otherwise.

The work presented falls within the integration of these new dimensions of povertyby the National Institute for Statistics and Information Technology INEI andinspired by models developed by DIAL. It attempts to investigate the interrelationsbetween the subjective and objective dimensions of poverty by using the ENAHOopinion survey for the 4th quarter 2001 in Peru.

One of the main findings was that subjective and objective poverty lines are verysimilar in that departmental rankings of the incidence of poverty under bothapproaches are quite similar. However, subjective and objective poverty profilesdiffer: the poor in objective terms are not the same as the subjective poor. Whilelarger, extended households, comprising a larger proportion of children whoseheads cohabit as a couple, are poorly educated and have fewer assets, presenthigher risks of objective poverty, all these factors have the opposite effect in thecase of subjective poverty, thus reducing the relative risk. Labour characteristicsalso differ. While working in the informal sector, self-employment, working inprimary activities, having more work experience, occupying a secondaryemployment are indisputably factors which increase the risk of being objectivelypoor, in the case of subjective poverty, these factors are again rather associatedwith a reduced risk of poverty. Objective monetary poverty, poverty based onunsatisfied basic needs and subjective poverty are three different dimensions ofpoverty, as shown by the fact that some 20 per cent of the populationsimultaneously present all three forms of poverty and some 80 per cent of thepopulation present one of the three forms of poverty.

The comparison of the profiles of objective and subjective poverty, the results ofeconometric models of poverty and the imperfect intersection of populations ofsubjective poor, objective monetary poor and objective poor in terms of material

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living standards not only show that the risk factors have varying degrees ofintensity but that in many cases they have an opposite effect. These resultsmerely confirm the idea that poverty is a multi-dimensional phenomenon, and thatdifferent dimensions affect different populations with different characteristics tovarying degrees. This finding has important implications for the design offocussed public spending policies. Different target populations for eachdimensions of poverty and dimensions of poverty with distinct determining featuresare indistinguishable when they really require differential policies. The conclusionis that it is necessary to integrate sections on the subjective dimension of poverty,governability and civil participation in household surveys so as to be able toanalyse how the interrelations between the different dimensions of poverty andtheir specific determinants.

Enrique Ordaz, Presentation on the Millennium Declaration

During the 55th session of the United Nations General Assembly, 145 Heads ofState and of Government adopted the Millennium Declaration, whichencompasses a set of fundamental values considered essential to the promotionof development and international relations in the 21st century. In the context ofsocial and economic development, specific targets were set for policies such asthe eradication of poverty, which should be achieved by the year 2015 at thelatest. In addition, the General Assembly asked that progress in achieving theobjectives of the Millennium Declaration should be periodically evaluated. TheDivision of Statistics collaborates with the United Nations DevelopmentProgramme (UNDP) in preparing annual reports to the General Assembly.

For this purpose, a group of experts was formed from the United Nations, theBretton Woods institutions and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation andDevelopment to harmonise the objectives of the Millennium Declaration with theobjectives of the OECD Development Assistance Committee. The resultingframework of eight goals, 18 targets and 48 indicators formed part of theSecretary-General’s report to the Assembly in Autumn 2001.

In addition, the United Nations Statistics Division and Statistical Commission areworking on rationalising the almost 300 indicators as the follow up to UnitedNations summits and conferences, in accordance with resolutions of the Economicand Social Council.

With respect to strengthening statistical capacity in Latin America and theCaribbean, ECLAC set up the Statistical Conference of the Americas whoseobjectives are: to promote the development and improvement of nationalstatistics; promote international, regional and bilateral cooperation; and prepare abiennial programme of regional and international statistical cooperation activities.The Executive Committee of the Conference decided that the next biennialprogramme would take the Millennium Declaration as it framework, endeavouringto ensure that the statistical agenda followed countries’ political agendas, and thatthe general approach to statistical development would be: better practice in theproduction of information; manageability of national information systems;accountability to society and user-producer dialogue.

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In this context, the PARIS21 initiative is a fundamental element which, with itsemphasis on association, will support the strengthening of countries’ statisticalcapacity, both in the Andean Community of Nations and the entire Latin-Americanand Caribbean Region.

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ANNEXES

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ANNEX I

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

ANDEAN COMMUNITY

BOLIVIA

Alberto LeytónMinisterMINISTRY OF THE PRESIDENCYPlaza Murillo, Palacio de GobiernoTelephone: 591 - 2 - 2202321Fax: 591 - 2 - 2203439E-mail: [email protected]

Bernardo RequenaVice-minister of Public Investment and External FinancingMINISTRY OF FINANCEPalacio de Telecomunicaciones Piso 11Telephone: 591 - 2 – 2317424 / 2317432Fax: 591 – 2 - 392891E-mail: [email protected]

Marianela ZeballosVice-ministerVICE-MINISTRY OF STRATEGIC PLANNING AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATIONAv. ArceTelephone: 591 - 2 - 2313029Fax: 591 - 2 - 2318479E-mail: [email protected]

Luis PereiraDirectorNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR STATISTICSAv. Carrasco Nº 1391, MirafloresTelephone: 591 - 2 - 2222333Fax: 591 - 2 - 222693E-mail: [email protected]

Melvy VargasRegional Director, INE, Santa CruzNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR STATISTICSc. Taperas Nº 11, Av. Santa CruzTelephone: 591 - 3 - 3361544Fax: 591 – 3 - 3323300E-mail: [email protected]

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Fernando AramayoDirector of Administrative RecordsNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR STATISTICSAv. Carrasco Nº 1391, MirafloresTelephone: 591 - 2 - 2222333Fax: 591 - 2 - 2222693E-mail: [email protected]

[email protected]

Walter CastilloAdviser to Executive DirectorNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR STATISTICSAv. Carrasco Nº 1391, MirafloresTelephone: 591 - 2 - 2222333Fax: 591 - 2 - 2222693E-mail: [email protected]

Marcelo BarrónExternal financing analystVICE-MINISTRY OF PUBLIC INVESTMENT AND EXTERNAL FINANCINGMINISTRY OF FINANCEPalacio de Telecomunicaciones Piso 11Telephone: 591 - 2 – 2317424 / 2317432Fax: 591 – 2 - 392891E-mail: [email protected]

Roberto RiberoChief of PovertyUDAPEPalacio de Telecomunicaciones Piso 18Telephone: 591 - 2 - 2379493Fax: 591 - 2 - 2369905E-mail: [email protected]

Raúl PeñarandaDirector, La Epoca JournalOPINION FORMERSAv. Bush 1374 entre Panamá y PacíficoTelephone: 591 - 2 - 77225970 / 2128490Fax: 591 - 2 - 2241431E-mail: [email protected]

Carlos ToranzoResearcherRESEARCH CENTREReyes 91Telephone: 591 - 2 - 2430259 Mobile: 77206751Fax:E-mail: [email protected]

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Gonzalo ChávezDirector MPD - UCBMODERATORAv. 14 de Septiembre Nº 4805, ObrajesTelephone: 591 - 2 - 2782967 / 2786729E-mail: [email protected]

COLOMBIA

Luis Carlos Ramirez MuneraVice-minister of Economic DevelopmentMINISTRY OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTCarrera 13 Nº 28-01 Piso 9ºTelephone: 57 - 1 - 3506028 3507997Fax: 57 - 1 - 3606809E-mail: [email protected]

Andrés TraslaviñaDANE AdviserNATIONAL STATISTICAL ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENTTelephone: 57 – 1 - 5978331 / 5978332Fax: - 57 - 1 - 5978307E-mail: [email protected]

Gladys QuiñonesAdviser on international technical cooperationNATIONAL STATISTICAL ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENTTelephone: 57 – 1 - 5978300 / 5978331 / 5978332Fax: - 57 - 1 - 5978384E-mail: [email protected]

Luz Dary MadroneroCanal CaracolOPINION FORMERSCarrera 21 Nº 39 B - 41Telephone: 57 - 1 - 2418555Fax: 57 - 1 - 2418606E-mail: [email protected]

Ramiro GalarzaUnder-secretary for economic policyMINISTRY OF THE ECONOMY AND FINANCEAv. 10 de Agosto y J. WashingtonTelephone: 593 - 2 - 566509Fax: 593 – 2 - 2503843E-mail: [email protected]

Carlos Cortez CastroDirector General of INEC

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NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR STATISTICS AND CENSUSJuan Larrea Nº 1536Telephone: 593 - 2 - 231602 / 509836Fax: 593 - 2 - 509836E-mail: [email protected]

Galo Arias VelozDeputy-Director-General TechnicalNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR STATISTICS AND CENSUSJuan Larrea Nº 1536Telephone: 593 - 2 - 529858 / 234917Fax: 593 - 2 - 509836E-mail: [email protected]

Mauricio LeónExpert, Information and Analysis Unit of the Social FrontTECHNICAL SECRETARIAT OF THE SOCIAL FRONTAv. Amazonas y Santa María, Ed. Tarqui 5to. pisoTelephone: 593 - 2 - 2902748Fax: 593 – 2- 521864E-mail: [email protected]

Fausto Corral GuevaraTechnical SecretarySOCIAL FRONTAv. Amazonas y Santa María, 6to. pisoTelephone: 593 - 2 - 2231750Fax: 593 - 2 - 2231458E-mail: facorral@ hotmail.com

[email protected]

Roberto Posso O.Deputy Dean of U.C. Faculty of EconomicsRESEARCH CENTREHernando de la Cruz Nº 394Telephone: 593 - 2 - 97101520Fax: 593 - 2 - 2-2509771E-mail: [email protected]

PERU

Carmen Aurora Vildoso ChirinosVice-Minister of Employment PromotionMINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT PROMOTIONSalaverry Nº 655. Js. MaríaTelephone: 51 - 1 - 4332002Fax: 51 - 1 - 4330606E-mail: [email protected]

Gilberto Moncada Vigo

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Head of INEINATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR STATISTICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGYGral. Garzón Nº 548 – Jesús MaríaTelephone: 51 - 1 – 4333104 / 4338284Fax: 51 - 1 - 4333159E-mail: [email protected]

Nancy Hidalgo CalleExecutive Director of Surveys and Census, INEINATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR STATISTICS AND CENSUSGral. Garzón Nº 548 – Jesús MaríaTelephone: 51 - 1 - 4334223Fax: 51 - 1 - 4333118E-mail: [email protected]

Carlos Ricse CatañoDepartment of Macro-Social StudiesMINISTRY OF THE ECONOMY AND FINANCEJr. Junín Nº 319Telephone: 51 - 1 - 4275313Fax: 51 - 1 - 4333186E-mail: [email protected]

José SalazarPress Director of the Central Reserve BankOPINION FORMERSAv. Vasco Nuñez de Balboa Nº 615. Dpto. 601, MirafloresTelephone: 51 - 1 - 2427877Fax: 51 - 1 - 4288166E-mail: [email protected]

Carlos Amat y LeónProfessor, University of the PacificRESEARCH CENTREAv. Salverry Nº 2020Telephone: 51 - 1 - 2190100 Anx. 2308Fax: 51 - 1 - 2190135E-mail: [email protected]

[email protected]

VENEZUELA

Freddy GarridoDirector-General, National Statistical SystemNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR STATISTICSRsd. Yutaje, Apto. D141, Ave. Sucre Los Dos CaminosTelephone: 58 - 212 - 7937191E-mail: [email protected]

[email protected]

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Jorge Isaac García NavarroDirector-General, State and Municipal StatisticsNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR STATISTICSBarrio El Lobo No. 0-89 San Cristóbal, Edo. Tachira.Telephone: 58 - 276 – 3532687 / 58 – 212 - 7931503Fax: 58 - 276 – 3532687 / 58 – 212 - 7931503E-mail: [email protected]

[email protected]@hotmail.com

Orangel RivasCoordinator, Integrated System of Social Indicators Project (SIVSOV)MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENTRes. Daiber Apto. 3-B Telares a San Rafael - CaracasTelephone: 58 - 212 – 5077703/ 04-5077889Fax: 58 - 212 – 5519018/5732075E-mail: [email protected]

[email protected]

Aquiles MorenoDirector-General of Epidemiology and Strategic AnalysisMINISTRY OF HEALTHAv. Bolivar Torre Sur Piso 7 Ofic. 716Telephone: 58 - 212 - 9780698Fax: 58 - 212 - 4820203E-mail: [email protected]

Mauricio PhelanAssistant Professor - Central University of Venezuela - FacesRESEARCH CENTRECumbres de Curumo, Av. Lago de Valencia. Edif. Mar Caribe Apt. 4. CaracasApdo. 8864, Caracas 1080Telephone: 58 - 212 - 9780698E-mail: [email protected]

ANDEAN COMMUNITY

Elsa LuengoGeneral Manager of Operations and Finance - Technical Cooperation CoordinatorGENERAL SECRETARIATPaseo de la República Nº 3895. LimaTelephone: 51 - 1 - 4111400Fax: 51 - 1 - 2213329E-mail: [email protected]

Patricio PadillaCoordinator of Technological ResourcesGENERAL SECRETARIATPaseo de la República Nº 3895. LimaTelephone: 51 - 1 - 4111415

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Fax: 51 - 1 - 2213329E-mail: [email protected]

Guillermo LecarosHead of StatisticsGENERAL SECRETARIATPaseo de la República Nº 3895. LimaTelephone: 51 - 1 - 4111461Fax: 51 - 1 - 2213329E-mail: [email protected]

Francisco ParejaChief of Social Development AgendaGENERAL SECRETARIATPaseo de la República Nº 3895. LimaTelephone: 51 - 1 - 4111441Fax: 51 - 1 - 2213329E-mail: [email protected]

Dante Curonisy LostaunauStatistics OfficerGENERAL SECRETARIATPaseo de la República Nº 3895. LimaTelephone: 51 - 1 - 4342061Fax: 51 - 1 - 2213329E-mail: [email protected]

Jorge Quevedo GonzalesHead of Andean and Bolivian Cooperation Programme (PCAB)GENERAL SECRETARIATAv. 16 de Julio Nº 1479. Edif. San Pablo. Piso 14. Of. 1407. La Paz - BoliviaTelephone: 591 – 2 – 2334348Fax: 591 – 2 – 2310261E-mail: [email protected]

Rosa Marina León FloresMember of Congress, Peru - Parliament RepresentativeANDEAN PARLIAMENTPardo Nº 764, Miraflores. LimaTelephone: 51 - 1 - 3117526Fax: 51 - 1 - 3117527

Arturo YglesiasAdvisorHIPOLITO UNANUE CONVENTIONPaseo de la República Nº 3832. LimaTelephone: 51 - 1 - 4226862E-mail: [email protected]

Gabriel González

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Project CoordinatorHIPOLITO UNANUE CONVENTIONPaseo de la República Nº 3832. LimaTelephone: 51 - 1 - 4226862E-mail: [email protected]

Bruno Armando Apaza PrudencioPresidentANDEAN LABOUR CONSULTATIVE COUNCILAv. Pisagua Nº 652Telephone: 591 - 2 - 2280420Fax: 591 - 2 - 2280420E-mail: [email protected]

OTHER LATIN-AMERICAN COUNTRIES

Cynthia PokCoordinator of Conceptual Development of Household SurveysNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR STATISTICS AND CENSUS, ARGENTINAJulio A. Roca 609. Piso 7º Of. 706. Buenos AiresTelephone: 54 - 11 - 43499215Fax: 54 - 11 - 43499218E-mail: [email protected]

Orual AndinaDirector GeneralNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR STATISTICS, URUGUAYRío Negro 1520 - Montevideo UruguayTelephone: 598 - 2 - 9032878Fax: 598 - 2 - 9032881E-mail: [email protected]

Zoila Rosa CuberoSecretary Executive Board, INECNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR STATISTICS AND CENSUS, COSTA RICA300 S. 100 E Municipalidad Oreamuno. CartagoTelephone: 506 - 5917894Fax: 506 - 2230815E-mail: [email protected]

Miguel Angel Casco GonzalezDirector GeneralNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR STATISTICS AND CENSUS, NICARAGUAFrente Portón Principal Hospital Lenín Fonseca. ManaguaTelephone: 505 - 2666564Fax: 505 – 2681795Celular: 08871244E-mail: [email protected]

[email protected]

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María Magdalena García UgarteExecutive Director, INENATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR STATISTICS, HONDURASBoulevard Suyapa. Ed. Gómez – Cisneros/ Tegucigalpa / Honduras CA.Telephone: 504 - 2398768Fax: 504 - 2398612E-mail: [email protected]

[email protected]

Miguel Angel Corleto UreyDirector GeneralNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR STATISTICS AND CENSUS, EL SALVADORAv. Juan Bertis Nº 79 Ciudad Delgado, El SalvadorTelephone: 503 - 2869790Fax: 503 - 2862505E-mail: [email protected]

INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

BOLIVIA

Ernesto YanezEconomistGERMAN COOPERATION AGENCYEd. Gundlach Piso 21, Reyes Ortiz Nº 73Telephone: 591 - 2 - 2310039 2310827Fax: 591 - 2 - 2310039 2310827E-mail: [email protected]

Günter MeinertPrincipal AdviserGERMAN COOPERATION AGENCYCasilla 11400. La PazTelephone: 591 - 2 - 2310039 2310827Fax: 591 - 2 - 2310039 2310827E-mail: [email protected]

Marcela RevolloConsultantPADEP-GTZPlaza España Nº 22. La PazTelephone: 591 - 2 - 2310039 2310827Fax: 591 – 2 – 2310039 / 2310827E-mail: [email protected]

Ute OrestesPrincipal AdviserPADEP-GTZ/REDD

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Av. 20 de Octubre Nº 1819. La PazTelephone: 591 - 2 - 2492472/6Fax: 591 - 2 - 2492476E-mail: [email protected]

[email protected]

Gustavo BracamonteDirector PSU-BoliviaCIDATelephone: 591 - 2 - 2411511 2416626Fax: 591 - 2 - 2416696E-mail: [email protected]

Armando GodinesSectorial ExpertInter-American Development Bank (IADB)Av. 16 de Julio Nº 1628Telephone: 591 - 2 - 2351221Fax: 591 - 2 - 2342221

GLOBAL

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

Ernesto AzorínHead of Statistical Cooperation with Latin America and AsiaEUROSTATTelephone: 352 - 430133536Fax: 352 - 430132769E-mail: [email protected]

Raul Suarez de MiguelDirector of International RelationsSwiss Federal Statistical OfficeEspace del Europe 10, 2010 Neachatel. SwitzerlandTelephone: 41 - 32 - 7136008Fax: 41 - 32 - 7136002E-mail: [email protected]

Philippe CujoRegional CounsellorRegional Delegation for Cooperation in the Andean countries, Embassy of France inColombiaEmbassy of France, BogotaTelephone: 57 - 1 - 6381546Fax: 57 - 1 - 6381547E-mail: [email protected]

Philippe PommierHead of Statistical Cooperation

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Department of Technical Cooperation and DevelopmentMinistry of Foreign Affairs, FranceTelephone: 33 - 1 - 53694197Fax: 33 - 1 - 53694397E-mail: [email protected]

Jean-Paul VasquezHead of Cooperation for Latin AmericaINSEE (FRANCE)18 A. Pinard 75675 Paris Cedex 14Telephone: 33 - 1 - 41175304Fax: 33 - 1 - 41176652E-mail: [email protected]

Miguel A. De Castro PuenteDirector General of Statistical Processes and InfrastructureINE SPAINPaseo Castellana 18328046 Madrid. EspañaTelephone: 34 - 915 - 839341 / 839299Fax: 34 - 915 - 839488E-mail: [email protected]

REGIONAL ORGANISATIONS

Enrique OrdazDirector, Division of Statistics and Economic ForecastsECLACTelephone: 56 - 2 - 2102634Fax: 562 - 2102472E-mail: [email protected]

Maria Do Céu CrespoHead of MarketingTES-INSTITUTE3 Rue des Bruyeres 1274. Howald. LuxembourgTelephone: 352 - 29858538Fax: 352 - 298529E-mail: [email protected]

Driss AfzaManagerTES-INSTITUTETelephone: 352 - 29858535Fax: 352 - 298529E-mail: [email protected]

OTHER ORGANISATIONS

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Blanca Freyre de OliveiraInternational ConsultantGarcía de Zuñiga 2245/901Punta Carretas. MontevideoTelephone: 598 - 2 - 7105935E-mail: [email protected]

Mauricio FerroChief StatisticianBEYOND 2020265 Carling Ave. Ottawa, on. Canada Kis 2 EITelephone: 1 - 613 - 5633993Fax: 1 - 613 - 5637233E-mail: [email protected]

PRESENTERS

Javier HerreraIRD ResearcherNational Institute for Statistics and Information Technology; (DIAL)Casilla 18, Lima 18Telephone: 51 - 1 - 4334223 Anexo 224Fax: 51 - 1 - 2222174E-mail: [email protected]

[email protected]

Pedro Sainz GoyenecheaConsultantECLAC, UNITED NATIONSCasilla 179 - D. SantiagoTelephone: 56 - 2 - 2102660Fax: 56 - 2 - 2102472E-mail: [email protected]

John NewmanResident RepresentativeWORLD BANKc. Guachalla 342. La Paz - BoliviaTelephone: 591 - 2 - 2443555E-mail: [email protected]

Haeduck LeeSenior EconomistWORLD BANK1818 H St., N.W. Washington DC 20433Telephone: 1 - 202 - 4736687Fax: 1 - 202 - 5220054E-mail: [email protected]

Jesper Venema

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INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE (ILO)Apt. 10170 - 1090. San José, Costa RicaTelephone: 506 - 2078738 / 2078735 / 2070799Fax: 506 - 2242678E-mail: [email protected]

PARIS21 SECRETARIAT

Antoine SimonpietriSecretaryPARIS21 SecretariatTelephone: 33 - 1 - 45241464Fax: 33 - 1 - 45249406E-mail: [email protected]

Bahjat AchikbachePARIS21 SecretariatTelephone: 1 - 202 - 4734801Fax: 1 - 202 - 5223669E-mail: [email protected]

Isabelle Hernaez - PozoAdministrative assistantPARIS21 SecretariatTelephone: 33 - 1 - 45249054Fax: 33 - 1 - 44306333E-mail: [email protected]

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ANNEX II

OPENING ADDRESSES

13-15 May 2002, Santa Cruz, Bolivia

ADDRESS BY ANTOINE SIMONPIETRI, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF PARIS21TO THE FIRST PARIS21 WORKSHOP FOR THE ANDEAN COMMUNITY

Good morning,

Mr Albert Leytón, Minister of the Presidency of the Republic of Bolivia, Mrs ElsaLuengo, Representative of the Secretary-General of the Andean Community,Andean Vice-ministers, officials of statistical offices of the Latin-Americancountries, representatives of international multilateral and bilateral cooperation,ladies and gentlemen,

It is an honour, after all the setbacks, to be in this beautiful, welcoming city, , totake part in this first PARIS21 workshop for the Andean Community.

Much as I would have been delighted to continue my address in Spanish, this timeI shall carry on in English for the sake of your ears.

The PARIS21 Consortium was launched in November 1999 by the United Nations,the OECD, the World Bank, the IMF and the European Commission in response toa resolution of the United Nations Economic and Social Council on indicators andstrengthening of statistical capacity. PARIS21 was designed to act as a catalystwith the objective of promoting in all countries, and especially developingcountries, a culture of formulating policies and supervision based on evidence.

The Consortium is made up of analysts, policymakers in national governments,donor institutions, the private sector, NGOs and civil society, an association ofstatisticians of the Central Statistical offices and offices of the substantive ministry,data processing experts and users of data in general.

It is an association of those who believe that quality information is crucial to thedesign, implementation and evaluation of strategies for economic developmentand poverty reduction.

I would like to concentrate on four points:

Policy

We have usually regarded the problem of statistics from a technical perspectivedespite the fact that the problems of the statistical system are mostly of a policynature. The provision of statistics is justified by their crucial importance to theplanning and success of economic development. Development policies andprogrammes will not be effective without quantitative information. Policymakersare the main users of statistics and thus key protagonists in the operation ofNational Statistical Systems.

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Better use of data

One of the key functions of statisticians is to provide statistical information toreduce poverty. The delegates from Bolivia, Pedro Sainz and Javier Herrera willspeak on these subjects during the workshop. Allow me to outline the key uses ofstrategies in the global process of decision-making relating to poverty reductionand development.

1. Analysis of poverty, including levels and trends, distribution, determiningfactors, geographical distribution, inequality and vulnerability.

2. Selected indicators related to the objective and establishment of a baseline.3. Setting a quantitative objective for the selected indicator.4. Monitoring poverty reduction strategies, inputs, outcomes and performance

indicators.5. Evaluating the effect of policies.6. Providing information on the results to policymakers and civil society in

general.

Dissemination policy

Statistics which are not used have no existence and the statisticians who producethem are invisible. In many countries of the world, statistics are produced but arenot widely disseminated, or sometimes in a form that is not at all easy for theusers.

Dissemination is a key activity in a statistical system and the problems andlimitations of dissemination must be thoroughly addressed in developing thestatistical system.

I would like to appeal to the statistical community of the Andean Community andall statisticians present to carry on disseminating data which gives rise toenthusiasm and mega data, and make an extra effort to reach users and satisfytheir needs. And especially the needs of those who finance the statistical system.

Dissemination is (i) a first step to promoting better support for the statisticalsystem; (ii) an element in evaluating the system and (iii) a justification of the workof developing those statistics.

The PARIS21 process

The PARIS21 principles of association recognise that the most importantcontribution to development is made by the peoples and governments ofdeveloping countries. We focus on country-level associations because werecognise the need for each country to take ownership of this idea and be guidedby a shared and lasting international and local commitment and better coordinatedtechnical cooperation.

To reach countries, to share regional and international experiences, organisationssuch as the Andean Community are of fundamental importance, These

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subregional organisations have a dual role. Firstly, they provide support tocountries to improve their statistical systems and, secondly, they are an explicitexpression of the need to structure information for regional integration.

After this regional workshop, the countries of the Andean Community couldorganise regional workshops, and PARIS21 is ready to assist them in any way itcan.

ADDRESS BY ELSA LUENGO TO THE FIRST PARIS21 WORKSHOP FOR THEANDEAN COMMUNITY

Mr Albert Leytón, Minister of the Presidency of the Republic of Bolivia, Mr AntoineSimonpietri, Secretary of PARIS21, Andean Ministers, representatives of theLatin-American countries, representatives of international multilateral and bilateralcooperation, ladies and gentlemen,

I have the honour to represent the Secretary-General of the Andean Community,Ambassador Sebastian Alegrett, who apologises that he is not able to be presentas he would have liked on this occasion, to thank the Republic of Bolivia for itswarm welcome to this beautiful city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra and the Secretary ofthe PARIS21 Consortium for choosing the Andean Community to hold its firstevent in Latin America.

The subject that brings us together, "Statistics for Poverty Reduction" is perhapsone of the main challenges for the Andean Community, since our Presidentsmeeting in Carabobo, Valencia Province, Venezuela on 24 June 2001 instructedMinisters of Social Affairs to elaborate an integrated social development plan totackle the grave problems of poverty, exclusion and social inequality in thesubregion.

In June of the same year, the Presidents meeting in Machu Picchu undertook totake measures to reduce poverty by at least 50 per cent by 2015. And at therecent meeting of Andean Presidents, a few weeks ago in Santa Cruz de la Sierra,they established as a priority, as recorded in the report of the meetings, toadvance the tasks on the social agenda, and instructed the responsible ministersto meet in the next six months.

It will not be easy, honourable delegates, to implement these presidentialdirectives if we do not have a real commitment by the ministries involved andwithout the support of international technical cooperation, to help achieve theplanned objectives.

We are confident that this event will help to define some guidelines to direct ouractions to achieve these goals. And if we have already completed some tasks,and are not starting from zero, it is right and proper that from now on, ourachievements in the future should be monitored and evaluated, by means ofreliable and timely statistics and indicators.

For this we need a political commitment to strengthen the capacity of NationalStatistical Systems, so as to provide better quality information for better decision-

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making. That is why we consider that the international community of multilateraland bilateral donors must play a crucial role and we hope to leave this workshopwith the confidence to pursue those objectives.

The Andean Community has 115 million inhabitants, some 36 per cent of them inpoor households, meaning that they have an unsatisfied basic need. This is oneway of measuring poverty. There are others, such as the poverty line, the humandevelopment index, etc., but we choose this one because the statisticalinformation for the five countries is more readily available, but which is better?Certainly, this will be highlighted in this meeting and other more technicalworkshops to be held in the future.

It is important that these indicators should be standardised in the five countries,and although there are certainly differences in the conditions and state of poverty,we all share a common situation and the consequent social demands and constantsuffering of millions of people. And it is only by appropriate national policies andthrough this shared vision of ours that we can pool experiences, instruments andsolutions to tackle a situation which in these times threatens not only politicalstability but also governability.

We only have to look at the media to realise what is happening, not only in ourown countries but also in the rest of our Latin-American region and even beyond.We would be blind if we and our politicians did not all take this on board and tackleit.

The social investment undertaken by the countries of the Andean Community totackle poverty is certainly enormous, even if it is the private sector or amultinational company that bears the cost, and a considerable part of the researchshould be devoted to allocating these resources more precisely, This is what weshould achieve in this meeting, by strengthening the generation of indicators.

Ladies and gentlemen, it is we who are responsible for ensuring that this meetingis a success and it will only be a success if it leads us to construct indicators thatwill allow us to apply the huge resources to combat poverty properly and this willonly be possible through indicators for measuring it which allow our governmentsto adopt the necessary measures to combat poverty in our countries. Let’s do it.

Thank you very much.

ADDRESS BY ALBERTO LEYTÓN, MINISTER OF THE PRESIDENCY

I would like to begin with a warm welcome to you to our country and the city ofSanta Cruz for this first PARIS21 workshop for the Andean Community, withrepresentatives of all the countries of the Andean Community, as well as othercountries in the region, to share this first discussion and analysis of StatisticalInformation Systems. I would also like to apologise for the fact that a few weeksago it was necessary to ask you to postpone the event which was to have takenplace in February. However, due to events and problems with natural disasters inthe country, we had to postpone. I want to thank the PARIS21 Secretariat and the

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Andean Community for this opportunity to join in sponsoring and to host this firstworkshop and this first discussion.

I would like to highlight the work of the organisers who contributed and worked sohard to bring it about. This, I believe, offers us a great opportunity to worktogether, and one we must grasp in these three days, and take this opportunity toshare experiences on a subject that is becoming increasingly important andinfluential in our countries’ public policy. In countries like Bolivia and the countriesof the Andean Region, we are committed to this common objective of combatingand reducing poverty against a background where the world attaches ever morepriority and devotes ever more attention to this objective. I believe, as the twoprevious speakers said, that statistical systems, statistical information andmonitoring systems are an increasingly important and valuable instrument.Indeed, it is an essential instrument in pursuing these kinds of policies.

I would like to stress its importance in two areas, both also mentioned by theprevious two speakers. The first is the need to strengthen and enhance the ourcountries’ technical capacity to develop increasingly precise indicators, developmethods and apply technologies that provide us with a better opportunity togenerate information. I believe that sharing the experience of different countries isvery valuable in this respect.

But there is a second dimension which we should also consider and treat with dueimportance, as was also said earlier, and that is the need to stress thedissemination of indicators and statistical information and making them moreaccessible to society This information is very useful in designing public policies incabinets, but it must also be made user-friendly and used by civil society, byusers, citizens, etc. Here it is perhaps worth noting, by way of anecdote, whathappened once in Bolivia when the INE, the National Institute for Statistics whichis the Office responsible for statistics once issued the inflation figures through theICPD and told us that inflation was very low, sometimes negative, because theConsumer Price Index showed us that prices had in some cases been falling.Society’s and the public’s reaction to that kind of purely technical statement cansometimes be hostile. A good many of them said, fine, if that is how it is, we willgo and do our shopping at the INE because it seems goods are cheaper there,and elsewhere in and society and the marketplace, they do not necessarily seethings that way. I think that this in some way illustrates the urgent need to makestatistical information user-friendly, the need to make the information closer to thenormal experience of the public.

Having mentioned these as just a few ideas that may emerge from the work thatcertainly needs to be done during the next three days, I hope that we can workhard and closely together, come to conclusions of importance to our countries andto our statistical information systems. And with that, I now declare the FirstPARIS21 Workshop for the Andean Community open.

Thank you very much.

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ANNEX III

FIRST REGIONAL WORKSHOP OF PARIS21 FOR THE ANDEANCOMMUNITYSTRENGTHENING STATISTICAL CAPACITYFOR MONITORING POVERTY REDUCTION13-15 May 2002Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia

AGENDA

Day 1 - Monday, 13 May 2002

08:00 – 09:00 Registration of participants

Opening of the Workshop

09:00 – 09:10 Address by the Secretary of the PARIS21 Consortium����������� �����

09:10 - 09:20 Address by the Secretary-General of the Andean Community� �������������������������

09:20 – 09:40 Inauguration of the event by His Excellency, the President ofthe Republic of Bolivia����������������� ����

Session I: Development in the International Context

09:40-10:00Presentation by the PARIS21 Secretariat�������������� �����

Session II: Poverty Reduction

10:00 – 10:30 Concept of Poverty and the Response from the NationalStatistical System��� !���������

10:30 – 11:10 Presentation of the Bolivian Poverty Reduction Strategy andneed to strengthen the Bolivian National Statistical System"��������#���$�

11:10 – 11:30 Coffee break

11:30 – 12:00

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Discussion on the presentation from Bolivia

12:00 – 12:30 Presentation on monetary and subjective poverty������$���%��������"&�'

12:30 – 14:00 Lunch

14:00 – 14:30 Presentation on the Millennium Declaration�������#������(��#�����)�����*����

Session III: Employment and Informal Sector

14:30 – 15:10 Presentation on Employment and the Informal Sector andneed to strengthen Colombia’s National Statistical System"��������#��+� ��

15:10 – 15:30 Discussion on the presentation of Colombia

15:30 – 15:50 Presentation of the Measurement of Living Conditions(MECOVI) Programme, Lessons Learned;����%����� �'����,�������

15:50 – 16:10 Coffee break

Session IV: Rural Development

16:10 – 16:50 Presentation on Rural Development and need to strengthenEcuador’s National Statistical System"��������#�-�����

16:50 – 17:10 Discussion on the presentation of Ecuador

20:00 Welcome Reception at Hotel Los Tajibos

Day 2 - Tuesday 14 May 2002

Session V: Other Dimensions of Poverty

08:30 – 09:10 Presentation of Other Dimensions of Poverty, Evaluation andStatistical Development Needs"��������#�!���

09:10 – 09:30 Discussion on the presentation of Peru

09:30 – 10.00 PRSP methodology��������+�������.����

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10:00 – 10:20 Methodology for Monitoring and Evaluation of Public Policies��������*�( ����,�������

10:20 – 10:40 Coffee break

Session VI: Public Health

10:40 – 11:20 Presentation on Public Health and Needs of the NationalStatistical System"��������#�/��������

11:20 – 11:40 Discussion on the presentation of Venezuela

Session VII: Integrated Social Development Programmeof the Andean Community

11:40 – 12:00 Presentation of the Andean Community Social Agenda����0�������!������������������1�������#�����������+ ���2

12:00 – 12:30 Presentation of the Andean Community Statistical Programme2000 – 2004����1����� �'��������������+ ���2

12:30 – 14:00 Lunch

14:00 – 17:00 Working groups on Improving Statistical Capacities andDevelopment

Introductory briefing on the themes to be addressed in the fiveworking groups (10 minutes in plenary session per group):

Group 1: Strategies for developing National StatisticalSystems:.Facilitator: Gilberto Moncada, INEI Peru

Group 2: Population Census for 2010, Surveys andAdministrative RecordsFacilitator: Philippe Pommier, France

Group 3: Training and Human ResourcesFacilitators: Guillermo Lecaros, Secretariat of theAndean Community; De Castro Puente, INE, Spain

Group 4: Statistical HarmonisationFacilitators: Ernesto Azorin, EUROSTAT; EnriqueOrdaz, ECLAC

Group 5: Data Dissemination and Quality.

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Facilitator: Bahjat Achikbache, PARIS21 Secretariat

17:00 – 17:20 Coffee break

17:20 – 17:40 Presentation of Recommendations and Action Plan for theshort and medium term by the�reporter from each workinggroup.

Day 3 - Wednesday 15 May 2002

08:30 – 09:00 Other regional integration mechanisms

Conclusions: Agreements reached

09:00 – 09:20 Bolivia

09:20 – 09:40 Colombia

09:40 – 10:00 Ecuador

10:00 – 10:20 Peru

10:20 – 10:40 Venezuela

10:40 – 12:30 Break

12:30 – 13:00 Reading of the Final Report of the 1st PARIS21 Workshop forthe Andean Community

Closing ceremony

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13:15 – 14:30 Lunch

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ANNEX IV

CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE WORKING GROUPS

WORKING GROUP 1Strategies for developing National Statistical Systems

Facilitator: Gilberto Moncada, INEI, PeruReporter: Miguel Angel Corneto, INEC, El Salvador

The task of this Group is to consider two of the objectives of PARIS21 thatcountries address in developing their statistical systems. One is that activities arenot determined by external financiers, and that international cooperation mustsupport countries in defining their master plans for statistical development. Theother is linked to raising awareness among policymakers so that national budgetscan progressively finance statistical development. Initially full external funding isneeded for a few years, after which the country assumes full responsibility andinternational cooperation only supports human resources training and exchange ofexperiences, and other lesser activities.

PROBLEMS IDENTIFIED OBJECTIVES IDENTIFIED1. Limited technical capacity of national

institutes for statisticsStrengthening technical capacity ofinstitutions that produce statistics

2. Lack of adequate statistical planning Emphasis on planning of nationalstatistical activities

3. Limited capacity for coordinatingtechnical standards in nationalinstitutes for statistics amongelements of National StatisticalSystems

4. Lack of articulation of production ofstatistics with public policies

5. Little independence from the politicalauthorities

Strengthening the autonomy ofinstitutions that produce statistics

6. Insufficient knowledge of demand forstatistical information

Identifying and satisfying demand forstatistical information.Creation and strengthening of a criticalmass of users

7. Limited credibility of institutions thatproduce public statistics

Democratisation of the production ofstatistics

PRINCIPAL STRATEGY

The principal strategy for strengthening national institutes for statistics relies onsatisfying user demand for information. Generating a critical mass of users(satisfied clients) will provide a natural support for national statistical managementwhich will be reflected in greater credibility and sustainability of statistical activity,mainly with public financing.

WORKING GROUP 2Population Census for 2010, surveys and administrative records

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Facilitator: Philippe Pommier, FranceReporter: Jorge García, INE, Venezuela

This is a concern of many governments and civil society, since in almost allcountries, carrying out a census requires resort to international cooperation. Theissue is to consider the advantages and disadvantages of an alternative totraditional censuses, the role of administrative records, household surveys and theintegration of territorial and sectoral information and, among other things, seekingmethods that combine these elements. This requires a study by experts, linkingthe analysis to public policy issues.

Problem Expected results1. Lack of quality and timeliness of

administrative recordsImprovement of administrative recordsin coordination with organisations thatgenerate them

2. Improving administrative records incoordination with organisations thatgenerate them

Integration of administrative records,censuses and surveys withgeographical information systems

3. Lack of structural information inbetween-census periods

Promoting continuous survey systemsas a mechanism for updatinginformation in periods betweencensuses

4. Lack of sample frameworks andguidelines

Systematic updating of pre-censusinformation (mapping, recording ofbuildings) as an input for the elaborationand maintenance of sample frameworksand guidelines

5. Lack of harmonisation andknowledge of methodologiesbetween countries

Promote exchange of informationbetween countries, with respect to thecompiling and monitoring ofadministrative records.Promote sharing of experience betweencountries of the Andean Community inorder to enhance information fromcontinuous surveys.

6. Lack of use of GeographicalInformation System Technologies(GIS)

Promote Geographical InformationSystems and update them as a constantmapping exerciseStrengthen exchanges between users,producers and the Government ingenerating the information system formonitoring poverty

WORKING GROUP 3Training and Human Resources

Facilitator: Miguel A. de Castro Puente, INE, SpainReporter: Gladys Quiñones, DANE, Colombia

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This is one of the principal structural themes. Improving the statistical capacity ofNational and Community Statistical Systems requires a strategy to establish atraining policy to provide appropriate training in statistical systems for humanresources in the light of their needs, depending on the type of surveys carried out,the institutional organisation and the human resources management policy.

We begin by analysing the training activities provided in all institutes andinternational support for developing the training programme.

1. Problem identified:

Human resources engaged in the production of statistics do not have therequired statistical training.

1.1 Objective identified: to train producers of statistics in the NationalStatistical System, especially those in middle-level positions.

1.2 Expected results: better quality and transparency in the preparation ofstatistics.

1.3 Project: to develop a training plan managed by the Institute for Statistics.

1.4 Obstacles to implementation: human resources, financial and timeconstraints.

2. Problem Identified:

Lack of a statistical culture among users because they do not know howto interpret data.

2.1 Objective identified: to train all users, especially journalists andresearchers.

2.2 Expected results: correct interpretation of statistics.

2.3 Project: permanent cycle of talks and lectures on the various publishedindicators.

2.4 Obstacles to implementation: financial constraints.

Conclusion: there should be a continuous and stable training programme for allthe institutes and users with the collaboration of international organisations.

WORKING GROUP 4Statistical Harmonisation

Facilitators: Ernesto Azorín, EUROSTATEnrique Ordaz, ECLAC

Reporter: Galo Arias, INEC, Ecuador

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The aim is to contribute to reflection on the need to harmonise the production ofstatistics, as a basic element of international comparability and aggregation ofstatistics in economic blocks. Many efforts have been made in this area by theUnited Nations, EUROSTAT and other international organisations, as well asmultilateral and bilateral cooperation. The Community Statistical programme2000-2004 established by Decision 488 of the Commission of the AndeanCommunity is an instrument whose main provisions include statisticalharmonisation. The problems that arise in this area are lack of a commonconceptual framework, lack of suitably qualified human resources and financialresources to implement them.

1. Common political will conducive to harmonisationa. Harmonisation between countries, strengthening groupings such as the

Andean Parliament as a framework for sustainable harmonisation.

2. Importance of the NSS with respect to aspects of statistical harmonisationa. Mechanisms: organisation, coordination, articulation within countries.

3. Evaluation of the cost of harmonisation compared with the cost of notharmonising.a. Availability of resourcesb. Good practice: transparencyc. Availability of tools for comparison, design of policies and actions to

combat poverty.

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1. Confidentiality: limits on privacy2. Infrastructure: technology3. Resources: dialogue forums; heterogeneous human resources;

heterogeneous definitions and treatment of rural and urban areas4. Non-existence of Community legislation to support the process5. Will of the participants to commit themselves to harmonisation without the need

to resort to law.

WORKING GROUP 5Data Dissemination and Quality

Facilitator: Raul Suarez de Miguel, Switzerland Reporter: Luz Dary Madroneros, Canal Caracol, Colombia

The aim is to generate guidelines to allow users appropriate and impartial accessto statistical information for the purposes of evaluation and monitoring of publicpolicies in general, to allow the formulation of strategic policies and lead to betterdecision-making by policymakers and authorities. This information must be timely,reliable, regular and of good quality to meet users’ requirements.

On the quality aspect, the aim is to produce objective and independent statistics,free of any pressure by political parties or other special interest groups, inparticular with regard to the choice of techniques, definitions and methods most

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appropriate to achieve the defined objectives. It also means that statistics mustreflect as fairly as possible the reality they seek to represent; using scientificcriteria in the choice of methods and procedures and generating information ontheir scope.

QUALITY

1. Credibility of the data

Statistical institutions do not always follow the same methodology so thatresults may vary over very short periods of time, and this creates moreconfusion and undermines the credibility of the data and the bodies whichpublish such figures.

Likewise, the credibility of the figures is also affected by the lack of training ofthe people working in the organisation and of those who collect the data. Thistraining should be continuous, in order to keep abreast of changes inmethodology and technology.

Statistical institutes must clearly define the profiles of the people who work inthem, as well as those hired for specific tasks, such as data collection.

Researchers and journalists consider that they should have more access to thefigures, since not all are available to them. For them, this creates a climate ofscepticism concerning published figures.

Precisely to improve the quality of data, it is recommended to seek qualitystandards, such as ISO 9001.

2. Legal framework of statistical institutions

In general, laws on statistics are obsolete and not relevant to present-dayrealities. It is suggested that they should be amended to give greaterindependence to the statistics issuing body.

To maintain their independence, statistical organisations should regardgovernments as just another user of data.

The independence of statistical institutes also depends on their budgets. It isfeared that directors of such entities may submit to government demands toavoid budget cuts.

Another way of maintaining the quality of statistical institutions is the creation ofsupervisory boards. This supervision should be exercised through legal as wellas technical instruments.

3. Existence of records

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them out. The institute should be responsible for coordinating all entitiesinterested in producing such records.

4. Quantity of information

For researchers and journalists it is better to work with few but significant data.It is thus better to have few questions and make them effective, and not havean unlimited quantity which is very slow to process and thus prevents rapiddecision-making and policy formulation. Quantity frequently conflicts with thequality of data.

The main conclusion on this item is that data is not necessarily information, andit is information that leads to the adoption of policies.

5. Scope

The scope of surveys is becoming narrower. There are some countries wherea large number of people remain excluded from the records and this leads to aloss of credibility of the results.

6. Timeliness of data

This point aroused considerable discussion. Statistical institutes must providestructural or current responses.

Some researchers need data that can be used to solve structural problems.

A statistical culture must be created, so that people know what to ask fromstatistical bodies, because they do not cover the whole universe of information.

The speed with which survey results are demanded can lead to distortion of theresults and thus the generation of policies to solve problems.

7. Centralisation or decentralisation

Another aspect that generated considerable discussion in the working groupwas whether data collection and processing should be centralised ordecentralised, concentrated or distributed.

8. Timetable

To give greater credibility to figures, it is necessary to keep to a timetable forthe publishing of statistical results. Most countries have established timetables.

9. Sale of information

Another point that generated much discussion was the sale of data. Here itwas concluded that it is very important to segregate information which can besold.

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This would also generate income which could be used to strengthen otherprogrammes of the entity.

10. Training of journalists

Continuous training should be provided for journalists in order to avoidmisinterpretation of data by them.

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ANNEX V

NATIONAL STRATEGIES FOR DEVELOPING NATIONAL STATISTICALSYSTEMS

BOLIVIA

In these two days’ work we have shared our experiences and the expertknowledge of eminent specialists in the various subjects addressed in thisimportant workshop. I would like to emphasise that this important initiative byPARIS21 has brought together public policymakers, users and producers ofstatistical information and shown the value to our countries of having such forums.

On behalf of my delegation, I would like now to present the challenges which webelieve we must tackle in the short, medium and long-term future. At the sametime, it is important to stress that several of the objectives set out below arealready in the process of being achieved.

I. ACTION PLAN

1.1 INSTITUTIONALISATION OF THE NATION STATISTICAL INFORMATIONSYSTEM

Consolidation of the independence of the National Statistical Information Systemthrough institutionalisation:

(a) updating the legislative framework May 02 Nov 02(b) generating the conditions to allow the National Institute

for Statistics to fully assume the role of standardisationand management of the national statistical informationsystem

Jan 03 June 03

(c) generating mechanisms for allocating resources toensure the financial sustainability of statisticaloperations

Oct 02 Sept 03

(d) identifying and assigning powers and responsibilities ofthe bodies that make up the national statisticalinformation system under a decentralised system

May 02 Nov 02

(e) Achieve the autonomy of the National Institute forStatistics

Nov 02 Feb 03

(f) Achieve ISO 9000 certification for the main statistical;production processes.

June 03 Dec 04

1.2 SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

(a) Creating coordinating bodies between the nationalstatistical information system and public and privateusers, replicating the PARIS21 model

May 02 Dec 02

(b) Promoting links between the processes of formulation,follow-up, monitoring and evaluation of public policies

June 02 May 03

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and generation of statistical information(c) Promoting the creating and implementation of

municipal information systemsMay 02 Dec 03

(d) Developing initiatives to achieve credibility in theprocess of production of statistics and the benefits oftaking informed decisions

May 02 Dec 04

1.3 DEMOCRATISATION OF INFORMATION

(a) Make the process of producing statistics transparent May 02 Dec 03(b) Ensure that statistical information is regarded as a

public assetMay 02 Nov 02

(c) Use all available means to allow the user access toinformation

May 02 Oct 02

(d) Make the Statistical Plan and the InformationDissemination Plan accessible to society

June 02 Dec 02

(e) Disseminate statistical information in a form moreunderstandable by the bulk of the population

May 02 Apr 03

1.4 IMPROVING THE RELEVANCE OF STATISTICS

(a) Create technical capacity in regional offices for theproduction and dissemination of regional statistics

Jan 03 June 04

(b) Strengthen administrative records and promote thecreation of those necessary

May 02 Dec 03

(c) Design and implement household surveys at municipallevel

Oct 02 Dec 03

(d) Harmonise statistical operations: censuses,administrative records and surveys

June 02 Dec 02

(e) Generate short-term municipal information formunicipal governments to allow them to analyse trendsin monitoring their policies

Jan 03 Dec 03

(f) Constantly update frameworks and guidelines forstatistical operations

Oct 03 Dec 04

(g) Consolidate the development and constant updating ofthe Geographical Information System which isintegrated in a multidimensional information databasegenerated from censuses, surveys and administrativerecords

May 02 Oct 02

(h) Ensure that measuring poverty is not confined to asummary indicator, but is represented by statistics thattake account of the multiple causes and multipledimensions of the phenomenon

July 02 June 03

II CONDITIONS FOR IMPLEMENTING THE PLAN OF ACTION

2.1 Factors favourable to achieving the planned objectives

1. Growing importance of the use of statistics as a guide in better decision-making, for example the Bolivian Poverty Reduction Strategy

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2. Support from international cooperation to strengthen the capacity of NationalStatistical Systems.

3. Efforts of regional integration models designed to achieve harmonisation ofstatistics

4. Technological advances that allow better access to and use of information.

2.2 Factors adverse to achieving the planned objectives

1. Considering the production of statistics as an expense, not an investment limitsaccess to the necessary resources.

2. General view that statistics must be financed by central government exclusivelydespite the decentralisation of management and public investment tomunicipalities.

3. Lack of credibility of official statistics because they are produced by agovernment institution.

4. Lack of a statistical culture at all levels.5. Low level of use of statistical information.

II. INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR THE MONITORING AND EVALUATIONOF PUBLIC POLICIES TO REDUCE POVERTY

In the course of the workshop we believe that the guidelines considered in thesystem of monitoring and evaluation of the Bolivian Poverty Reduction Strategypresented on the first day have been ratified, the most relevant aspects being:

1. Close coordination with national institutions responsible for the implementationof actions and monitoring to reduce poverty, with the aim of producing relevantinformation.

2. Generating public indicators for the short and medium-term evaluation ofmunicipal management for the use of municipalities and social controlinstitutions.

3. Ensuring that those who administer public policies use qualitative andquantitative information as a public management tool to guide its actions andachieve efficient public investment.

4. Providing elements to focus public actions at municipal level for the mostvulnerable groups.

5. Having information to reward efficiency and correct distortions, generatingsuccessful models of municipal management.

COLOMBIA

BACKGROUND

Colombia does not at present have a law on statistics. By government decree, thenational statistical administrative department, DANE, is the administrator of thestatistical system.

In the last two years, DANE has been working on the restructuring of the NationalStatistical Information System, and has undertaken two kinds of action.

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The first involved a preliminary diagnostic of the state of statistical information inColombia and preparation of a proposal document for the restructuring of theSystem. The second consisted of practical work to design and implementmethodologies for the preparation of statistical plans at sectoral and local(departmental and municipal) level and the creation of integrated informationproducts with other institutions, a territorial information system and elaboration ofregulations and standards.

In addition, there was progress in integrating the information held by the fourenvironmental, geographical, geological and socio-economic bodies that produceinformation in Colombia, both joint products and a proposal for the creation of anational information system.

As a result of this work, an international seminar is planned with the participationof representatives of both the public and the private sector to be held on 29 Maynext to publicise and launch the proposed strategy for the restructuring of theNational Statistical System and begin formulating the national statistical plan.

I. PROPOSED STRATEGIC ACTIONS

Basic premises and approaches

1. We reaffirm DANE’s role as the lead agency in the system, especially inmethodologies and standardisation.

2. We conceive a system in which other Colombian entities apart from DANEproduce statistical information for the system.

3. We accept that a legal framework is necessary to resolve problems and defineresponsibilities, but this must not be an essential precondition for the initialoperation of the system, but rather a product of the work of the system itself.

4. The system must have modern information mechanisms to avoid duplicationand facilitate integration, distribution and decentralisation of information to locallevel based in precise statistical plans and regulations.

5. The National Statistical System must be fully integrated into statistical systemsand international cooperation and comply with standards, using technologieswhich allow interconnectivity, coordination of actions with international agendasand harmonisation of statistical work.

6. The national system will create a formal institutional structure to allow theestablishment of control and support systems for the system itself and theinstitutions of which it is composed, such as sectoral advisory councils.

Basic actions:

1. Use the framework of the seminar planned for 29 May during the launch of theNational Statistical System to present analytical models to the meeting,promote PARIS21 approaches to cooperation and commitments to the AndeanCommunity and highlight the international relationships of the System.

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2. Hold a presidential level meeting with the participation of PARIS21 and theAndean Community by September 2002 at the latest to promote the generalstrategies of the system and secure the support of the Colombian Governmentat the highest level and its inclusion in the new Development Plan.

3. Design and lead, through DANE, sectoral workshops between September andNovember 2002 with appropriate methodologies and participation ofrepresentatives of government, trade unions and productive sectors, socialsectors, the academic world, civil society and the media to publicise theproposal, analyse the preliminary diagnostic and statistical informationpriorities, and prepare proposals both in terms of priorities and actions forpresentation to a national meeting.

4. Hold a national meeting around November 2002 with representatives ofgovernment, trade unions and productive sectors, social sectors, the academicworld, civil society and the media, and with the support of PARIS21 and theAndean Community to agree approaches, objectives and targets, strategiesand priorities for the National Statistical System in the medium term based onthe work of the sectoral workshops.

5. Present the results of the national meeting to the National Council forEconomic and Social Policy (CONPES) about February 2003, with thenecessary recommendations for approval in the CONPES document, includingresponsibility for the system and commitments of resources and institutionalarrangements necessary for the system to operate formally.

6. Devise the work plan for the development of the National Statistical System,which must also address the technical aspects and statistical priorities forColombia, both in censuses and administrative records, a continuous trainingplan for all components of the systems, an international technical cooperationplan to strengthen the capacity of the system, and must identify mechanisms tobuild inter-institutional partnerships, for example with universities, chambers ofcommerce, research centres, at both national and local level, and definemodern mechanisms for integrated dissemination of information and metadataat national and local level.

7. Prepare and hold a second national meeting with the same participants aroundNovember 2003 to carry out an initial joint evaluation of the system and putforward recommendations for improving it.

II. FACTORS FAVOURABLE AND ADVERSE TO THE IMPLEMENTATIONOF THE PROPOSED STRATEGIC ACTIONS

1. ADVERSE:

1. Changes due to the political changes in the country which could affect DANE.

2. Lack of adequate financial resources to strengthen the capacity of the systemfor the production and dissemination of information.

3. External factors due to armed conflict.

2. FAVOURABLE:

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1. The climate to start operating the system from the start of a new presidentialterm.

2. DANE’s technical capacity which has been supported in internationalcooperation programmes of countries such as France and Canada andmultilateral organisations and probable quality certification underISO 9001-2000.

3. DANE’s physical infrastructure and technology.

4. DANE’s regional structure, with branches in 6 regions and 16 sub-branchescovering the whole country.

5. The timeliness of the 2003 Census which will bring in additional resources aswell as information to the system.

6. The good capacity of the Colombian academic sector, private and trade unionresearch centres, which provide researchers and experts for the system.

7. Colombia’s telecommunications structure and Internet.

III. HOW TO GENERATE AN INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR THEMONITORING AND EVALUATION OF PUBLIC POLICIES AIMED ATPOVERTY REDUCTION

1. In Colombia, the operation of three mechanisms is required to evaluate publicpolicy: the first is directed and administered by the National PlanningDepartment, the second consists of control mechanisms operated by civilsociety and the third the internal functions of the public sector controlagencies, all of which are covered by Colombian law.

2. As well as the country’s internal monitoring and evaluation, it is necessary tofacilitate monitoring and evaluation by interested parties at international level.

3. As DANE is responsible for supplying official statistics for Colombia, it mustensure conditions or equality in the provision of official information to thesecontrol and evaluation agencies.

4. At local level, support and training actions must be conceived and planned toraise the level of use of statistical information in the development of theirregional plans.

5. It is necessary to harmonise and integrate the different systems for measuringpoverty including the proposed standard of living index for Colombia, tofacilitate its use in taking timely decisions.

6. Encouragement must be given to reinforcing the strategy of socialobservatories (some are currently operating at local level in Colombiapromoted by the United Nations, with the participation of DANE and otherorganisations) to generate areas of integration of information and analysis ofthe phenomenon of poverty at national and local level with the participation ofproducers and users.

7. Encouragement must be given to establishing modern geo-referenced socialindicators to facilitate open access to information at national and local level.

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1. FACTORS ADVERSE TO THE PROPOSED STRATEGIC ACTIONS

(a) the use of information technology to process statistical data is not widespread.

(b) Lack of methodological guidance (instructions, procedures manuals) ongenerating statistics.

(c) Unacceptable delays in the provision of statistics.

(d) Lack of statistical coordination.

(e) An out-of-date Law on Statistics.

2. FACTORS FAVOURABLE TO THE PROPOSED STRATEGIC ACTIONS

(a) INEC is implementing a programme to strengthen the NSS using resourcesform the IADB loan 1296 OC/EC.

(b) The execution of the agricultural and livestock census (2002) and thePopulation and Housing census (2001) provided INEC with the capacity tomanage cartographic and statistical information to sampling structures.

(c) INEC and the Social Front have an agreement for the elaboration of socialpolicy instruments.

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III. THE SYSTEM FOR THE MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF PUBLICPOLICIES ON POVERTY REDUCTION MUST INCLUDE:

1. Strategic partnerships between INEC and the Social Front to strengthenhousehold surveys and administrative records.

2. A library of social databases to allow democratic consultation.

3. Continuing inter-institutional efforts to develop a social accounting system, asan instrument for evaluating the impact of public policies on poverty andincomes distribution, and standardisation and planning of the NSS.

4. The use of household surveys as an instrument for evaluating the impact ofsocial programmes.

PERU

PRINCIPAL OBJECTIVES Short-term

Medium-term

Long-term

• Approval of the new NSS Law X• Carrying out the 2003 population and housing census X• Standardising codes, nomenclature and definitions X• Promoting the use of administrative records X• Updating sampling guidelines and structures (enterprises and

households) X

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• Developing a system of social indicators combining various sources ofinformation: censuses, surveys and administrative records X

I. STRATEGIC ACTIONS TO DEVELOP THE NSS Short-term

Medium-term

Long-term

• Preparing the national register of municipalities X• Decentralising statistical activities to departmental offices X• Strengthening the technical capacity of departmental statistical

officesX

• Improving conceptual and methodological frameworks X X X• Enhancing the role of the National School for Statistics and

Information TechnologyX X

• Developing training programmes for technical staff, officials andprincipal users

X X

• Developing technical cooperation programmes with other statisticalinstitutions

X X

• Strengthening the capacity to undertake research and surveys X• Definition of policies on dissemination X• Developing Peru’s statistical gateway X• Strengthening the role of the Institutional Statistical Committee X• Restructuring of the INEI X• Raising the statistical culture of users and NSS informants X• Conduct of the Income and Expenditure Survey X• Institutionalising as system of household surveys X• Developing a geo-statistical information system X

II. FAVOURABLE AND ADVERSE FACTORS

1. FACTORS FAVOURABLE TO THE STRATEGIC ACTIONS

• Institutional will

• Necessity of monitoring and evaluation of social policies

• Demands of the country’s decentralisation process

• Process of modernisation of the State structure

• Availability of sectoral databases

• Process of Andean integration

• Climate favourable to transparency and social supervision

• Investors demands for up-to-date and quality information

• Interest of international cooperation in strengthening statistical systems

• Information technology.

2. FACTORS ADVERSE TO THE STRATEGIC ACTIONS

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• Limited budgetary resources

• Limited human resources capacity

• Lack of a basic statistical culture

• Lack of infrastructure and equipment

• Little value attached to statistical activities by policymaking authorities

• Dependency of the INEI management on the President of the Council ofMinisters and its subjection to political changes.

III. INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR THE MONITORING AND EVALUATIONOF THE FIGHT AGAINST POVERTY

Characteristics:

• Geographical coverage broken down into small areas

• Broad and flexible thematic coverage

• Incorporation in social programmes of a monitoring and evaluationcomponent

• Development of analytical tools to evaluate the impact of social policies

• Easy and timely access to information

• Integration of available geographical data in preparing poverty maps.

VENEZUELA

I. PRIORITY STRATEGIES

1. Development of institutions to manage the National Statistical System.

2. Consolidation of the process of decentralisation of production, processing anddissemination in Federal agencies.

3. Incorporating the economic dimension at state and municipal level

4. Encouraging links between the National Statistical System and users who arenot-producers.

5. Support by international technical cooperation in strengthening the NationalStatistical System.

1. Development of institutions to manage the National Statistical System

Short-term activities

• Disseminate the content of the Law on the Public Function of Statisticsamong organisations in the National Statistical System in a workshop withPARIS21 support.

• Launch the various organising institutions established by the Law on thePublic Function of Statistics.

• Elaboration of the First National Statistical Plan.

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Medium and long-term activities

• Strengthening of organising institutions in the National Statistical System.

2. Consolidation of the process of decentralisation of production,processing and dissemination in Federal agencies

Short-term activities

• Constantly improving administrative records

• Training and upgrading of human resources

• Technological upgrading

• Strengthening transfer of technology and know-how

• Consolidations of user support offices

• Strengthening the technological infrastructure

Medium and long-term activities

• Strengthening state administrations

• Support for state and local development plans

• Promotion of new topics of research

3. Incorporating the economic dimension at state and municipal level

Short-term activities

• Identification and diagnostic of sources

• Decentralise INE economic programmes.

Medium and long-term activities

• Development of methodologies for calculating economic indicators.

4. Encouraging links between the National Statistical System and users whoare not-producers

Short-term activities

• Creation of pilot local observatories

• Systematically structuring experience

• Pilot scheme for the use of information centres (INFOCENTROs )for thedissemination of statistical information.

Medium and long-term activities

• Extension and consolidation of local observatories

• Extension and consolidation of Infocentros for the dissemination ofstatistical information.

5. Support by international technical cooperation in strengthening theNational Statistical System

Short-term activities

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• Presentation of plans and projects for financing by international cooperationagencies.

• Linking up with the statistical programme of the Andean Community ofNations.

• Consolidation of relations with international technical cooperation agencies.

II. FACTORS FAVOURABLE AND ADVERSE TO THE PLAN

1. Favourable:

• Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (1999) and other lawsof the Venezuelan State, notably the Law on National Planning (2002) andthe Law on the Public Function of Statistics (2001).

• Installed capacity in some organisations making up the National StatisticalSystem.

• Political decentralisation.

• Decentralisation of the National Institute for Statistics.

2. Adverse:

• Budgetary constraints.

• Lack of qualified human resources.

• Lack of a statistical culture.

III. HOW TO CREATE A SYSTEM OF MONITORING AND EVALUATION OFTHE FIGHT AGAINST POVERTY:

Actions:

• Developing a system of social indicators drawn from indicators from varioussources (administrative records, household surveys and research).

• Undertaking a research programme to measure the effectiveness andefficiency of social expenditure.

• Carrying out social surveys to evaluate the Strategic Social Plan at nationaland state level.

• Using the household survey sample programme sample for national andstate monitoring of the Strategic Social Plan.

• Developing training schemes in the formulation and management ofmonitoring and evaluation systems.

• Developing technological infrastructure to create the monitoring andevaluation system.

• Including the organising institutions within the framework of the SocialCabinet for monitoring and evaluation.