Transcript Status of Implementation of the 2007 ICMDGS Recommendations

Status of Implementation
of the 2007 ICMDGS Recommendations
Presented by
Ms. Jessamyn O. Encarnacion
Director, Social Statistics Office
Philippines National Statistical Coordination Board
2011 International Conference on Millennium Development Goals Statistics
19-21 October 2011
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Outline of the Presentation
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I.
Background
II.
Status of Implementation of the 2007 ICMDGS
Recommendations
III.
Summary
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I. Background
2007 International Conference on MDG Statistics
• 1-3 October 2007, coincided with the Philippines’
celebration of the 18th National Statistics Month
• Organized by the Philippine Statistical System,
spearheaded by the National Statistical Coordination
Board (NSCB) with funding support from the Department
of Foreign Affairs
• Jointly conducted with the following:
- UN Statistics Division (UNSD);
- UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
(UNESCAP) Statistics Division;
- Asian Development Bank; and the
- Philippines’ UN Country Team (UNCT), including the UNDP.
• In cooperation with the following:
- UNICEF
- UNDP/NEDA
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I. Background
2007 International Conference on MDG Statistics
• Served as a forum for sharing of good practices and
methodologies, current and new trends, and challenges
in the generation, dissemination, and analysis of MDG
data both at the country and regional/international
levels;
• Follow up on the recommendations of the Workshop on
Statistics for Monitoring the Achievement of the MDGs in
the Asia and the Pacific conducted by the UNESCAP in
Bangkok in 2006;
• Venue for a midterm evaluation since the Millennium
Declaration in 2000
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I. Background
Participation in the 2007 ICMDGS
Type of Participant
Total Number
1. Country representatives
from national statistical
agencies and national
planning agencies
42
2. Representatives from
international organizations
20
UNSD, UNICEF, ASEAN
Secretariat, ILO, UNDP,
UNESCAP
3. Local participants/
observers
15
Local organizing Committee
Major statistical agencies
Data source agencies
TOTAL
4
Details
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Countries in the following:
•Asia and Pacific
•Africa
•South and West Asia
•Europe
•America
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I. Background
Sessions of the 2007 ICMDGS
1) Progress Report on the Attainment of MDGs
2) Generation and Compilation of MDG indicators
3) Techniques in addressing data gaps
4) Data Analysis and Utilization
5) Dissemination of MDG indicators
6) Strengthening Statistical Capacity to Improve MDG data
7) Organizational Issues
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II. Status of Implementation of the 2007
ICMDGS Recommendations
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II. Status of Implementation of the 2007 ICMDGS
Recommendations
•Seven major recommendations of the 2007 ICMDGS
•Responsibility centers:
•UNSD
•International agencies
•UN Regional Commissions
•Regional offices of international agencies
•Countries/National Statistical Agencies (NSAs)
Four years after the 2007 ICMDGS….
•What has been done?
•Something to look forward to in the next four years…
by 2015?
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II. Status of Implementation of the 2007 ICMDGS
Recommendations
•The NSCB Technical Staff (TS) coordinated with the UNSD,
international organizations, Regional Commissions, and national
statistical agencies.
•The NSCB-TS distributed questionnaires to agencies which
participated in the 2007 ICMDGS as well as in the 2011 ICMDGS to
monitor the implementation of the recommendations of the
former.
Responsibility
Center
No. of Target
Respondents
No. of Responses
1. UNSD
1
1
2. International
organizations
8
3
3. Countries
(ESCAP, ADB, and UNICEF)
12
6
(Bangladesh, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Mexico,
Myanmar, and the Philippines)
•Hence, status of implementation is limited only to the responses
of 10 agencies and countries.
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II. Status of Implementation of the 2007 ICMDGS
Recommendations
Recommendation Responsibility Center
1. Initiate a study
to investigate the
reasons for
discrepancies
between national
and international
data, and for data
gaps, for a group
of two or three
selected
countries in their
region
UN regional
commissions
•With the
coordination of
UNSD (which will
help establish
contacts with
international
agencies); and the
•Assistance of UNDP.
Action Taken
UNSD
- Conduct of a series of workshops to
identify data discrepancies between
national and international databases
1) The first round of workshops has
already taken place in all regions
2) Second round has just started, with
a workshop carried out in
coordination with ESCWA
3) One planned to be held in the
ESCAP region early 2012
- DFID project on “MDG Labs”, through
UNSD in coordination with NSAs to
compile national data and publish it
side by side with international data.
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II. Status of Implementation of the 2007 ICMDGS
Recommendations
Recommendation
2. Expert group
meetings should be
organized to establish
strategies for dealing
with data
discrepancies and
data gaps at the
national and
international level.
Responsibility Center
UNSD, with the
participation of the
following:
Action Taken
UNSD
- Inter -Agency and Expert Group
on MDG Indicators, which has
•international
taken up the issue of data
agencies
discrepancies in every one of its
•UN Regional
meetings since the first ICMDGs.
Commissions,
•Working groups under the
•Regional Offices of
IAEG to address specific
international agencies
issues
•NSAs
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II. Status of Implementation of the 2007 ICMDGS
Recommendations
Cont. of no. 1
Recommendation
2. Expert
group
meetings
should be
organized to
establish
strategies for
dealing with
data
discrepancies
and data
gaps at the
national and
international
level.
Responsibility Center
UNSD, with the
participation of the
following:
•international
agencies
•UN Regional
Commissions,
•Regional Offices of
international agencies
•NSAs
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Action Taken
UNICEF
•Facilitated sessions on under-five mortality
and water and sanitation in UNSDorganized workshops
•HIV/AIDS M&E Reference Group (MERG)
meetings
•UNICEF has reached out to WHO with the
proposal to collaborate with UNSD’s
MDGLabs initiative
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II. Status of Implementation of the 2007 ICMDGS
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Recommendation
3. Technical
assistance should be
provided to countries
in the use of
international
definitions to help
harmonize national
and international
data.
Responsibility Center
UNSD
Action Taken
UNSD
International agencies -Conducted a number of
capacity building activities to
UN Regional
understand the methodology and
Commissions
definitions used by international
agencies (and countries)
Regional offices of
international agencies -2nd round of workshops will
particularly focus on definitions
and methodology
-Updated version of the
Handbook on MDG indicator
monitoring.
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II. Status of Implementation of the 2007 ICMDGS
Recommendations
Recommendation
3. Technical
assistance should be
provided to countries
in the use of
international
definitions to help
harmonize national
and international
data.
Responsibility Center
Action Taken
UNSD
UN ESCAP organized the
following:
International agencies - Meetings/Workshops/Trainings
-Civil Registration and Vital
UN Regional
Statistics Systems
Commissions
-Gender Statistics
-Census
Regional offices of
- Expert Group Meeting
international agencies
ESCAP/ADB/UNDP programme on
“Supporting the Achievement of
the Millennium Development
Goals in Asia and the Pacific
Phase III”
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Recommendations
Recommendation
3. Technical
assistance
should be
provided to
countries in the
use of
international
definitions to
help harmonize
national and
international
data.
Responsibility
Center
UNSD
International
agencies
UN Regional
Commissions
Regional offices
of international
agencies
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Action Taken
Even before the 2007 ICMDGS, ADB has
been implementing various regional
technical assistance (RETA) projects that
are directly or indirectly related to the
harmonization of compilation practices for
the MDGs.
•Administrative Data Sources
•Statistical Capacity Building
•Informal Sector
•International Comparison Program (ICP)
•Supply and Use Framework
•Third Bhutan Living Standards Survey
•ESCAP/ADB/UNDP programme
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Recommendation
3. Technical
assistance
should be
provided to
countries in the
use of
international
definitions to
help harmonize
national and
international
data.
Responsibility
Center
Action Taken
UNSD
UNICEF
International
agencies
- Three workshops on maternal mortality, with
WHO, UNFPA, and the World Bank
UN Regional
Commissions
Regional offices
of international
agencies
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- Five regional workshops on child mortality
since 2008 – co-hosted with the Inter-agency
Group for Child Mortality Estimation (IGME)
-Six regional workshops and engaged in
individual country consultations reaching a
total of 64 countries since 2007 – co-hosted
with WHO
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Recommendation
3. Technical
assistance should
be provided to
countries in the
use of
international
definitions to help
harmonize
national and
international
data.
Responsibility
Center
Action Taken
UNSD
UNICEF (cont.)
International
agencies
-Inter-agency meetings and workshops
across key HIV/AIDS areas – with WHO,
UNAIDS, UNFPA, and USG partners
UN Regional
Commissions
Regional offices
of international
agencies
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- Estimation training workshops for countries
every two years – with WHO and UNAIDS
- Annual estimate reviews in the TACRO
region for the last three years – thru the
Working Group on Immunization Estimation
(with WHO).
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Recommendations
Recommendation
Responsibility
Center
4. Metadata of
nationally
produced data
should be
provided and
improved so
that users at the
international
level can
understand the
methodology
behind the
data.
Country/
National
statistical
agencies
Action Taken
Bangladesh
Ongoing. Metadata for nationally represented
surveys are being done and will be hosted in
BBS website soon.
Lao PDR
30 out of 49 indicators are international MDG
indicators which contain full metadata. The
current ongoing DI Monitoring project is aiming
to strengthen the metadata as well.
Malaysia
Available online. Metadata has been provided
for 49 out of 68 indicators. It has been
uploaded into “MalaysiaInfo” since 2010.
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Recommendation
Responsibility
Center
4. Metadata of
nationally
produced data
should be
provided and
improved so that
users at the
international
level can
understand the
methodology
behind the data.
Country/
National
statistical
agencies
Action Taken
Mexico
Available online. Metadata for every one
of the 80 indicators was produced in its
MDG 2010 Country Report.
Myanmar
Some MDG-related information is available
from various reports (e.g., MICS, IHLCA
Survey, etc.)
Philippines
Available online. Metadata was produced
last 2008.
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Recommendations
Recommendation
Responsibility
Center
5. Guidelines
on the
information
flow of MDG
data should
be
developed
Country/
National
statistical
agencies
Action Taken
Bangladesh
Currently being addressed.
Lao PDR
Presently, MDG data is being
updated/consolidated through the:
•MDG working group (and its Consultant)
•LaoInfo network among key line ministries
and provincial focal points
Malaysia
Uses “Indicators for Monitoring the MDGs” as a
manual to provide the indicators of Malaysia
MDG.
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Recommendation
Responsibility
Center
5. Guidelines
on the
information
flow of MDG
data should
be
developed
Country/
National
statistical
agencies
Action Taken
Mexico
Established. Also includes a public calendar.
By mid October , it has transformed 32
indicators into SDMX.
Philippines
Established since 2004. The NSCB, as
coordinator and policy making body on
statistical matters in the Philippines, serves as
the repository of the MDG indicators in the
Philippines.
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Recommendation
6. International
agencies
should consult
with countries
before
publishing
their data
Responsibility
Center
UNSD
International
agencies
UN Regional
Commissions
Regional
offices of
international
agencies
Action Taken
UNSD
- Updating of the MDG database once a year.
The data published is received from the
responsible international agencies, which are
expected to directly consult the countries before
sending the final figures for publication.
UNSD consults with countries on how the data
was compiled, calculated and disseminated
through the following:
•IAEG meetings;
•MDG data discrepancy workshops; and the
•MDG Labs.
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Recommendation
7. “Communities
of practice”,
including online
networks among
producers and
users, should be
created. These
networks would
discuss existing
discrepancies of
statistical data,
and experiences
and lessons
learned in
overcoming them.
They would also
share information
on country and
regional data
collection
initiatives to avoid
duplication, etc.
Responsibility
Center
Action Taken
UNSD
UNSD
International
agencies
- Official MDG website managed by UNSD
contains contact information for every one of
the MDG statistics experts
UN Regional
Commissions
Regional
offices of
international
agencies
- Metadata is updated frequently – for
enhanced coordination with experts
MDG Hotline (thru mdgs.un.org)
- UNSD follows up with the discussions and
responds to all queries sent by workshop
participants, facilitating information as timely
as possible.
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Recommendation
7. “Communities of
practice”,
including online
networks among
producers and
users, should be
created. These
networks would
discuss existing
discrepancies of
statistical data,
and experiences
and lessons
learned in
overcoming them.
They would also
share information
on country and
regional data
collection
initiatives to avoid
duplication, etc.
Responsibility
Center
Action Taken
UNSD
UNICEF
International
agencies
Through the MICS programme:
UN Regional
Commissions
Regional
offices of
international
agencies
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-Series of capacity strengthening workshops
-CMEInfo provides online database to share
data, estimates and methods on child
mortality - with the Inter-agency Group for
Child Mortality Estimation (IGME)
-Data reconciliation processes and
discussions for all four program areas of
HIV/AIDS
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Recommendation
7. “Communities
of practice”,
including online
networks among
producers and
users, should be
created. These
networks would
discuss existing
discrepancies of
statistical data,
and experiences
and lessons
learned in
overcoming them.
They would also
share information
on country and
regional data
collection
initiatives to avoid
duplication, etc.
Responsibility Center
UNSD
International agencies
UN Regional
Commissions
Regional offices of
international agencies
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Action Taken
Bangladesh
- Periodic meetings and workshops
between data users and producers
- Expert committee to discuss
discrepancies and weakness of the
data produced by BBS
Malaysia
- Through the Steering Committee on
MDGs, established since 2007.
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Recommendation
7. “Communities
of practice”,
including online
networks among
producers and
users, should be
created. These
networks would
discuss existing
discrepancies of
statistical data,
and experiences
and lessons
learned in
overcoming them.
They would also
share information
on country and
regional data
collection
initiatives to avoid
duplication, etc.
Responsibility
Center
UNSD
International
agencies
UN Regional
Commissions
Regional offices
of international
agencies
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Action Taken
Mexico
- Membership in the working group on MDG
created by ECLAC’s Statistical Conference of
the Americas
- Mexico’s MDG website as the official source
of data for all MDG users, including
international organizations.
- Technical committee on MDGs
Philippines
-Sectoral interagency committees/ technical
working groups/technical committees
discussing issues of the different MDG
indicators.
- Inclusion of the MDGs in the Philippine
Statistical Development Program 2011-2017
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III. Summary
1. In general, recommendations were implemented… but
much more remains to be done (e.g., metadata, established
guidelines on information flow of countries)
2. Strengthened coordination, continuous statistical capacity
building activities… for MDG monitoring
3. New challenges as a result of the 2011 ICMDGS and the
many initiatives on MDG monitoring from the UNSD,
international organizations, regional commissions, and
countries
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