Transcript Guiding statistics - Statistics Sweden - Luanda Dec 06

Guiding statistics
Legislation
Leadership
Planning frameworks
Legislation
Confidence building (law, power,
cooperation, usefulness)
Definition of official statistics
Professional independence
Organisation of statistical systems
(SADCSS, decentralisation, coordination)
Legislation
Does it matter?
Leadership
Style: great personality (coach) –
systematic management
The link between resources and objectives
Proactive process to change behaviour
Traditional management?
Other guiding elements
Professionalism
Tradition
International and regional rules and best
practices
Planning frameworks
Types:
Master plan (long-term)
Policies (guiding values)
Business plan, strategic plan, statistical
programs, Five years plans (medium-term)
Activity plans
Total Quality Management (TQM)
Planning frameworks
Project orientation (donor driven?)
Program orientation
Process orientation (general or specific)
Planning frameworks
Is planning paying back?
Planning and implementation – success or
frustration?
Documents or processes?
Are statistics almost universal?
The role of the users?
Regular users assessments or ad hoc?
Planning frameworks
If fairly universal statistical needs,
but totally different resources
– international guidelines what to do with…
1-10 professionals
11-20 professionals
…..
For NSI and donors
Panning frameworks
Central place of users
or
Central place of use (value adding)
Including SADC use