Presentation peer review_tanzania_en_2016-11-06

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Seminar « Framework for conducting peer
reviews in African countries »
Methodology of peer review applied in the
assessment of national statistical systems
(2007-2015)
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
12-13 November 2016
Presented by Mr. NZINGOULA Gildas Crépin
Economist Statistician Engineer
African Union Commission
AFRICAN UNION UNION AFRICAINE
UNIÃO AFRICANA

I. Background on the peer review
II. African Charter on Statistics (CAS)
III. Some Examples of National Statistical Systems
IV.Mapping of peer reviews conducted in Africa
between 2007 and 2016
V. Methodology used to conduct peer reviews
VI.Opportunities made in the completion of the
peer reviews
IV. Way forward and actions undertaken
Plan

I. Background on the peer review
History of the Peer reviews
The African peer reviews of NSSs were launched in 2003 by the
Economic Commission for Africa’s Committee on Development
Information (CODI).
CODI recommended that African countries, supported by PARIS21,
should carry out peer reviews to ensure that good practice passes
from country to country, based on the first-hand experience of peers,
to help accelerate the development of national statistical systems.
This responded to the New Partnership for Africa’s Development
(NEPAD) agenda for greater transparency and openness in governance
(including through peer reviews) and drew on the longstanding
experiences of peer reviews carried out between members of OECD’s
Development Assistance Committee (DAC).

I. Background on the peer review (cont’d)
CODI recommended that policymakers should be included in the peer
reviews of African NSSs for advocacy purposes, to share experiences of
policy approaches, to provide their feedback as users of the statistical
practices they encounter, and to avoid the peer reviews being
associated only with the statistical community.
Objectives of the Peer reviews
Peer reviews aim at improving the efficiency of the NSS which should
provide accurate and reliable statistics for a better decision making.
In other words, the peer reviews aims to improve governance and
operation of national statistical systems to strengthen their capacity
to produce and make available to users the necessary statistics for
better decision making.
Its focus is on governance of the NSS, its organization, strategic
planning, service to users, funding and sustainability.

Good National statistical systems are characterized by four core
elements:
Independence: the system must have a ‘widely acknowledged
position of professional independence’
Relevance: the system must produce the statistics the users need
Credibility: the system must produce statistics that are generally
perceived to be reliable
Coordination: the system produces statistics that are comparable
across domains and over time
I. Background on the peer review (cont’d)
Two main tools are used as inputs in the methodology set by Paris21
to identify weaknesses and strengths of NSS are the UN Fundamental
Principles of Official Statistics and the African Charter on Statistics.

II. African Charter on Statistics
It was itself developed from the European
Statistics code of Practice and the UN
Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics.
The Charter entried into force on 8 February
2015, after its adoption on 4 February 2009
in Addis Ababa by the Heads of State and
Government of African Union member states;
To date, 19 countries have already ratified it,
17 countries have deposited the instruments
of ratification at the AUC Headquarters and 2
countries (Cameroon and Uganda) have
ratified the Charter recently engaged in the
process of depositing their instruments of
ratification with the AUC.

II. African Charter on Statistics (cont’d)
Number of
countries
Situation as regards the African Charter on
Statistics
17
Countries that have already signed,
ratified and deposited the instruments of
ratification of the Charter with the
African Union Commission
2
Countries that have signed and whose
Parliaments have adopted the African
Charter on Statistics and they have not
yet deposited the instruments of
ratification
17
Countries that have only signed the
African Charter on Statistics
18 Countries that have not yet signed
54 Member States of the African Union

II. African Charter on Statistics (cont’d)
Principle
(definition)
Sub-
principle
Elements Indicators
expected
Result
Elements
Sub-
principle
LEVEL 1: Principles LEVEL 2:
Subprinciples LEVEL 3: Elements
LEVEL 4:
Indicators
1. Professional independence 4 8 5
2. Quality 11 54 78
3. Mandate 3 17 18
4. Accessibility 5 24 37
5. Protection of individual data, information
sources and respondents
4 11 16
6. Coordination and cooperation 2 19 27
TOTAL 6 29 133 181

III. Some Examples of National Statistical Systems
III.1- Centralized systems
 Canada
 Sweden
 Holland
 Germany
 etc.
Canada, for instance, has a
completely centralized system. This
means that only one statistical
institution has the responsibility of
conducting all statistical studies for
organizations in charge of various
economic or social sectors (e.g.
Agriculture

III. Some Examples of National Statistical Systems (cont’d)
 France
 UK.,
 Etc.
Etc.
Culture
Agriculture
work
Education
Health
NIS

III. Some Examples of National Statistical Systems (cont’d)
 French speaking countries
 USA
 etc. Etc.
NIS
Agriculture
Health
work
Education
Culture

n° Number Years Countries
reviewed
Pays examinateurs
1* 1 2016 Tanzania South Africa and
Kenya
1 2 2016 Côte d’Ivoire Cameroon and
Senegal
2 3 2015 Cameroon Tchad and Senegal
2 4 2015 Kenya South Africa and
Tanzania
3 5 2014 Mauritania Djibouti and Mali
4 6 2011 Senegal Côte d’Ivoire and
Guinea
5 7 2010 Benin Burundi and Guinea
5 8 2010 Congo Benin and R. D. of
Congo
6 9 2009 Burkina Faso Cameroon and Niger
6 10 2009 Malawi Mozambique and
Tanzania
6 11 2009 Mozambique Malawi et Tanzania
6 12 2009 Niger Burkina Faso and
Mauritania
7 13 2007 Ghana Kenya and Tanzania
7 14 2007 Tanzania Ghana and Tanzania
7 15 2007 Zambia Ghana and Tanzania
Source: AUC & Paris21
IV. Mapping of peer reviews conducted in Africa between 2007 and 2016

IV. Mapping of peer reviews conducted in Africa between 2007 and
2016 (cont’d)
Peer review trend with
the assistance of all,
hopefully an increasing
trend in the future
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
2007 2009 2010 2011 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
examen des pairs réalisés Attentes à partir de 2017Source: AUC & Paris21
In 2010, it was decided during CoDGs meeting held in Yaounde,
Cameroon, that the African Union Commission should take over of the
Peer review exercise. Unfortunately, due to lack of funds, the Peer
reviews exercises are still being conducted by Paris21. With the
substantial support received from Eurostat, 10 millions euros under
PAS, the trend of number of Peer reviews conducted in Africa will be
gradually increased in the coming years.

IV. Mapping of peer reviews conducted in Africa between 2007 and
2016 (cont’d)
The focus of the peer reviews is on the governance of the NSS. it aims to
promote the exchange of best practices; evaluate the operation of the
statistical system in all their aspects (institutional, organizational,
Statistical production processes).
The current African process differs from the EU peer reviews in that the
governance and organization of statistics is the main focus, rather than
technical issues of statistical production. The reason for this is that the
time and resources available for the peer reviews are limited, and a full
technical review would be more resource-intensive. Second, a large
proportion of African statistical systems have already undergone or are
due to undergo major reforms, and much is to be learned from sharing
experiences.
Better quality
statistics
Better policies and
decision making
BETTER
DEVELOPMENT

V. Methodology used to conduct peer reviews
IV.1 Composition of the peer review team
Peer review team composed of senior statistical personnel (heads of
NSO) and senior officials from another Ministry (e.g., Planning, Finance,
Budget, and/or Central Bank) from 2 countries that share some
similarities in terms of region, economic status, population size etc. The
peer review team also include experts from the secretariat.
IV.2 Commitment of the country being review
The Head Statistician of the country being reviewed hosts the review.
The host is responsible for receiving his or her peer reviewers and for
arranging a program of meetings to enable them to complete their task.
Typically the reviews are carried out over four to five working days. The
last day is usually used to meet the users or producers of statistical data
not met during the four previous days, and for reporting to the Head of
National Statistical Office the main findings.

V. Methodology used to conduct peer reviews (cont’d)
During the same another reporting and advocacy may be made to the
Minister or his representative in charge of the National Statistical Office.
The host country provides the reviewers with key documents, including:
statistical legislation, organizational structure and staffing, strategic
plans, funding details, lists of publications, and anything else that the
host country thinks might be useful.
IV.2 Conduite de l’examen par les pairs
The teams meet senior managers and staff of the NSS; and with a
selection of other producers and key users of official statistics from
within Parliament, government, the central bank, private sector, the
media and academia; as well as funders of the NSS, including line
ministries such as Ministry of Finance, Ministry of custom, Ministry of
Health, Ministry of Agriculture, Central Bank, Ministry of Education and
Sports, etc.

The interviews are guided by a discussion schedule (see Annex B) but
reviewers have the flexibility to deviate from this schedule and to
pursue topics in depth.
IV.3 Documents clés et guide des questions utilisés durant l’examen
par les pairs.
Before the peer review mission, relevant documents are sent to the
peer review team by the National Statistical Office and that based on
the list of documents required they provided earlier.
To better assess the NSO and to avoid missing relevant information a
a document guiding is used by the peer review team. The guiding
document contains the questions which cover the following
thematics: 1) Organization and Management of the National
Statistical System 2) Managing the Statistical Process 3) Assuring
Quality Statistical Outputs 4) Dissemination, Communication and Use
of Statistics

NSS: Peer review schedule
and methodology
1
Agreement on peer
Review date with the
Head of the NSO 2
List of the requested
Documents sent to the
peer review team
3
Peer review schedule
and period
4
First draft of the report
provide to the country
At least 3 months before the
agreed peer review date
At least 1 month before the
lunch of the peer review date
Conduct during four working
days + 1 days for reporting
Sent 1 month after the
peer review undertaken
5
Final report provide for
dissemination after taking
into account comments
Sent in 2 or 3
months

 One of the main benefits of the peer reviews has been the opportunity during
interviews for peer reviewers to share experiences from their own countries
 Build an iIntegrated strategic Planning to Improve results based management
 Improve the performance of the National Statistical System and Strengthen
statistical governance (best practices code of rules, creation of statistics
coordination structures)
 Use findings from the peer reviews to identify statistical areas in need of
medium and hence to design statistical capacity building programs
 Develop a strategy for Mobilizing financial resources
 Improve the quality of data produced
VI. Opportunities made in the completion of the peer reviews

IV. Action undertaken and way forward
 Request and seeks other partners such as Paris 21 Afristat, the class statistical s
schools may participate in the next peer reviews
Module should be dedicated to peer review in statistical schools to inculcate
future generations of statisticians on the premises and the importance of peer
review and allow its appropriation
 Build synergy between Paris21 and the the African Union Commission for the 18
coming peer review planned to be conducted under PAS in the next 3 years
 Recommend that the methodology developed by Paris21 and used in previous
and current peer reviews (2007 -2015 ) should be adopted for the 18 coming
peer reviews under PAS

A call for expressions of interest will soon be launched in all DGs General
Managers Informed that a series of 18 peer reviews is planned to be held on the
continent between 2017 and 2019, at 6 peer reviews annually

For details, please visite Paris21 website, AUC’s website under construction
Some reports of peer reviews published to date

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