Coordination of statistical capacity building effort in Africa : an African perspective

Abstract

This report presents some of the experience of African stakeholders in their quest to build the capacity of African countries to deliver quality and harmonized statistical data and information in support of the above mentioned initiatives. It recalls main issues confronting African countries in this endeavor as well as progress made on a regionally coordinated basis in tackling a number of the identified issues. To achieve this, African stakeholders have launched a number of initiatives including the revamping of the statistical functions within major continental organizations, namely the African Union Commission (AUC), the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), and the African Development Bank (AfDB); the African Charter on Statistics; the Reference Regional Strategic Framework for Statistical Capacity Building in Africa (RRSF); the establishment of the African Statistical Coordination Committee (ASCC); the establishment of the Statistical Commission for Africa (StatCom-Africa); the Africa Symposium on Statistical Development (ASSD); and the Strategy for the Establishment of a Single Currency. Furthermore, the report elaborates on the potential actions to be taken by the Ministers.