Africa Info Presentation

AfricaInfoStatCom-Africa IIICape Town, South Africa21-23 Jan 2012AU Presentation

1AfricaInfo endorsed by AU Conference of African Ministers of Economy and Finance in March 2011:BackgroundCalls upon the African Union Commission, the Economic Commission for Africa, the African Development Bank and the United Nations Childrens Fund to strengthen their collaboration for the operationalization of the AfricaInfo initiative to ensure that it has a continental dimension, and produce a plan for its implementation;

The AfricaInfo regional Initiative was endorsed by AU Conference of African Ministers of Economiy and Finance in March 2011

Responding to the call by the Ministers, the AUC, ECA, AfDB and UNICEF produced the AfricaInfo Strategic Action Plan, which has been distributed to country delegations and will be made available on the StatCom webstie for download and reference. The Strategic Action Plan proposes an ambitious 5 year plan aiming to build a regional platform for data disseminatiion, while strengthening national systems, in place and emerging. 2In response, AUC, ECA, AfDB and UNICEF produced Strategic Action Plan

BackgroundThe AfricaInfo regional Initiative was endorsed by AU Conference of African Ministers of Economiy and Finance in March 2011

Responding to the call by the Ministers, the AUC, ECA, AfDB and UNICEF produced the AfricaInfo Strategic Action Plan, which has been distributed to country delegations and will be made available on the StatCom webstie for download and reference. The Strategic Action Plan proposes an ambitious 5 year plan aiming to build a regional platform for data disseminatiion, while strengthening national systems, in place and emerging. 3A pan-African database initiativeMonitors the continents goals and commitmentsBuilds capacity and harmonizes data throughout the continentBuilds on the DevInfo initiative, a UN tool monitoring MDGs and development which is used by 45 of 54 African countries

What is AfricaInfo?AfricaInfo is a pan-African open data initiative designed by and for the region to serve as a repository for select socio-economic indicators. The tool aims to align with global commitments - MDGs, Aid Effectiveness while strengthening the monitoring of the continents specific goals and priorities.

Along with the tangible output of the regional database, the Strategic Action Plan aligns AfricaInfo to support and compliment ongoing national initiatives and particularly in the enhancement of national statistical information systems and the recognition and utilization of data for decision-making. This includes focused and sustained capacity building for member states and the harmonization of data throughout the continent.

AfricaInfo builds on the DevInfo initiative, a UN tool monitoring MDGs and development. DevInfo is being used by 45 of 54 countries in the region. 4

DevInfo ImplementationAgain, 45 of 54 countries in Africa have implemented DevInfo5Institutional objectivesCompile and standardize national and subnational data across the regionIncrease AU capacity to use and analyze dataIncrease transparency and support planning and decision-making Reinforce national efforts to improve statistical information systemsHarmonize data with RECs & Country States

Through the process, the project aims to achieve the following objectives:

Compile and standardize national and subnational data across the region. This will be done through the implementation of the SDMX 2.1, featured in the upcoming release of DevInfo 7.0.

Increase transparency and support planning and decision-making

Reinforce national efforts to improve statistical information systems

Provide open data access through SDMX and simple web services

Provide better tools for data visualization

Harmonize data with RECs & Country States

6Technical objectivesOpen data access through SDMX and simple web servicesBetter tools for data visualizationSupport the different structures needed to monitor goals and commitments

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Mapping

Here is an example of the mapping functions in the new version. 9

Trends analyzed - graphsDevInfo can be used to display and analyze trends11Gross enrollment ratio in primary, grade 1 to 6

FemaleMaleDire Dawa & HarariAddis Ababa

It also contains powerful mapping tools which can display indicators in multiple ways in this example using both color of regions as well as bar charts

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Drought

Drought

Flooding, CycloneCholeraFlooding, Conflict, Cholera/AWDFlooding, Ethnic Clashes

Cholera, Political & economic instability, Drought

Flooding, CyclonesFlooding

Cholera

Flooding

Conflict, Flooding

Political tension

Flooding, Earthquakes

Displacements

Flooding, AWD,Conflict

EMERGENCIES IN EASTERN & SOUTHERN AFRICA 2007

The mapping tools also allow for the display of arbitraty geographic features. 13

Data profiles16

Data profiles17

Tree graph18SourcesCambodia_MOEYS. Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports 19

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SourcesCambodia_MOEYS. Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports Less than half of the children reach to Grade 5 in CambodiaSituation is worsening in the Northern province21Source: UNSD_MDG_2010 Country DataRegional comparisons22Chad: 2.8Mauritius: 75.8Source: UNSD_MDG_2010 Country DataRegional comparisons23

Contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR)Namibia, Total 15-49 yr, 2000/2006

Source: NAM_DHS_2000, 2006-2007

Sub-national maps: looking at change over time.24Larger unmet need for spacingLarger unmet need for limitingSource: UNSD_MDG_2010 Country DataScattergraphs25

Using data for analysis of complex issues.26

Complex visualizations27

Tracking trends in inequities28

Tracking trends over time29

Addressing Equity issues30

Tunisia

Tunisia: using DevInfo for allocating resources for children

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Niger

Niger: Using DevInfo in efforts to eradicate poverty32

Yemen

Yemen: using Devinfo to identify gaps in Development33

Rwanda

Rwanda: using DevInfo in district planning to eliminate malnutrition34

Cameroon

Cameroon: Using DevInfo for Health Planning35

Egypt

Egypt: Disseminating Census Results with CensusInfo36

LiberiaLiberia: tracking post conflict recovery37Steering committee to be composed of directors of the appropriate departments at AUC, UNECA, AfDB, UNICEF and RECs. Technical working group (AUC, UNECA, AfDB, UNICEF)Operational team to be composed of technical experts at AUC, UNECA, AfDB and UNICEFSecretariat to provide administrative support

Management and governance

The AfricaInfo Strategic Action Plan proposes a management and governance structure as follows:

A Regional Steering committee: composed of directors of the appropriate departments at AUC, UNECA, AfDB, UNICEF and RECs.

A Technical working group: with technical experts from AUC, UNECA, AfDB, UNICEF

A Operational team to be composed of technical experts at AUC, UNECA, AfDB and UNICEF

A Secretariat to provide administrative support

38Way forwardPartners are ready to start implementation by: Agreeing upon list of indicatorsStarting to build the regional databaseProvide open access to all available national and sub-national dataInitiating the training program outlined in Strategic Action Plan

Ways forward:

To move ahead with the implementation of the 5 year strategic plan for AfricaInfo, immediate resource mobilization is required.

This will be followed by initial steps to agree upon the structure and content of the database (including indicator selection) and the compilation of national data. The strategic plan outlines an approach which emphasizes open access to development data, building towards the compilation of key indicators at national and sub-national levels. 39Way forward (continued)Resource mobilization based on existing ministerial endorsement of AfricaInfo in March 2011 Five-year strategic action plan - 2011-2015 calls for $10 million

Ways forward:

To move ahead with the implementation of the 5 year strategic plan for AfricaInfo, immediate resource mobilization is required.

This will be followed by initial steps to agree upon the structure and content of the database (including indicator selection) and the compilation of national data. The strategic plan outlines an approach which emphasizes open access to development data, building towards the compilation of key indicators at national and sub-national levels. 40THANK YOU!