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President of the National Statistics Council

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Ridha FERCHIOU

National Statistics Council 2007

CNS

OECD World Forum on Statistics, Knowledge and Policy

THE ROLE OF NATIONAL STATISTICS SYSTEM IN MEASURING AND FOSTERING NATIONAL

PROGRESS

(The Tunisian Experience)

(Istanbul - June 2007)

I- The general framework

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II- Case study: How to measure the effectiveness of a loan related to education

THE TUNISIAN EXPERIENCE IN PROVIDING STATISTICAL DATA IN ORDER TO DEMONSTRATE

NATIONAL PROGRESS


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How to integrate statistical activity into the global economic and social development strategy?

2 success factors:

1- an institutional framework: The National Council of Statistics (CNS)

2- Implementation of tools:

• National Statistics Program• Other specific tools


I - THE ROLE OF THE NATIONAL STATISTICS SYSTEM IN MONITORING AND EVALUATING NATIONAL PROGRESS

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Missions:

Consultative body

Coordination of Statistical Activities

Dialogue and Consultation between producers and users of statistical data

General Orientations in Statistical Activities

Monitoring

Evaluation


I-1: THE NATIONAL STATISTICS COUNCIL

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Users and Decision Makers:(18) • Administration

• Private sector

• University and research centres

• Civil society and national organisations

Functioning:

Reports, Notes and Programs submitted directly to the Prime Minister


Composition:

Balance between data producers and users

Producers: The National Institute of Statistics + The main specialised statistical public structures

(18)

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I-2 : THE NATIONAL STATISTICS PROGRAM (PNS)

I-2-1 : The PNS as an instrument for the integration of statistical activities within the framework of the global economic and social development strategy


The PNS must submit to planners and decision makers

• Upstream: statistical data for decision making

• Downstream: statistical data for monitoring and evaluating economic and social progress

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The PNS covers (by law) the same period as the development plan (5 years)

development plan and PNS: same priorities and same objectives

The PNS is a synthesis of dialogue and consultation between policy makers and statistical producers

The PNS as an instrument for dialogue between

• statistical data producers

• policy makers and statistical data users

Examples:

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Economic and social development Plan Priorities

National Statistics Program

Xth Plan (2002-2006) XIth Plan (2007-2011) PNS1 (2002-2006) PNS2 (2007-2011)

Employment

A study on employment Statistics

Special Statistical attention to university graduate employment

Employment surveys on three monthly basis

Competitiveness and Economic

Climate monitoring

Creation of National Observatory of Competitiveness

Creation of National Observatory of Economic Climate monitoring

development of monthly and quarterly statistics

Services and Knowledge Economy

Ad-hoc Permanent Working Group within National Council of statistics

Special studies and Seminars on development of Special statistical Data

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I-2-2 : The PNS as a tool for monitoring and evaluation of statistical activity and indirectly of economic and social progress

Several tools:

Annual Statistical Program

Commission for granting visas for surveys and field work

The observatories and other specific tools

• National Observatory of Competitiveness

• National Observatory of Economic Climate monitoring

• SIADE: Computer-based system for foreign debt and international aid management


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II - CASE STUDY

Statistical data to monitor and measure the effectiveness of a loan related to education and training in Tunisia

The high institutes for technological studies project (ISET project)

What outputs and outcomes we need to monitor and measure the effectiveness of the project


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II-1 : OPPORTUNITY OF THE PROJECT AND ITS OBJECTIVES

The project objectives

To train senior technicians and middle management staff to meet industrial and tertiary sector needs

Qualification level intermediate between

Engineers

Skilled workers


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Inside enterprises and administration, the pyramid is inverted

Most of Tunisian enterprises are small and medium enterprises that would prefer to hire polyvalent senior technicians rather than engineers

In 30 years, the Tunisian education system has trained many more engineers and higher level staff and managers than senior technicians and middle management staff

Project opportunity

Big shortage of senior technicians in Tunisian industry and administration


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II-2 : SUCCESS CONDITIONS OF THE PROJECT

ISET network should have its specific place and curriculum within the whole education and training system in the country

ISET trainers should have specific profile and statute

ISET’s should be well integrated in the national and regional economic and social environment

ISET project (as a new product) needs a very efficient promotion campaign


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II-3 : STATISTICAL DATA FOR MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF ISET PROJECT

Success Conditions of the ISET project

Project outputs, outcomes and monitoring indicators

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- Opportunity of the ISET- ISET place within the

education and training system in the country

- ISET specific training curriculum

- Efficient promotion campaign

A1: Number of ISET students

A2: Number of ISET graduates

A3 : Number of employed and unemployed ISET graduates

A4: Rank of high school graduates who choose to be registred in the ISET

A5: Actual place of ISET graduates within enterprise hierarchy


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Success Conditions of the ISET project

Project outputs, outcomes and monitoring indicators

BIntegration of the ISET in its national and/or regional economic environment

B1: Number of partnership agreements between the ISET's and business community

B2: Percentage of ISET budget financed by business community

B3: Number of training hours in the ISET's assured by professionals

B4: Number of ISET training hours through evening courses and other permanent education programs

B5: Geographic distribution of the ISET’s within the country

CTrain the specific corps of ISET trainers: technologists

C1: Number of ISET trainers or technologists

C2: Number of ISET students/trainerC3: Academic level and profiles of

candidates to be ISET trainers


IN CONCLUSION

The role of National Statistics System in measuring and fostering National Progress is very important

The importance of linking planning of statistics with National Development Planning

The need to have indicators that measure the results as well as intermediate outputs of a project intervention

Post evaluation should take into account

Quantitative data

Qualitative change

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION


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