United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
African Centre for
Statistics
Work Plan for Preparing the
Guidebook on the Use of Administrative Data
EN/AGNA/2014/Pres/12
Katalin Bokor
Associate Economic Affairs Officer, African Centre for Statistics (ACS)
at
AGNA Meeting on the Implementation of the 2008 System of National Accounts
UNCC, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 3-6 February 2014
Outline of the Presentation
• Background
– How does the guidebook fit into the Project?
– Why administrative data?
• Creating a “Community of Practice” on the Use of Administrative Data
– Aim and functioning
– Work plan
– Agenda
• Expected Outcomes
– Guidebook using African countries’ contributions
– Community of Practice experience could be applied in the future
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Background
• Guidebook and the Project
– 14 activities consolidated by AGNA for Phase I
• Activity 2.1.2.: Develop a guidebook on processing data from administrative sources in
national accounts
• Administrative data
– Identified by AGNA as a priority area
– Main advantages:
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Reduced costs
Better coverage
Improved timeliness
Reduced response burden
Availability
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Creating a “Community of Practice” (CoP) on the
Use of Administrative Data
Aim and functioning
• Aim: get African countries’ contributions and share knowledge from
their best practices  a practical guidebook
• Functioning:
– Facilitation Team at ECA:
• Prepares a structured outline for each of the proposed chapters of the guidebook
• Sends the outline to identified volunteering countries, which follow the best practices in translating
the relevant administrative data to national accounts
• Shares information and documents via website and e-mails, consolidates replies, compiles reports
– Country participants: Heads and staff in National Accounts Divisions
• Prepare brief examples and structured case studies on their experiences of translating the relevant
administrative data to national accounts for inclusion in the guidebook
• Group 1: participate in CoP and contribute to chapters of the book
• Group 2: participate in CoP through discussions and experience sharing
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Creating a “Community of Practice” on the Use of
Administrative Data
Work plan
1.
ECA prepares:
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Document containing useful information, references
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Structured outline for each of the chapters on specific administrative data to be sent to
countries with experience of following best practices
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Recommendations for the outline and structure of answers
2.
ECA sends out email to Heads of NA, shares related documents on-line
3.
Identified volunteering countries prepare examples and comprehensive case
studies according to the outline on their allotted topics of administrative data
and send them back to ECA team
4.
ECA collects, reviews and consolidates the examples and case studies and
include them in the Guidebook
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Creating a “Community of Practice” on the Use of
Administrative Data
Agenda
February 2014
Outline of
Guidebook
AGNA Meeting to
discuss work plan
ECA sends out the
Conduct and
structured outline for
evaluation of a
each of the chapters
Survey on the use of to countries
administrative data
Receipt of case studies
and examples from
the countries
April 2014
First draft of the
Guidebook
First Expert Group
Meeting to review
the first draft of the
Guidebook
October 2014
Second Expert Group
Meeting to review
and the second draft
of the Guidebook
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Expected Outcomes
• Countries’ participation:
– Brief examples on the use od administrative data
– Structured case studies with example of translating administrative data to national
accounts
– Participation indiscussions
• Guidebook using African countries’ contributions
– Experience, knowledge, best practices on the use of admin data in Africa
– Adapt the Guidebook to African countries
• Application in the future
– Create “Community of Practice”
– Identify active members
– Move the community to other platforms and cover other areas of interest
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Thank you
AGNA Meeting on the Implementation of the 2008
System of National Accounts
UNCC, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
3-6 February 2014