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Pali Lehohla
Statistician-General
Statistics for Transparency, Accountability,
Results and Transformation
The South Africa I know, the home I understand
Outline of Presentation
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Start with the end in mind
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Use
Prescripts of national and global
imperatives
Do we know what we need to
know
Put use at the centre – WHY
Organize for delivery
Deliver results
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Start with the end in mind
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Impact on Society
International Agenda
Post 2015 Agenda
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National Agenda:
A better life for all
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Driving transformation
Statistics for Transparency,
Accountability, Results and
Transformation
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Start with the end in mind
Post 2015 Agenda
Leave no one behind
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Put sustainable development at the core
Transform economies for jobs and
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inclusive growth
Build peace and effective open
accountable institutions for all
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Forge a new global partnership
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This change should inspire a new
generation to believe that a better
world is within its reach and thus
can act accordingly
For USE in
Outcome: use of evidence
Planning
(baseline information for NDP)
Monitoring & Evaluation
(measuring development and impact)
Policy development
increasing rationale for making
decisions for better policies)
Decision-making
(Decision making in government,
subnational, business & the public)
Increased knowledge, understanding and use by the leadership, citizens and state
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Critical questions
What is the evidence that
the census products are
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used?
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Use
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By what means can we verify that
the census results are
used?
What instruments can we
create and apply to
ensure use?
Statistical Products
Do the policy questions inform
the statistical products?
Do we know and understand the quality of
health services and the difficulties that
confront people when they go to public health
facilities?
Do we know and understand what is happening in
our education system, do we know what the
conditions are in our rural schools?
Do we know and understand the living
conditions and housing in townships
where the majority of our people live?
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Use as fundamental for strategic shift: indicators of use
Statistics for>>
Transparency
Accountability
Results
Transformation
Statistical leadership:
Embed use through
legislative and
institutional authority
Use statistics
for mutual trust
in statecraft
Use statistics for
mutual
accountability
and governance
Use statistics for
results-based
management
Use statistics to
lead change for
different and better
results
Strategic planning:
Embed use in
administrative practices
and procedures
Use statistical
metrics for fact
based norms and
standards
Use statistical
indicators for
mutual
accountability
Use statistical
targets for results
based
management
Use statistical
metrics to drive
change
Statistical products:
Embed use through
application of products
in service delivery
Ensure that
products are
accessible and
understood
Ensure that
products anticipate
and respond to
policy questions
and concerns
Ensure that you
provide evidence
about the use of
products
Use statistical
product s measure
outcomes and
impact measures to
spur change
Statistical process:
Embed use through
consultation, training
and user support
Provide
metadata with
the results
Anticipate user and
support needs
Report in cycles
predictable
Put systems and
infrastructure for
access and use of
results
Inspire better and
different outcome
expectations to drive
change
Ensure that
Organisation &
methods are
management:
known and
Embed use in the
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organisation
Publish statistics
that are
produced and
ensure access
Anticipate user
requests and
address them
Use lessons learnt
to catalyse
change for better
Statistics for Transparency, Accountability, Results and Transformation
Impact
on
Society
A Better Life for All
Decent
jobs
People are &
feel safe
Increased use of statistical information as evidence in:
Outcome:
Evidence for
decisions
Statistical
products
In space
Invest in
Businesses
learning
processes
and growth
Healthy
life
Policy
development
Planning
Decisionmaking
Monitoring &
Evaluation
Employment
Finance
Mining
Manufacturing
Dwelling Frame
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Organisation
Education
Transport
Population
Agriculture
Trade
Construction
Utilities
Statistical
production
Technology &
Infrastructure
Stakeholder
management
Service
Delivery
Governance &
Administration
People
Statistical Process
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Organisation and Management
Statistical leadership and management
(Fundamental principles of Official Statistics,
Code of ethics, Statistics Legislation)
Strategic management (Strategy development,
planning and review)
Stakeholder management (The public, government,
civil society, the media, business, researchers)
People management (statistical skills,
knowledge and capabilities)
Technology and Infrastructure (collection,
processing, analysis, dissemination, use)
Governance and administration
(Finance and resource management)
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Restructuring the P&R
Introduction
Section 1: Impact on Society
Section 2: Outcome – Evidence
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for use in decision-making
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Use
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Section 3: Statistical products
Section 4: Statistical process
Section 5: Organisation and
Management
Census topics to move to Annexures
Strategic shift in conducting censuses in the 21st century
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Step change: Use at the centre
Statistics are numerical facts for statecraft
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Use
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Transparency is a pre-audit to ensure
predictability
Accountability is taking responsibility and
accepting consequences
Results allow parties to read the same facts
Transformation is action in unison to drive
change for the better