Somali Integrated Statistics and Economic Planning Capacity Building

active

Prospective

The objective of the Somali Integrated Statistics and Economic Planning Capacity Building Project for Somalia is to strengthen the national statistical system in the collection, processing and dissemination of poverty and selected macro-economic data to inform development policy and poverty reduction activities. The Project has four components. 1. Strengthening coordination, statistical infrastructure and data development of the national statistical system component will provide support to the client’s key official statistics producing agencies in strengthening the capacity of the country’s National statistical system (NSS) to collect data for poverty and macroeconomic monitoring. 1.1. Supporting the Development and Coordination of the NSS subcomponent will support the strengthening of the recipient’s legal and organizational framework for the NSS as well as statistical infrastructure. 1.2. Somali Integrated Household Budget Survey subcomponent will support the design and implementation of the Somali Integrated Household Budget Survey (SIHBS) for monitoring welfare, providing macroeconomic baselines and establishing a baseline survey for a frequent data collection system. 1.3. Strengthening Sources of Business and Administrative Data needed for the Compilation of National Accounts and Key Social Statistics subcomponent will address key data gaps needed to produce quality national accounts statistics that meet the basics of the System of National Accounts 2008 (SNA2008) and other international statistical standards. 1.4. Strengthening Human Capacity in Poverty, Consumer Price Index (CPI) and National Accounts Statistics subcomponent will support the training of staff to compile poverty indicators and indexes as well as to draw poverty lines, using new data from the poverty survey and new CPI. 1.5. Development of a Compendium of Statistical Concepts and Definitions, Data Access and Information Dissemination Policy subcomponent will support improvement in data management and dissemination practices to strengthen statistical confidentiality and microdata sharing. 2. Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Development and Equipment of the National Statistical System component will provide supports the ICT infrastructure in the DNS and selected key federal level MDAs. It will provide computers, laptops and related IT networking equipment. 2.1. ICT Needs Assessment and ICT Strategy subcomponent will support an ICT needs assessment to identify the hardware/software needed to support the production and dissemination of the social and macroeconomics statistics needed for the compilation of national accounts, CPI and poverty indicators. 2.2. Statistical Software and Hardware subcomponent will finance the acquisition of information technology and communications infrastructure. 3. Data Utilization for Monitoring and Evaluation (M and E) and Planning component has two subcomponents. 3.1. Strengthening Monitoring and Evaluation Directorate (MED) Capacity subcomponent will strengthen the capacity of MED to monitor the implementation of public projects and programs of NDP9. 3.2 Supporting Economic Policy Analysis and Planning Capacity subcomponent will support the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) authorities in developing economic policies, rebuilding institutions of economic management, and enhancing institutional capacity necessary for policy formulation and implementation. 4. Project Management component will provide support to the Recipient to strengthen its capacity for project planning and budgeting, management, coordination, monitoring and evaluation activities, all through the provision of technical advisory services, training, operating costs and the acquisition of goods.

FY17 - Information and Communications Technologies,FY17 - Public Administration

World Bank

Project

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