Are the laws, regulations, policies and measures under which the statistical systems operate are made public? 3. GOVERNANCE OF NATIONAL STATISTICAL SYSTEM: Meeting CSO staff Is there one entity/body/agency responsible The governance with senior for coordinating the national statistical structure for NSS system (e.g., to regulate, coordinate, monitor identified to guide and evaluate the development, production, the development and dissemination of official statistics and and ensuring their quality? implementation Is there a specific entity/body/agency that management of promotes and monitors the adherence to NSDS standard concepts, definitions and classifications within the NSS? 27 Jul 10 Aug – Are specific statistics committees/ inter- agency task forces/working groups that are convened regularly to discuss specific topics and concern on statistics? How many times did those committees meet during 2014-15? What number of development partners involved in production of statistics and how do they interact with CSO? 4. STATISTICS IN NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY Desk and Is statistics used in development, Identify use of review documents implementation and monitoring of national statistics for Meeting development policies (and/or national policy with staff Is statistics development included in national decision making, development policies or part of the wider monitoring of government programs? national What role does CSO play in monitoring of the development national development goals? goals and 10-15 Aug Which other bodies are already working readiness of the towards addressing the data needs of NSS for accommodating national development goals? What is the preparation mechanism to make the statistics CSO and other data producers ready for needs for NSGs provision of statistics for Afghanistan Sustainable Development Goals (SNGs)? 5. STRATEGIC PLAN ON STATISTICS Desk CSO and Is there a national statistics plan or national Identification of review other strategy for the development of statistics or strategic extent stakeholders the NSS? for development document Was the statistics plan based on the of NSS and assessment of the NSS (strengths, statistics in 10-15 Aug weaknesses, challenges) and user needs? Afghanistan
Are the laws, regulations, policies and measures under which the statistical systems operate are made public? 3. GOVERNANCE OF NATIONAL STATISTICAL SYSTEM: Meeting with senior CSO staff Is there one entity/body/agency responsible for coordinating the national statistical system (e.g., to regulate, coordinate, monitor and evaluate the development, production, and dissemination of official statistics and ensuring their quality? Is there a specific entity/body/agency that promotes and monitors the adherence to standard concepts, definitions and classifications within the NSS? Are specific statistics committees/ inter- agency task forces/working groups that are convened regularly to discuss specific topics and concern on statistics? How many times did those committees meet during 2014-15? What number of development partners involved in production of statistics and how do they interact with CSO? The governance structure for NSS identified to guide the development and implementation management of NSDS 27 Jul – 10 Aug 4. STATISTICS IN NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY Desk review Meeting with staff and documents Is statistics used in development, implementation and monitoring of national development policies (and/or Is statistics development included in national development policies or part of the wider government programs? What role does CSO play in monitoring of the national development goals? Which other bodies are already working towards addressing the data needs of national development goals? What is the preparation mechanism to make CSO and other data producers ready for provision of statistics for Afghanistan Sustainable Development Goals (SNGs)? Identify use of statistics for national policy decision making, monitoring of national development goals and readiness of the NSS for accommodating the statistics needs for NSGs 10-15 Aug 5. STRATEGIC PLAN ON STATISTICS Desk review CSO and other stakeholders document Is there a national statistics plan or national strategy for the development of statistics or the NSS? Was the statistics plan based on the assessment of the NSS (strengths, weaknesses, challenges) and user needs? Identification of strategic extent for development of NSS and statistics in Afghanistan 10-15 Aug
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