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Partnership in statistics for development in the 21st century
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National Strategies for the Development of Statistics
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PARIS21 focuses its efforts on encouraging -- through its regional programmes, advocacy efforts, and information exchange and reporting activities -- all low-income countries to design National Strategies for the Development of Statistics (NSDS) and to have nationally owned and produced data for all MDG indicators by 2010. Countries need to have an overall vision of the development of their national statistical system which will include the national, regional, and international needs; be part of the country development and poverty reduction policy; serve as a framework for international and bilateral assistance; include all parts of the data production units and address the issues related to the analysis and use of data; follow the international standards including quality; and build on all past and existing activities and experiences.

An NSDS is expected to provide a country with a strategy for strengthening statistical capacity across the entire national statistical system (NSS). The NSDS will provide a vision for where the NSS should be in five to ten years and will set milestones for getting there. It will present a comprehensive and unified framework for continual assessment of evolving user needs and priorities for statistics and for building the capacity needed to meet these needs in a more coordinated, synergistic and efficient manner. It will also provide a framework for mobilising, harnessing and leveraging resources (both national and international) and a basis for effective and results-oriented strategic management of the NSS.

The work of PARIS21's Strategic Statistical Development Plans task team, which has helped define the conceptual framework for the NSDS programme, has been mainstreamed into the PARIS21 Secretariat’s work. NSDS guidelines, including implementation guidelines, are being drafted and training of national statistical representatives are being organised at regional events.