The Third Arab Statistical Forum: Towards a new prospects of Arab statistical systems, and regional workshop on Measuring progress of societies: Yemen 2007 Final Agenda Tuesday April 17 th 2007 Holy Quran Welcoming speech by Dr. Amin Muhiddien, President CSO Yemen 9:00-10:945 Statistical Arab forums and beyond: Antoine Simonpietri-PARIS21 09:45-10:05 Coffee Break Follow up on 1 st and 2 nd forums, and introductory for 3 rd forum: Luay Shabaneh, Chair of organizing committee Key note speech by Yemeni Deputy Prime Minister for Economic affairs, Minister of planning and international cooperation, Mr. Abdulkarim Al-Arhabi 10:05-10:20 Key note speech, Paul Cheung, Director of UNSD NSDS in Arab countries: Current Progress in design and implementation (Chair: Sabir Al-Harbi-Oman) 10:20-10:40 Some issues in design and implementation planning: Sidna Ndah, PARIS21 10:40-11:00 Lessons learned from the need assessment of Arab statistical system in ESCWA 11:00-11:30 Discussion NSDS Implementation (Chair: Ibrahim Ali-Syria) region: Neda Jafar -ESCWA 11:30-11:50 Implementing NSDS requirement and perspectives: The case of Yemen, Yehya Al Qizl - Yemen 11:50-12:10 Lessons learned from Tunisian experience: Mr. Ridha Ferchiou-Tunisia 12:10-12:40 Discussion 12:40-14:10 Lunch 1
Financing for NSDS implementation (Chair: Abu Bakr El-Jindi-Egypt) 14:10-14:30 Financing for NSDS: approaches, restrictions and current status, PARIS21 14:30-14:50 Lessons learned from the Palestinian experience on basket funding approach: Rania Wakileh Palestine 14:50-15:10 The role of regional funding in strengthening the NSDS, Yehya Al Qizl - Yemen 15:10-15:40 Discussion 15:40-16:00 STATCAP: a funding instrument for NSDS implementation: Olivier Dupriez, World Bank 16:00-16:20 Coffee Break Mainstreaming Sectoral Statistics (Intersect) (Chair: Abdulla El-Utheim-Saudi Arabia) 16:20-16:50 The needs for Mainstreaming sectoral statistics: Samuel Blazyk-PARIS21 16:50-17:20 Discussion Wednesday April 18 th 2007 session Co-ordination of Statistical Partners at the national level (Chair: Abdul-Aziz Malami, Morocco) 09:00-9:20 Stakeholders; definition and challenges, PARIS21 09:20-9:40 Lesson learned from statistical steering committees: Abu -Bakr El-Jundi, Egypt 09:40-10:00 The lessons learned from Qatari national seminars experience, Mohammed Al- Muhannadi, Qatar 10:00-10:30 Discussion 10:30-10:50 Coffee Break Training of statistician in the Arab countries (Chair: Huda Abu-Leil-LAS) 10:50-11:10 Perspectives and needs for training the Arab statisticians: Dr Hilal Al-Bayyati- AITRIS 11:10-11:30 Training of Arab States engaged in MEDSTAT, Driss Afza, Training Expert - MEDSTAT 2
session 11:30-12:00 Discussion 12:00-14:30 Lunch International and regional statistical initiatives (Chair: Mr. Ridha Ferchiou-Tunisia) 14:30-14:50 Accelerated Data Program and International Household Survey Network: World Bank, Olivier Dupriez 14:50-15:10 Lessons learned from Arab PAPFAM program: Dr. Ahmed Abdul-Muniem-LAS 15:10-15:30 Lessons learned from METAGORA process in measuring DHRG: Raul Suarez: PARIS21/Metagora 15:30-15:50 Coffee break 15:50-16:20 Round table: next steps (Chair: Raul Suarez-PARIS21) 16:20-16:40 Closing (Chair: Dr. Amin Muhiddin, Yemen) 3
Thursday, April 19 th 2007, Yemen Opening Remarks 09:00-09:30 Welcoming note, Dr. Amin Muhiddein, President CSO, Yemen Keynote Speech: Abdul-karim Al-Arhabi, Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Measuring and Fostering Progress of Societies: Enrico Giovannini and Jon Hall, Chief Statistician of the OECD Roundtable: Statistics, Knowledge and Policy: Information Supply, Policy Demands (Chair: Luay Shabaneh, President of Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics) 09:30-09:50 Civil Society s Needs: Civil society representative, Ms. Ramzeyyeh Al- Iryani- Head of women union 09:50-10:10 Policy Making Requirements: Dr. Fabio Scacciavillani, GOIC 10:10-10:30 Balancing Supply and Demand: Ethics and Output of the Statistical System: Muhammed Kalkoul, Algeria 10:30-11:00 Discussion 11:00-11:20 Coffee Break What is Progress and How to Measure it? (Chair: Awad Haj Ali- Sudan) 11:20-11:40 What is Progress? Abdulaziz Malami, Morocco 11:40-12:00 How to Measure Progress?: Dr. Hussain Shakhatreh, Jordan 12:00-12:20 Some issues in measuring progress: Siddika Basci, SESRTCIC 12:20-13:10 Discussion 4
Measuring Progress and Building the Divide: Bringing Statistics, Policy Makers and Society Closer (Chair:Dr. Ola Al-Hakim, Egypt 13:10-13:20 Bridging the gap: Mohammed Ismail, Egypt 13:20-13:30 The role of the Media, Hmoud Monsaar- Alarabiyya TV 13:30-14:00 Discussion 14:00-15:30 Lunch What Capacity Building Do We Need to Measure Progress? (Chair: Dr. Hilal Al-Bayyati) 15:30-15:40 National Perspective: Rashed Al-Sweidi, UAE 15:40-15:50 Regional Perspective: (Thierry Paccoud) MEDSTAT 15:50-16:00 International Perspective: (PARIS21) 16:00-16:30 Discussion Roundtable: Future for International Indicators: MDG s and Beyond (Chair: Olivier Dupriez, World Bank) 16:30-16:40 Intervention by Giovanni Savio, ESCWA 16:40-16:50 Intervention by Luay Shabaneh, Palestine 16:50-17:00 Intervention by Jon Hall, OECD 17:00-17:30 Discussion 17:30-17:50 Coffee Break 17:50-18:20 Wrap up and Next Steps (Chair: Enrico Giovannini, OECD 5