Speech by H.E. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni At

2005 AFRICA STATISTICS WEEK CELEBRATIONS

The 2010 Round of Censuses: An Opportunity to Improve Statistical Information for Monitoring Africa’s Development

DRAFT AGENDA

A: NATIONAL PROGRAMME

Monday, November 14, 2005 USER-PRODUCER WORKSHOP

Theme Integrated Information for Development Management 09:00–10:00 Registration 10:00–11:30 Plan for National Statistical Development (PNSD) – User-Producer Consultative Meeting 11:30–11:45 TEA/COFFEE 11:45–12:00 Demonstration of Census Info and UgandaInfo 12:00–12:15 Launch of CensusInfo by Hon. Isaac Musumba 12:55–12:30 Demonstration of HMIS 12:30–13:00 Demonstration of EMIS LUNCH 13:00–14:00 14:05–14:35 Demonstration of LOGICS 14:35–15:05 Discussant: Integration of Management Information Systems 15:05–16:00 General Discussion TEA/COFFEE Tuesday, November 15, 2005 DISSEMINATION OF THE DISTRICT STATISTICAL ACTION PLAN

08:30–09:00 Arrival and Registration

09:00–09:30 Opening Remarks by Executive Director, UBOS

09:30–10:00 Keynote Address by UNDP Resident Representative, Uganda

10:00–10:30 TEA/COFFEE

10:30–12:00 Comments and Reactions

12:00–12:45 Presentation of the District Statistical Action Plan by Consultant

12:45–13:00 Comments and Reactions

13:00–14:00 LUNCH

14:10–14:40 Way Forward by Project Co-ordinator, Data Needs Assessment Study

14:50–15:50 Wrap-Up by Deputy Executive Director, UBOS

Wednesday-Thursday, November 16-17, 2005

NATIONAL SERVICE DELIVERY SURVEY - REGIONAL DISSEMINATION

08:30–13:00 Regional Dissemination for the National Service Delivery Survey (NSDS)

Participants: Representatives from Planning Units of 15 districts from Eastern Uganda Venue: Sunset Hotel Jinja Saturday, November 19, 2005 UGANDA STATISTICAL SOCIETY FORUM 08:30-09:00 Registration 09:00–10:00 Presentation: Exploiting Census Microdata for Reality-Based Planning and Policy-making by Robert McCaa 10:00–10:30 TEA/COFFEE 10:30–12:00 Discussion

Participants: Statisticians and Advocates of Statistics; Venue: Hotel Equatoria

B: ICP 12TH REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON DATA QUALITY CONTROL

VENUE: SHEENA HALL, MUNYONYO Sunday, November 13, 2005 20:00-20:45 Video – Uganda Bureau of Statistics Documentary Monday, November 14, 2005

08:30-09:00 Registration & Administration

SESSION 1: OPENING CEREMONY 09:00-09:30 Chair: Executive Director, UBOS Statement by: The Manager ADB Statistics División, Mr. Charles Lufumpa Official Opening: Governor, Bank of Uganda

SESSION 2: STATUS OF PRICE SURVEYS IN AFRICAN COUNTRIES Chair:

09:30-10:00 Objectives and organization of the Workshop

10:00 -10:45 Reports on Previous Sub-Regional Workshops

10:45-11:15 TEA/COFFEE 11:15 – 12:45 Country reports of countries on the status of fieldwork and sharing of best practices (Country Presentations & Discussions)

12:45 – 13:10 Summary of the session 13:10-14:25 LUNCH

SESSION 3: INTRA-COUNTRY VALIDATION OF DATA (WORKING GROUPS)

14:30-16:00 Harnessing Validation Tools

16:00-18:00 Analysis of Price Data Sets

TEA/COFFEE Tuesday, November 15, 2005

SESSION 4: INTRA-COUNTRY DATA VALIDATION – CONTINUED

08:30–13:00 Analysis of Price Data Sets Wednesday, November 16, 2005 SESSION 5: INTER-COUNTRY ANALYSIS OF DATA (WORKING GROUPS)

08:30-13:00 Analysis of Price Data Sets

13:00-14:00 LUNCH

SESSION 6: MULTILATERAL VALIDATION OF DATA (PLENARY)

14:10-17:00 Analysis of Consolidated Quaranta Tables for all African Countries Thursday, November 17, 2005

SESSION 7: REVIEW OF COUNTRY SUBMISSIONS (WORKING GROUPS)

08:30-17:00 Improving Quality of Data Submissions

Friday, November 18, 2005

SESSION 8: CONCLUSIONS AND WAY FORWARD (PLENARY) 08:00-09:40 Lessons learnt: working group reports

09:40-10:20 Quality Issues Related to other GDP Components

10:20-10:45 TEA/COFFEE 10:45-11:20 Main Conclusions of the workshop and Way Forward

11:20-11:55 Calendar of next steps of work and Closing Ceremony

12:00-13:20 LUNCH

C: SEMINAR OF HEADS OF NSOs

VENUE: ALBERT HALL, MUNYONYO Wednesday, November 16, 2005 15:00–16:00 Meeting on the Proposed East African Statistical Capacity Development Programme 20:00-20:45 Video – Uganda Bureau of Statistics Documentary Thursday, November 17, 2005 08:30-09:00 Registration & Administration SESSION 1: OPENING CEREMONY 09:00-09:30 Chair: Prof. Ben Kiregyera, Chairman, Board of Directors, Uganda Bureau of Statistics Statements by: Mr. Henock Kifle, Chief Economist, African Development Bank Dr. Augustin Fosu, the Director of the Economic and Social Policy Division of UNECA Official Opening: Hon. Isaac Musumba, Minister of State (Planning), Uganda SESSION 2: DEMAND FOR STATISTICAL INFORMATION 09:30-10:30 Chair: Mr. Martin Balepa, Director General, Afristat

Topic: The Overall Policy Context– PRSP, MDGs, NEPAD, etc. by Ms. Awa Thiongane, Regional Statistical Advisor, ECA

Topic: Data Challenges for Results-Based Management in Africa By ADB 10:30–11:00 Discussions 11:00-11:30 TEA/COFFEE

SESSION 3: RETHINKING STATISTICS FOR DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA IN THE 21ST CENTURY 11:30-12:30 Chair: Mr. Cletus Mkai, Director General, NBS, Tanzania

Topic: Rethinking Statistics for National Development in Africa by Mr. Michel Mouyelo-Katoula (ICP-Africa Coordinator)

12:30-13:00 Discussions 13:00-14:00 LUNCH 14:00–15:00 Chair: Mr. Charles Lufumpa, Manager, Statistics Division, ADB

Topic: Making the Case, NSDS Essentials and Coverage by PARIS21

Topic: Overview of the NSDS Processes (Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation) by Prof. Ben Kiregyera , Chairman Board of Directors, UBOS 15:00-15:30 Discussions 15:30–16:00 TEA/COFFEE 16:00–16:30 Discussions

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SESSION 4: CHALLENGES 09:00-10:00 Chair: Mr. Ben Feki (Tunisia)

Topic: Challenges of Implementing Statistical Plans:

Speaker (1): The Case of South Africa: Mr. Pali Lehohla, Statistician- General, Statistics South Africa

Speaker (2): The Case of Senegal by the Director General, National Statistical Institute

Speaker (3): Census Data Archiving, by Prof. Robert Mc Caa, the Director of IPUMS International Projects, University of Minnesota

10:00-10:30 Discussions 10:30–10:45 TEA/COFFEE 10:45-11:30 Panel Discussion: Statistical Training in Africa for the 21st Century Chair: Mr. John B. Male-Mukasa, Executive Director, Uganda Bureau of Statistics

Panelists: Directors of the Statistical Training Centres: ENSEA (Abidjan), ISAE (Kampala), INSEA (Rabat), EASTC (Tanzania), ISSEA (Younde), DSD-ENEA (Dakar)

11:30-12:00 Follow-up on Younde Declaration CLOSING SESSION 12:00-12:30 Chair: Dr. Augustin Fosu, the Director of the Economic and Social Policy Division of UNECA

Closing Speech: Hon. Prof. Peter Anyang’ Nyong’o, Minister for Planning and National Development, Kenya 12:30-13:30 LUNCH

SPECIAL MEETINGS – NOVEMBER 18, 2005 – MORNING

09.00-11.00 Meeting of the Governing Board of ICP-Africa

09.00-11.00 Meeting of Directors of Statistical Training Centres

11.00-12.00 Meeting of the Editorial Board, The African Statistical Journal

11.00-12.00 Meeting of Heads of Statistics Units from Sub-regional Organizations

D: MAIN CELEBRATIONS

VENUE: STATISTICS HOUSE YARD

Friday, November 18, 2005 - AFTERNOON

12:00-13:00 Marching through Kampala Streets with the Prison’s Band Constitutional Square-Kampala Road-Colville Street-Statistics House

15:00 National Anthem led by Prisons Band 15:15 Statement by the Chairman, Board of Directors, Uganda Bureau of Statistics 15:30 Speech by Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development,Uganda 15:45 Statement by the African Development Bank Chief Economist

16:00 Minister of Finance, South Africa launches the African Statistical Journal and invites the Chairperson of the Editorial Board to Present a copy of the Journal to H.E The President

16:15 Minister of Finance, Uganda invites H.E. The President of Uganda to address the gathering and the nation 16:20 Address by H.E The President of the Republic of Uganda Vote of Thanks to H.E. The President by the Minister for Planning and National Development, Kenya.

Minister of Finance invites the President to open Statistics House

National Anthem in the Lobby of Statistics House

RECEPTION