6th Regional Training Course on theNational Strategy for the Development of Statistics (NSDS) andAdvanced Data Planning Tool (ADAPT)
11-14 November 2019
SIAP, Chiba, JapanTRAINING AGENDA
DAY 1 - 11 NOVEMBER 201908:45 - 09:15

Registration

OPENING PROGRAMME
09:15 - 09:45

Hosts’ welcome message
Mr. Ashish Kumar
Director, UN Statistical Institute for Asia-PacificPartner’s message
Ms. Millicent Gay Tejada
Regional Programme Coordinator for Asia-Pacific and SIDS, PARIS21 Secretariat
Introduction of participants, SIAP staff, and PARIS21 facilitators

9:45 - 10:00

GROUP PHOTO; Coffee/Tea break

THE TRAINING PROGRAMME
10:00 – 10:15

Overview
Objectives/goals; agenda Participants’ expectations

Module 1 – Understanding the policy environment
10:15 – 10:45

Lecture: National Development Plan, international development agenda and statistics
Overview of national development planning, the Agenda 2030 and other global
development agenda and data demands arising therefrom, highlighting impact onthematic concerns (e.g., subnational statistics; gender, agriculture, education,
environment/climate change) and system resources and capacities; and the need toexplore/develop data ecosystems

10:45 – 11:00Country Presentation: Vanuatu
Vanuatu National Sustainable Development Plan - mainstreaming SDGs in the nationaldevelopment plan and preparation of indicator framework

Module 2 – The NSDS process
11:00 - 11:40

Lecture: Overview of NSDS
Results-based management approach; the national development context of strategicplanning in statistics; the NSDS framework

11:40 – 12:00

Country Presentation: Bhutan
Bhutan NSDS 2019-2023 preparation
Lunch break

12:00 – 13:00

Module 3 – Using the Advanced Data Planning Tool (ADAPT) for NSDS1

13:00 – 14:00

Lecture: ADAPT introduction
Overview of the tool, its relevance for the NSDS, its principles, purpose and uses/applications,
outputs, and process for deployment/use

14:00 – 15:00

Lecture: ADAPT essentials
Exercise: Navigating the toolCoffee/Tea break

15:00 – 15:15
15:15 – 16:15

Hands-on exercise 1: data gaps assessments
Using ADAPT in the NSDS design phase (Map the national development indicator framework
and SDGs, assess data gaps)

16:15 – 16:45

Country sharing of ADAPT practices: Bhutan, Maldives
DAY 2 - 12 NOVEMBER 2019

Module 3 – ADAPT (continued)
09:00 – 10:30
10:30 – 10:4510:45 – 12:00
12:00 – 13:00
13:00 – 15:00

Hands-on exercise 2: objectives and activities
Using ADAPT in the NSDS design phase (objectives and activities)
Coffee/Tea breakHands-on exercise 2 (ctd): objectives and activities
Using ADAPT in the NSDS design phase (objectives and activities)
Lunch breakHands-on exercise 3: costing
Using ADAPT in the NSDS design phase (costing)

16:00 – 17:00

Coffee/Tea breakHands-on exercise 4 : monitoring
Using ADAPT in the NSDS monitoring
Feedback / Q&A discussion on ADAPT

17:00

Reception/Networking15:00 – 15:15
15:15 – 16:00

DAY 3 - 13 NOVEMBER 2019
Module 4 – Building the NSDS
09:00 – 10:00

10:00 – 10:30

10:30 – 10:45
10:45 – 12:00
12:00 – 13:00
13:00 – 13:45

Lecture: The Modern NSDS
An introduction on new data demands and challenges that need to be considered in amodern NSDS
Discussion: Sharing of country practices and experiences
Group Exercise: Data ecosystem stakeholder and data gap analysis [gallery walk]Assessment of stakeholders and corresponding data demand and unmet data needs in a
new data ecosystem
Discussion: Sharing of country practices and experiences
Participants’ inputs: key stakeholders and major data gaps
Coffee/Tea breakGroup Exercise: Building the NSDS strategic framework [group work; plenary integration]
Overview of strategic planning using the stakeholder and data gap analysis, and ADAPT
results
Lunch break
Lecture: NSDS process2Overview of the NSDS process using the NSDS Lifecycle matrix
Discussion: Sharing of country practices and experiences
Module 5 – NSDS thematic focus
13:45 – 14:30

Lecture: Improving subnational statistics
Key concepts, governance structures and coordination arrangements, demand and supply,and development strategy
Country presentation: Viet Nam

14:30 – 15:15

Individual Exercise: Country system (governance)/practice in improving subnational statistics[individual presentation]
Lecture: Addressing issues on gender statistics
Overview of key concepts, issues, and initiatives in strategy development, including
governance, for improving gender statistics
Country presentation: Maldives
Discussion: Sharing of country practices and experiences

15:15 – 15:30
15:30 – 16:30

Coffee/tea break
Lecture: Addressing issues on sectoral statistics; focus on improving administrative data
and alternative sources
Overview of key concepts, issues, and initiatives in strategy development, including
governance, for improving sectoral and subject-matter concerns such as agriculture,
education, environment and climate change, risks and vulnerabilities, among others
Group Exercise: Strategies for improving administrative data (group work; plenaryintegration)
DAY 4 - 14 NOVEMBER 2019

Module 6 – Special areas for development
09:00 – 10:15

Exploring/developing data ecosystems in support of SDGs
Lecture: Open data and other data sources
Overview of key concepts, policies, available assessment tools, implementation andmonitoring, and integrating open data into NSDS; other possible data sources to help tracksustainable development (e.g., administrative data, big data, registries, etc.); andfeasibility for implementation in country context
Country presentation: Indonesia, Kyrgyz Republic

10:15 – 10:30
10:30 – 12:00

Discussion: Sharing of country initiatives/practices and experiences; plans in support of SDGs
Coffee/break
Lecture: Managing innovations and capacity development for statistics development
Considerations for strategies to adopt and manage innovations and capacity developmentin the NSS
Country presentation: Sri Lanka, Nepal

12:00 – 13:00

Exercise: Thinking innovation; sharing of country initiatives/practices and experiences
Lunch break3

13:00 – 15:00

Group Exercise: SWOT and TOWS analysis (group work; plenary integration); indicative plansfor NSDS/ADAPT (individual reporting)Analysis of organizational, technical and technological resources and capacities; and ongoing
initiatives/indicative plans, and challenges for NSDS

15:00 – 15:15
15:15 – 16:00

Coffee/tea break
Reflections / Impressions[End of Training Quiz]

Evaluation
CLOSING PROGRAMME
16:00 – 16:30

Closing messages
Mr. Makoto Shimizu
Officer-in-Charge, a.i., UN Statistical Institute for Asia-PacificMs. Millicent Gay Tejada
Regional Programme Coordinator for Asia-Pacific and SIDS, PARIS21 Secretariat
Awarding of Certificates
Mr. Makoto Shimizu, UNSIAP
Ms. Millicent Gay Tejada, PARIS21 Secretariat

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