Extension cooperation KNBS & Statistics Sweden - Extension cooperation KNBS & Statistics Sweden from 2021 Förlängning statistiksamarbetet KNBS & SCB Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) and Statistics Sweden have been cooperating since July 2014 (contribution 51110063).  The present contribution extends the cooperation August 2019-July 2021 at a cost of SEK 19.48 million.
The development objective is “Policy makers in the Kenyan society shall base their decisions on unbiased, reliable and high-quality information that helps them to design policies that contributes to a better environment, limited climate impact and strengthened resilience, a democratic development of society and improved opportunities for poor people to support themselves.” The project objective is “KNBS’ capacity to produce and disseminate statistics shall be improved.” The component objectives to be reached when the project ends are: 
*Management: KNBS shall improve production planning and declaration of statistical quality. 
*Economic statistics: the quality of economic statistics shall be improved in accordance with international standards. 
*Agriculture statistics: to improve the range of agricultural statistics/increase the number of agriculture indicators. 
*Gender statistics: to improve the range of gender statistics/increase the number of gender indicators. 
*Information and communication technology (ICT): ICT infrastructure in place that facilitates efficient production and dissemination of statistics.
The primary activities and costs are short-term expert missions to Kenya, workshops, a long-term Swedish advisor, a local project administrator, and project management. Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, KNBS, och Statistiska centralbyrån, SCB, har samarbetat sedan juli 2014 (insats 51110063). Nuvarande insatsen förlänger samarbetet augusti 2019-juli 2021 till en kostnad av 19,48 miljoner kronor.
Utvecklingsmålet är att politiska beslutsfattare i det kenyanska samhället ska basera sina beslut på opartisk, tillförlitlig och högkvalitativ information som hjälper dem att utforma politik som bidrar till en bättre miljö, begränsad klimatpåverkan och förstärkt motståndskraft, en demokratisk samhällsutveckling och förbättrade möjligheter för fattiga människor att försörja sig själva. Projektmålet är att KNBS:s kapacitet att producera och sprida statistik ska förbättras. Komponentmålen som ska nås när projektet slutar är:
* Styrning: KNBS ska förbättra produktionsplaneringen och deklarationen av statistisk kvalitet.
* Ekonomisk statistik: Kvaliteten på den ekonomiska statistiken ska förbättras i enlighet med internationella standarder.
* Jordbruksstatistik: Att förbättra bredden av jordbruksstatistik / öka antalet jordbruksindikatorer.
* Genderstatistik: Att förbättra bredden av jämställdhetsstatistik / öka antalet genderindikatorer.
* Informations- och kommunikationsteknik (IKT): IKT-infrastruktur på plats som underlättar effektiv produktion och spridning av statistik.
De huvudsakliga aktiviteterna och kostnaderna är kortsiktiga expertuppdrag till Kenya, workshops, en långsiktig svensk rådgivare, en lokal projektadministratör och projektledning. The development objective is “policy makers in the Kenyan society shall base their decisions on unbiased, reliable and qualitative information that helps them to design policies that contributes to a better environment, limited climate impact and strengthened resilience, a democratic development of society and improved opportunities for poor people to support themselves.”
The project objective is “KNBS’ capacity to produce and disseminate statistics shall beimproved.”
The objective of the management component is that KNBS shall improve production planning and declaration of statistical quality.
The objective for the economic statistics component is that the quality of economic statistics shall be improved in accordance with international standards.
The objective of the agriculture statistics component is to improve the range of agricultural statistics, meaning that the number of agriculture indicators should increase.
The objective of the gender statistics component is to improve the range of gender statistics, meaning that the number of gender indicators should increase.
The objective of the ICT component is that ICT infrastructure in place that facilitates efficient production and dissemination of statistics.