Statistics Support-KNBS Statistik support-KNBS The overall objective of the intervention is to enhance the Institutional, Organizational and Technical capacity of the KNBS and the National Statistical system (NSS) in Kenya through an institutional twining arrangement with statistics Sweden (SCB). The intervention is relevant to Kenya's development priorities as captured in Vision 2030 and the Second Medium term Plan (MTP). It is in line with the Swedens strategy for development cooperation with Kenya for the period 2009-2013. Interventionen handlar om att bygga upp kapaciteten hos KNBS och det nationella statistiska systemet (NSS) i Kenya i syfte att dessa ska kunna spela sin roll i nationell utveckling och fattigdomsminskning. Insatsen föreslås genomföras i form av institutionelt samarbete ("twinning") med svenska Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB). Begreppet kapacitet används ofta som ett samlingsbegrepp för de villkor som måste vara på plats för att möjliggöra utveckling, t ex kunskap, kompetens, effektiva och utvecklingsinriktade organisationer samt institutionella ramverk. Institutionellt twinning-samarbete är en form av stöd till kapacitetsutveckling där samarbetet främjar professionella band mellan institutionerna och mellan enskilda tjänstemän och experter. The original overall objective of the intervention was to enhance the institutional, organizational and technical capacity of the KNBS and the National Statistical System (NSS) in Kenya to produce relevant, reliable and timely statistical information in line with international standards.
KNBS and SCB feel that the development objective was not stated clearly in the original project document (2014-10-07)[1] and therefore state that the long-term objective of the cooperation that “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 of the extension phase of the project is that “KNBS’ capacity to produce and disseminate statistics shall be improved”.
The project components and their objectives are as follows:
*Management capacity: 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: improve the range of agricultural statistics, i.e., the number of agriculture indicators
*Gender statistics: improve the range of gender statistics, i.e., the number of gender indicators should increase.
*Information and communication technology (ICT): ICT infrastructure in place that facilitates efficient production and dissemination of statistics.
[1] “Swedish support to statistics development at Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS): A cooperation project between KNBS and Statistics Sweden (SCB): Financed by: The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida): September 2014 – September 2018” (Statistics Sweden and KNBS, 2014-10-07).