2nd Global Steering Committee meeting of the GSARS II
13/02/2023
The Global Office of GSARS II, hosted by the FAO Statistics division will be hosting the second Global Steering Committee (GSC) on February 15th at FAO headquarters in Rome.
The members of the GSC are representatives from beneficiary countries, the donors (the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the European Union), the programme implementing partners FAO, UNECA and PARIS21 and operational partner ENSEA (École Nationale Supérieure de Statistique et d’Économie Appliquée d’Abijan).
The Global Steering Committee aims to provide strategic guidance and oversight for the execution of the 2nd Global Action Plan.
The upcoming meeting will focus on the review of programme achievements as presented in the Annual Report 2022, and on the endorsement of the 2023 Work Plan and Budget. The ambitious Work Plan for the coming year sets targets for country-level technical activities and effective governance, coordination with other statistical capacity development programmes, and communication for visibility and resource mobilization.
A first exchange of ideas on the next phase of the GSARS program will also be part of the agenda.
This video was shown at the Steering Committee. The video is a compilation of the GSARSII activities in 25 African countries and their achievements in 2022 delivered by FAO and its partners PARIS21 and UNECA as well as a look into the future with the coming of the third phase.
The first Steering Committee
On March 10th, 2022, the Global Steering Committee (GSC) meeting of the Global Strategy to Improve Agricultural and Rural Statistics took place.
The meeting was attended by eight members of the GSC and the Global Office and representatives of the three partner organizations (FAO, Paris21 and UNECA).
During the meeting, Oliver Chinganya (UNECA) was elected as chair of the GSC and the ToR of the GSC was discussed.
The Global Office (FAO) and the two implementing partners (PARIS21 and UNECA) presented the Action Plan for Africa 2021-2023, which the GSC subsequently adopted. The work programme for 2022 and the budget was also discussed and endorsed by the GSC.