Result Based Management Framework - METAC

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Significant TA was provided to Lebanon by the EU under a Twinning Project between
the EU and CAS, entitled “Support to the Central Administration of Statistics”. This
project, launched in December, 2010, was implemented by Northern Ireland Cooperation
Overseas (NICO) Ltd, a publicly owned company aiming to share the experience of
Northern Ireland and managing the support. The main objectives of the project were to
improve NA and trade statistics, to build capacity in the area of social statistics, and to
assess the feasibility of a business register. METAC has kept regular contacts with the
project’s resident advisor.
The Twinning Project with the EU ended at the end of June 2012. Discussions with the
CAS and with the project team indicated however that work was not entirely completed
within the time-frame of the project.
A small unit in the Cabinet of the Prime Minister was in charge of compiling the NA until
2012 when this responsibility was transferred to the CAS, for the compilation of the
accounts for the year 2011.
Objectives
Work Program
Strengthen macroeconomic statistics to enhance the design, monitoring and
implementation of macroeconomic policies.
Following the termination of the EU project and the transfer of NA to the CAS, METAC
may provide further assistance on NA to the CAS. Two or three missions would probably
be necessary, over FY 2014 and FY 2015, to help the CAS rebuild capacity for the
compilation of NA, and improve coverage and timeliness of the accounts.
TA will also be needed at the CAS to complete the compilation of the PPI and improve
the CPI.
Regarding external statistics, TA will be needed with the implementation of the DI survey
and the compilation of the results, as well as for periodic data validation. In addition,
support will be needed to implement the changes requested by the new BPM6. Support
may be needed to help the BDL and the CAS gain access to information collected by the
General Security on arrivals/departures of travelers to improve estimates of travel
services.
Outcomes
Regarding NA, given that the work could not be completed before the end of the
Twinning Project, the following outcomes will be finalized with METAC TA.