STATISTICS RESPONSIBILITY Member States and SADC Secretariat Member States and SADC Secretariat SADC Secretariat Member States and SADC Secretariat INDICATORS Legal framework adopted and implemented Data from Member States regularly and automatically transferred to the SADC Secretariat Harmonised and comparable national accounts Comparable/Harmo nised regional consumer price index and other related prices TIME FRAMES By 2006 By 2005 By 2005 By 2004 MEASURES Organisation of meetings for Member States to develop a legal framework on statistics Definition and Organization of channels of communication for data transmission between user/producers of statistics in SADC Reach agreement on the problem relates to different base years at constant prices among Member States Mobilise Member States to discuss the problem of movements in exchange rate and prices at the national level, which leads to distortions in the data when they are converted to other currencies for the purposes of regional and international comparisons STRATEGIES Develop a legal framework for statistics Collation, processing, dissemination and analysis of official statistics Develop and/or adapt regional definitions of poverty and poverty indicators OBJECTIVES Develop a legal framework for statistics Develop an integrated regional statistical database in all priority areas INTERVENTION AREA: Statistics GOAL: To make available relevant, timely, accurate and harmonized statistical information for SADC planning, formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of SADC activities, in line with the protocols. TABLE 4.9 1 1 0 S O U T H E R N A F R I C A N D E V E L O P M E N T C O M M U N I T Y