This Stakeholder Engagement Framework (SEF) is prepared for the Harmonizing and Improving Statistics in West and Central Africa (HISWACA) Project; specifically, the SEF is prepared for the first Series of Projects (SOP) of the overall project (HISWACA-SOP1) that focuses on supporting eight (8) West African countries: Niger, Benin, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Senegal and The Gambia. HISWACA-SOP1 will also support three regional institutions: Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) the African Union’s Statistical Institute (AU-STATAFRIC), and the West African Economic and Monetary Union Commission (WAEMU) to coordinate and advocate to improve comparability and harmonization of statistics. The HISWACA- SOP1 aims to improve the statistical performance, harmonization, and data access and use of participating countries and regional bodies in Western Africa Region (AFW) and to support the modernization of their statistical systems.
The contents of this report constitute advice and recommendations provided by Directors general or Deputy directors general (the “Peersâ€) of the African Statistical System (ASS) to their counterparts (“Peerâ€) from a National statistical system (NSS) of the African Union Member States (the “Reviewed countryâ€) in response to their request for assessment.