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The paper has shown that PPPs can play an important role in the
successful implementation of these changes, since they provide the
stakeholders with an extended access to expertise, tools and measures. This
holds especially true for activities that are related to enhancing the capacity
of the NSSs, as shown in the example of the Laos case study.
CD projects should be based on the needs of specific NSSs. The models
presented show that CD projects can become quite complex, as their work
often has to cut across institutional units and/or institutions. Moreover,
sustainability and efficiency often require that reforms are implemented on a
large scale (over long periods of time).
For this reason, capacity building measures should ideally be engineered
in two ways: covering the programming of the interventions, but also
establishing successful models for implementation. Development partners,
beneficiaries, and those implementing projects need faster and more
transparent processes. However, the aspects that affect how knowledge and
resources are used in practice are rarely addressed. A new and effective way
of delivering capacity development “must explicitly acknowledge the real
political economy challenges on the ground and aim to work within these
constraints to improving data, and/or aim to alter the current incentives for
producing and using good official statistics.” (s. Krätke and Byiers, 2014: 1).
The objectives of this approach go beyond the traditional production-side
interventions and also include the strengthening of data use, literacy and
results.
The paper at hand presents a theoretical approach to how CD can be
promoted to prepare NSSs for the challenges that result from international
agendas, such as the SDGs. Furthermore, using the example of the Laos
project, a practical example of how this theoretical framework can be put into
practice was given. From our perspective, the discussion on effective and
efficient capacity development need to be enhanced at national and
international level; with a preferred focus on the whole systems approach.

References
1. Gesellschaft für International Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (2017): Cooperation
Management for Practitioners. Managing Social Change with Capacity
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2. Krätke, F., & Byiers, B. (2014). Implications for the data revolution in
Sub-Saharan Africa. Link: http://ecdpm.org/wp-content/uploads/DP-
170-Political-Economy-Official-Statistics-Africa-December-2014.pdf
3. OECD (2019): Recommendation of the OECD Council on Good
Statistical Practice. Link:
https://legalinstruments.oecd.org/public/doc/331/331.en.pdf

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