EUROSTAT
Directorate E: Agriculture and Environment Statistics; Statistical Cooperation
Unit E-4: Statistical Cooperation with European and Mediterranean countries /
Doc. PGSC/2007/12
Meeting of the
Policy Group on Statistical Cooperation
11 - 12 October 2007
Belgrade, Park Hotel
Start: 9.30 am
Overview on national EU assistance programmes
Point 9.1 of the Agenda
Country / Year allocated / Total amount in thousand Euro / Programme Description / StatusAlbania / 2002 / 1,000 / CARDS - Strengthening of National Accounts (ESA95) and adoption of acquiscommunautaire in the fields of: NA and prices, agriculture statistics, cooperation in the statistical system / Twinning adopted in 02/2004 for 18 months
2005 / 800 / CARDS – Support to the regional offices of the institute of statistics in Albania (INSTAT) for data collection and adoption of the acquis communautaire: technical assistance (€600) and provision of equipments (€200) – Phase I / To be contracted
2006 / 800 / CARDS– Support to the regional offices of the institute of statistics in Albania (INSTAT) for data collection and adoption of the acquis communautaire: technical assistance (€600) and provision of equipments (€200) – Phase II / Pending the completion of Phase I
2007 / Approx 2.850 / IPA Transition Assistance and Institution building which includes technical assistance in the fields of national accounts, business statistics and agricultural statistics (€2.650) and supplies of IT equipments (€200) / The decision will be taken by the EC autumn 2007
Bosnia and Herzegovina / 1998 / 490 / Phare national programme – Phase I: Technical assistance to support statistical system, supply of equipment to the BiH Statistical Agency and Entity offices / Completed
1998 / 490 / Phare national programme – Phase II: Implementation of the Law on Statistics, implementation of priorities identified in Eurostat Global Assessment of the statistical system, strengthening of professional skills and raising capacity / Completed
2005 / 1,449 / CARDS national programme – Phase III: Business statistics, national accounts, business register, strengthening the institutional infrastructure of BiH statistical institutes and improvement of coordination between the entities, agriculture statistics, external trade statistics, financial sector statistics / Implementation started on 21/08/2006
Mid-term review in preparation
2006 / 500 / Cards national programme – Supply of IT equipment and Software for Statistical Institutions / Technical specification in final phase of preparation by ECD
Croatia / 2001 / 1,500 / CARDS national programme Twinning: Approximation of system to EU requirements: data collection and processing, methodology, Business Register, National Accounts; Supply in IT equipment; Supplies for Agricultural Census 2003 / Completed
2002 / 400 / CARDS national programme: Establishment of a system for producing regional accounts at NUTS II level / Twinning in implementation
2003 / 800 / CARDS national programme: Development of methodology for production of key public finance statistics / Twinning ongoing (started 15.02.06)
2003 / 320 / CARDS national programme: Upgrading of labour market statistics and IT supply / Completed
2003 / 400 / Socio-economic indicators (HBS, SILC) and Structural Business Statistics at NUTS II level / Completed
2005 / 1,350 / Phare national programme: reconstruction and development of CBS and regional offices (support to business statistics, Household Budget Survey and Organisational Capacity) / Twinning, start in September 2007 (possible delay due to changes on the EC side)
2005 / 1,178 / Phare national programme: business register, national accounts, agriculture statistics / Twinning, in contracting phase (possible delay due to changes on the EC side)
2005 / 1,700 / Phare national programme: Supporting the 2005 twinning projects / Service contract, ongoing since end August 2007
2005 / 550 / Phare national programme: Supply of IT equipment / Supply contract, in tendering phase
2005 / 150 / Phare national programme: Introduction of INTRASTAT / Twinning light, in tendering phase
2006 / 2,000 / Major revision of classifications and upgrading of subject-matter statistics / In programming phase
Montenegro / 2001 / 600 / Assistance and training on economic statistics, statistical technical work, IT, organisation and management, Assistance for the organisation of the 2002 population census, Procurement of IT equipment and standard software and Feasibility studies and user needs assessment regarding statistical applications. CARDS programme. / Finished
2003 / 12 / Strategic management cooperation programme. Eurostat grant co-financed and implemented by Statistics Austria / Finished
2004 / 500 / National accounts, prices, structural business statistics, dissemination, cooperation in statistical system. CARDS programme. / Ongoing
2005 / 28 / Assessment of the organisation of MONSTAT and the national statistical system, and recommendations on changes to be made to increase their capacity to meet the requirements of the EU. CARDS programme. / Finished
2006 / 1,300 / Labour Market Reform and Workforce Development. The main beneficiary is the Employment Agency, but one component covers labour and employment statistics involving MONSTAT for improving LFS and to increase the understanding of the different labour statistics needed in a country among the main institutions. CARDS programme. / Ongoing
2007 / Approx 800 / Develop a quality system for key processes in the production of statistics; further harmonise economic and business statistics: especially STS and tourism statistics.IPA programme. / In programming phase - final decision by the EUin autumn 2007
Serbia / 2002 / 1,200 / National accounts, prices, structural business statistics, dissemination, cooperation in statistical system. CARDS programme. / Ongoing
2004 / 24 / Strategic management cooperation programme. Eurostat grant co-financed and implemented byDESTATIS / Finished
2005 / 1,000 / IT training; Organisation and management; EU regulations; Market economy; Training and strengthening of institutional capacity both at SORS and the regional offices, supply of vehicles. CARDS programme. / Ongoing
2006 / 1,000 / IT software and hardware. CARDS programme. / Finished
2007 / Approx 2,000 / Improved national accounts; preparation for agricultural census; improved and rationalised use of Information and Communication Technologies; and upgraded and rationalised means of internal and external communication and dissemination of information. IPA programme / In programming phase - final decision by the EUin autumn 2007
Kosovo/
UNSCR 1244 / 2002 / 1,000 / National Accounts, External trade statistics, Government finance statistics, LFS, Business register, dissemination and cooperation with key stakeholders. CARDS programme. / Finished
2001
2003 / 2,300 / ASPAUK I and II– Agriculture pilot census combined with agriculture household survey 2005, Farm account data network staff trainings. Joint project with MAFRD (main beneficiary). CARDS programme. / Finished
2002 / 9 / Training on ESS. Eurostat grant. / Finished
2004 / 14 / Strategic management co-operation programme. Eurostat grant co-financed and implemented by Statistics Austria. / Finished
2005
2003 / 1,000
400 / Support for the population census. CARDS programme. / Ongoing (started Nov 2005)
2005 / 600 / International Monitoring Operation of the Kosovo Housing and Population Census. Joint project with Council of Europe. CARDS programme. / Ongoing
2005 / 1,400 / National Accounts and macro-economic statistics, Social statistics – use and maintenance of census results. CARDS programme. / Ongoing (started Feb 2007)
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia / 1996 / Technical assistance concerning classifications, national accounts and external trade statistics, as well as supply of equipment. PHARE programme. / Finished
1998 / 1,000 / Improving the statistical registers and links between statistical registers and administrative data sources, and improving statistics in the area of agriculture, external trade and labour market. PHARE programme. / Finished
2000 / 660 / Support to population and agricultural census (1.32 M€ in total of which 0.11 M€ for population census + additional 0.55 M€ and 1.21 M€ for agriculture census). PHARE programme. / Support to population census, adopted in 12/2002 for 24 months. Support to agricultural census failed to be contracted.
2003 / 18 / Strategic management co-operation programme. Eurostat grant co-financed and implemented byCSO, Ireland. / Finished
2005 / 1,000 / Capacity building, national accounts, Business statistics, social statistics, ICT capacity, quality monitoring, communication strategy. CARDS programme. / Twinning ongoing (started June 2006)
2005 / 200 / IT equipment. CARDS programme. / Finished
2007 / Approx 2,000 / Development of a quality system for all processes in the production of statistics, national accounts and other economic statistics, business statistics, social statistics, IT supplies. IPA programme. / In programming phase - final decision by the EUin autumn 2007
Turkey / 2001 / 15,300 / Upgrading the Statistical System of TurkeyProgramme Phase I(technical assistance, training activities, datacollection and procurement of equipment are thecomponents of the programme.) / Finished
2005 / Approx 6,000 / Upgrading the Statistical System of TurkeyProgramme Phase II (technical assistance and training activities) / Ongoing
2007 / Approx 4,000 / Improving agriculture statistics, education statistics and employment, labour and social exclusion (technical assistance, IT supplies) / In programming phase - final decision by the EUin autumn 2007
State-of-play: 12September 2007