Macedonian Experience with the Use of Global Assessment MSc. Blagica Novkovska, Director General of the State Statistical Office

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Macedonian Experience with the Use of Global
Assessment MSc. Blagica Novkovska, Director
General of the State Statistical Office
REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA STATE STATISTICAL OFFICE
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Background

• Two global assessments
• 2001 and 2004
• Objective
• analyse the institutional environment of SSO and
  Macedonian statistical system as a whole
• to ascertain the capacity to provide, in a
  sustainable way, accurate, timely and relevant
  information to the users.

GA very useful for the national statistical
system and the reports widely disseminated within
the public sector institutions
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Use of Global Assessment

• Why conducting GA
• needed for the beneficiary countries to serve as
  a base for better planning and priority setting
• needed for the European Donor Community to
  develop a strategy for development of Western
  Balkan countries in the statistical area.

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Use of Global Assessment

• GA 2001
• First experience
• Country environment
• Stabilisation and Association Agreement signing
• Exceptional political situation
• Parallel activities in SSO
• Mission focused on two main issues
• institutional settings
• capacity of producing statistics

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Use of Global Assessment

• GA 2001/Preparatory activities for the mission
• Numerous preparatory activities
• Check list with questions
• Sent documents State Statistics Act, Statistical
  Programme 1998-2002, Strategic Master Plan
  (1997-2001) and statistical yearbook
• Management Board and Subject Matter Departments -
  discussions
• Other producers of official statistics informed

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Use of Global Assessment

• GA 2001/Carrying out of the missions
• Two missions 19 to 23 March and 23 to 27 April
  2001
• 50 of 263 employees actively participated
• SSO staff made utmost efforts
• Mr. Brungger well prepared for the mission
• Other producers of official statistics
  participated

GA joint work of the expert and SSO staff
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Use of Global Assessment

• GA 2004
• Second experience
• Country environment
• Stabilisation and Association Agreement entering
  into force
• Application for EU membership
• EU Questionnaire
• Mission focused on the same issues

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Use of Global Assessment

• GA 2004/Preparation and Carrying out of the
  missions
• Having the previous experience-same preparations
• Great number of documents available on web site
• Preparatory meetings
• reviewed the recommendation given in GA 2001
• what has been achieved
• and what has remain as an open issue.
• Two missions 13 to 17 September 2004 and 25 to
  27 October 2004

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Use of Global Assessment

• Recommendations contribute to

• GA gives general picture of the NSI and NSS
• Recommendations must be used in all planning
  procedures
• NSI more aware of its strengths and weaknesses

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Use of Global Assessment

• Lessons learnt
• GA means
• Lot of work with valuable results
• Support the modernization of the Statistical
  System and further alignment with the EU Acquis
• Written materials written procedures
• Strong commitment by the top management
• Timely organization of the Institution for the
  missions
• Awareness of the participants on the strategic
  goals
• Close and open cooperation with the experts

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Use of Global Assessment

• Lessons learnt
• Main challenges
• How to conduct the exercise in the best manner
• How to assess the need of written documentation
  to be provided on time
• How to implement the findings in order to ensure
  a sustainability of GA results

• Experts and the beneficiaries should pay serious
  attention on
• recommendations to be as realistic as possible
• beneficiaries should be as objective as possible.

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Use of Global Assessment

• Conclusions
• GA - good mechanism for assessment in a certain
  stage of development
• GA raises the awareness of the statistical
  offices and other official providers of
  statistics to recognise and to realise their role
  in the society
• Experience gained in GA is a base for sustainable
  development of the National Statistical System

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