European Statistical Cooperation Joint EFTA/ECE/SSCU seminar

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European Statistical CooperationJoint
EFTA/ECE/SSCU seminar Economic Globalisation a
Challenge for Official Statistics 3-6 July 2007,
Kiev

Inna Steinbuka Director of Economic and Regional
Statistics Eurostat
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Presentations Highlights

• Statistical integration in the European Union
• Statistical Cooperation in the Framework of the
  European Neighbourhood Policy

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EUROSTATs mission to provide the EU with a high
quality statistical service

• A statistical service to provide rough
  statistical data with metadata
• The quality of data
• The user community

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The European Statistical System
ESS A network of competent national government bodies
ESTAT Focal point for the ESS
CPS Co-ordinate the multi-annual statistical programmes
CEIES Give opinion on the relevance of the Community statistical programmes
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The European Statistics Code of Practice main
principles

• Minimum standards on the independence, integrity
  and accountability of the NSIs
• Institutional environment (Professional
  independence, Mandate for data collection,
  Adequacy of Resources, Quality commitment,
  Statistical confidentiality, Impartiality and
  objectivity)
• Statistical processes (Sound methodology,
  Appropriate statistical procedures, Non-excessive
  burden on respondents, Costs effectiveness)
• Statistical output (Relevance, Accuracy and
  relieability, Timeliness and punctuality,
  Coherence and comparability, Accessibility and
  clarity)
• 15 principles 77 indicators

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Why co-operation in Statistics?

• A key part of the Community Statistical programme
  2008-2013
• Basis for formulating EU policies towards partner
  countries
• Need for reliable indicators of the effect of
  international donors assistance
• ENP is the EU political background

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What is the ENP?

• A specific policy for the neighbours of the
  enlarged EU, defined by geographical proximity
• but not countries with an accession perspective
  (Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Croatia, the other
  Western Balkan countries )
• Based also on the Draft Constitutional Treaty

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ENP Instruments

• Replaces Tacis
• All partners are eligible for support
• Focus on supporting the implementation of the ENP
  Action Plans
• Support through
• Country programmes
• Multi-country programmes
• Thematic programmes
• Cross border co-operation programmes
• Trans-regional programmes involving Member
  States.

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ENPI will support

• Sustainable development
• Fighting poverty
• Measures leading to progressive participation in
  the EUs internal market
• Legislative approximation
• Regulatory convergence
• Institution building

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ENP objectives in statistics

• Strengthen the statistical system of partner
  countries
• Strengthen the national standing of NSIs
• Promote international comparability of the
  statistics produced
• Sustainable production of timely, reliable,
  objective and comparable statistics for relevant
  Community policy areas

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ENP objectives (cont.)

• Harmonisation to European or international
  standards
• Strategy for strengthening the statistical
  system
• Collect and disseminate data from the countries

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Main statistical activities foreseen

• Diagnosis of the present situation of the
  statistical systems
• Global assessments of the statistical systems
• Assistance to developing a national strategy
• Identification of priority areas for
  harmonisation
• Gradual introduction of a progress monitoring
  tool
• Growth of data exchange

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Conclusions

• As a good neighbour, the ESS wants to share its
  experience with its partners, to help them build
  up a modern statistical system

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Thank you for Attention!

• Your Contacts in Eurostat
• Unit E4 Statistical Cooperation with European
  and Mediterranean Countries
• Unit E5 International Statistical Cooperation

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