Transcript Statistics and Cooperation Istat, 24 November 2005

Statistics and Cooperation
Istat, 24 November 2005
UNECE Strategy
For Statistical Capacity Building
In the European Countries
Jean-Etienne Chapron
Regional Adviser for Statistics
UNECE Statistical Division
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UNECE: Regional Commission of United
Nations for Europe and North America
55 member countries
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USA, Canada, European Union, EFTA,
Israel
Southeast Europe
Commonwealth of Independent States
(CIS)
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Two different groups of countries
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Advanced market economies
Transition economies
This divide is reflected in the state of
development of statistics
It is the duty of UNECE to reduce this
divide between its member countries
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Target Countries
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Target countries for UNECE technical
cooperation in statistics are those with
economy in transition
Two main targets
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Southeast Europe
CIS
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Target Countries
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Southeast Europe
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Western Balkans
Turkey
Bulgaria and Romania
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Target Countries
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CIS
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Western CIS
South Caucasus
Central Asia
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Target Areas
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Target areas for technical cooperation in
statistics:
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Making use of existing expertise
Coordinating with other donors of technical
cooperation
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Target Areas
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Institutional issues
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Implementation of Fundamental Principles
of Official Statistics
Statistical legislation
General organisation and development of
the statistical system
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Target Areas
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Technical areas
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Economic Statistics
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National accounts: Non-Observed Economy
Compilation of Industrial Production Indices
Demographic Statistics
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Population and Housing Census
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Target Areas
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Technical areas (cont.)
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Social statistics
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Gender statistics
Health status statistics
MDG indicators: building capacity and statistical
literacy for MDG monitoring
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Human resources: regional adviser and staff
of the Statistical Division
Financial resources:
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Regular budget
UN Development Account
Extra-budgetary funding: World Bank, UNDP,
UNFPA, etc.
Partnerships: Eurostat, Council of Europe,
UNDP, PARIS21
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Coordination
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Coordination of technical cooperation in
the UNECE region: A critical issue
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Worldwide, regional, and national donors
Different priorities defined at the political
level within each donor
Risk of duplication and overlaps
Take account of beneficiary countries’
priorities
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Coordination
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Need for coordination widely recognised
Past efforts have not been successful
New process launched under the auspices of
the Conference of European Statisticians:
UNECE with Eurostat and the CIS Statistical
Committee. First deadline: June 2006
First step: improvement of information on
projects and achievements
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