Transcript CAPACITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES IN THE ECO REGION Federal Statistical Office of Germany Ringo Raupach Head of Section “International Cooperation“ Ankara, 13 September 2013 © Statistisches Bundesamt, International.

CAPACITY BUILDING
ACTIVITIES IN THE
ECO REGION
Federal Statistical Office of Germany
Ringo Raupach
Head of Section “International Cooperation“
Ankara, 13 September 2013
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Cooperation with international organisations
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Destatis and the world
Ongoing World Bank-Project with the
Agency of the Republic of
Kazakhstan on Statistics (ARKS)
Participation in
international statistical committees to
ensure data comparability and reliability.
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We are creating Europe and
more precisely the EU Statistical System.
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Why is Destatis actively involved in
international capacity building?
National bases
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Economic and trade agreements
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Bilateral agreements of Destatis
European bases
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EU regulations
International bases
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Bilateral agreements
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UN resolutions
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Other international commitments
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Mandate of international statistical
cooperation at Destatis
To support the German
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European
 Foreign
 Economic and
 Development policy
through sustainable harmonisation of the statistical
systems of our partner countries with
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European standards
(EU accession and neighbourhood countries)
 International standards
(developing and newly industrialised countries).
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Forms of cooperation
Statistical cooperation
Twinning
Bilateral projects
Service contracts
Ad-hoc requests
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Funding sources
Destatis is providing services (expertise, project administration).
Project implementation is based on external funding.
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National funds
 GIZ
 Destatis budget
 EU-Level
 European Commission
 International Level
 The World Bank (WB)
 Asian Development Bank (ADB)
 Other potential donors
 Contributions from recipient countries
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Cooperation concept
Integrated approach for
improvement of statistical areas
Focus on
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primary statistics
Accounts
Support processes
institutional capacity building
Household
surveys
Industry
statistics
National
Agriculture
statistics accounts
Ad-hoc activities
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Price
statistics
Population
census
Demographic
statistics
Environment
statistics
Institutional capacity
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World Bank Twinning Kazakhstan
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Beneficiary
Agency for Statistics
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Leader
Destatis
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Consortium
partners
National statistical offices of Finland,
Russia, Korea, Slovak Republic, Czech
Republic
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Duration
2012-2017
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Topics
Institutional capacity building
Statistical and IT infrastructure
Subject matter statistics
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World Bank Twinning Kazakhstan
Overall objective for National Accounts
Complete the implementation of the SNA 1993 and to
create the methodological framework for the transition to
SNA 2008
Sub areas:
 Current accounts
 Accumulation accounts and satellite accounts
 Supply and Use tables (SUT) and Input-Output Tables
(I/O)
 Balance sheets
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Turkey (USST I - III)
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Beneficiary
Turkish Statistical Institute
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Leader
GOPA Consultants (USST III)
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Consortium
partners
Destatis
Netherlands, Czech Republic and others
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Duration
since 2004, USST III: 2012-2014
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Topics
Institutional capacity building | National
accounts | Business statistics
| Business register | Environment statistics
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GIZ Pakistan
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Beneficiary
Pakistan Bureau of Statistics
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Donor
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation
and Development Germany
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Lead
GIZ (German Society for International
Cooperation)
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Duration
since 2005
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Topics
National accounts | Price statistics
| Health accounts | IT infrastructure
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GIZ Pakistan
NA objectives and developments
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Annual computation of the gross domestic product to be
supplemented by quarterly calculations
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Data for price statistics recorded electronically
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Data gaps filled
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Calculation of expenditure on health care
GIZ is also implementing a World Bank-funded project
in Afghanistan (AFGHANSTAT).
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EU Twinning Azerbaijan
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Beneficiary
State Statistical Office
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Leader
Destatis
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Consortium
partners
Bulgaria (junior partner)
Lithuania, Czech Republic
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Duration
2009-2012
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Topics
National accounts | Non-observed economy
| Business statistics
| Business register | Price statistics
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EU Twinning Azerbaijan
NA main results
Calculation of new elements of the National accounts or
improvement of the existing ones
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Improved Supply-Use Tables (SUT) and balancing
Annual and Sector Accounts elaborated in more details
Use of the double deflation method
Calculation of gross investment at constant prices compatible
with European standards
Higher proficiency in national accounts terminology and
nomenclature in the English language
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World Bank Twinning Tajikistan
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Beneficiary
Statistical Agency
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Leader
Destatis
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Consortium
partners
National statistical offices of Sweden,
Denmark, Czech and Slovak Republic
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Duration
2007 - 2011
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Topics
Institutional capacity building | Subject matter
statistics
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Publications
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Newsletter “Statistics Across Borders”
Flyer “Statistical Co-operation”
Flyer “Statistical Capacity Building”
Flyer “Twinning”
Destatis Website
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thank you for your
attention!
Ringo Raupach
[email protected]
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