Transcript United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Transport Division Capacity-building activities: Transport Statistics as a tool for assessing economic development Martine Sophie FOUVEZ Regional Adviser for Transport Item.

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
Transport Division
Capacity-building activities:
Transport Statistics as a tool for assessing
economic development
Martine Sophie FOUVEZ
Regional Adviser for Transport
Item 7
Working Party on Transport Statistics
Geneva, 14-16 May, 2012
UNECE – Transport Division
Background
1st WebCoQ questionnaire Workshop
Almaty (Kazakhstan) 16 September, 2010
• Inter secretariat cooperation of EUROSTAT, UNECE
• Transport Statisticians of KZ, KY and UZ
Follow-up Workshop
Almaty (Kazakhstan) 21 April,2011
• Delegates of AFG, ARZ, KZ and TJ
2nd WebCoQ questionnaire
Workshop
Baku (Azerbaijan) 9 December, 2011
• Inter secretariat cooperation of OECD/ITF, UNECE
• Transport Statisticians of AZ and RUS
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M.S.Fouvez
November 5, 2015
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UNECE – Transport Division
Why Central Asian countries?
To raise awareness
of Eastern and
Central Asian
countries on the
necessity to provide
coherent and
consistent inland
transport statistics
M.S.Fouvez
November 5, 2015
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UNECE – Transport Division
Next Steps
A concept note on Transport Statistics as a
tool for assessing economic development
December, 2012
• Christian Reynaud - NESTEAR
Publication of the report as a means for
raising awareness in countries not
participating in WP6 work
=> mandate to be given by WP6
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November 5, 2015
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UNECE – Transport Division
Transport Statistics as a tool for
assessing economic development
[Informal document WP.6 No. 8 (2012)]
• Eight Central Asian countries considered :
• Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
• Three main conditions for reliability and accuracy:
• a return of information ,
• accurate “formats” for data collection,
• Progressivity.
M.S.Fouvez
November 5, 2015
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UNECE – Transport Division
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES
WITH TRANSITION ECONOMIES
3rd WebCoQ questionnaire Workshop
2nd Half, 2012
• At the request of a Host country
• Inter secretariat cooperation of OECD/ITF, EUROSTAT,
UNECE
• WP6 participants - Volunteers involved?
• Open to Transport Statisticians of SPECA and CIS countries
M.S.Fouvez
November 5, 2015
Slide 6
Thank you for your attention
UNECE
Transport Division
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