1. Summary on Technical Cooperation Activities in support of SPECA member countries
Fourth SPECA PWG Meeting
Istanbul 23 March 2009 Petteri Baer, Regional Adviser, UNECE
ECE-ESCAP-SPECA/PWG-Statistics/2009/4-6 ECE/CES/GE57/2009/4-6

2. StatCapCA Project funded by the UN Development Account, 5th Tranche
Population and Census preparations of the 2010 Round
Measuring the Health Status of the population
Non-Observed Economy
Altogether 7 training workshops organized in
Additionally to this
3 Study visits on best management practices in Official statistics = CES & SPECA PWG Meetings
4 Advisory missions
23 March 2009

3. Engendering statistical information funded by the World Bank Institute, 2006-2010
A set of regional, sub-regional and national training workshops on gender issues
Production of 9 multimedia presentations on gender statistics, see
Handbook on gender statistics
Methodological work on statistics on violence against women
Capacity building activities, especially targeted countries in Central Asia
Kazakhstan
Uzbekistan
23 March 2009

4. Challenges in Economic Statistics funded by the World Bank TFSCB
Three workshops in on
Short-term statistics
Seasonal adjustments
Consumer price indices
Highlighting the importance of timeliness for statistical agencies in general and in the present financial turmoil especially
The methodology of seasonal adjustments as a long-term learning process – Recommendation: same participants in the two first training workshops!
Problematic funding – a USD 50’000 for funding UNECE staff to the workshop is still needed (TIKA?)
23 March 2009

5. Supporting MDG strategies funded by the UN Development Account, 6th Tranche
Joint UNESCAP-lead project in
USD 593’000
UNECE share is 95’000
UNESCAP share is 498’000
The UNECE’s share focuses on development of statistical MDG-indicators
One expert group meeting on disaggregation of MDG indicators in Astana in September 2009
One training workshop on the agreed disaggregated MDG indicators for Central Asian countries in spring 2010
23 March 2009

6. Supporting improved information on Migration issues funded by the UN Development Account, 6th Tranche
Global UNECLAC-lead project
USD > 1’000’000
UNECE share is around 170’000
UNECE’s share focuses on development of statistical indicators
Better availability and quality of data on international migration
Strengthening evidence-based policymaking and research in the field of international migration, through the involvement of key users of statistics on international migration and the promotion of empirical research on it
23 March 2009

7. Supporting improved information access on Violence against Women funded by the UN Development Account, 6th Tranche
Global UNECLAC-lead project
USD > 736’000
UNECE share is 145’000
UNECE’s share focuses on development of statistical indicators
Two meetings of a UNECE Task Force on VaW
Testing a module to measure VaW to be introduced in population based surveys
Continuation of work, performed by UNECE in cooperation with its member countries over the years on gender statistics
23 March 2009

8. With Technical Cooperation to a brighter future
Thank you for your attention!
23 March 2009