1. CO-OPERATION RELATED ISSUES
Daiva Norkevičienė
Statistics Lithuania
18-19 March 2004
MGSC meeting, Luxembourg

2. STATISTICS LITHUANIA APPROACH TO CO-OPERATION
MULTI-COUNTRY COOPERATION
BILATERAL COOPERATION WITH MSs AND ACC COUNTRIES, INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS
CO-OPERATION IN TERMS OF PROVIDING ASSISTANCE
FIELDS OF COOPERATION
BENEFITS
PROBLEMS
18-19 March 2004
MGSC meeting, Luxembourg

3. MULTI-COUNTRY COOPERATION
STANDARDISATION, COMPARABILITY, UNIFIED METHODOLOGIES
EONOMY OF SCALE EFFECT
VARIETY OF BEST PRACTICES AND EXPERIENCES
PROMOTION OF STATISTICS
INCREASING IMAGE OF STATISTICS
18-19 March 2004
MGSC meeting, Luxembourg

4. BILATERAL COOPERATION WITH MSs AND ACC COUNTRIES
TAILOR MADE EXPERIENCE FROM CONCRETE COUNTRIES
PRACTICAL APPROACH THROUGH
MSs GRANTS
AD HOC CONSULTATIONS AND STUDY VISITS
TWINNINGS
COUNTRIES
MOST OF THE MEMBER STATES (FINLAND, SWEDEN, GERMANY, SPAIN, AUSTRIA, DENMARK, ETC)
ESTONIA, LATVIA, POLAND, ETC.
18-19 March 2004
MGSC meeting, Luxembourg

5. COOPERATION IN TERMS OF PROVIDING ASSISTANCE
MORE KNOWLEDGE IS GAINED
COOPERATION AGREEMENT WITH RUSSIA
PLANS TO CONTINUE WITH STATISTICS SWEDEN IN ALBANIA
COOPERATION WITH TACIS COUNTRIES
WILLINGNESS TO CONTINUE WITHIN TACIS PROGRAMME
18-19 March 2004
MGSC meeting, Luxembourg

6. FIELDS OF COOPERATION GENERAL ISSUES
MANAGEMENT, STRATEGIC PLANNING, TIME REPORTING, QUALITY, DISSEMINATION, SAMPLING, ETC.
SPECIFIC STATISTICAL ISSUES
18-19 March 2004
MGSC meeting, Luxembourg

7. DISTRIBUTION of CO-OPERATION ACTIVITIES by AREAS in 2003
18-19 March 2004
MGSC meeting, Luxembourg

8. BENEFITS FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF STATISTICS BROADER VIEW
CULTURAL ASPECTS
TRAINING
MUTUAL BENEFIT
18-19 March 2004
MGSC meeting, Luxembourg

9. STRUCTURE OF COOPERATION ACTIVITIES BY SOURCE OF FINANCING 2003
18-19 March 2004
MGSC meeting, Luxembourg

10. PARTICIPATION BY TYPE OF ACTIVITIES (no. of specialists)
18-19 March 2004
MGSC meeting, Luxembourg

11. PRE-REQUISITS FOR EFFECTIVE COOPERATION
SUPPORT OF TOP MANAGEMENT
PRIORITY SETTING
GOOD COORDINATION INSIDE THE OFFICE
COORDINATION OF FUNDS
WIDELY SPREAD EXPERIENCE GAINED (PRESENTATIONS FROM STUDY VISITS, SEMINARS FROM TRAINING COURSES, DOCUMENTATION ON INTRANET, ETC)
18-19 March 2004
MGSC meeting, Luxembourg

12. PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED HUMAN RESOURCES IN ALL COUNTRIES
SHORTAGE OF EXPERTS
PRE-FINANCING ISSUE
DIFFICULT TO AVOID DUPLICATION
18-19 March 2004
MGSC meeting, Luxembourg

13. FINALLY, NOTHING IS MORE REWARDING THAN TO WATCH
SOMEONE WHO SAYS IT CAN’T BE DONE GET
INTERRUPTED BY SOMEONE ACTUALLY DOING IT
18-19 March 2004
MGSC meeting, Luxembourg