1. Statistical Cooperation with ENP-East
Twelfth meeting of the
Management Group on Statistical Cooperation
18-19 March 2010 Luxembourg
Agenda item 6.2

2. Background
ENP East countries - Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine
TACIS programmes phased out, use of TAIEX and Twinning projects
High-level seminar 2010 – a regional event for DGs of NSIs
Adapted Global Assessments in the region
Association agreements
Sub-Committees of the Cooperation Committee
Statistical Cooperation with ENP East Countries: Current Situation

3. Twinning projects
Azerbaijan – Twinning project implemented by Germany/Bulgaria, a presentation under this agenda point by the implementing NSI
Ukraine – Twinning Light implemented by Denmark/Latvia
- started in January 2010, for six months
- press conference held in February 2010
- covers three components
Ukraine – preparation for a full Twinning project under way
Member States encouraged to share experience
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4. High-Level seminar for the Russian-speaking countries
28-30 September 2010, Cologne, Germany, logistics organised by the contractor (ICON)
Title: Coordination of the national statistical systems
Topics to be covered: coordination inside the NSI, coordination of other data producers, data confidentiality, use of administrative data
Member States are invited to share their national experience
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5. Adapted Global Assessments
Armenia – conducted in 2009, the final reports is available
Azerbaijan – planned for mid-June 2010, report will be available in the autumn
Ukraine – sent a request to host an AGA in September 2011
Moldova – sent a request to host an AGA as soon as possible
Belarus – sent a request to host an AGA in 2012
AGAs are organised under contact with ICON, core team consists of two experts, in addition to Eurostat, the EFTA and UN Statistical Division are invited to participate in the assessing team
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6. Association Agreements
Combined with the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreements (DCFTA). Offered to all countries provided that they are ready to negotiate the AA and DCFTA together and they comply with the requirements; Member States are consulted
The AA chapter on statistics is accompanied by a legal annex containing the acquis
Ukraine – the AA chapter on statistics provisionally closed
Moldova – the AA negotiations on the chapter on statistics on 9 March 2010
In the nearest future the AA negotiations will start with Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia
Statistical Cooperation with ENP East Countries: Current Situation

7. The Sub-Committees
Sub-Committees are organised bilaterally with the ENP countries to address major issues and to achieve progress in the alignment with the acquis in various areas (customs, fighting corruption, financial control over public finances, etc). Organised by DG External Relations
Depending on the country, statistics is, as a rule, tackled under two sub-committees: (1) The Sub-Committee on Economic, Financial and Statistical Issues and (2) The Subcommittee on Trade, Economic and Related Legal Issues
Eurostat representatives participated in selected meetings of those Sub-Committees for Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia
In the nearest future DG External Relations plans to a series of meetings involving statistics for Georgia (29 April, Tbilisi), Armenia (9 June, Brussels) and Azerbaijan (29 June, Brussels)
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8. Thank you for your attention