1. European Statistical Cooperation Joint EFTA/ECE/SSCU seminar “Economic Globalisation: a Challenge for Official Statistics” 3-6 July 2007, Kiev
Inna Steinbuka
Director of Economic and Regional Statistics
Eurostat

2. Presentation’s Highlights
Statistical integration in the European Union
Statistical Cooperation in the Framework of the European Neighbourhood Policy 2

3. EUROSTAT’s mission: to provide the EU with a high quality statistical service
A statistical service: to provide rough statistical data with ‘metadata’
The quality of data
The user community 3

4. The European Statistical System
ESS
A network of competent national government bodies
ESTAT
Focal point for the ESS
CPS
Co-ordinate the multi-annual statistical programmes
CEIES
Give opinion on the relevance of the Community statistical programmes 4

5. The European Statistics Code of Practice: main principles
Minimum standards on the independence, integrity and accountability of the NSIs
Institutional environment (Professional independence, Mandate for data collection, Adequacy of Resources, Quality commitment, Statistical confidentiality, Impartiality and objectivity)
Statistical processes (Sound methodology, Appropriate statistical procedures, Non-excessive burden on respondents, Costs effectiveness)
Statistical output (Relevance, Accuracy and relieability, Timeliness and punctuality, Coherence and comparability, Accessibility and clarity)
15 principles – 77 indicators 5

6. Why co-operation in Statistics?
A key part of the Community Statistical programme
Basis for formulating EU policies towards partner countries
Need for reliable indicators of the effect of international donors’ assistance
ENP is the EU political background 6

7. What is the ENP?
A specific policy for the neighbours of the enlarged EU, defined by geographical proximity
…but not countries with an accession perspective (Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Croatia, the other Western Balkan countries… )
Based also on the Draft Constitutional Treaty 7

8. ENP Instruments Replaces Tacis All partners are eligible for support
Focus on supporting the implementation of the ENP Action Plans
Support through:
Country programmes
Multi-country programmes
Thematic programmes
Cross border co-operation programmes
Trans-regional programmes involving Member States. 8

9. ENPI will support Sustainable development Fighting poverty
Measures leading to progressive participation in the EU’s internal market
Legislative approximation
Regulatory convergence
Institution building 9

10. ENP objectives in statistics
Strengthen the statistical system of partner countries
Strengthen the national standing of NSI’s
Promote international comparability of the statistics produced
Sustainable production of timely, reliable, objective and comparable statistics for relevant Community policy areas 10

11. ENP objectives (cont.)
Harmonisation to European or international standards
Strategy for strengthening the statistical system;
Collect and disseminate data from the countries 11

12. Main statistical activities foreseen
Diagnosis of the present situation of the statistical systems
Global assessments of the statistical systems
Assistance to developing a national strategy
Identification of priority areas for harmonisation
Gradual introduction of a progress monitoring tool
Growth of data exchange 12

13. Conclusions
As a good neighbour, the ESS wants to share its experience with its partners, to help them build up a modern statistical system 13

14. Thank you for Attention!
Your Contacts in Eurostat
Unit E4: Statistical Cooperation with European and Mediterranean Countries
Unit E5: International Statistical Cooperation 14