PROJECT TITLE: IPA 2019 MULTI-BENEFICIARY STATISTICAL COOPERATION PROGRAM

Finance Instrument: IPA 2019

Project Status: Ongoing

Implementation period: 01.09.2021 – 01.04.2024  

Funded by: EU

Contribution amount: 973.028.95 Eur

Type of assistance: Direct Grant, IPA II

Beneficiary: INSTAT

Implementing Agency: INSTAT

Statistical Domains: Government Finance Statistics and Excess Deficit; Harmonized Consumer Price Indices (HICP) and Housing Price Index (HPI); Price Statistics; Short Term Business Statistics; Labor Force Survey; Environmental Economic Accounts; Waste Statistics; Quality Management; Metadata.

Project objectives:

The purpose of the IPA Multi Beneficiary Programme is to upgrade the statistical system of Albania with

a view to accession. Hence, its objective is to improve the provision and quality for National Statistical

System of Albania by allocating support that is aimed at:

• taking the process of progressively integrating the Albania National Statistical Institute (INSTAT) into

the European Statistical System (ESS) forward by strengthening the NSI and its coordinating role in the

National Statistical System.

• continuing to support sustainable capacity building of INSTAT for enabling them to better meet the

needs of their users by providing data that is accurate, reliable, timely and compiled in full compliance with

the EU acquis;

• intensifying efforts to improve the quality of statistical information and to reinforce confidence in

methods and professionalism, thus providing policy makers and the international community with

unquestioned statistical data.

STATISTICAL PROJECTS

SP 1.1 -Government Finance and Excessive Deficit Statistics (GFS and EDP)

SP2.1 -HICP and HPI

SP 2.2 -Price statistics – PPP

SP 3.2 -Short-term business statistics (STS) AL, MK

SP 4.1 -Labour force survey (LFS) AL

SP 5.5 -Environmental accounts

SP 5.6 -Waste statistics

SP 6.1 -Quality management

SP 6.2 –Metadata

Project results:

• This action is composed of 9 statistical projects. The expected results are as follows:

  • Availability, quality and comparability of statistics through a set of appropriate statistical projects improved;
  • INSTAT administrative capacity strengthened;
  • Cooperation between ESS and INSTAT improved;
  • The role of INSTAT as the coordinator of the NSS strengthened.