PROJECT TITLE: STATISTICAL COOPERATION PROGRAMME

Finance Instrument: IPA Multi-beneficiary 2011

Project Status: Completed

Implementation period: 25.06.2012-24.07.2014

Funded by: European Union

Contribution amount: 3,197,000 Eur

Type of assistance: Technical Assistance

Beneficiary: INSTAT

Implementing Agency: INSTAT, GOPA

Statistical Domains: Economic Statistics, National Accounts, Agriculture, Social Statistics

Project objectives:

The objective of the programme is to prepare the statistical authorities in the beneficiary countries for EU membership by aligning their methodologies and practices with the statistical acquis and integrating them into European Statistical System. Activities to be implemented include Pilot Projects on : Macro economic statistics ( national accounts, quarterly national accounts and regional accounts), Price statistics (PPP and HICP),external trade statistics, agricultural statistics(agro-monetary statistics, statistics on crops and on animal production), social statistics (income and living conditions, household budget surveys), environment statistics(statistics on water and on waste) and business statistics (structural business statistics and business registers). General technical assistance is provided by covering the costs of participation in pilot projects workshops, Eurostat working groups, and training courses.

 Project results:

For the Pilot projects the main expected results are improvement of: National Accounts, Methodology Quarterly National Accounts, Regional Household Accounts, Regional gross value added, Agro-monetary statistics , Annual crop statistics, Animal production statistics, Water Statistics, Waste Statistics, Income and Living condition statistics, Household budget survey, Business Register, Internal trade in goods statistics, Structural business statistics, Price Statistics – PPP, Price Statistics - HICP