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James Whitworth
  • Head of Unit
  • International Statistical Co-operationEurostat

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Eurostat engagement in EU policies for
international statistical co-operation
  • Eurostat organisation
  • Co-operation with European and Mediterranean
    countries
  • International statistical co-operation

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Eurostat as of 16 September 2005
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E4 Statistical co-operation with European and
Mediterranean Countries
Transition Facility
Western Balkan countries
European Neighbourhood Policy
Acceding and candidate countries
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E4 Statistical co-operation with European and
Mediterranean Countries
  • Front-office in E4, back-office in production
    units
  • Manages programmes
  • Programmes are specifically statistical

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New member states
  • Institutional building
  • Help to comply with statistical legislation
    (acquis)

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Acceding, Candidate, Western Balkan countries
  • Acceding monitor commitments made in
    negotiations support efforts to apply acquis
  • Candidates contribute to negotiations support
    efforts to apply acquis
  • Western Balkans monitor negotiations and
    implementation of Stabilisation and Association
    Agreements (SAA) e.g. some acquis, trade, free
    movement, etc.

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European Neighbourhood Policy
  • ENP-TACIS countries strengthen national
    statistical systems, support adoption of European
    statistical methods through ENP actions plane,
    bilateral discussions
  • ENP-MED continue supporting regional
    integration harmonisation, dissemination,
    exchange of experience through ENP action plans,
    EU co-operation policies.

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European and Mediterranean countries
co-ordination of technical co-operation
  • Few donors in region
  • Questionnaire
  • Eurostat working group
  • Economic Commission for Europe / CIS-Stat

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E5 International Statistical Co-operation
International organisations
EEA
Asia, Latin America
Swiss
ASEAN
C. AsiaCIS
Africa, Caribbean, Pacific
ECOWAS
UEMOA
COMESA
Central America
AndeanComm.
PALOP
SADC
Mercosur, Chile
Caricom
Specific policies / ad hoc
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E5 International Statistical Co-operation
  • No budget
  • Mainly provides own back office support
  • Advisory role
  • Mainly regional approach
  • Does not lead projects
  • Statistical elements of wider projects

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EU Finance for Development
  • EU the largest donor of development aid
  • - 55 of global ODA (Official Development Aid)
    in terms of aid volume
  • - The most important economic and trade partner
    of the developing world
  • EU committed to go further
  • 0.41 GNI (0.51 old Member States, 0.17
    new)
  • 0.56 GNI for EU-25 by 2010
  • 0.70 GNI by 2015

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Development Policy the European Consensus
(COM(2005)311)
  • Poverty reduction
  • MDGs
  • Good Governance (including statistics?)
  • Human rights
  • Trade
  • Sustainable Development

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Set of 10 MDG indicatorsSelected by the EC
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Eurostats role on technical cooperation and MDGs
  • Providing technical advice to DGDev, Relex and
    AIDCO

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ACP, Asia, Latin America co-ordination of
technical co-operation
  • Paris21 Light reporting
  • Economic Commission for Europe / CIS-Stat
  • Co-ordination Committee on Statistical Activities
  • EU Statistical Programme Committee UK initiative

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  • Thank you.
  • James Whitworth
  • James.whitworth_at_cec.eu.int
  • Tel 00 352 4301 36857
  • Fax 00 352 4301 37269

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