James Whitworth

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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 [phone]
• Fax [phone]

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