"How countries from Central Asia can benefit from the recent experience of TurkStat" UNDA 9th tranche: Kick-off meeting 10-11 December 2014, Kazakhstan Dr. Gürdal GEDİK “Head of International Cooperation and EU Coordination Group” International Relations Department

Recent experience of TurkStat Global Assessment in 2002 and Peer Review in 2011 3 International programmes / projects Upgrading the Statistical System of Turkey (USST) Programme; January 2003 - December 2014 5 Eurostat Multi Beneficiary Programmes (MBPs) Phare 2005; MBP 2006; IPA MBP 2009; IPA MBP 2011; IPA MBP 2012 Active involvement in cooperation activities as technical assistance provider international programmes/projects Financial support of approximately 30 Million Euro IT equipment of approximately 3 Million Euro Implementation of projects on several statistical areas to reach the international standards and EU Statistical Acquis Implementation of more than 30 data collection projects Consultancy service of more than 10000 Working Days Project/Programme Evaluation Reports by independent experts USST Programme of TurkStat received the highest grade in the Evaluation Report of EU Programmes: “the best EU Project implemented in Turkey”

Strong will of TurkStat for Cooperation Philosophy of TurkStat: Acting both as a beneficiary and technical assistance provider/donor simultaneously Central Asia: Special area of interest Main reasons: Cultural and historical ties Central position in Eurasia Experience in international cooperation Deep-rooted statistical culture dating back to Ottoman Empire era

Main features of TurkStat’s cooperation approach In line with Turkish foreign policy Demand based Oriented to needs of demanding NSO’s Program based Flexible Result oriented Program based (protocols, MoUs)

Headlines/subjects of Cooperation activities Supporting the set up of a modern statistical system Establishing a sound coordination mechanism Improvement of Capacity Building Project Management Subject matters of statistics; namely National Accounts, Agricultural Statistics and Surveys, Business Statistics, Register based Population and Housing Census

Cooperation activities of TurkStat Completed Programmes (1994-2012): Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Macedonia, Mongolia, Moldova, Tajikistan Completed Programmes in 2014: Mongolia, Tunisia, Palestine Planned programmes/activities in 2015 Mongolia, Turkmenistan, Niger, Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan, Somalia, Bilateral cooperation activities Kosovo, Jordan, Indonesia, Pakistan, South Korea, Iran, Mauretania, Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq, Egypt, Uganda, Malaysia, Oman, Albania, Kuveyt, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Bangladesh Completed Programmes (1994-2012): Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan,Turkmenistan (1994-2003) Bosnia and Herzegovina (1996-1999) and (2002-2004) Georgia (1997-1998) and (2001-2004) Makedonya (1997-2001) Mongolia (1999) and (2005-2009) Kazakhstan (2005-2009) Kyrgyzstan (2006-2007 Moldova (2010-2011) Tajikistan (2005-2012) Turkmenistan (2008-2012) Azerbaijan (2011-2012)

Main source of funding and channel Turkish International Cooperation Agency – TICA: “Main cooperation channel” From the beginning of 1994 until today: 535 TurkStat experts provided consultancy in the NSO’s of the related countries. Consultancy services of 1200 Working Days by TurkStat Experts 710 experts of the beneficiary countries participated in the training programmes organized in TurkStat. International organizations: World Bank, UN Regional organizations: SESRIC, ECO, Regional: Eurostat as well … in the context of presentation of best practises

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