CO-OPERATION RELATED ISSUES Daiva Norkevičienė Statistics Lithuania 18-19 March 2004 MGSC meeting, Luxembourg

STATISTICS LITHUANIA APPROACH TO CO-OPERATION MULTI-COUNTRY COOPERATION BILATERAL COOPERATION WITH MSs AND ACC COUNTRIES, INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS CO-OPERATION IN TERMS OF PROVIDING ASSISTANCE FIELDS OF COOPERATION BENEFITS PROBLEMS 18-19 March 2004 MGSC meeting, Luxembourg

MULTI-COUNTRY COOPERATION STANDARDISATION, COMPARABILITY, UNIFIED METHODOLOGIES EONOMY OF SCALE EFFECT VARIETY OF BEST PRACTICES AND EXPERIENCES PROMOTION OF STATISTICS INCREASING IMAGE OF STATISTICS 18-19 March 2004 MGSC meeting, Luxembourg

BILATERAL COOPERATION WITH MSs AND ACC COUNTRIES TAILOR MADE EXPERIENCE FROM CONCRETE COUNTRIES PRACTICAL APPROACH THROUGH MSs GRANTS AD HOC CONSULTATIONS AND STUDY VISITS TWINNINGS COUNTRIES MOST OF THE MEMBER STATES (FINLAND, SWEDEN, GERMANY, SPAIN, AUSTRIA, DENMARK, ETC) ESTONIA, LATVIA, POLAND, ETC. 18-19 March 2004 MGSC meeting, Luxembourg

COOPERATION IN TERMS OF PROVIDING ASSISTANCE MORE KNOWLEDGE IS GAINED COOPERATION AGREEMENT WITH RUSSIA PLANS TO CONTINUE WITH STATISTICS SWEDEN IN ALBANIA E-MAIL COOPERATION WITH TACIS COUNTRIES WILLINGNESS TO CONTINUE WITHIN TACIS PROGRAMME 18-19 March 2004 MGSC meeting, Luxembourg

FIELDS OF COOPERATION GENERAL ISSUES MANAGEMENT, STRATEGIC PLANNING, TIME REPORTING, QUALITY, DISSEMINATION, SAMPLING, ETC. SPECIFIC STATISTICAL ISSUES 18-19 March 2004 MGSC meeting, Luxembourg

DISTRIBUTION of CO-OPERATION ACTIVITIES by AREAS in 2003 18-19 March 2004 MGSC meeting, Luxembourg

BENEFITS FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF STATISTICS BROADER VIEW CULTURAL ASPECTS TRAINING MUTUAL BENEFIT 18-19 March 2004 MGSC meeting, Luxembourg

STRUCTURE OF COOPERATION ACTIVITIES BY SOURCE OF FINANCING 2003 18-19 March 2004 MGSC meeting, Luxembourg

PARTICIPATION BY TYPE OF ACTIVITIES (no. of specialists) 18-19 March 2004 MGSC meeting, Luxembourg

PRE-REQUISITS FOR EFFECTIVE COOPERATION SUPPORT OF TOP MANAGEMENT PRIORITY SETTING GOOD COORDINATION INSIDE THE OFFICE COORDINATION OF FUNDS WIDELY SPREAD EXPERIENCE GAINED (PRESENTATIONS FROM STUDY VISITS, SEMINARS FROM TRAINING COURSES, DOCUMENTATION ON INTRANET, ETC) 18-19 March 2004 MGSC meeting, Luxembourg

PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED HUMAN RESOURCES IN ALL COUNTRIES SHORTAGE OF EXPERTS PRE-FINANCING ISSUE DIFFICULT TO AVOID DUPLICATION 18-19 March 2004 MGSC meeting, Luxembourg

FINALLY, NOTHING IS MORE REWARDING THAN TO WATCH SOMEONE WHO SAYS IT CAN’T BE DONE GET INTERRUPTED BY SOMEONE ACTUALLY DOING IT 18-19 March 2004 MGSC meeting, Luxembourg