Strategy for statistical cooperation with the enlargement countries 2014 – 2020 MGSC 20-21 March 2014 Point 3.1 of the Agenda Ferenc Gálik

Structure Background What is new? Objectives Instruments and costs Monitoring

Background 2014-2020 multi-annual financial framework for the EU as the basis for the external aid instruments, including the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) IPA II Regulation with new rules for support Need to prove that progress is made in the countries covered by the IPA programmes IPA countries should be involved in the planning process Common Task force of Eurostat and the countries Work on the strategy document since November 2012

What is new? Strategy presented at MGSC in 2013 Main changes since then: Shorter Tangible results and measurable indicators Compliance indicators

Objectives - 1 The aim of EU is to support enlargement countries to proceed towards EU accession Enlargement countries should become compliant with the EU acquis in most statistical areas by end of 2020 Enlargement countries should make their statistical systems sustainable for the most important statistical domains 7 different countries covered by the strategy Regional approach for support to statistics (IPA MBP) is cost-efficient, has given good results and should continue

Objectives - 2 To make statistics a better tool for policy purposes Policy makers should get confidence in the stable statistical environment Dissemination policy should focus on improving the tools, on making statistics more visible, and on explaining statistics Raise the quality of statistical data (relevance and timeliness)

Objectives - 3 To integrate the NSIs in the European Statistical System Increase the knowledge about the EU acquis in the NSIs of enlargement countries Improve communication between ESS and NSIs of enlargement countries Involve other stakeholders of statistics more in ESS Establish bilateral partnerships between NSIs in enlargement countries and in EU Member States

Objectives - 4 To implement the European Statistics Code of Practice Ensure the professional independence of the NSI Introduce a 'quality culture' at the NSI Strengthen the role of the NSI as the coordinator of the national statistical system Measure the progress in implementing the Code of Practice

Objectives - 5 To strengthen the management capacity of the NSIs Increase the capacity for human resources management, including a specific HR policy Increase the managerial capacity – senior statisticians will not necessarily become good managers! Be able to adapt to changes

Regional approach Working method of the ESS Economy of scale effects Common training, workshops, and standards Synergy and coordination effects Harmonisation; measure relationships between countries Timing aspects EU negotiations require statistics for many policies; long lead times for development Development of the acquis in statistics over time as a moving target Good results of previous multi-beneficiary programmes.

Instruments and costs Grant or service contract depending on capacity of the countries Pilot projects Participation in meetings within the ESS Training Traineeships Study visits and consultancies Peer reviews Costs The distribution of the budget by country will be determined when planning each annual statistical MB programme, taking into accounts the needs each time For MBP, the estimated amount is 8m EUR per year

Instruments and costs IPA Costs indicative budget covers the seven enlargement countries as a whole (AL, BA, ME, MK, RS, TR, XK) no activities take place in Iceland under IPA II the total budget for IPA MBP 2014-2020 is around 56 MEUR

Monitoring of results two major reviews of the implementation: the first at the end of 2017 the second at the end of 2020 For better monitoring, information on current and expected compliance was requested by DG ELARG Compliance indicators – Annex 1 IPA II foresees two major reviews of the implementation: the first at the end of 2017 the second at the end of 2020 Monitoring should focus on the appropriateness of the intervention, results achieved and efficiency of programme implementation

Measuring compliance Estimated figures (intervals) based on: Data points in Eurobase Data sets sent via eDAMIS Data included into the pocketbook on enlargement countries Estimations from the enlargement countries on when they will be compliant according to their long term strategies Data included into the statistical annex to the progress report

Questions What is your opinion about the aims/objectives to be achieved in the next seven years? What is your opinion about the expected results in chapter 5? What is your opinion about the indicators to measure the progress? What is your opinion about the implementation mechanisms?

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