Overview of assistance projects and activities for the ENP-South countries 21st meeting of the Management Group on Statistical Cooperation Luxembourg, 4-5th April 2019 Kirsi Karkkainen Eurostat B.3, Team leader, ENP
Eurostat-led activities in ENP-South (1) Forum of Euro-Mediterranean Statisticians Steers cooperation between Eurostat and ENP-South Members: DGs and PNCs of the NSIs of the ENP-South countries Member States NSIs, EFTA Statistical Office and relevant international organisations invited Next meeting: 28-30 April 2019, Barcelona Principal National Coordinators’ (PNC) group Prepares Forum agenda Ensures coordination and follow-up of activities Working Group on Quality NSIs quality managers / experts
Capacity building – Training (2) Training programme 2018 – 2019: Small area estimation: Rome, June 2018 (4 days) SDMX full course: Luxembourg, October 2018 (5 days) Introduction to big data and its tools: March 2019 (2.5 days) Advanced course on quality reporting: July 2019 (2 days) Statistical disclosure control: October 2019 (3.5 days)
AGA, PR and SR based on the CoP for the ENP-South countries (3) Peer reviews/light peer reviews: Jordan – peer review (2017) Palestine – light peer review (2012) Sector reviews: Palestine – Business register (2017) Israel – Labour force survey (2015) Tunisia –Labour force survey (2015) Egypt – Labour force survey (2014) Jordan – Labour force survey (2014)
Data collection and dissemination (4) Data collection in enlargement, ENP-East and ENP-South countries 3 years’ contract, renewable 1,200 indicators collected in the ENP-South Online dissemination – Eurobase Leaflets and pocket books Statistics explained articles
MEDSTAT IV (1) ENP-South regional programme, managed by DG NEAR, with Eurostat technical assistance From January 2016 to August 2019 Six statistical sectors: External Trade and Balance of Payment Business Register and Statistics Transport Statistics Energy statistics Migration Labour market
MEDSTAT IV (2) Transversal sectors: SDGs-related activities Gender Visibility Training SDGs-related activities Future funding programmes depend on final evaluation – if a successor programme not before 2022
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